Max Maths, Year 6, Work Book, Rotations

In the Max Maths Year 6 workbook, students are encouraged to explore geometric transformations through a hands-on activity. They are instructed to draw a six-sided shape, also known as a hexagon, with six vertices on a piece of card and then cut it out. This tangible approach allows them to better understand the properties of shapes and coordinates. Once their hexagon is prepared, pupils place it on a coordinate grid, aligning one edge with the x-axis, and record the coordinates of each vertex, which provides a practical application of coordinate graphing.

The next step in the workbook guides students through various transformations. They translate, or slide, the shape along the grid and note the new coordinates for each vertex, demonstrating how translation affects position but not the shape itself. Following this, they rotate the original hexagon 90 degrees around a specified vertex and observe the change in coordinates, which helps them grasp the concept of rotation. Lastly, they reflect the shape over a given mirror line and write down the coordinates of the reflected shape's vertices, showing how reflection alters the shape's orientation on the grid. These exercises are designed to give students a clear understanding of reflections, translations, and rotations in a two-dimensional space.