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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.
All about skeletons quiz
Quiz questions to prompt your child to think about what they know about skeletons.
Understanding food chains
Vocabulary related to food chains for children to cut out and then match to the correct definitions.
Proving that air exists
Activities for your child to do at home that will demonstrate the fact that air exists.
Writing a haiku
This worksheet shows children how to structure a haiku and then gives them prompts on how to write their own.
Using data to answer questions
Time for a chocolate bar tally! Your child will need to conduct a mini-investigation to find out what their friends' favourite chocolate bar is, then collect and analyse the data.
How fast do solids dissolve?
This activity encourages children to investigate at home which factors will make a difference to how fast a solid dissolves.
Understanding gravity
This worksheet encourages children to look at pictures and then express their understanding of gravity. There is an answer sheet to follow.
Positive and negative numbers on a scale
Use this worksheet to help your child practise positive and negative numbers on a horizontal and vertical number line.
Dividing decimal numbers
Worksheet demonstrating a simple method to work out how to divide decimals by one-digit numbers. Answers are provided.
Observing forces – pushes and pulls
A fun worksheet that will help your child grasp the concept of forces.
Fractions as division
Help children link knowledge of division facts to their understanding of fractions with this helpful worksheet
Column addition story problems
Real-life word problems, useful for practising adding amounts of money.
A balanced shopping list
On this worksheet, children need to sort different foods into their groups.
Select material properties
A worksheet to help your child think about the properties of different materials, with prompt words at the bottom.
Writing a letter to a pen friend
A worksheet with an example letter, encouraging your child to write a letter to a pen friend, using the correct structure.
Circuits and conductors
A cutting out and re-ordering activity, where your child needs to match vocabulary on electricity with the correct definition.
Using data to reach a conclusion
This worksheet shows the results of an experiment into friction. It has questions below to prompt children to think about what the results mean and draw their own conclusions.
Refuting a hypothesis
This worksheet requires children to give ways of proving that sound can travel through solids and then try out their ideas.
Writing a poem using a writing frame
This poem encourages children to write a poem about something that they often make a fuss about. They are given a writing frame to support them.
Key Stage 2 - 2010 Maths SATs Papers
Download and print this complete set of maths SATs papers from 2010 and the associated mark scheme to assist your child in preparing for the Y6 tests.