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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.
Can you separate solids from liquids?
This experiment helps children to understand that sometimes a solution of a solid and a liquid can be separated by evaporation.
Reversible and non-reversible changes
This experiment that you can do at home helps your child to understand the difference between a reversible change and a non-reversible change.
Decimal places rounding game
Use this game to generate numbers and then round them to two decimal places.
Understanding column addition
This worksheet will give your child practice in carrying out column addition with three- and four-digit numbers.
Writing in the correct style
What's your child's dream holiday destination? Their task is to write a leaflet advertising it to persuade people to book their holiday there. They'll need to understand holiday-brochure writing, select the right style and write persuasively. Can their writing convince you to visit?
Boosting writing with powerful verbs
This activity will help your child identify powerful verbs and practise using them to improve their writing.
Sorting right angles
This worksheet will enable children to differentiate between right angles, angles smaller than a right angle, and angles larger than a right angle. A fun visual activity.
Fractions and shapes
A worksheet with pictorial representations of equivalent fractions for your child to work out and colour in.
Growing diary data
A worksheet showing results of an investigation into how different soils affect the growth of plants.
Estimating and measuring time
Ask your child to estimate and then accurately measure how long it takes to do everyday activities in order to practise measuring time.
Instructions on how to play a game
This worksheet encourages your child to write instructions on how to play a game for a child who does not speak English.
Moving and growing
A list of questions to prompt children into thinking further about moving and growing and the importance of the skeleton.
Changing state: evaporation
A worksheet with pictures of the process of evaporation. Children need to write in the boxes what they think is happening in each picture.
Investigate the principles of forces
This worksheet will help your child experience the basic principles of forces such as pushing/pulling, gravity, and friction.
Calculate area and perimeter
This activity encourages your child to measure your kitchen at home and then calculate its perimeter and area.
Conductors and insulators
Use this worksheet to discuss conductors and insulators with your child. See if they can work out which materials will make the bulb light up and why.
Key Stage 2 - 2003 Maths SATs Papers
Download and print this complete set of KS2 maths SATs papers from 2003 to assist your child in preparing for the tests.
Estimate and measure time
This worksheet encourages your child to estimate how long it takes them to do certain things throughout the day. They then need to time themselves doing these things and compare the results.
Understanding rounding rules
This worksheet gives a list of decimal numbers to round to the nearest whole number. It also gives tips on how to do this.
Points of view in writing
Does your child feel passionately about the environment? Encourage them to see the argument from both sides and present two pieces of writing, one 'for' and one 'against', about a given issue.