Vocabulary

Respect

The importance of valuing others, listening to different viewpoints, taking care of belongings, manners, appreciating the diversity which exists in our community and beyond

Excellence

The determination to reach the highest standards, every day.

Aspiration

The desire to grow and develop, achieving the best for ourselves and each other.

Cooperation

The knowledge that working with others, asking for help when needed and supporting others to develop are the foundations of growth.

Happiness

The importance of joy in what we do, discovering our strengths and using them.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Progression: Useful Words

Click on the sub-link below to find an alphabetical, age appropriate list of useful words which will be explored in different tenses and word classes during Year 6.

Vocabulary: Year 6 Useful Words

Vocabulary Progression: Idioms

An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative or non-literal meaning to the phrase. Eg. "Piece of cake" is an expression for something that is very easy. The idioms we will focus on in Year 6 are:

Idiom	Meaning
Argue the toss	You refuse to accept a decision.
At the end of your tether	You’ve run out of patience.
Backfoot	At a disadvantage.
Between a rock and a hard place	Between two equally bad problems.
Damp squib	Something that is expected to work well but doesn’t.
Death warmed up	Someone who looks very ill.
Economical with the truth	Leave out important information to create a false picture.
… for England	If you do something, e.g. talk, for England, you do it a lot/well.
Get into deep water	Get into trouble or a difficult situation.
Give a run for one’s money	That they’re almost as good as someone else at something.
In spades	A lot of something.
It’s as broad as it is long	No real difference between two options.
Let the dust settle	To wait for a situation to become calmer.
Living hand to mouth	When you have hardly enough money/food to live on.
Lose your touch	Stop being good at something.
Make a mountain out of a molehill	Make a situation seem worse than it is.
Make waves	Create an impression.
Nip something in the bud	Stop something quickly before it develops.
Quids in	Make a lot of money from something.
Sail close to the wind	Behave in a way that is on the verge of being dangerous/improper.
Slip through the cracks	Something that isn’t noticed.
Spanner in the works	Ruin a plan.
Stab someone in the back	Betray someone.
Take the biscuit	The absolute limit.
Wipe the floor with	Defeat someone easily.
Wood for the trees	Getting caught up by small details so you don’t understand the big picture.

Vocabulary Progression: Useful Words

Vocabulary Progression: Idioms

Idiom

Meaning

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