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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.
What this means for subscribers:
- Your subscription is still active, and for now, you can keep using the website as normal — just log in with your usual details to access all our articles and resources*.
- In a few months, all resources will move to the new portal. You’ll continue to have access there until your subscription ends. We’ll send you full details nearer the time.
- As a thank you for your support, we’ll also be sending you 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep.
A few changes to be aware of:
- The Learning Journey weekly email has ended, but your child’s plan will still be updated on your dashboard each Monday. Just log in to see the recommended worksheets.
- The 11+ weekly emails have now ended. We sent you all the remaining emails in the series at the end of March — please check your inbox (and spam folder) if you haven’t seen them. You can also follow the full programme here: 11+ Learning Journey.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for being part of our journey it’s been a privilege to support your family’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.
Nouns: concrete and abstract
A concrete noun is one that has a physical presence. An abstract noun is a concept you can’t touch, smell, hear, see or taste. Look at the following passage. Can you underline all the concrete nouns in blue and the abstract nouns in red?
Identifying concrete and abstract nouns
Read the following sentences. Underline the concrete nouns in blue and the abstract nouns in red.
Identifying active and passive
Read the following passage. It’s packed with active sentences, but can you identify the passive sentences?
Finding the subject, verb and object in sentences
Emmanuel has just been to the circus. He has written various sentences about his time there. Can you identify the subject, verb and object in each one? Underline the subject in green, the
verb in purple and the object in orange.
verb in purple and the object in orange.
Find the subject and object
These sentences contain a subject, verb and object. Underline the subject in green, the verb in purple and the object in orange.
Active and passive sentences
A Year 4 English worksheet created by an experienced teacher to help your child understand active and passive voice, with examples.
Verbal reasoning: Words with two meanings
Choose one word from those printed below that would fit equally well with both sets of words in the brackets. They may have a similar meaning or be connected in some other way.
Verbal reasoning: Words hidden in a sentence
In these questions you are asked to find a four-letter word that is hidden in a sentence. The hidden word will be spread over two consecutive words.
Verbal reasoning: Word sets: spotting the odd words out
In these questions you are given five words. Three of them are connected, but the other two aren’t part of the set. Can you spot the odd words out?
Verbal reasoning: Word sets practice
These questions are all about spotting the connections between words. Try these practice questions.
Verbal reasoning: Word connections
In this question type you are asked to choose two words, one from each set of brackets, that will complete the sentence in the most sensible way. Try these practice questions to get you thinking about word connections.
Verbal reasoning: Synonyms selection practice
We’re looking for synonyms in this worksheet. Have a go at completing these synonyms selection practice questions.
Verbal reasoning: Sums using letters as numbers
In algebra we answer mathematics questions using letters in place of numbers, so you need to be confident with all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) in order to answer correctly. Try these simple questions as an introduction to basic algebra.
Verbal reasoning: Selecting synonyms
Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. Can you think of three synonyms for each of the words below? After you’ve done that, use a thesaurus (a synonyms dictionary) to add another two to your list.
Verbal reasoning: Practising word connections
Word connection questions can be tricky! In these questions you are asked to choose two words, one from each set of brackets that will complete the sentence in the most sensible way.
Verbal reasoning: Number relationships practice
Complete the questions by inserting a number in the brackets. The answer (number) is related to the two numbers that are either side of the brackets.
Verbal reasoning: Number and letter codes
Here are four words. Below the four words are three of the words written in a secret code. The codes may be in a different order from the words. The answer may be one of the words you are given or it may be a new word that you need to work out.
Verbal reasoning: Number series practice
Let's put your advanced counting skills into practice! In these questions you are asked to insert the next number or numbers into the series.
Verbal reasoning: Number and letter codes practice
Each of the codes in these questions uses numbers as letters, so you need to find the correspondence between the digits and the letters to crack the code.