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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.
Estimating and measuring time
Ask your child to estimate and then accurately measure how long it takes to do everyday activities in order to practise measuring time.
Write your own similes
A worksheet demonstrating to children what a simile is and then giving them prompts to write their own.
Clockwise and anti-clockwise
Worksheet with circular diagrams for your child to add arrows demonstrating clockwise and anti-clockwise.
All about skeletons quiz
Quiz questions to prompt your child to think about what they know about skeletons.
Thermal insulators and thermal conductors
A worksheet for children to cut out the names of different materials and then put them into the columns 'thermal insulator' and 'thermal conductor'.
Predictions and conclusions: keeping healthy
A worksheet with predictions for an experiment into heart rates to test children on their investigative skills.
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.
Writing about your favourite poem
A worksheet giving prompts for children to think and write about the setting, structure and language of their favourite poem.
Making sentences
Words for your child to cut out and then re-order into sentences. This activity will help them with understanding word order and how to use capitals and full stops.
Joining words
Use this worksheet to encourage your child to think about which joining words can be put in the sentences so that they make sense.
Writing descriptive statements
Encourage your child to write sentences about an outing they have been on. The sentences need to contain two pieces of information each.
Food chains and interdependence
A cut out and stick activity that encourages children to think about which animals eat which plants and animals. They need to arrange these into food chains with arrows pointing the correct way.
Non-reversible changes: burning
A worksheet to encourage children to think about how everyday objects change when they are lit or burnt.
Multiplication and division facts
This worksheet sets out the relationship between multiplication and division.
Adding decimal numbers using column addition
This worksheet gives examples of various decimal numbers that children need to add using the column method.
Estimating and checking times
This fun maths worksheet will help your child to estimate and check times using a simple timer, watch or clock.
Spelling games - Dragon's gold
Suitable for KS1 and KS2, Dragon's Gold is a spelling game for two players and will help your child practise any list of words. A great way to help your child prepare for the weekly spelling test (painlessly!).
Blending CVVC words (Phase 3 phonics)
Help children understand more about vowel digraphs with this practice activity. Children can use their existing knowledge of decoding CVC words to read words that have two vowels but make one sound.
Make a telephone
Have fun with your child whilst they learn more about sound and its properties.
Designing for a purpose
Let your child use their imagination to create a camouflage outfit, helping them explore ideas about designing for a purpose.