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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.
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.
Year 3 number pyramids: 5
Multiply the adjacent numbers and write their product in the circle above them.
Year 3 number pyramids: 4
Add the adjacent numbers together and write their sum in the circle above them.
Year 3 number pyramids: 3
Add the adjacent numbers together and write their sum in the circle above them.
Year 3 number pyramids: 2
Add the adjacent numbers together and write their sum in the circle above them.
Year 3 number pyramids: 1
Add the adjacent numbers together and write their sum in the circle above them.
Year 3 number pyramid challenge
All these multiplication number pyramids only have a number at the top. Can you work out what numbers the other circles could be filled with? There are various different ways of completing each one.
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.
Key Stage 2 - 2016 English SATs Papers
Help your child prepare for the English KS2 SATs, taken at the end of Year 6, with some revision and at-home practice. These complete 2016 Y6 SATs past papers are the official past papers from the Department for Education, used in schools.
Key Stage 2 - 2016 Maths SATs Papers
A complete set of official KS2 SATs maths papers from 2016. The past papers and answers and marking scheme can be downloaded for free from TheSchoolRun to offer at-home practice for the Y6 tests.
Motte and bailey castles: reading comprehension
Can you read this text carefully and then answer the questions below?
King Alfred and the cakes: reading comprehension
Read this text about the legend of King Alfred carefully then see if you can answer the questions.
Using the chunking method with remainders
Can you remember how to use the chunking method to divide large numbers? Use this method to solve these tricky problems.
Using long division to divide
Do you remember how to use the long division method? Can you use the long division method to complete these calculations?
Using chunking to divide four-digit numbers
Chunking is using multiplication to help us divide. There is no one particular way to do each calculation, it is all about estimating, using your own knowledge of numbers. Can you use chunking to help you solve these problems?
Long division word problems
Setting out your calculation correctly is really important in long division. Remember to write all the numbers in the right place or you’ll get confused! Can you solve these problems using long division?
Long division with remainders practice
The long division method is a fast way to divide numbers by two- or three-digit numbers. Can you use the long division method to solve these problems?
Long division explained
Long division is used to divide a large number by a two- (or more) digit number. It is set out in a similar way to short division. We've started off some calculations. Can you can continue each one on your own?