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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.
Make hand and foot measuring sticks
This engaging activity is an excellent practical resource for your child to build on their understanding of measurement by making their very own hand and foot measuring sticks. Make the sticks, then set them loose around the house to measure away to their hearts' content! Helps with mathematical vocabulary too!
Learn to count and use number names accurately
This EYFS/Key Stage 1 worksheet will help your child to practise counting and recognising numbers, and count reliably up to 10 everyday objects. You should help your child to do this worksheet.
Match rhyming words (Phase 2 phonics)
Understanding that words rhyme is an important part of your child's phonics and reading journey. This Reception worksheet helps them match rhyming words.
Wordsearch: length or distance
This wordsearch activity will help your child to identify the words we use to talk about length.
Investigation floating and sinking
An activity to bring to life the concept of floating and sinking to Reception-age children. Also includes a table for recording.
3 times table puzzles
This worksheet is a 'fill in the gaps' puzzle to help your child recall their multiplication and division facts of the 3 times table.
Rounding numbers to the nearest hundred
A worksheet designed to help children practise rounding numbers in the thousands to the nearest hundred.
Ice cube investigation
An investigation comparing the difference between an ice cube melting in air and an ice cube melting in water.
A balanced shopping list
On this worksheet, children need to sort different foods into their groups.
Materials to build a house
This worksheet encourages children to think about what materials they would need to build a house and why.
Understanding instructions
This activity forms part of the English curriculum for speaking and listening. It will develop an understanding of the importance of giving instructions and listening carefully to instructions. The activity can be adapted for all ages and should be done with a parent or carer.
Marking punctuation
A worksheet with a passage of writing that your child needs to read over and mark, inserting the correct punctuation.
Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s
Incomplete number sequences for your child to fill in, helping them practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
Animal habitats
A grid for children to fill in what they know about the habitats of different animals.
Understanding food chains
Vocabulary related to food chains for children to cut out and then match to the correct definitions.
Predictions and conclusions: life cycles
A worksheet showing the predictions and conclusions of an experiment into life cycles. Includes questions to encourage children to use their investigative skills.
Learning about forces
This science worksheet is aimed at Key Stage 2 pupils and will help your child to develop their science skills by using first-hand experience to answer questions.
Investigating floating and sinking
Activity encouraging children to use objects around the home to demonstrate floating, sinking and the upthrust force of water.
Match singular and plural
This worksheet is designed to help your child understand how to say the singular and plural versions of different animals' names.
Joining words (connectives)
This worksheet allows your child to write their own sentences using the given connectives.