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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.
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.
Be an animal detective
Go for a walk in your neighbourhood and make a chart listing 5-10 different places (park, shops, wood, garden, road). Can you see evidence of animals, birds or insects that live there? What might they eat? Where might they live?
Baby animals investigation
Find out what your favourite animals looked like when they were babies. What were they called? How did they change? How have you changed since you were a baby?
Are you a recycling superhero?
Choose some packaging that is going to be thrown away. Ask each member of your family what they would make it into if they were going to recycle it creatively. Choose your favourite idea and be a recycling hero: design a recycled toy or something new for your home, then make it!
Animal homes
Should you be lucky enough to find a nest, try to copy it and make your own bird’s nest from twigs and leaves. It’s not that easy but it will help you understand what a mammoth task the birds have! Alternatively try to draw a bee hive or a bird’s nest and talk about the differences between them.
Animal estate agent: describing a habitat
Think of an animal – this could be one for your local area or from a world habitat. How it is suited to the place it lives? Does it modify its habitat in any way to better suit its needs? Use this sheet to plan out an estate agent’s advert highlighting the features of your chosen habitat and why it would make the perfect home for one animal.
Using commas to separate items in lists
We can use commas to separate items instead of using the word ‘and’. Can you rewrite these sentences using a comma instead of ‘and’? Remember, you will need ‘and’ before the final item.
Using a tally chart to investigate
On your next bus/car/train/tram/walking journey, do some tallying! Choose four car colours and tally the different cars that you see. Remember, every time you see a car that is one of your colours, give it a tally mark. Remember, each fifth tally should make a gate. When you get home fill in the total and then get an adult or older brother or sister to ask you the questions.
Using a Carroll diagram to sort information
Can you sort your family members into this Carroll diagram? You could just include the members of your family you live with, or sort cousins, aunties, uncles and grandparents too.
Spot apostrophe mistakes
Ten words in this short story use apostrophes incorrectly. Identify them then find the words in the wordsearch.
Sorting data using a Venn diagram
Bozo The Clown is taking the shape patches off his trousers. Can you cut them out and sort them into his sorting box?
Estimating measures
Estimating is all about making SENSIBLE guesses, based on things we already know. Have a go yourself!
Football maths and soccer English for KS1 and KS2
Make the most of World Cup fever and give grammar, division and spelling practice a football twist with our soccer-themed worksheets for KS1 and KS2 children.
Punctuating sentences
These sentences need full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks. Where do you think they should go?
Y2 subtraction word problems
How are your subtraction skills? Can you work out the answers to these football subtraction word problems?
Y2 multiplication word problems
Can you solve these multiplication word problems – you'll need to know your 2, 5 and 10 times tables!
Writing numbers to 100 in words
This table shows the numbers of people who went to football matches last week. In the column on the right, write these numbers in words. Use the spelling bank at the bottom of the worksheet to help you.
Writing analogue time
Each of these boxes show the times that different matches are starting. Can you help the players to get to their matches on time by drawing the correct times on the clock faces?