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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.
Mean, median, mode and range puzzles
Use your knowledge of how to find the mean, median, mode and range to solve these problems.
Fractions, percentages and decimals problems
Can you find fractions and percentages of amounts and compare fractions, decimals and percentages? Then you’re ready to try solving these problems!
Fractions word problems
You’ll need to find fractions of amounts and add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions in order to solve the problems on this sheet.
Dividing fractions by a whole number
If you can multiply fractions you’ll soon be able to divide them by whole numbers, too. Are you ready to have a go at these tricky calculations?
Complete number sequences
You need to be able to calculate with negative numbers and decimals to do these tricky questions...
Calculating the volume of cuboids
Do you remember the formula for calculating the volume of a cuboid? See if you can work out the volume of these cuboids, as well as their length, width and height.
BODMAS puzzles
Can you write down what BODMAS means? Then make these number sentences true by putting brackets in the correct place.
Y6 SATs enrichment activities
SATs have become synonymous with drilling and fact-based learning and children can find them boring and sometimes even demoralising to prepare for. This learning pack is a collection of enrichment activities aimed at getting children to use their imaginations and think about test management and success in a very different way.
Scale factor problems
We use scale factor to talk about the numbers a shape has been multiplied by to make a new shape in proportion with the original. Can you answer these scale factor questions?
Looking at scale factors
We use scale factor when we talk about increasing the size of a 2D shape. The size by which we make the shape larger is described by its scale factor. Can you solve these scale factor problems?
Year 3 place value quiz
Ask your child to cut out the number cards below while you cut out the question card. Your child then needs to lay out all the number cards on a table, face up. Call out each question. Your child needs to find the number card that has the answer on it. If they get it right, they turn the card over. Continue until all the cards have been turned over.
Y5 place value quiz
Cut out the following numbers and put them face up on a table. Now ask an adult to read out the questions below. Every time you think you’ve found the correct number, turn it over so it is face down.
Y4 place value grids
Consolidate your child's knowledge of place value with this Year 4 place value grid activity. This will involve a bit of cutting and some adult help!
Y3 place value grids
Cut out the Questions and answers card below (try not to let your child see it). Give your child the Place value grid. Call out each question. Your child needs to write the digits in the correct places in the grid and work out the correct number. Ask them to say it out loud once they have done this.
Understanding place value
Cut out the following cards. For each orange number, there is a purple number that is one more. See if you can match up the pairs. Then mix all the numbers up. Can you put them back into their pairs and then organise them into their four groups (1 more, 10 more, 100 more and 1000 more)?
Three-digit place value matching cards
Each blue number is made up of three pink numbers. Can you match up the correct cards?