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Seed germination investigation
Let's investigate which conditions affect seed germination!
Magnetic maze
Mix some paper clips up with some rice and put them in a closed, see-through plastic container. Using a magnet, how long does it take you to separate the paper clips from the rice without opening the container? Now set up a maze made of cardboard. Can you guide a magnetic ball or marble through the maze from the outside of box, using your magnet?
Investigate shadows
Be a shadow detective! Place an object outside and record how the height and width of the shadow cast by the object changes throughout the day. Record them on this sheet.
Understanding physical processes
This worksheet will help your child to use first-hand experience to answer questions and to recognise that when things speed up, slow down or change direction, there is a cause.
Write a party invitation
What would your child's friends need to know if they were being invited to a party? Help your child think about giving information and instructions by filling in the blanks on the worksheet.
Fractions number problems
Help your child revise their fractions knowledge with a selection of story problems involving unit fractions.
Find unit fractions of numbers
A fractions practice worksheet which asks your child to calculate 1/2, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/10 of numbers. Answers are provided.
Fractions made simple
Foxed by fractions? Not any more! From the foundations of fractions learning in Reception to converting fractions to decimals and percentages in Year 6, our teacher-created learning pack explains everything your child needs to know in fractions. We'll break fractions down and show you, step by step, how to teach your primary school child fractions.
Writing persuasive text
This worksheet will help your child to choose words carefully by looking at examples of house details from an estate agent.
Column addition working out
A worksheet designed to prompt children to work out addition of three-digit numbers using the column method.
Magnets quiz
Questions about magnets for children to think about and / or research.
Summer Learning pack
A long, lazy summer holiday is one of the great joys of life – but within days you’ll be driven to distraction by sibling squabbles and cries of “I’m bored” (not to mention a visible emptying of your wallet). Plus, research shows that kids who don’t stay mentally alert during the summer lose up to a third of what they’ve learned during the academic year. So try one of our 59 easy, boredom-busting activities – at home, on the move and on holiday. They’ll be having so much fun they won’t even realise they’re learning…
Fractions as division
Help children link knowledge of division facts to their understanding of fractions with this helpful worksheet
Fractions and shapes
A worksheet with pictorial representations of equivalent fractions for your child to work out and colour in.
Plan a scientific investigation
This worksheet encourages children to read through a plan of an investigation and decide where the problems might be.
All about skeletons quiz
Quiz questions to prompt your child to think about what they know about skeletons.
Fractions equal to one half
This handy worksheet will enable your child to identify fractions which are equal to 1/2, and apply that knowledge to a series of questions.
The < and > symbols
An activity involving determining which number is bigger than the other and whether the correct symbol has been used.
Planning healthy meals
Encourage your child to plan three healthy meals and then to do the opposite and plan three unhealthy meals.
Moving and growing
A list of questions to prompt children into thinking further about moving and growing and the importance of the skeleton.
Communicating information with a bar chart
This maths worksheet will help your child to explore different ways of communicating information and asks them to draw a bar chart.
Problem solving: Smoothies
This problem-solving activity enables children to use their knowledge of numbers, patterns and calculation strategies to solve a problem. How many different-flavoured smoothies can your child invent? What will happen when the last-minute delivery of raspberries arrives?
Subtract two-digit numbers
A sorting activity for children to practise subtracting two-digit numbers in order to find out whether a number sentence is correct or not.
Rocks and soil facts
This worksheet encourages children to read through the list of statements about rocks and soils and then decide whether they are true or false.