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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.
Improving writing: verbs and adverbs
Teachers and examiners get bored of reading the same old sentences all the time. It’s easy to make your writing more interesting and it will get you more marks too! Try and make the sentence 'The boy walked through the field' more interesting by using powerful verbs and adverbs.
Identifying adverbs
As well as adverbs of manner there are adverbs of time (yesterday), frequency (often) and place (there). Can you identify the adverb in the following sentences? Underline it, then state which kind of adverb it is.
Etymology skills
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. Complete the worksheet Deduction in reading comprehension, then choose five of the Oliver Twist words you highlighted and fill in this worksheet with the meanings
you guessed.
you guessed.
Deduction in reading comprehension
The following extract is from the second chapter of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Oliver has recently gone to live in a workhouse. Firstly highlight any words you don't understand and see if you can work out what they mean. Then summarise what is happening in each paragraph.
Capital letters revision
Do you know all the occasions when capital letters should be used? Read the following sentences and circle any letters that should be capitals.
Apostrophes for possession and omission
Apostrophes are used to show possession (belonging) and omission (missing letters). To show possession for singular nouns, the apostrophe goes before the ‘s’. To show possession for plural nouns, the apostrophe goes after the ‘s,’ if the plural is formed using an ‘s.’But to show possession for irregular plural nouns (women, men, children, mice), the apostrophe goes before the ‘s’. Read the following sentences and circle the correct word.
Adding adjectives, similes and metaphors to your writing
The boy walked through the field.... a bit of a boring sentence, yes? Can you make it more interesting by first adding an adjective, then a simile and then a metaphor.
Active and passive sentences revision
Can you spot the difference between an active and passive verb? Read the following passage and underline all the active verbs, then circle all the passive verbs.
Bar modelling KS2 worksheet
Bar models can help us visualise a problem and work out what operation we need to use to find a missing number. The key to bar models is to label the model with the information you know and the number you are trying to find (which is normally shown with a question mark). Can you use bar models to answer these questions?
Solving algebra problems
In algebra we use letters to represent numbers that we don’t know the value of. A string of numbers and letters joined together by mathematical operations such as + and - is called an algebraic expression. Try the following algebra problems.
Area problems
Lucy wants to make a lovely new lawn. She has to work to a budget and has £220 to spend on turf. Can she have any lawn shape she wants? Work out if she has enough money to buy turf for each of the plans shown below!
Area and perimeter summary
When you first learn to find the area of a shape you do it by counting squares. You then learn that you can use formulae to quickly and accurately find the areas of some shapes. Can you remember the formulae and use them reliably? Now find the perimeter and area of all the shapes below (not drawn to scale). Remember to use the correct units of measurement (cm or cm2).
Area and perimeter calculations
How good are you at tricky area and perimeter questions? Have a go at these calculations.
Using related calculations
If you know that 28 x 16 = 448 you can quickly find the answers to lots of similar calculations. Draw a line from each calculation to the correct answer.
Using BODMAS to solve calculations
Do you know what BODMAS stands for? BODMAS tells us the order we need to complete operations in. If there is a bracket work out the result of the operation inside it first then do division then multiplication and finally do any addition and subtraction. Put your knowledge of BODMAS into practice by having a go at these calculations.
Tricky fractions puzzles
You need to be able to confidently find equivalent fractions and add, subtract and divide fractions before you try these puzzles.
Solving proportion puzzles
To solve these proportion problems you need to be able to find fractions and percentages of amounts and compare fractions, decimals and percentages. Once you’ve solved the problems, challenge a parent or friend by writing some of your own!
Simple algebra problems
Find the missing numbers and calculate the value of x in these simple algebra questions. Remember to use BODMAS to answer these KS2 algebra problems!