Year 5 Symmetry
Symmetry is important in Year 5 as there is little time to return to it in Year 6 before the SATs. By the end of Year 5 children should know and be able to read, write and use the following words:
Mirror line, line of symmetry, line symmetry, symmetrical, reflect, reflection, translation, axis of symmetry, reflective symmetry.
They should be able to test for symmetry using a mirror and by folding.
Children should be able to sketch the reflection of a simple shape in a mirror line where none or only some of the edges of the shape are parallel or perpendicular to the mirror line. We have some great worksheets containing the types of question that often come up in SATs at the end of Year 6 and often prove to be one of the questions that large numbers of children get wrong. A mirror is very useful for this.