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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.
Word problems: Finding fractions of numbers
Read these word problems and see if you can answer them – you'll need to use your fractions skills.
Using an adverb word bank
Adverbs are used to make writing more interesting. They explain how something is being done. Can you improve this passage by adding adverbs?
Spelling patterns: the prefix re-
The prefix re- means ‘back’ or ‘again’. Can you complete these sentences with the correct words from the box?
Spelling patterns: the prefix inter-
The prefix inter- means ‘between’ or ‘among’. Can you complete these sentences with the correct words from the box?
Shape and space investigation
See if you can find the parallel and perpendicular lines and right angles in this bird’s eye view of a football pitch.
Presenting data in a bar chart
Look at the information in this table, then draw up a bar chart using the axes below and answer the questions.
Mental multiplication problems: Y3, Y4, Y5
A teacher-made maths worksheet on mental multiplication problems for Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 children with a football theme.
By the time they enter Year 5 children should be very confident in all times tables. They should also know their division facts for each times table (if 6 x 3 = 18 then 18 ÷ 6 = 3). Use these mental maths questions to test your child.
By the time they enter Year 5 children should be very confident in all times tables. They should also know their division facts for each times table (if 6 x 3 = 18 then 18 ÷ 6 = 3). Use these mental maths questions to test your child.
Fronted adverbials: examples and meaning
A teacher-created, fronted adverbial worksheet that provides an explanation of what a fronted adverbial is, with examples and a football-themed activity. Cut out these parts of sentences. Can you match the fronted adverbial to the correct sentence ending?
Choosing connectives
Look at these sentences. Can you find appropriate connectives in the word bank below to go in the gaps?
Calculating area and perimeter
Can you work out the perimeters of these football pitches and then work out the area of each goal?
Calculating change from £5
What change would you get if you bought each of these items with a £5 note?
Optional SATs papers: Y5 English set A
A Year 5 English mock optional SATs paper, written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the official Y5 English optional SATs papers used in schools prior to 2016 to assess pupils' progress. Exclusively available to TheSchoolRun subscribers, for immediate download.
Optional SATs papers: Y5 English set B
Exclusively available to TheSchoolRun subscribers, this Year 5 English mock optional SATs paper has been written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the official Y5 English optional SATs papers used in schools prior to 2016 to assess pupils' progress at the end of the KS2 school year.
Optional SATs papers: Y5 maths set B
Written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the optional SATs papers used in schools prior to 2015 to assess pupils' progress at the end of the school year, this is a Year 5 maths mock optional SATs paper. TheSchoolRun optional SATs practice papers are exclusively available to subscribers.
Optional SATs papers: Y5 maths set A
A Year 5 maths 'mock' optional SATs paper, written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the old optional SATs papers used in schools prior to 2016 to assess pupils' progress at the end of the school year. TheSchoolRun optional SATs practice papers are exclusively available to subscribers.
Optional SATs papers: Y4 English set B
Exclusively available to TheSchoolRun subscribers, this Year 4 English practice optional SATs paper has been written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the old optional SATs papers used in schools up to 2015 to assess pupils' progress at the end of the KS2 school year.
Optional SATs papers: Y4 English set A
Exclusively available to TheSchoolRun subscribers, this Year 4 English practice optional SATs paper has been written by a primary-school teacher to mirror the old optional SATs papers used in schools prior to 2016 to assess pupils' progress at the end of the KS2 school year.
Chart of equivalent fractions
Help your child visualise which fractions are equivalent to 1, and how fractions are related to each other with an equivalency wall, free to download.