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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.
Using the multiplication grid method
One of the multiplication techniques your child will be taught is the grid method. This worksheet will help your child revise the method and practise solving multiplication problems.
Addition: carrying on numbers
'Carrying' numbers from one place value column to another is an important part of column addition. Help your child master the skill with this worksheet, which offers a plain-English guide to the technique and then exercises to complete to consolidate the learning.
Beginning to use column addition
Column addition is taught in two stages, and this worksheet offers a step-by-step overview of the technique (it'll be familiar from your own school days, but a refresher always comes in handy!). Your child will need good place value skills to complete the addition problems; column addition grids have been provided to help them.
Addition using the counting on or number line method
Counting on in hops and number lines are the methods used to solve these addition calculations. This worksheet offers your child a step-by-step reminder of the technique and then lots of addition problems to practise on.
Partitioning numbers to subtract
When solving problems using a number line your child will learn to partition the number and count back. This worksheet explains the technique and offers some subtraction problems for your child to practise on.
The subtraction column method explained
The column method makes subtracting large numbers easy. Revise borrowing and place value and practise the calculation with this worksheet. How fast can your child complete the sums correctly?
Column addition: money
When your child is adding up money their column addition skills are vital. Get some practice in with this simple puzzle.
Homophones: which or witch?
Is your child finding it hard to remember how to use and spell the homophones 'which' and 'witch'? Help them clear up the confusion with this practice worksheet.
Reading comprehension: adders
This sheet consists of a text on adders for your child to read. They then need to make notes in the boxes to show that they understand how to group information by theme.
Ideas to improve the playground
This download prompts your child to think about ways in which their playground could be improved. They need to complete a spider-diagram of their ideas.
Tricky spellings: words ending in or
This worksheet lists words ending in ‘or’ that, when spoken, make the ‘er’ sound. Children need to choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
Tricky spellings: words ending ar and ure
This worksheet lists words that end ‘ar’ or ‘ure’. Children need to cut them up and then arrange them into the ‘correct’ or ‘incorrect’ boxes.
Improve your child's handwriting in 8 weeks
Handwriting is a crucial life skill, but how can you help your child write neatly and legibly? Our eight-week learning pack is packed with information and tips from handwriting experts, as well as fun and practical steps you can take to help your child put theory into practice.
Conjunctions related to time
A list of half-sentences with a time conjunction at the end. Children need to complete the sentence, thinking about what the conjunction means.
Choosing the right conjunctions
A list of sentences with the conjunction in the middle missing. Children have to choose from the list at the bottom, making sure that the sentence makes sense.
What are adjectives?
This worksheet provides a list of incomplete sentences and encourages children to use the list of adjectives to make the sentences more interesting. This should encourage them to use adjectives more readily in their writing.
Using powerful verbs
Children are encouraged to write sentences containing powerful verbs about the given pictures. A list of powerful verbs is also given to support them.
Understanding nouns
This worksheet helps your child to understand the different kinds of nouns. They need to cut up the cards and then arrange them into piles to demonstrate their understanding of this.
Understanding non-fiction text
This information text on guitars comes with questions for your child to practise to help them with retrieval of information and naming features of such a text.
Understanding characters
This reading comprehension gives a passage of fiction text for children to read. The questions then encourage children to retrieve information and infer the way that characters are feeling.