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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.
Describing a story setting
Emma had to describe a Victorian classroom and was given these success criteria by her teacher: remember to add adjectives; use capitals and full stops in the
right places; describe what you can see, hear, smell and feel. Has Emma done what her teacher asked?
right places; describe what you can see, hear, smell and feel. Has Emma done what her teacher asked?
Correcting punctuation
Maisie has written a letter to her favourite author, but she has forgotten all the punctuation! Can you go through her letter and add in capital letters and full stops? You may also need to include some exclamation marks, question marks and commas.
Comparing books by the same author
Think of two books you have read, both written by the same author. Can you compare them? Write a short description of the plot of each book. Give three examples of how the books are different. Which book did you prefer? Why? Give three reasons why you enjoyed it more.
Calligrams
Can you turn any of these words into calligrams? Be as inventive as you can! Search the internet for calligrams and be inspired!
Analysing newspaper articles
Can you find the following features in this newspaper article? Headline, caption, paragraphs, picture.
Adventure story starter
Mary was in bed, in a deep sleep. She was dreaming about eating a huge, delicious ice-cream. In her dream, she heard a tapping on the window. The tapping continued. After a few seconds, Mary began to wake up and realised the tapping wasn’t in her dream... What do you think happens next? Continue writing the story.
Y3 problem-solving: subtraction
Use your subtraction skills to answer these questions. How quickly can you finish them all?
Y3 problem-solving: multiplication
How good are you at multiplication? Test your skills with these tricky word problems.
Y3 problem-solving: all four operations
Look at these problems and think about whether you need to add, subtract, multiply or divide. Can you write out the calculation? `draw diagrams if you get stuck.
Y3 problem-solving: addition
Use this teacher-created worksheet to help your Year 3 child practise their problem-solving skills with addition. Can you solve these tricky word problems using your addition skills?
Y3 doubles Bingo
Each player has a board. The caller reads out random numbers from the list below (doubles are in brackets) and ticks them off as they go. The person who has a number that is double the number called out on their board puts a counter on top of it. The winner is the player who covers all the numbers on their board first.
Writing numbers in words: writing cheques
You have just bought some trainers and you need to write a cheque to the sports shop. The trainers cost £45.99. Fill in this cheque, writing the amount above in words. Don’t forget to sign and date your cheque!
Writing numbers as words
Can you write each of these numbers as words? Remember, when you are writing numbers in full, hyphenate all numbers between 21 and 99.
Weight word problems
Can you work out these weight word problems? Remember that there are 1000 grams in a kilogram...
Venn diagram puzzle
This Venn diagram has been filled in but there are no rules at the top. What do you think the rules could be?
Using Venn diagrams
Our Venn diagram worksheet is a handy resource created to assist KS2 children in fully understanding the concept of Venn diagrams. It is a teacher-created tool that will help your child go through the process of organising data using Venn diagrams.
Using the inverse operation
Mark has worked out the answers to these calculations, Look through and estimate what you think the answers should be. Afterwards, use a calculator to check whether Mark’s answers were correct.
Tallies and bar charts
Find information about the eye colour of as many people as you can – you could ask your friends at school and your family at home. Keep a tally of the numbers, using this tally chart. Now draw your own bar chart to represent the information you have found.
Subtracting three-digit numbers on a number line
When subtracting it is sometimes helpful to think of the DIFFERENCE between the smaller number and the larger number. You can work this out on a number line. Try using a number line to work out these questions.