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.
For Forest School on Friday, the children will need to come to school dressed in warm layers appropriate for outdoor activities whatever the weather. They must have a waterproof coat and we also suggest a hat, scarf and gloves for this time of year.
They should also have a water bottle in school everyday.
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English
W/B: 09.02.2026
Next week we will be:
- Taking part in paired writing to create narrative sentences using The Storm as a stimulus and making use of figurative language.
- Revising how to structure and puncutate dialogue to convey character and advance the action.
- Independently planning and writing our own Storm narrative.
- Editing and suggesting improvements for our own writing and the writing of others.
Maths
W/B 09.02.2026
Next week we will be:
- Dividing decimals by integers.
- Multiplying and dividing decimals in context.
- Exploring decimal and fraction equivalents.
- Finding fractions as decimals by dividing the numerator by the denominator.
- Using the percentage symbol and knowing that percent relates to ‘number of parts per hundred’.
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 /n/ phoneme. The words 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: Wednesday know no knew knight everyone knife anyone gone done funny knock
Group 2: Wednesday mnemonic know no knew sign gnome knight gnat everyone knowledge
tonne sandwich knife anyone gone done funny knock tennis
Group 3: caffeine pneumatictonne campaign foreign mnemonic minnow champagne sovereign knowledge
design knead knuckle gnash gnarl pneumonia everyone sign sandwich government kneel airborne
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 Practice Journal: No Maths Homework this week.
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 Book: No Homework this week.
HOMEWORK CLUB will run every Monday lunchtime.