Year 6 Curriculum Projects
Year 6 Project - Britain At War
In the Britain at War project, your child will learn about the main causes of the First World War and which countries were the major players. They will investigate why so many men volunteered to fight and then sequence the events at the start of the war. Using various sources of evidence, the children will learn about life in the trenches and the consequences of new weaponry. They will listen to first-hand accounts of life on the home front and evaluate the impact of war on everyday life. They will also discover the events that led to the Allied Powers’ victory and the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles. The children will also learn about the causes and main events of the Second World War. They will find out how Britain prepared itself for war and the war’s impact on civilian life. They will learn about the Battle of Britain and how it proved to be a key turning point for the Allied Powers. They will also hear about Anne Frank and discover what her story tells us about the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazi Party. The children will research the causes and consequences of the end of the Second World War and investigate the legacy of the wars in Britain.
History: First and Second World Wars; Causes; Warring nations; Weaponry, warfare and technology; Key events and battles; Impact on citizens and everyday life; Significant leaders; End of war; Local history study; Remembrance; Post-war Britain
Geography: Place and interconnections; Maps
Science: The Circulatory System - Bodily systems; Circulatory system – role and main parts; Heart – structure and function; Blood – components and functions; Blood vessels – structure and function; Measuring heart rate; Proving a hypothesis; Heart rate investigation; Classifying foods; Effects of smoking, alcohol and drugs; Heart rate recovery investigation
Art and Design: Abstract art - Abstraction by line, colour and shape; Significant artists – Pablo Picasso, Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay; Orphism
Design Technology: Make Do and Mend - Investigating clothing; Sewing – running stitch, whip stitch and blanket stitch; Repairing clothes; Making products from recycled materials
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 (Dance) and Wednesday (Netball).
Please ensure your child has their full PE kit, including trainers, in school every day. As the colder weather is now upon us, we encourage the children to wear jogging bottoms and a zip-up or hoodie (or similar) for outdoor PE on a Wednesday.
They should also have a water bottle in school everyday.
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English
W/B 27.102025
Next week we will be:
- Revising the function of different classes of nouns and adjectives within sentences.
- Completing a reading comprehension exercise to use retrieval and inference skills.
- Using the Sainsbury's advert 'The Christmas' Truce as a starting point for our own letters from the trenches, writing in paragraphs and using formal language.
- Maths
W/B 27.10.2025
Next week we will be:
- Solving division problems.
- Solving multi-step problems.
- Learning the order of priority for operations in a calculation by using BIDMAS.
- Using mental strategies and estimation to check answers to calculations.
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:
New spelling words will be given each Wednesday and words in bold will be tested in a dictation the following Tuesday.
This week's spelling words contain alternative spellings for the /ee/ phoneme. The words tested in the dictation 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: meat happy February family meet donkey week read dream
knee these money easy people weak see sea
Group 2: meat recent meet February breathe heal peace heel piece believe
complete protein scene machine busy between vehicle repeat dictionary probably
ceiling committee extreme quay
Group 3: committee protein guarantee community mischievous peculiar proceed
voluntary especially deceive familiar amoeba appreciate quay stationery
paediatrician prophecy cereal probably vehicle diarrhoea serial algae
achieve receive phoenix quarantine ravine solely ceiling
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 Book p11-12 (p13 is optional) due in by 31.10.2025.
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:
No English homework this week. This will begin after half term.