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TheSchoolRun.com closure date

As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.

As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.

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You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.

We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Year 2 Science worksheets

Free worksheets: Science, KS1, Y2

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Investigating animal homes worksheet

Investigating animal homes

Think about all the ways our houses protect us. Now think about animals or bugs living in your garden or house. Where do animals and bugs like to live? Draw a picture and/or write the name of their home. Cut out all the cards and make two piles, one for creature cards and one for house cards; mix them up. Pick one card from each pile. Would a mouse like to live in a fish pond? Would a frog like to live in a bee hive? Why?
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Bird watch

Bird watch

Have a look at the different trees in your neighbourhood and find one birds like to land in. Why might the birds have chosen that tree? Does it have a nest in? Then draw a picture of the tree and label your picture with all the reasons why you think this is a good tree for birds to nest in.
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What is good food? activity

What is good food?

A cutting and sticking activity to help children understand which foods belong to which group.
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How an electrical circuit works worksheet

How an electrical circuit works

A worksheet designed to illustrate the fact that a circuit must be complete for electricity to flow and a bulb to work.
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Investigating forces - pushes activity

Investigating forces - pushes

An investigation into the effect of pushing various objects. This includes extension activities to encourage your child to investigate further.
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Animal habitats worksheet

Animal habitats

A grid for children to fill in what they know about the habitats of different animals.
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Illustrate a plant's life cycle

Illustrate a plant's life cycle

Your child will learn all about the life cycle of a plant and what plants need to grow with this fun worksheet.
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Investigating forces - air power activity

Investigating forces - air power

A worksheet to suggest a fun experiment looking at the effect of air power on different objects.
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Using observation in investigations worksheet

Using observation in investigations

A worksheet showing the results of an experiment into plant growth with encouragement for children to carry out a similar experiment and think about the results.
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Planning a healthy diet

Planning a healthy diet

A simple but effective worksheet that will introduce your child to the idea of a balanced diet.
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Investigating static electricity activity

Investigating static electricity

Worksheet giving ideas for showing the effect of static electricity by using a balloon and various objects.
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What plants need to grow

What plants need to grow

An experiment that combines having fun with learning all about what plants need to grow.
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Magnetic and non-magnetic activity

Magnetic and non-magnetic

Worksheet with recording table to suggest a way of investigating whether different objects are attracted to a magnet.
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What plants need to grow part 2

What plants need to grow part 2

Following on from part 1 of the experiment, this further develops your child's knowledge of healthy plant growth and encourages their skills of comparison and conclusion.
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Materials and their properties activity

Materials and their properties

A grid for you and your child to record what you find out about the properties of different materials.
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Demonstrate the power of flight

Demonstrate the power of flight

Learning activity: launching a bottle rocket to demonstrate the power of flight. Please note: adult help is required to construct and launch the bottle rocket.
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Natural or man-made worksheet

Natural or man-made

Worksheet to prompt your child to consider whether different objects are natural or man-made.
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Learn about forces

Learn about forces

This KS2 worksheet will reinforce your child's knowledge of forces and help them to use different methods of recording information.
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Physical processes: electricity worksheet

Physical processes: electricity

A worksheet to encourage children to think about all the household items they know of that use electricity.
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Changing materials investigation activity

Changing materials investigation

A practical activity for children to test what happens when they stretch, bend, squash and twist different materials.
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Sorting materials into sets activity

Sorting materials into sets

A worksheet with boxes for sorting different materials into sets according to their properties.
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Classification of plants and animals activity

Classification of plants and animals

A cutting out and sorting activity to help your child understand the difference between plants and animals.
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Time to investigate floating activity

Time to investigate floating

An opportunity for your child to design their own investigation to find out which materials float.
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Compare two materials worksheet

Compare two materials

A worksheet to help your child choose two materials, then consider similarities and differences between the two, as well as considering their uses.
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