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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.
What is a sentence?
This worksheet gives sentences that need correcting with regards to word order or punctuation.
Tricky words memory game
Use this memory game to help your child to remember the spellings of some tricky high frequency words.
Animals and their habitats
This worksheet encourages children to investigate why certain animals are adapted to their habitats.
Micro-organisms: observing mould on food
A simple activity your child can carry out at home in order for them to see micro-organisms in the form of mould developing on different food types.
Key Stage 2 - 2006 Maths SATs Papers
Download and print this complete set of Maths SATs papers from 2006 to assist your child in preparing for the tests.
Revise multiplication and division
This worksheet gives lots of examples of multiplication number sentences for children to try. They are then encouraged to make the connection between multiplication and division.
How to order decimal numbers
A worksheet explaining how to work out which decimals are bigger, due to the place value of each digit. The sheet then gives examples to practise along with answers.
Newspaper report writing
It's your child's turn to make the front page! Ask them to plan and report on a local issue, interviewing friends and family to get quotes.It will help them understand how newspaper reports are written, as well as encouraging them to become more aware of a local issue.
Reading the /igh/ sound
Does the igh sound make you sigh in the night? This worksheet will help you see the light! Practice with all your might and you will soon be soaring high!
Investigating and comparing materials
Develop your child's understanding of materials and their different properties.
Understand sound and hearing
Your child will have tons of fun doing this experiment whilst learning all about sound and hearing.
Add one more
Help your child understand how addition works with the help of pictures. You can also replicate this idea with their favourite toy or even some chocolate buttons (though they might be more suited to subtraction practice!).
Subtraction with a number line
As your child gets to grips with number lines in Reception and Y1, help them try some basic calculations. This worksheet offers some subtraction problems to solve using a number line.
Find all the pairs that make 10
How fast can you find all the pairs of numbers that make ten? Why not do it against the clock... can you improve your time with practice?
Problem solving: Smoothies
This problem-solving activity enables children to use their knowledge of numbers, patterns and calculation strategies to solve a problem. How many different-flavoured smoothies can your child invent? What will happen when the last-minute delivery of raspberries arrives?
Learn about equipment used for measuring
This maths worksheet will help your child to be able to suggest suitable equipment for measuring. It is aimed at Y1 pupils and should be supervised by a parent.
Experiment to test capacity
Water, water, everywhere - or there might be when your child is experimenting to test the capacity of different containers!
Blindfold Feeling Game
Help your child to use their sense of touch to feel different hard and soft objects and then try to guess what they are.
Use everyday objects to work out perimeters and areas
Measure the pictures to find out the area and perimeter so that you can work out how much glass and wood would be needed to frame them.
Division story problems
Real-life word problems to help your child practise using written methods for division.