Year 6 Maths and English: find where your child needs help
Free Year 6 Skill Checks show which skills your child understands and where they may need more practice, with a suggested next step.
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Year 6 Maths
What Year 6 Maths covers
- Counting and number sense
- Fractions
- Addition and subtraction
- Groups and sharing
- Patterns
- Measurement
- Time
- Shape and position
- Data and chance
Mistakes our lessons are written to address
Taken from the common mistakes written into our Year 6 Maths topics. They show the kind of slip a check can bring to light, not a measured result.
- Negative numbers and integers: Thinks −8 is greater than −2 because 8 is greater than 2.
- Angles on a line and at a point: Uses 360° for angles on a straight line.
- Estimate and check calculations: Picks an estimate ten times too big or too small (miscounts the zeros).
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Year 6 English
What Year 6 English covers
- Reading
- Grammar and punctuation
- Phonics and spelling
Mistakes our lessons are written to address
Taken from the common mistakes written into our Year 6 English topics. They show the kind of slip a check can bring to light, not a measured result.
- Active and passive voice: Decides the voice from a clue such as “was” or “by” instead of asking who does the action.
- Lie, lay and confusing verb pairs: Mixes up lie and lay.
- Apostrophes, speech and capitals: Leaves the apostrophe out of a contraction (dont, shouldve).