KS2 (Ages 7-11)
Home Learning
Activity Booklet
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Contents
3 Pirate Code Breaker
4 Snakes and Ladders
5 Football Maths Mosaic
6 2D Shape Sudoku
7 Telling the Time Board Game
8 Cupcake Recipe Problems
9 Film Review
10 Reading Comprehension: Unusual Olympic Sports
11 Spot Mr Whoops’ Mistakes
12 Reading Comprehension: UFO Sighting
13 Labelling the Solar System
14 Animal Facts
15 Cornflour Slime Recipe
16 Make Your Own Butter
17 How Can You Be Kind to Yourself?
18 Solar System Word Search
19 Apple Window Art
20 Answers
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Pirate Code Breaker
Use the code breaker to reveal the answers to the pirate themed trivia and jokes.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m
234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246
n o p q r s t u v w x y z
247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259
What name is sometimes given to the pirate flag?
238 + 5 250 - 2 239 + 6 252 - 7 261 - 3
Answer
Letter
247 + 4 255 - 7 236 + 4 229 + 9 245 + 6
Answer
Letter
Edward Teach was supposedly the real name of which infamous pirate?
231 + 4 248 - 3 229 + 5 239 - 3 239 + 5 240 - 5 244 - 6 228 + 6 246 + 5 341 - 4
Answer
Letter
The word pirate comes from the Latin word ‘pirata’. What does pirata mean?
204 + 30 264 - 10 303 - 50 264 - 30 216 + 20 194 + 50
Answer
Letter
Which pirate hunter later became a pirate himself?
309 - 70 221 + 30 184 + 50 307 - 60 216 + 20 312 - 70 292 - 40
Answer
Letter
197 + 40 231 + 20 184 + 50 294 - 50 298 - 60
Answer
Letter
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Snakes and Ladders
How to play:
1. Players take it in turns to roll a die. The player with the highest rolled number goes
first, the person with the second highest rolled number goes second and so on.
2. The player moves their counter the number of spaces shown on the dice, then partitions
the number that they land on in a different way, e.g. 3 hundreds, 5 tens and 4 units
could be 35 tens and 4 units, 34 tens and 14 units etc. If they correctly partition the
number in a different way, they stay on the square. If not, they move back to the
previous square that they came from.
3. If a player lands on a snake’s head, the player’s counter slides down to the square at
the bottom of the snake’s tail.
4. If a player lands on the bottom of a ladder, the player’s counter climbs up to the square
at the top of the ladder.
5. The first player to reach 30 is the winner!
8 hundreds, 5 hundreds,
Finish 2 tens and 3
units 29
17 units
10 tens and 10
units
6 tens and 7
units 26
30 28 27
2 hundreds, 7 hundreds,
15 tens and 11 14 tens and 8 81 tens and 5
7 tens and 9 4 tens and 5
units units units
units 21 22
units 23 24 25
2 hundreds,
29 tens and 3 17 tens and 7 9 hundreds, 4 2 hundreds, 11
2 tens and 2
units units tens and 1 unit tens and 1 unit
units 20 19 18 17 16
2 hundreds 27 tens and 28 28 tens and 9 75 tens and 3 3 hundreds
and 9 units units units units and 3 units
11 12 13 14 15
17 tens and 21 17 tens and 13 56 tens and 8 32 tens and 19
21 tens
units units units units
10 9 8 7 6
1 hundred, 3 hundreds,
Start 3 tens and 6
units
56 tens and 8
units
10 tens and 8
units
7 tens and 3
units
1 2 3 4 5
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Football Maths Mosaic
Solve the calculations to reveal the hidden picture.
Each answer has a special colour.
1-5 12 = 24-27 36
= skin of your = =
blue choice black white
6-11 15-21 30-33 =
= = hair of your
red green choice
1×3 15 ÷ 3 9÷3 3÷3 11 × 3 10 × 3 11 × 3 6÷3 3÷3
12 ÷ 3 6÷3 15 ÷ 3 12 ÷ 3 8×3 4×3 9×3 15 ÷ 3 12 ÷ 3
9÷3 12 ÷ 3 6÷3 9÷3 4×3 36 ÷ 3 4×3 9÷3 1×3
12 ÷ 3 15 ÷ 3 9÷3 3÷3 15 ÷ 3 4×3 3÷3 15 ÷ 3 12 ÷ 3
15 ÷ 3 6÷3 15 ÷ 3 3×3 30 ÷ 3 18 ÷ 3 27 ÷ 3 24 ÷ 3 6÷3
9÷3 12 ÷ 3 1×3 4×3 24 ÷ 3 2×3 21 ÷ 3 36 ÷ 3 12 ÷ 3
3÷3 9÷3 9÷3 36 ÷ 3 27 ÷ 3 33 ÷ 3 2×3 4×3 1×3
5×3 7×3 6×3 7×3 4×3 7×3 36 ÷ 3 5×3 7×3
9×3 12 × 3 5×3 6×3 18 ÷ 3 6×3 24 ÷ 3 7×3 6×3
12 × 3 8×3 6×3 9×3 8×3 5×3 9×3 8×3 5×3
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2D Shape Sudoku
Draw shapes in the blank squares so that each column, row
and 4-square group contains one of each 2D shape.
