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Learning Confidence, Answered

Articles for Years 5 to 6

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Years 5 to 6

The Year 6 Cliff: Why Confidence Drops Before Secondary Even Starts

Confidence often falls in the summer term of Year 6, well before a single secondary school lesson has happened. Here is why the move itself is the trigger.

Adam · Founder and Learning Confidence Specialist, The Confident Learning Co.3 min read
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Years 5 to 6

When 'I'm Rubbish at Maths' Stops Being a Complaint and Becomes a Fact

There is a specific moment where a child stops complaining about a subject and starts stating, flatly, that they are bad at it. That shift matters more than it sounds.

Adam · Founder and Learning Confidence Specialist, The Confident Learning Co.3 min read