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What stores and transfers energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred from one store into another. In these pictures, which items do you think use energy? Which ones store energy? Do they all store/use the same type of energy? Cut them out and sort them into groups.
Understanding friction: Build your own balloon hovercraft
When a moving surface slides on a stationary surface it rubs against it, which slows it down. This is due to friction, a force which resists the movement of one object sliding past another. Understand more about friction with a fantastic practical project: make your own balloon hovercraft!
Super scientist quiz
Quiz questions to encourage your child to think about how scientists work and why they do the things they do.
Reaching conclusions
A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
Reading scales
Look at these pictures and see how much each item weighs. Don’t forget to use the correct unit of measurement!
Reading a bar chart
Maple class have been finding out about favourite ice-cream flavours. They’ve put their results into a bar chart. Can you read it?
Problem solving: halves and doubles
Here are Ella and Stella. Their dad has baked them their favourite cakes. He has made one chocolate cake and one apple cake. Yummy! Try to answer these cake-flavoured questions about halves and doubles.
Y2 place value: partitioning tens and units
Can you complete the chart using numbers and words for the tens and ones/units?
Ordering numbers speed challenge
Are you ready for a number challenge? Cut out all the numbers in this hundred square. Then pick up five random numbers and see how quickly you can put them in the
correct order, from smallest to largest.
correct order, from smallest to largest.
Ordering numbers in words
Cut out the word cards and stick them onto another sheet in order, from smallest to largest. Let's see how good you are at ordering numbers in words.
Ordering numbers 1 to 100
How good are you at counting up to 100? Fill in the missing numbers on these number lines and in the 100 square.
Odd or even?
Do you know the difference between an odd number and an even number? Can you sort these numbers in the correct circle? Don’t forget! Even numbers can be shared equally; odd numbers can’t be shared equally.
Odd and even revision
Can you remember what makes odd and even numbers different? Match the word with the right definition! Then on this 100 square colour odd numbers in red, even numbers in blue.
Number bonds to 20 snap
This is a great way to practise number bonds at speed. One player turns over a card and places it on the table, face up. The next player puts down a card next to it. Players take turns putting cards on the second pile (face up). When two cards put down together make 20, it’s snap! The person who says “snap” first keeps all the cards. Play again. The winner is the player who has all the cards at the end of the game.
Number bonds to 10 and 20 practice
Mia has finished her number bonds homework. How did she get on? Put a tick next to calculations she got right and a cross next to the ones that are incorrect. How many incorrect number bonds did you spot? Can you write the right answers next to them?
Number bonds dice game
Get a die and roll it. What number would you need to add to the number on the die to make 10? See how quickly you can work it out! This is a great way to practise those number bonds.
Mental subtraction speed cards
Cut out the speed cards and turn them face down on the table. Pick up two cards. Take the smallest number away from the largest and say the answer, as quickly as you can!
Measuring length in centimetres
How good are you at measuring? You’ll need a ruler which clearly marks centimetres. Using your ruler, measure these pictures and put your answer underneath.
Measurement trail around the house
Rulers at the ready! Find things around the house for each measurement and fill in the chart.
Matching number bonds to 20
Can you find the pairs of numbers that make 20? This is a great way to practise all your number bonds to 20.
Making reasonable estimates
Here is a bucket of pebbles. Make an estimate: how many pebbles are there in the bucket? Check by counting the pebbles. Were you right? Remember, an estimate is a ‘clever guess’, a guess that we think carefully about before making.
Language of direction and position
Can you match these words with the correct pictures – under, over, above, beside, opposite, in between.
Know your Y2 number facts speed quiz
How good are you at answering tricky maths questions? Ask a grown-up to time how long it takes you to say the answer to these questions! Ready, set, go...
How many ways to make a number?
How many different ways can you add these numbers to make the number 9? Add two or three numbers together to see! You can use the same number more than once. Then using the same numbers, how many ways can you find of making 12?