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Telling the Time Board Game
What time is it?
Roll a dice, move and read aloud the time shown on the clock.
The first player to complete the board wins!
Miss a
Start End
turn
Miss a Miss a
turn turn
Miss a
turn
Start
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Cupcake Recipe Problems
Ingredients 2 free-range eggs For the icing:
(8 cupcakes) 2 tsp vanilla extract 200g butter
For the vanilla 2 tbsp milk 600g icing sugar
cupcakes: 2 vanilla pods
100g butter
2 tsp food colouring of
100g caster sugar your choice
100g self-raising flour
Ingredients 8 cupcakes 4 cupcakes 16 cupcakes
butter 100g
caster sugar 100g
self-raising flour 100g
eggs 2
vanilla extract 2 tsp
milk 2 tbsp
1. Fill in the table above, calculating the quantity needed of each ingredient to make the
different number of cupcakes.
2. If I was going to make and ice 4 cupcakes, how much icing sugar would I need to use?
3. How many vanilla pods would I need to use if I was going to ice 16 cupcakes?
4. I have 100g butter. How much more do I need to buy if I want to ice 16 cupcakes?
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Film Review
Try to spend 30 minutes completing the following task.
Use the checklist to help you, and use more paper if you need it.
Write a review of the last film you watched.
Do not spend more than one quarter of the
essay retelling the plot: your review should
focus on your opinion about the film.
Checklist
• Plan your writing
thoroughly using the
sheets provided.
• Think about what will
make your writing
unique – can you
include a twist or
standout viewpoint?
• Use a wide range of
vocabulary, punctuation
and sentence structures.
• Ensure that your
handwriting is
neat and legible.
• Write at least one
side of A4.
• Read through your work.
Remember to check your
spelling, punctuation
and grammar and neatly
correct any errors.
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Reading Comprehension: Unusual Olympic Sports
Throughout its history, the Olympic Games have held a range of strange and unusual
competitions that we no longer take part in today.
Rope Climb: Stopped in 1932, this was an event in which competitors had to climb up a
rope as quickly and as stylishly as possible. The most impressive winner was George Eyser
in 1904, who won gold despite having a wooden leg!
Tug of War: At every Olympic Games until 1920, teams of eight men would have
to pull their opponents six feet over a line on the floor. The British team,
containing lots of police officers, were very good at this event.
Swimming Obstacle Race: This event only happened in the 1900
Olympics. Swimmers had to climb over a pole and a row of boats,
before swimming under another row of boats towards the
finish line.
1. Find and copy two adverbs which describe how competitors had to climb
up the rope.
2. In what year did the only Swimming Obstacle Race take place?
3. Why was George Eyser’s gold medal win the ‘most impressive’? Explain
your answer.
4. How do these sports compare to Olympic events we see today?
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Spot Mr Whoops’ Mistakes
Mr Whoops is a little bit clumsy…OK, OK, he’s a lot clumsy! Even
though he’s really trying hard with his writing, he’s still
accidentally misspelt twelve of his Y3/Y4 key spelling
words. Can you spot his mistakes?
Highlight them in the passage of text. Could you
then correct the words at the bottom of the sheet
and create a list for Mr. Whoops to practise?
Last week, I took part in a grammer and spelling competition at my local libry. You
needed to posess very special skills to be crowned ‘English Expert of the Sentury’. Even
thogh spelling is a big strenth of mine (as you already know!), going into the final round
I was in eigth posision out of a groop of ten contestants. My hart was pounding and I was
could barely breethe as I read out my final sentance. Unfortunately, I only won a bronze
medal. Maybe I’ll do better next year.
Mr. Whoops needs to practise these words:
Oooooo…have I got myself in a jumble?
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Reading Comprehension: UFO Sighting
Recent bright lights and high-pitched whistles have
baffled dog walkers in the woodlands of Suffolk. The
disturbance has occurred in the same area as the
UK’s largest ever UFO sighting, in 1980.
One astonished walker said, “I walk in these woods
regularly and, although I’m aware of the unusual
history of the place, I’ve never experienced anything
like this before.”
It seems that someone, or something, might be trying to contact us again, but nobody can
fathom why this is happening nearly forty years since the first incident. The ‘flying saucer’
was in almost the exact same position as the UFO that was spotted in December, 1980.
