Year 6 Economic wellbeing
This unit hub can be used to inform your medium term plan and to navigate to related resources.
We’re monitoring the upcoming 2025 National Curriculum updates and will revise our resources when we know more. Learn more
- Subjects >
- RSE & PSHE >
- Upper key stage 2 >
- Year 6 >
-
Y6 Economic wellbeing
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand feelings about money and the impact they can have.
- Explain how to safeguard money in both digital and physical environments.
- Know the money changes when moving to secondary school.
- Understand the risks of gambling.
- Explain how careers function in different settings and what roles and responsibilities come with them.
- Explore different career routes and their requirements.
Suggested prior learning
Y5 Economic wellbeing
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: How do people navigate their feelings about money?
- To identify feelings around money and discuss their impact.
Lesson 2: How do people keep money safe?
- To recognise how to safeguard money in digital and physical environments.
Lesson 3: What money responsibilities are there in secondary school?
- To identify how money-related matters develop at secondary school.
Lesson 4: What are the risks of gambling?
- To recognise the risks of gambling.
Lesson 5: What is a workplace?
- To explore how different careers operate in a workplace.
Lesson 6: What career routes are there?
- To explore different career routes and their requirements.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Resources
Unit resources

RSE & PSHE
*New* Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Year 6 Economic wellbeing
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit 'Economic Wellbeing'.

RSE & PSHE
Vocabulary display: Year 6 Economic wellbeing
A display version of the key vocabulary from the 'Year 6 Economic wellbeing' unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
British values: Democracy, Individual liberty, Mutual respect, Rule of law
English: Spoken language
RSE: Mental wellbeing