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Important update from TheSchoolRun
For the past 13 years, TheSchoolRun has been run by a small team of mums working from home, dedicated to providing quality educational resources to primary school parents. Unfortunately, rising supplier costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for us to continue operating, and we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close. The good news: We’ve arranged for another educational provider to take over many of our resources. These will be hosted on a new portal, where the content will be updated and expanded to support your child’s learning.
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Ks2 worksheets
Free worksheets: Science, KS2, Y6
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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.
Division using chunking practice
Chunking uses multiplication to help us divide. It involves taking away chunks of the same size from the number (repeated subtraction) until we run out. Can you use chunking to solve these division problems?
Using the short multiplication method
Can you use the short multiplication method to solve these problems?
Using the short division method
One of the quickest ways to divide numbers is to use the short division method. Can you use this method to solve these problems?
Using the long multiplication method
In long multiplication we multiply the top number by the bottom number (units first and then tens and then hundreds and so on). Can you use this method to solve these problems?
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?
Using decimal notation for measurement
Look at each of the measurements in the left-hand column. For each one, write its decimal representation.
The long multiplication method
One of the quickest ways to multiply two two-digit numbers is to use the long multiplication method. Can you use this method to solve these problems?
Solving word problems with short division
Work out these problems using the short division method.
Short multiplication with missing digits
Can you work out which numbers should go in the gaps by using the short multiplication method?
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?
Short division with remainders
Sometimes when we divide we are left with a remainder. Can you use the short division method for these calculations? Remember, you will get a remainder for each one.
Short division practice
Look through this step-by-step reminder of how to use the short division method and then see if you can answer these questions.
Positioning hundredths on a number line
Each of the following number lines go up in hundredths (so each division = 1/100 or 0.01). Look at the following number lines. Write the decimal numbers that the arrows are pointing to in the boxes.
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?
Positioning decimals on a number line: hundredths
Each of the following number lines go up in hundredths (so each division = 1/100 or 0.01). Write these decimals in the correct places on this number line.
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?
Long multiplication word problems: multiplying four-digit and two-digit numbers
Work out the answers to these problems by using the long multiplication method. Remember to set out your working neatly and line the digits up carefully so that you don’t get muddled.
Long multiplication practice
Can you use the long multiplication method to solve these problems?
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.