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Understanding light reflection: Build your own periscope
Mirrors change the direction of light and reflect it. We can demonstrate this practically by making a periscope. Light is reflected from one object into a mirror and then onto the other mirror before reaching your eyes. Collect your materials and find out for yourself!
What is evaporation?
In this investigation you are going to see if water can move – or does it just change?
Food webs
When we look at habitats we often look at food chains to see the feeding relationships within them. Sometimes, though, more than one animal feeds off others. This is when we make food webs. Look at these cards. Can you cut them out and arrange them on the table with the arrows to show which animals feed off each other?
I hear with my little ear
Sit in a quiet place and close your eyes and listen really carefully. What can you hear inside the room? What can you hear inside yourself? Record the sounds you hear.
Reading comprehension: Jo and Aunt March
Little Women is a novel about the lives of four sisters (the Marches) growing up in the 1860s, during the American Civil War. In this passage one of the sisters, Jo, has found employment caring for an old aunt. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: neighbours
Little Women is an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868. It is about the lives of four sisters (the Marches) growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage one of the March sisters, Jo, is visiting her neighbour, Laurie. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: friends in high places
Little Women is a classic novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage Meg, the eldest, has made friends with Annie from the rich Moffat family. Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Christmas morning
In this passage from Little Women, an American novel written in 1868, the four March sisters (Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy) wake up on Christmas morning. Their father is away fighting in the American Civil War and their Christmas is very different to all previous ones. Read the passage then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: an afternoon outing
In this passage from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott the March sisters’ friend and neighbour, Laurie, sees the girls going off to sit in the sun and follows them. Read the passage then answer the questions below.
Reading comprehension: Amy and Aunt March
Little Women is an American novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War in the 1860s. In this passage the youngest sister, Amy, is working as a carer to her aunt (a job previously done by her older sister, Jo). Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
Year 4 number pyramids: 6
Multiply the adjacent numbers and write their product in the circle above them.
Year 4 number pyramids: 5
Multiply the adjacent numbers and write their product in the circle above them.
Year 4 number pyramids: 4
Multiply the adjacent numbers and write their product in the circle above them.
Year 4 number pyramids: 3
Add the adjacent numbers together and write their sum in the circle above them.
Year 4 number pyramids: 2
Add the adjacent numbers together and write their sum in the circle above them.
Year 4 number pyramids: 1
Add the adjacent numbers together and write their sum in the circle above them.
KS2 creative writing toolkit
Does your child long to write stories? Our KS2 creative writing toolkit is packed with writing prompts to inspire them and gorgeously-illustrated pages to write on.
Using decimal notation for tenths and hundredths
When starting to think about decimals, it is useful to imagine a square divided into 100 equally sized squares. Look at the following diagrams. Can you write the decimal they are representing underneath each one?
Short multiplication practice
Here's a reminder of how to to multiply numbers using the short multiplication method. Can you use this method to solve these sums?
Positioning decimals on a number line: tenths
These number lines are going up in tenths. Can you add in all the missing decimals on these number lines?
Ordering decimals by relating them to money
When ordering decimals it can really help to imagine them as pounds and pence. Look at these sets of decimals. Can you order them from smallest to largest?
Fraction and decimal equivalents
We can write the same number as a fraction or as a decimal. Look at all the fractions in the left-hand column and write their decimal equivalents, then do the same for the fractions in the right-hand column.
Decimal and fraction equivalence racing game
Test your decimal and fraction knowledge with this speedy game. On your marks...
Comparing decimals and fractions
Look at these pairs of decimals and fractions. Can you circle the largest one in each pair?