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What stores and transfers energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred from one store into another. In these pictures, which items do you think use energy? Which ones store energy? Do they all store/use the same type of energy? Cut them out and sort them into groups.
Understanding friction: Build your own balloon hovercraft
When a moving surface slides on a stationary surface it rubs against it, which slows it down. This is due to friction, a force which resists the movement of one object sliding past another. Understand more about friction with a fantastic practical project: make your own balloon hovercraft!
Super scientist quiz
Quiz questions to encourage your child to think about how scientists work and why they do the things they do.
Reaching conclusions
A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
Look, Cover, Write and Check spelling words
A blank Look, Cover, Write and Check spelling words list for kids to download and print to practise their weekly spelling words and prepare for tests.
Spelling test for Year 6 pack
Help your child improve their spelling in the run-up to KS2 SATs with our Year 6 spelling practice tests. Designed to help revise the common spelling patterns taught at the end of primary school, the 11 tests will boost your child's confidence (and spelling skills!) and ensure they're practising the correct words during Y6.
Shakespeare plays wordsearch
Challenge your KS2 child to a Shakespearean wordsearch. Can they find the titles of 14 of the Bard's famous plays hidden in the wordsearch grid?
Writing direct speech
Here is a helpful frame to remind you how to put together direct speech. Can you write your own direct speech sentences?
Ratio problem-solving
You’re going to need your ratio skills to build a fantastically colourful new house.
Ratio potion problems
We want to mix some evil potions but we have to be sure to get the ratio of ingredients right. Can you help?
Make a number game
Each of the two players must take it in turns to roll both dice to get two numbers. Now add or subtract with them anyway you want. Mark off the answer on the board with one of your counters. The winner is the person with the most counters on the board at the end of the game.
Full stops challenge: The Story Game
Each player collects parts of sentences as they go round the board then, when you get to the end, see who can write the best story using just the parts you've collected.
Direct speech Game
The aim of the game is to make a full sentence containing direct speech. You move around the board collecting game cards based on the colour you land on. The first person to make a complete sentence wins.
Debit and credit game
Play around the board game. When you land on a colour you must pick up that colour card and complete the calculation to work out your balance. If you calculate incorrectly, another player should tell you and you will be given an extra -£1 penalty. However, if they miscalculate they get the -£1 penalty. The aim of the game is to make it around the board with the most money at the end.
China Homework Gnome facts
Download and print all the main facts and information about China for free with TheSchoolRun's Homework Gnome factsheet.
Pirate Pete and the Scurvy Scuttler data handling puzzle pack
Pirate Pete needs your help (and maths skills!) to get his ship back! Are you ready to hunt for treasure? Designed to help children practise common KS2 data handling skills, our statistics learning pack is bursting with Venn diagrams, pie charts, pictograms and line graphs to interpret and construct. All aboard the pirate ship!
Edward the Confessor Homework Gnome facts
Download and print all the main facts and information about Edward the Confessor for free with TheSchoolRun's Homework Gnome factsheet for primary-school children.
King Alfred Homework Gnome facts
Download and print all the main facts and information about Alfred the Great for free with TheSchoolRun's Homework Gnome factsheet for primary-school children.
India Homework Gnome facts
Download and print all the main facts and information about India for free with TheSchoolRun's Homework Gnome factsheet for primary-school children.
Brazil Homework Gnome facts
Download and print all the main facts and information about Brazil for free with TheSchoolRun's Homework Gnome factsheet.
Crack that code spelling rules puzzle pack
It's time to save the world... one correct spelling at a time! Designed to help kids practise common KS2 spelling patterns and tricky words the fun way, the Crack that code spelling rules puzzle pack offers wordsearches, crosswords, puzzles and codes galore.
Opening shapes to make nets
Can you make a net from an old cereal box and an old Toblerone box? Then see if you can use these nets to make some 3D shapes.
Finding unknown angles in quadrilaterals
See if you can work out the missing angles in each of these quadrilaterals.