Year 6 · usually aged 11 to 12
Year 6 maths and English
45 maths and English lessons for Year 6, mapped to the Victorian Curriculum 2.0. Your child starts where they are, follows a short daily plan, and you see how they're going.
The lessons
Every Year 6 lesson in Study Compass.
Maths
Number (8)
- Primes and squares
- Integers
- Comparing fractions
- Add and subtract fractions
- Add and subtract decimals
- Decimals and powers of 10
- Percentages
- Calculation strategies (Level 5 review)
Algebra (3)
- Brackets and unknowns
- Growing patterns
- Algorithms
Measurement (5)
- Length and area
- Volume and capacity
- Mass and metric units
- Timetables
- Angles
Space (3)
- Prism cross-sections
- The Cartesian plane
- Tessellations
Statistics (1)
- Data
Probability (1)
- Probability
English
Reading (10)
- How texts are organised
- How persuasion works
- Diagrams and graphs
- Comparing sources
- Navigating long texts
- Time and place in texts
- Characters in other times
- Comparing stories
- An author's style
- Sound and imagery
Writing (4)
- Stories that borrow and adapt
- Persuasive writing with fair evidence
- Editing choices
- Speaking, presenting and handwriting (at home)
Grammar and punctuation (7)
- Embedded clauses
- Verbs, tenses and adverb groups that sharpen ideas
- Using commas
- Formal or informal?
- Fact, opinion and bias
- Holding a text together with repetition and word links
- Figurative language
Spelling (3)
- Greek and Latin roots for technical words
- Tricky sounds
- Suffix rules
Each lesson has a short explainer read aloud, a quiz and five levels of practice. Outside Victoria, a few lessons sit in a different year so the plan matches what your school teaches.