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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.
Sorting with a Carroll diagram
Carroll diagrams help us group things according to a yes/no system. Do the things you’re organising have a particular feature (yes!) or not (no!)? Can you sort these shapes into the Carroll diagram below?
Rounding to the nearest 100
When rounding a 3-digit number to the nearest 100 you need to look at the tens number. If it is lower than 50, the number is rounded down to the nearest hundred number. If it is 50 or higher, the number is rounded up to the nearest hundred number. Can you write what these numbers are, rounded to the nearest 100?
Reflective symmetry
Complete these pictures to show the shape reflected in the dotted line of symmetry. You could use a small mirror to show what the other half of the shape should look like.
Reading measurements: capacity
Do you know your litres from your millilitres? Test yourself with these questions.
Reading compass directions
Welcome to Skull Rock! Use the map to find your way around. Can you read the compass directions and answer these questions?
Reading and ordering numbers
Cut out these number cards and match the digits to the numbers written as words. Can you put them in order (smallest to largest)?
Reading a pictogram
This KS1 pictogram worksheet will help your child read pictograms and understand how to use them in their maths classes. It was created by an experienced teacher with the aim of supporting your child's learning at home.
Quick addition and subtraction
Set a stopwatch and time yourself working out the first set of ten number sentences. Now time yourself doing the next set. Did you beat your first time? See if you can get faster doing the third and fourth
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Properties of 2D shapes
Look at these shapes. Think about the statements in the table and draw each shape next to the statement that you think goes with it. You may need to use the corner of a book or piece of paper to check which angles are right angles.
Partitioning to add three-digit numbers
When adding two three-digit numbers, add the hundreds numbers first, then the tens numbers and then the units. Can you use this method to work out these problems?
Partitioning practice: thousands, hundreds, tens and units
Listen to these numbers then write each digit in the correct column – thousands, hundreds, tens or units.
Number sequences: counting in 2s, 3s, 4s, 5, 6s, 10s
Some numbers are missing from these lily pads. Look at the other numbers and see if you can work out what they are.
Number patterns: counting in 3s
Count in 3s from 3 to 36. Write down each number as you go. Now go through and add up the digits of each number. What do you notice?
Multiplying multiples of ten
Here's a method to help you multiply multiples of ten (numbers ending in zero). Can you use this method to help you answer the following questions?
Multiplying by 10
Cut out the number cards below. Each blue number is a pink number multiplied by ten. Can you match the cards into their correct pairs? Remember, when you multiply a number by 10, the digits slide to the left and then you need to put a zero in before the decimal point.
Multiplication investigation
How well do you know the 3x table? Use your multiplication skills to work out how many cakes Sarah has baked.
Measuring angles: smaller or larger than a right angle
Are these angles smaller or larger than right angles? You may need to check. Write underneath each one if it is bigger than a right angle, smaller than a right angle or a right angle.
Length word problems
Can you work out these word problems? Remember that there are 100 centimetres in one metre. There are 1000 metres in one kilometre.