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Important update from TheSchoolRun
For the past 13 years, TheSchoolRun has been run by a small team of mums working from home, dedicated to providing quality educational resources to primary school parents. Unfortunately, rising supplier costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for us to continue operating, and we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close. The good news: We’ve arranged for another educational provider to take over many of our resources. These will be hosted on a new portal, where the content will be updated and expanded to support your child’s learning.
What this means for subscribers:
- Your subscription is still active, and for now, you can keep using the website as normal — just log in with your usual details to access all our articles and resources*.
- In a few months, all resources will move to the new portal. You’ll continue to have access there until your subscription ends. We’ll send you full details nearer the time.
- As a thank you for your support, we’ll also be sending you 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep.
A few changes to be aware of:
- The Learning Journey weekly email has ended, but your child’s plan will still be updated on your dashboard each Monday. Just log in to see the recommended worksheets.
- The 11+ weekly emails have now ended. We sent you all the remaining emails in the series at the end of March — please check your inbox (and spam folder) if you haven’t seen them. You can also follow the full programme here: 11+ Learning Journey.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for being part of our journey it’s been a privilege to support your family’s learning.
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Science worksheets
Free worksheets: Science, KS2, Y6
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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.
Starting to collect data
Encourage your child to ask people about their favourite toys and record the information on this simple table.
Materials and their properties
A grid for you and your child to record what you find out about the properties of different materials.
Forces investigation: comparing data
Results of an investigation involving forces for children to answer questions on.
Using scientific equipment
Use this worksheet to help your child plan an investigation into rock permeability.
Reaching conclusions
A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
Comparative sizes of the Earth, sun and moon
An activity for your child to try at home to help them get a clear understanding of the comparative sizes of and distances between the Earth, Sun and moon.
Investigate the principles of forces
This worksheet will help your child experience the basic principles of forces such as pushing/pulling, gravity, and friction.
How animals are adapted to their habitat
This worksheet encourages children to think about animals in the desert and research how they are adapted to life in that habitat.
Design a healthy living poster
An activity to help your child identify ways to lead a healthy life.
Understanding light and dark
A worksheet designed to help your child investigate and understand light and dark.
Blindfold Smelling Game
Help your child to use their sense of smell to work out which food or drink is put in front of them.
Understanding my body
A worksheet to help children think about the names of the parts of the body and write the words on a picture.
Natural or man-made
Worksheet to prompt your child to consider whether different objects are natural or man-made.
Good and bad scientists
A list of statements for children to look through and decide which are true of good scientists.
What do you know about light?
A worksheet with half-sentences about light, to cut out and re-arrange so that they make sense.
Solids and liquids quiz
A quiz involving questions about solids and liquids for children to test their knowledge with.
Experimenting with pitch
Suggestions for activities to try at home to help your child investigate factors that affect pitch.
Understanding physical processes
This worksheet will help your child to use first-hand experience to answer questions and to recognise that when things speed up, slow down or change direction, there is a cause.
How fast do solids dissolve?
This activity encourages children to investigate at home which factors will make a difference to how fast a solid dissolves.
Find and label materials
This activity will teach your child the different properties of many common materials and help them identify why they are used.