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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 rules: adding -ed and -ing
A worksheet explaining the spelling rule for adding 'ed' and 'ing' to verbs that have either a long or short vowel. Includes cards for your child to cut out and re-arrange to help with their spelling.
Possessive apostrophes
Explanation of how to use possessive apostrophes and then some activities to help your child put this concept into practice.
Homophones puzzle
Encourage your child to cut up the pairs of homophones and the mixed-up definitions and then work out which should go with which.
Crazy sentences game
A fun game to encourage your child to use the word 'because' in longer sentences when they are speaking and writing.
Changing verbs to add -ing and -ed
This worksheet explains the rules for changing the tense of verbs ending in 'e' and also those that end in 'hissing' and 'buzzing' sounds.
Apostrophes in shortened words
This worksheet explains the use of apostrophes to shorten words and then gives example sentences containing words for children to alter.
Using adjectives
This worksheet gives children the opportunity to cut out adjectives and then choose the ones they think fit the given picture.
Understanding connectives
This worksheet consists of sentences which need connectives adding in the middle. This will help children to understand which connectives are used in which sentences.
Tricky spellings practice
This worksheet goes through some tricky spellings and gives ideas on how to learn them. It encourages testing your child on these words within dictated sentences.
Spelling tricky words Y2
Use this worksheet to help your children think about the phonemes in words that are tricky to spell. They then need to practise writing the words unaided, sounding out each phoneme.
Spelling patterns: the prefix un-
A prefix is a string of letters that is added on to the start of a word. When you add the prefix ‘un-’ to a word, it gives the word the opposite meaning. Can you use this rule to change the meaning of words in these sentences?
Adjectives: describing words
Use this worksheet to encourage your child to use appropriate adjectives to describe a picture.
The Parents' Guide to subtraction
Number lines, the counting on method and 'borrowing' numbers are all covered in our guide to subtraction, a complete overview of what your child will be taught about 'taking away' numbers at school.
The Parents' Guide to addition
Find out how addition is taught in schools and the addition topics your child might ask about. This guide explains what you need to know about hops, partitioning numbers, column addition and long addition.
Phase 1 high frequency words flashcards
During Years 1 and 2 your child will be expected to learn to read and spell high-frequency words as well as the days of the week, months of the year, numbers to twenty and colours. Help them practise at home with our colourful flashcards.
Number square to 100
In KS1 maths your child will learn to calculate using a number square to 100. Print out our teacher-created versions (plain, jungle-themed and very colourful!) to help them practise addition and subtraction at home.
Using comparative vocabulary
Long, longer, longest... confusing isn't it? Help your child grasp the concept of comparative measurement with this worksheet containing key vocabulary.