Prep 6

Prep 6 (Year 6 in NC terminology) is the culmination of primary education.  Under the NC, it has traditionally been dominated by the so-called SATs tests, which Highfield has never done – mainly because they do not tell teachers, pupils or parents anything they do not already know and because of its tendencies to narrow the curriculum by teaching to the test.

At this stage, our children should be full of confidence and in a position to really enjoy their final year in Highfield.  Our girls have a secure passage to College and boys are in a position to move on to secondary education whether by ordinary transition to the maintained sector, or through the route of independent school entrance examinations.

English

Pupils should be able to write and talk with accuracy and some flair as they consolidate the language work of their primary years.  Their reading too should be on the cusp of more adult works.

Fiction and Poetry:

Longer classic stories and novels selected from different genre to study for  comparison; range of poetic forms.

Non-fiction:

Texts which include discursive material and not just information; formal writing