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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.
Carroll diagram planning
Emily is having a birthday party. To help with buying food, Emily has sorted her guests into a Carroll diagram. Use it to plan for the birthday party below.
Capital letter rules
Do you know why we use capital letters? See if you can sort these statements into the correct columns.
Regular and irregular shapes puzzle
Can you help the frog to hop on the stones safely to the other side of the pond? He can only step on regular shapes. Is there more than one route option?
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.
Y3 time word problems
These boxes show the times that different matches are starting on one day. Can you help the players to get to their matches on time by drawing the times on the clock faces?
Spelling patterns: the prefix re-
The prefix re- means ‘back’ or ‘again’. Can you complete these sentences with the correct words from the box?
Presenting data in a bar chart
Look at the information in this table, then draw up a bar chart using the axes below and answer the questions.
Mental multiplication problems: Y3, Y4, Y5
By the time they enter Y5 children should be very confident in all times tables. They should also know their division facts for each times table (if 6 x 3 = 18 then 18 ÷ 6 = 3). Use these mental maths questions to test your child.
Calculating change from £5
What change would you get if you bought each of these items with a £5 note?
Chart of equivalent fractions
Help your child visualise which fractions are equivalent to 1, and how fractions are related to each other with an equivalency wall, free to download.
Optional SATs papers: Y3 English set B
A Year 3 English practice optional SATs paper, written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the old optional SATs papers used in schools before 2016 to assess pupils' progress at the end of Y3. Exclusive to TheSchoolRun subscribers and available for instant download.
Optional SATs papers: Y3 English set A
Download this Year 3 English practice optional SATs paper, written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the optional SATs papers used in schools until 2015 to assess pupils' progress at the end of the KS2 school year, to offer your child some extra at-home practice.
Identifying denominators and numerators
Can you work out what fraction of these sweets are red, purple, green and yellow?
Fractions equal to 1
Can you write the fraction of each chocolate bar which is white chocolate, and the fraction which is milk chocolate?
Blank hundred chart or hundred square
Use a blank hundred square to explain decimals to KS2 children, as well as showing the equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages.
WordMaths: synonyms
The words in this puzzle all correspond to a number. Take the letters in the grid and do the maths to decipher the new word. The two words will be synonyms (they have the same meaning). If the letter in the new word is the same as the letter in the first word, there will be no maths to do.
Word split: compound words
A mix and match puzzle created by teachers, using compound words, to support primary school literacy and demonstrate examples of compound words.