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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.
UK cities wordsearch
Can you find all of these cities in this very challenging wordsearch? How many have you been to?
Halloween wordsearch
A spook-tacular wordsearch that your child can do in preparation for Halloween!
Half-term wordsearch
Use this wordsearch during half-term to help your child with vocabulary and spelling while recognising words that are all about having fun!
Write a party invitation
What would your child's friends need to know if they were being invited to a party? Help your child think about giving information and instructions by filling in the blanks on the worksheet.
Write a letter about your holiday
This exercise is a great way to help your child practise descriptive writing. Talk about recent holidays your family has gone on, and what your child remembers from them. Can they write a letter to a friend, telling them about the holiday?
What would you put in a time capsule?
Time capsules are fun ways to find out what life was like in decades past. If your child could make a time capsule, what would they put in it? Encourage them to think carefully about what they'd include, and explain their reasons on the worksheet.
Find the silent letter
Spelling words with silent letters can be tricky, but help your child remember to watch for them with this practice worksheet.
Instruction text puzzle
This instruction text worksheet helps your child understand the correct way to explain a detailed process, and also gives you a recipe for a tasty treat!
Reading comprehension: the visit
An excellent worksheet to familiarise your child with reading comprehension and how it's tested and evaluated.
Reading comprehension: the bad haircut
Reading comprehension is a big part of SATs. Help your child feel confident with the format with our worksheet, compiled by a primary school teacher. A marking scheme is provided so you can evaluate your child's work.
Test a statement about fractions
If the numerator of a fraction is half that of the denominator, the fraction will always be equivalent to ½. Is this statement true or false? Challenge your child to find out!
Fractions, decimals and percentages practice
A revision worksheet which tests understanding of fractions, percentages and decimals and how they are linked with a series of story problems to solve.
Fractions of amounts: number problems
Test your child's understanding of fractions and how to calculate them with these number problems.
Calculating equivalent fractions
Are 4/5 and 8/10 equivalent? How about 1/3 and 2/4? Revise the method used to calculate equivalent fractions with this KS2 worksheet.
Fractions number problems
Help your child revise their fractions knowledge with a selection of story problems involving unit fractions.
Find unit fractions of numbers
A fractions practice worksheet which asks your child to calculate 1/2, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/10 of numbers. Answers are provided.
Fractions made simple
Foxed by fractions? Not any more! From the foundations of fractions learning in Reception to converting fractions to decimals and percentages in Year 6, our teacher-created learning pack explains everything your child needs to know in fractions. We'll break fractions down and show you, step by step, how to teach your primary school child fractions.
Write your own kenning
Learn all about kennings: practise using just two words words to create a highly descriptive image.
Perfect Punctuation Workbook
Full stops, commas, semi colons, apostrophes… Whatever aspect of punctuation your child is grappling with, we’ve come up with a bumper pack of 60 activities to help them practise, as well as a parent's refresher guide to each punctuation mark and how it's used.
Division story problems
Real-life word problems to help your child practise using written methods for division.