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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.
Key Stage 2 - 2008 English SATs Papers
Download and print this complete set of KS2 English SATs papers from 2008 to assist your child in preparing for the tests.
Key Stage 2 - 2006 English SATs Papers
Download and print this complete set of English SATs papers from 2006 to help your child prepare for the tests.
Key Stage 2 - Science Practice Papers
Our SATs practice papers are designed to help your child revise the science topics they will need to know for the Year 6 tests.
Key Stage 2 - Maths SATs Practice Papers
Our SATs practice papers are designed to help your child practise the kind of questions they will need to answer in the Year 6 tests.
Key Stage 1 SATs Maths practice papers A
Use our KS1 Maths SATs practice papers (based on the pre-2016 SATs format), designed to replicate the kind of questions your child will answer in the Year 2 test, to offer them extra practice in completing a paper.
Key Stage 2 - English Practice SATs papers
Our practice SATs papers have been compiled by teachers to offer your child extra practice when preparing for the Year 6 tests.
Ways of learning tricky words
This worksheet gives suggestions on how to memorise the spelling of the word 'thought'. The strategies here could be applied to other tricky words.
Using alliterative adjectives and nouns
This worksheet explains alliteration and gives examples of alliterative nouns and adjectives. Children are then encouraged to write their own alliterative sentences.
Talking about dilemmas
This worksheet gives various school scenarios which children are encouraged to consider. They then need to think about the course of action they would choose.
Count the syllables in animal names
Children are encouraged to say the names of various animals, thinking about how many syllables are in each word. They they need to sort these words into boxes, according to how many syllables they have.
Spelling the word 'February'
This worksheet gives ideas on how to help your child learn the word 'February'. The same activity could be applied to various other difficult words.
Reading comprehension: adders
This sheet consists of a text on adders for your child to read. They then need to make notes in the boxes to show that they understand how to group information by theme.
Practising basic letter shapes
This worksheet shows children how to practise basic letter shapes. It will help your child to develop a fluent style by tracing and copying patterns.
Ordering and writing instructions
This sheet gives jumbled-up instructions on how to make a cheese sandwich. Children need to cut these out and then re-arrange them into order. They are then encouraged to write their own instructions on how to have a bath.
Ones tens number line
Three number lines to help your child understand the order that ones and tens go up in. Also useful for thinking about numbers in between multiples of ten.
Number line jigsaw
This worksheet consists of an empty number line for you to add your own numbers to. The number line then needs to be cut up and muddled up for your child so that they can re-arrange it into its original order.
More interesting words for 'said' and 'went'
This worksheet gives a list of powerful verbs which all mean 'said' or 'went'. Children need to work out which is which and then arrange them into the columns in the table given.
Listening to a sports commentary
This worksheet encourages your child to listen to a sports commentary and then become a commentator themselves.
Inserting punctuation into a text
This sheet gives a passage of text, which children need to read through before deciding where to insert full stops, capital letters and commas.
Ideas to improve the playground
This download prompts your child to think about ways in which their playground could be improved. They need to complete a spider-diagram of their ideas.