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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:
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- 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.
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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: Complete the word
Complete the third set of brackets by creating the missing word in the same way in which the words have been created in the first and second set of brackets.
Verbal reasoning: Compilation test, question types 4-6
Let's put your verbal reasoning skills to the test!
Verbal reasoning: Compilation test, question types 10-12
Let's see how good your verbal reasoning skills are. Can you answer these questions?
Verbal reasoning: AB is to CD as GH is to IJ
In these verbal reasoning questions we’ll be trying to find a connection between two pairs of letters. Can you find the next two letters in these series?
Verbal reasoning: Compilation test, question types 1-3
Put your verbal reasoning skills to the test with a compilation quiz.
Verbal reasoning: Codes using letters
Using the blank alphabet, come up with a fiendishly complicated code and write messages to your friends and family. Will they be able to decipher them? You might need to teach them how to work through
the alphabet finding the right correspondences.
the alphabet finding the right correspondences.
Verbal reasoning: Antonyms wordsearch
A wordsearch with a twist! Look at the clue and then find the antonym in the wordsearch.
Verbal reasoning: Antonyms, opposite words
In this worksheet we’re going to focus on words that have OPPOSITE meanings, known as antonyms. Select two words, one from each group, that are most opposite to each other in meaning.
Verbal reasoning: Algebra practice
You’ll be working on mathematics questions that use letters in place of numbers in this worksheet. Complete these sum below and give your answers as a number or letter.
Verbal reasoning: Adding a letter to make words practice
Add one letter that will create four new words. Remember: the same letter must be used in both sets of brackets and the letter must complete the word in front of the brackets AND the word after the brackets!
Verbal reasoning practice: add a letter
This 11 plus worksheet, created by an experienced teacher, will show you how to make new words by adding just one letter. Try to put one letter into these questions that will complete all FOUR words.
Writing task: using similes and metaphors
Look at this picture of a lake at night. Write some descriptive notes about all the elements you can see (and imagine!). Be as descriptive and imaginative as you can. Now can you turn any of these descriptions into similes or metaphors?
Writing task: using hyperbole and personification
Look at this picture of a haunted house. Write some descriptive notes about all the elements you can see (and imagine!). Be as descriptive and imaginative as you can. Remember to imagine exploring the
haunted house with your senses (sight, sound, touch and smell) to decide what to describe. Now, can you improve these descriptions using hyperbole or personification?
haunted house with your senses (sight, sound, touch and smell) to decide what to describe. Now, can you improve these descriptions using hyperbole or personification?
Writing task: The Tinder Box
The story in Reading comprehension: The Tinder Box is incomplete. Can you finish the story here? You will need to explain what happens to the soldier when he goes down into the tree. Why do you think the witch needs the tinder box? How does the story end? Try to include good adjectives, correct speech punctuation and plenty of good verbs and adverbs in your writing.
Writing Task: The Selfish Giant’s Garden
Imagine that you have found yourself in the Selfish Giant’s garden (from Reading comprehension: The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde). Write a really good description of what you see there. Try to think of your own original description, rather than just replicating ideas from the story.
Writing task: Speaking to the Selfish Giant
Imagine that you are a child wanting to play in the Selfish Giant’s garden. Write a list of reasons why you want to play in the garden here (just write in note form).
Writing task: First day at school
Imagine that you are Sara Crewe (from Reading comprehension: Sara Crewe) arriving at boarding school on your first day. You are dressed in clothes that are far too extravagant for school life, sad because your father has had to leave you and anxious about what school is going to be like. Write a few paragraphs about entering the school and meeting the headmistress, Miss Minchin.