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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.
Highlighting punctuation in a text
This sheet shows a passage of text. Children are required to highlight different types of punctuation with different colours.
Handwriting downs and ups
This sheet shows how to join various letters, paying particular attention to where your pencil needs to go up or down.
Analysing spoken commentary
This worksheet encourages children to listen to a spoken commentary and analyse it.
Early letter shapes
This activity helps children to practise basic letter shapes and move the pencil from left to right.
Early handwriting patterns
This sheet gives various patterns for children to practise to get them into the habit of forming letters correctly.
Developing an opinion using connectives
This worksheet encourages children to think about the pros and cons of walking to school. It gives a list of connectives and suggests children use these in their writing.
Changing 'went' for a better word
This worksheet encourages children to think about how they could improve a sentence by using a more interesting verb than 'went'.
Brainstorming how my actions affect others
This worksheet helps children to develop some understanding of how their choice of behaviour can affect others. It gives them the opportunity to think about the best way to deal with a situation.
Full stops and capitals: a space story
This task involves cutting the words up and then arranging them into four sentences. Children then need to write these sentences with full stops and capital letters.
Following instructions puzzle
Children need to read and follow the instructions given to make a mystery object out of paper.
Writing to explain
This worksheet encourages your child to imagine that they are writing an explanatory text for a child who is new to their school.
Simple subtraction story problem
This worksheet encourages your child to think about subtracting one from ten with the use of pictures.
Doubling a number
This worksheet asks your child to solve word problems involving doubling with the help of pictures of coins.
Key Stage 1 - 2004 Maths SATs Papers
Download and print this complete set of Maths SATs papers from 2004 to assist your child in preparing for the tests.
Writing to a friend in 1900 and the present day
This download encourages children to write a letter to someone in the past and one to someone in the present day. They are encouraged to think about layout and style.
Writing sentences using commas and semi-colons
A worksheet encouraging children to write sentences containing a comma or a semi-colon.
What are simple, compound and complex sentences?
Children need to read the sentences in this worksheet and then decide whether they are simple, compound or complex, using the explanation given.
Using speech marks
A list of sentences which children need to re-write using speech marks correctly.
Using semi-colons correctly
This worksheet gives a list of sentences that need to be checked for correct use of semi-colons.
Using semi-colons and commas
This worksheet gives a list of sentences that either need a comma or a semi-colon. Children need to read the explanation at the top and then decide how to modify the sentences.