Some residents are nervous but many others are excited about the prospect of contact
with extra-terrestrials!
1. Which word means the same as understand?
2. When and where was the UKs largest UFO sighting?
3. Find and copy a phrase that implies the area is known for being ‘special’ or
‘different’.
4. Why do you think some walkers are nervous?
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Use the word bank provided to label all the
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different parts of the solar system.
Labelling the Solar System
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Mars Earth Neptune Saturn outer space The Milky
Way
Jupiter Uranus The Sun Venus Mercury
Animal Facts
What type of animal are the statements below true for? Draw a tick
in each box where the statement is true, or a cross if it’s false.
Statement mammal bird reptile amphibian fish
1 It is cold-blooded.
2 It is warm-blooded.
It has scales and
3
fins.
4 It lays eggs.
It gives birth to live
5
young.
It can live on land
6
and under water.
It has webbed feet
7
and wet skin.
It has feathers and
8
wings.
It has scales and
9
dry skin.
The mother provides
10
babies with milk.
11 It has fur.
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Cornflour Slime Recipe
Follow these instructions to make your own cornflour slime!
You will need: • Large covered table
• A large bowl or area where mess
is not a problem
• 200ml
• Aprons
• 200-300g cornflour
• Food colouring
Method:
1. Pour the cornflour into the bowl.
2. Pour the water in, mixing slowly as you go. Keep adding more water
until the mixture becomes thick (and hardens when you tap on it).
3. Add a few drops of food colouring to make your slime the colour you
want it.
4. Put your hands in the slime and experiment with handling it.
5. What happens when you pick the slime up, squeeze it or even punch or
slap it?
6. Do you think it is a solid or a liquid?
7. How is it different to water?
The science:
The slime is a non-Newtonian liquid which means it is different to ‘normal’
liquids. It gets thicker when it is pushed or pressed down. The cornflour
is not actually dissolved in the water so when pressure is put on the
mixture, the water molecules are pushed away. Other non-Newtonian
liquids react in different ways to pressure. Tomato ketchup gets runnier if
you shake it. If you whip cream for a long time, it gets thicker and thicker.
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Make Your Own Butter
Butter is an important part of sandwiches and tastes great on toast.
Follow these instructions to make your own yummy butter.
You will need:
• cream (it needs to be thick
cream so double cream or
whipping cream works best)
• plastic jar with a lid
• sieve
• bowl
Method:
1. Pour the cream into the jar. The jar should be about half full.
2. Put the lid on the jar and make sure it’s on tightly.
3. Now for the hard work! Shake the jar lots until you see a lump form in
the jar. This could take a long time – maybe even ten minutes!
4. Eventually, you will see a lump and some liquid. The lump is butter
and the liquid is buttermilk, an ingredient that can be used in lots of
different things.
5. Put the sieve over a bowl. Open the jar and tip the contents into the sieve.
6. You now have separate butter and buttermilk.
The science:
Cream is made up of tiny pieces (called molecules) of fat surrounded
by water. When you shake the cream, the fat molecules start to clump
together in a lump. They then separate from the liquid.
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How Can You Be Kind to Yourself?
We often think about how we can be kind to others and what effect our
behaviour has on other people. Have you ever thought about how you can
be kind to yourself? Using the hearts below, write your own ideas about
how you can be kind to yourself. Some ideas have been given to start you off.
Once you have recorded these ideas, start to think about how you can carry
out these ideas to be kind to yourself.
Get enough
Make good
sleep
choices
Try something
new Take time
to relax
Take time
to relax and Be
have fun positive
Drink plenty
Choose kind of water
friends
Eat
healthily
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Solar System Word Search
m e r c u r y s m a r s
o c e s y u a r g e i a
o e n a t u v p r a v s
n e p t u n e s a v c t
c a n u u y n r v e v e
v r t r s j u p i t e r
a t e n a s s y t u i o
g h r a t r e u y o c i
i m c r a t e r e i o d
u r a n u s r t a c m v
t s u n r s t a r m e e
d w a r f p l a n e t y
Mercury Mars Neptune crater
Venus Jupiter Sun dwarf planet
Earth Saturn asteroid gravity
Moon Uranus comet star
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Apple Window Art
Use this Apple Window Art activity at home to show thanks and
appreciation for a teacher. Decorate your apple however you like,
then display it on a window in your home so that passers-by and
neighbours can see it.
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Answers
Pirate Code Breaker
What name is sometimes given to the pirate flag?
238 + 5 250 - 2 239 + 6 252 - 7 261 - 3
Answer 243 248 245 245 258
Letter J o l l y
247 + 4 255 - 7 236 + 4 229 + 9 245 + 6
Answer 251 248 240 238 251
Letter R o g e r
Edward Teach was supposedly the real name of which infamous pirate?
