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Investigating animal homes worksheet

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?
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Bird watch

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.
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What is good food? activity

What is good food?

A cutting and sticking activity to help children understand which foods belong to which group.
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How an electrical circuit works worksheet

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.
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Ruler and protractor to download

Protractor and rulers to download

No protractor or ruler in the house? Don't panic about completing the homework, just download our printable protractor and rulers.
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TheSchoolRun phonics sound mats

Phonics phases sound mats

Use our free phonics phases sound mats to see what sounds your child will be taught when in their phonics learning journey. These mats cover phonics phases 2-5.
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What year is it worksheet

What year is it?

Help your child understand what years mean and how to order years.
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Telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes: matching activity

Telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes: matching activity

Can you match the clock faces to the times given in writing? Cut them out and match them up.
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Sequencing events: past, present, future worksheet

Sequencing events: past, present, future

Ask your child to tell you what they did yesterday. Ask them to draw a picture in the box and then write a sentence next to it. Encourage them to go through the rest of the sheet, filling in what they did at each stage.
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Soft 'c' crossword

Soft 'c' crossword (Phase 5 phonics)

The letter ‘c’ has a hard sound (/k/ as in cat) and a soft sound (/s/ as in cell). Usually, the ‘c’ is hard or soft depending on the vowel that follows it. This soft 'c' crossword helps your child practise this spelling pattern.
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Compare and sequence intervals of time worksheet

Compare and sequence intervals of time

Time intervals are best understood through practical activities. Here are some hands-on ways of experiencing the passing of time with your child. Once you’ve tried them, ask your child to cut out the activity cards and put them in order next to the matching time interval cards.
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Writing two-syllable words worksheet

Writing two-syllable words

All of these words have two syllables. Syllables are like ‘beats’. Clap out the syllables as you say each of these words, then write the separate syllables in the two boxes on the right.
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Writing compound words worksheet

Writing compound words

A compound word is a word that is made up of two smaller words, for example: play + ground = playground. These compound words have been cut in half and jumbled around. Can you cut these words out and match up each purple half with the correct green half?
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Words containing the /ar/ sound worksheet

Words containing the /ar/ sound

All of these words are missing the letters ‘ar’ in the middle. Add them in and read the words out loud. Write each word again three times so that you learn the spelling.
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Spelling patterns: words ending in -il worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending in -il

All of these words end in -il but the letters have been jumbled up. Can you unjumble them to make the correct words?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -y wordsearch

Spelling patterns: words ending -y wordsearch

Can you find all the words in this wordsearch that end in -y?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -ve worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending -ve

All these words end in -ve (not many English words end in -v without an ‘e’!). Some of them have a long vowel sound (like ‘five’) and some of them have a short vowel sound (like ‘give’). Can you sort them into words with short vowels and words with long vowels?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -ey worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending -ey

In these words the /ee/ sound is written with the grapheme ‘ey’. Look through this nonsense passage and underline the ‘ey’ words. Then write each word out three times to help you learn them
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Spelling patterns: the suffix -less worksheet

Spelling patterns: the suffix -less

When the suffix -less is added to the end of adjectives the new word indicates the absence of the root word. For example, a person without hope is hopeless. Fill the correct word in these sentences.
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Spelling patterns: ‘wa’ or ‘qua’ words worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘wa’ or ‘qua’ words

When the graphemes ‘w’ or ‘qu’ are followed by the single vowel ‘a’, it usually represents the /o/ sound as in swan. For each of these words, add an ‘a’ to complete the word. Say the
word out loud. Can you hear how the ‘a’ makes an /o/ sound? Then have a go at the wordsearch.
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Spelling patterns: ‘or’ representing the /er/ sound worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘or’ representing the /er/ sound

The letter ‘w’ followed by the ‘or’ grapheme makes the /er/ sound as in worm. Can you work out where these words should go in these sentences?
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ure/, /ur/ and /er/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ure/, /ur/ and /er/ blends

Let's play a game of snap! Listen out for the /ure/, /ur/ and /er/ blends.
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /igh/, /air/, /ear/ and /ure/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /igh/, /air/, /ear/ and /ure/ blends

Let's play a game of sound snap. Listen out for the /igh/, /air/, /ear/ and /ure/ blends!
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ blends

Let's play a game of sound snap! Listen out for the /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ blends.
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