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Investigating animal homes
Think about all the ways our houses protect us. Now think about animals or bugs living in your garden or house. Where do animals and bugs like to live? Draw a picture and/or write the name of their home. Cut out all the cards and make two piles, one for creature cards and one for house cards; mix them up. Pick one card from each pile. Would a mouse like to live in a fish pond? Would a frog like to live in a bee hive? Why?
Bird watch
Have a look at the different trees in your neighbourhood and find one birds like to land in. Why might the birds have chosen that tree? Does it have a nest in? Then draw a picture of the tree and label your picture with all the reasons why you think this is a good tree for birds to nest in.
What is good food?
A cutting and sticking activity to help children understand which foods belong to which group.
How an electrical circuit works
A worksheet designed to illustrate the fact that a circuit must be complete for electricity to flow and a bulb to work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Improve your child's handwriting in 8 weeks
Handwriting is a crucial life skill, but how can you help your child write neatly and legibly? Our eight-week learning pack is packed with information and tips from handwriting experts, as well as fun and practical steps you can take to help your child put theory into practice.
What are homophones?
Pairs of homophones for children to cut up and then insert into the incomplete sentences given. Encourages your child to think about the meaning and spelling of these words.
Using apostrophes
A passage of text containing words that need shortening with the use of apostrophes. Children are encouraged to 'mark' the text and write alternatives above each part that is underlined.
Spelling rules: plurals
A worksheet explaining the spelling rules for turning words with different endings into their plural form. Includes cards to sort into 'correct' and 'incorrect' piles.