Year 6 · Phase 2 (Years 4-6) · Geometry
Shapes
What the teaching sequence covers here
Compare and classify 2D shapes, including triangle types and the quadrilateral family (trapezium, parallelogram, kite, rhombus, rectangle, square), examine interior angles of triangles and quadrilaterals, distinguish prisms from pyramids, and find orders of rotational symmetry.
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nz-p2-geo-03. The Ministry of Education does not assign alphanumeric codes to teaching-sequence statements; this id is a stable site-internal reference.Relevant Year 6 worksheets
Matched by age: this NZ year lines up with our Grade 5 material. These resources support parts of the statement; they are not a complete assessment of every clause.