231 + 4 248 - 3 229 + 5 239 - 3 239 + 5 240 - 5 244 - 6 228 + 6 246 + 5 341 - 4
Answer 235 245 234 236 244 235 238 234 251 237
Letter B l a c k b e a r d
The word pirate comes from the Latin word ‘pirata’. What does pirata mean?
204 + 30 264 - 10 303 - 50 264 - 30 216 + 20 194 + 50
Answer 234 253 253 234 236 244
Letter a t t a c k
Which pirate hunter later became a pirate himself?
309 - 70 221 + 30 184 + 50 307 - 60 216 + 20 312 - 70 292 - 40
Answer 239 251 234 247 236 242 252
Letter F r a n c i s
197 + 40 231 + 20 184 + 50 294 - 50 298 - 60
Answer 237 251 234 244 238
Letter D r a k e
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Answers
Football Maths Mosaic 2D Shape Sudoku
1×3 15 ÷ 3 9÷3 3÷3 11 × 3 10 × 3 11 × 3 6÷3 3÷3
12 ÷ 3 6÷3 15 ÷ 3 12 ÷ 3 8×3 4×3 9×3 15 ÷ 3 12 ÷ 3
9÷3 12 ÷ 3 6÷3 9÷3 4×3 36 ÷ 3 4×3 9÷3 1×3
12 ÷ 3 15 ÷ 3 9÷3 3÷3 15 ÷ 3 4×3 3÷3 15 ÷ 3 12 ÷ 3
15 ÷ 3 6÷3 15 ÷ 3 3×3 30 ÷ 3 18 ÷ 3 27 ÷ 3 24 ÷ 3 6÷3
9÷3 12 ÷ 3 1×3 4×3 24 ÷ 3 2×3 21 ÷ 3 36 ÷ 3 12 ÷ 3
3÷3 9÷3 9÷3 36 ÷ 3 27 ÷ 3 33 ÷ 3 2×3 4×3 1×3
5×3 7×3 6×3 7×3 4×3 7×3 36 ÷ 3 5×3 7×3
9×3 12 × 3 5×3 6×3 18 ÷ 3 6×3 24 ÷ 3 7×3 6×3
12 × 3 8×3 6×3 9×3 8×3 5×3 9×3 8×3 5×3
Cupcake Recipe Problems
Ingredients 8 cupcakes 4 cupcakes 16 cupcakes
butter 100g 50g 200g
caster sugar 100g 50g 200g
self-raising flour 100g 50g 200g
eggs 2 1 4
vanilla extract 2 tsp 1 tsp 4 tsp
milk 2 tbsp 1 tbsp 4 tbsp
1.
2. 300g
3. 4
4. 300g
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Answers
Reading Comprehension: Unusual Olympic Sports
1. Accept: quickly and stylishly.
2. Accept: 1900 only.
3. Accept any answer which explains how difficult it might have been to
climb the rope with a wooden leg and still be the fastest competitor.
4. Accept any valid similarity or difference provided, such as ‘we don’t
have an obstacle swimming race but we do still have swimming races’,
or ‘we do not have any events which involve using a rope anymore’.
Spot Mr. Whoops’ Mistakes
grammar possess though
eighth heart group
library century strength
position sentence breathe
Reading Comprehension: UFO Sighting
1. Accept: fathom.
2. Accept: December, 1980 and (woodlands in) Suffolk.
3. Accept: ‘the area of the UK’s largest ever UFO sighting’ OR ‘the unusual history of
the area’ OR ‘the same position as a ‘flying saucer’
was spotted’.
4. Accept an explanation that focuses on the unknown of UFOs and
how this might cause some people to become anxious.
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Answers
Labelling the Solar System
The Sun Mars Saturn outer space
Venus
Neptune
Earth
Uranus
Jupiter
Mercury The Milky Way
Solar System Word Search
m e r c u r y s m a r s
o c e s y u a r g e i a
o e n a t u v p r a v s
n e p t u n e s a v c t
c a n u u y n r v e v e
v r t r s j u p i t e r
a t e n a s s y t u i o
g h r a t r e u y o c i
i m c r a t e r e i o d
u r a n u s r t a c m v
t s u n r s t a r m e e
d w a r f p l a n e t y
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Answers
Animal Facts
Statement mammal bird reptile amphibian fish
1 It is cold-blooded. x x x
2 It is warm-blooded. x x
3
It has scales and
fins.
x
4 It lays eggs. x x x x
*Usually
5
It gives birth to live
x x
young. *Rarely
6
It can live on land
and under water.
x
7
It has webbed feet
and wet skin.
x
8
It has feathers and
wings.
x
9
It has scales and
dry skin.
x
10
The mother provides
babies with milk.
x
11 It has fur. x
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