Year 6 Curriculum Projects
Year 6 Project - Frozen Kingdoms
In the Frozen Kingdoms project, your child will learn about the regions of the Arctic and Antarctic. They will learn about the similarities and differences between these two regions, including the climate, landscape and natural resources. They will learn how to use grid references, lines of latitude and longitude, contour lines and symbols to identify the geographical locations of the Arctic and Antarctic, and how these, along with the tilt of the Earth, affect day length and warmth. They will investigate polar oceans to learn how they differ from other oceans on Earth and how climate change increases Earth's temperature and leads to rising sea levels. They will learn about the indigenous people of the Arctic, including how their lives have changed over time, and about the positives and negatives of tourism in Antarctica. They will also learn about classifying animals, animal adaptations and evolution, and polar exploration and discovery.
Geography: Arctic and Antarctic regions; Lines of latitude and longitude; Polar climates; Polar day and night; Polar oceans; Polar landscapes; Climate change; Natural resources; Indigenous people; Tourism; Place and interconnections; Maps
History: Polar exploration; Significant people – Robert Falcon Scott; Ernest Shackleton; Significant events – Titanic
Science: Electrical Circuits and Components - Series circuits; Circuit components; Recognised circuit symbols; Investigating circuit components; Electric current; Voltage; Researching cells and batteries; Investigating voltage changes. Living Things and Their Habitats - Classifying living things; Classification keys; Adaptation
Design Technology: Engineer - This project teaches children about remarkable engineers and significant bridges, learning to identify features, such as beams, arches and trusses. They complete a bridge-building engineering challenge to create a bridge prototype.
Art and Design: Inuit Art - This project teaches children about the Inuit way of life, including some of their cultural and artistic traditions. During the project, the children will learn print making techniques.
Computing : derived from D.A.R.E.S
Music: derived from Kapow
PE: derived from TeamThemeKent Resources
PSHE: derived from Jigsaw
RE: derived from Kent SACRE Curriculum and Cornerstones RE projects
More information about the Year 6 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 6 Long Term Plan 2025 document found below.
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Year 6 Key Information
In Term 6, Year 6 PE lessons are timetabled for Tuesday (Hockey) and Friday (Forest School activities).
Please ensure your child has their full PE kit, including trainers, in school every day. As the colder weather is now upon us, the children will need to wear jogging bottoms and a zip-up or hoodie (or similar) for outdoor PE on a Tuesday.
They should also have a water bottle in school everyday.
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English
W/B: 05.01.2026
Next week we will be:
- Completing reading comprehension tasks focussing on skimming and scanning to retrieve information, and using clues to infer information about characters within the text.
- Revising expanded noun phrases and how these can be created using adjectives and prepositions.
- Using a range of texts to research animals from the Arctic region.
- Formulating a catchy heading and introduction for a non-chronological report about their chosen Arctic animal.
Maths
W/B 05.01.2026
Next week we will be:
- Applying our knowledge of ratio to a range of recipe problems.
- Exploring one-step and two-step function machines, giving an output to an input, and work backwards to give an input from an output.
- Using simple algebraic inputs, such a y, to form expressions, such as y + 4.
- Substituting into simple expressions to find a particular value.
Additional Information
Children in Year 6 will be permitted to walk home from school once the 'Walking Home From School' letter has been signed by parents/carers and returned to school.
Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school every day.
Spellings:
This week's spelling words contain alternative spellings for the /ear/ phoneme. The words tested in the dictation are shown below in bold and can be found as an assignment on Spelling Shed for the children to practise. Login by visiting https://play.edshed.com/en-gb
Group 1: hear here weird year deer dear zero hero
cheer fear appear near
Group 2: hear here weird fierce year appear peer gear fearsome severe
reindeer cheer zero hero cereal deer dear bacteria hemisphere
souvenir
Group 3: disappeared atmosphere persevere cereal serial sincerely volunteer
fierce experience souvenir weird reindeer meerkat hemisphere interfere
weary delirious engineer chandelier interior severe bacteria seriously
reappear dreary pioneer career frontier
Children can also practise either Stage 3 and 4 words (Group 1/2) or Stage 5 & 6 words (Group 3)
This week's homework is:
Reading:
Please read for at least 20 minutes every night using your Reading Record Book to record your reading.
Maths Homework:
Year 6 Maths Homework - No Maths Homework
Children are also encouraged to continue to practise their times tables by visiting either ttrockstars or Hit The Button at https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English Homework:
KS2 English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling - There is no English homework.
HOMEWORK CLUB will run every Monday lunchtime.