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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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- As a thank you for your support, we’ll also be sending you 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep.
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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.
Verbal reasoning: Next letter in the series practice
Have a go at finding the next two letters in the series in these practice questions.
Verbal reasoning: Moving letters and making new words practice
In the questions you need to make two new words from two original words by moving one letter from the left-hand word and placing it somewhere in the right-hand word.
Verbal reasoning: Move a letter to make two new words
In these questions you need to move one letter from the left-hand word and place it somewhere in the right-hand word to create two new words.
Verbal reasoning: Missing three-letter words practice
In these questions you are asked to find a three-letter word that is missing from a larger word.
Verbal reasoning: Looking at a number series
In this question type you are asked to insert the next number or numbers into the series. These are some of the number series you might find in this type of question. Can you continue each of the series?
Verbal reasoning: Logical deduction practice
Logical deduction questions are tricky, but your step-by-step methodical technique will stand you in good stead when it comes to identifying the correct answer! See how well you do at these logical deduction practice questions.
Verbal reasoning: Link between letters practice
In these questions you are trying to find a connection between two pairs of letters. You have to work out this pattern or connection and apply it to the second set of letters. Can you find the next two letters in this series?
Verbal reasoning: Letter code-breaking practice
Try these code-breaking practice questions. For the first two you’ve been provided with a blank alphabet to complete, but for the others you’ll need to write out your own alphabet.
Verbal reasoning: Introduction to maths equations
An equation is a number sentence where one side equals the other. Here’s your step-by-step guide to completing equation questions.
Verbal reasoning: Introduction to logical deduction
Logical deduction questions are probably the hardest verbal reasoning puzzles you’ll come across. Using a step-by-step, methodical method you will be able to get to the right answer, though – just be prepared to draw a few diagrams on the way! Look at this example and how we can work our way through the question until we get the answer.
Verbal reasoning: Identify a number pattern
In these questions you have to complete the question by inserting a number in the brackets. The answer is related to the two numbers that are either side of the brackets.
Verbal reasoning: Homophones and homographs practice
Here are some common homophones you should know. Can you fill in a definition of each word in the chart? Then can you pick the correct homophone in each sentences?
Verbal reasoning: Homophones and homographs crossword
Can you complete this homophones and homographs crossword with the correct word?
Verbal reasoning: Hidden words practice
In these questions you are asked to find a word that is hidden in a sentence. The hidden word will be spread over two consecutive words.
Verbal reasoning: Form a middle word from outside words
Forming a middle word from outside words is tricky. In these questions you are asked to complete the second set of brackets by creating the missing word in the same way that the word has been created in the first set of brackets.
Verbal reasoning: Finding a missing three-letter word
In this question type you are asked to find a three-letter word that is missing from a larger word.
Verbal reasoning: Find the next letter in the series
In these questions you are asked to insert the next letter or letters into a series. Remember to start by drawing your alphabet grid!
Verbal reasoning: Equations practice
We’re focusing on equations in this worksheet. Complete these sums by writing the correct number in the brackets.
Verbal reasoning: Compound words
From rainbow and football to breakfast, you use compound words every day – they are simply larger words made up from two smaller words. In verbal reasoning you are often asked to identify and work with compound words. Can you come up with a list of 20 compound words?
Verbal reasoning: Compound words practice
This worksheet looks at compound words. In these questions a word from the first set of brackets joins one word from the second set of brackets to make a new word known as a compound word. The left-hand word always comes first. Select two words each time.