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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 comprehension: friends in high places
Little Women is a classic novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage Meg, the eldest, has made friends with Annie from the rich Moffat family. Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Christmas morning
In this passage from Little Women, an American novel written in 1868, the four March sisters (Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy) wake up on Christmas morning. Their father is away fighting in the American Civil War and their Christmas is very different to all previous ones. Read the passage then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: an afternoon outing
In this passage from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott the March sisters’ friend and neighbour, Laurie, sees the girls going off to sit in the sun and follows them. Read the passage then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Amy and Aunt March
Little Women is an American novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War in the 1860s. In this passage the youngest sister, Amy, is working as a carer to her aunt (a job previously done by her older sister, Jo). Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
Year 1 Cloze test: the talking tree
Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should go in the text?
Year 1 Cloze test: the boastful man
Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should go in the text?
Year 1 Cloze test: market visit
Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should go in the text?
Reading comprehension: THE YOUNG CRAB AND HIS MOTHER
Reading this short story about a clever young crab, then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW
Read this story about a foolish wolf, then see if you can answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: THE PLANE TREE
Read this short story about two men and a tree, then have a go at answering the questions.
Reading comprehension: THE KID AND THE WOLF
Read this story about the kid and the wolf and then see if you can answer the questions.
Reading comprehension: THE HEN AND THE RUBY
Read this story about the hen and the ruby and then see if you answer the questions.
Reading comprehension: THE DRIVER AND HIS HORSES
Read this story about a driver and his horses and then see if you can answer the questions.
Reading comprehension: THE CROW AND THE JUG
Read this story about the crow and the jug and then see if you can answer the questions.
Reading comprehension: THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
First read this story about the boys and the frogs and then answer the questions.
Reading comprehension: THE BOASTFUL MAN
Read this story about a boastful man and then answer the questions.
Reading comprehension: A TRIP TO THE MARKET
Read the story about a trip to the market and then answer questions.
Year 6 number pyramids: multiplying Roman numerals
Each pair of adjacent Roman numerals need to be multiplied to make the one on top.
Year 6 number pyramids: multiplying large numbers
Multiply the adjacent numbers and write their product in the circle above them.
Year 6 number pyramids: multiplying fractions
Each pair of adjacent fractions needs to be multiplied to make the one on top.