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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.

What this means for subscribers:

  • Your subscription is still active, and for now, you can keep using the website as normal — just log in with your usual details to access all our articles and resources*.
  • In a few months, all resources will move to the new portal. You’ll continue to have access there until your subscription ends. We’ll send you full details nearer the time.
  • As a thank you for your support, we’ll also be sending you 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep.

A few changes to be aware of:

  • The Learning Journey weekly email has ended, but your child’s plan will still be updated on your dashboard each Monday. Just log in to see the recommended worksheets.
  • The 11+ weekly emails have now ended. We sent you all the remaining emails in the series at the end of March — please check your inbox (and spam folder) if you haven’t seen them. You can also follow the full programme here: 11+ Learning Journey.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for being part of our journey it’s been a privilege to support your family’s learning.

*If you need to reset your password, it will still work as usual. Please check your spam folder if the reset email doesn’t appear in your inbox.

Best online drawing tutorials for children

Best online drawing tutorials for children
Does your child love to draw, doodle, paint and sketch? Help them learn new techniques and perfect their own versions of their favourite characters with a host of free draw-along videos from children's book illustrators and animation artists.

Draw with Rob

 

DRAW WITH ROB is a video series, a book series and even the Guinness World Record holder for the largest online art lesson, when 45,611 participants drew a whale with children's book illustrator Rob Biddulph in May 2020.

Art For Kids Hub

 

With over 4 million subscribers on YouTube, Art For Kids Hub offers all kinds of free art lessons for kids, including how to draw, painting and origami for children. Most of the art lessons are self-contained, so all you need to start drawing along with the Art For Kids Hub family is something to draw with, paper and colouring supplies.

Draw a Gruffalo with Axel Scheffler

 

Start with the horns and follow Axel Scheffler’s process from pencil to paint – you'll be drawing your very own Gruffalo in no time! You can also download and print colouring sheets featuring Axel's famous illustrations from his website.

Mice, dragons and other creatures with Emily Gravett

 

Emily Gravett writes and illustrates picture books in the UK. Learn to draw some of her furry and scaly characters in her YouTube videos, or try some activities like spot the difference, follow the trail or join the dots from her website.

Draw with Jim Field

 

You'll probably know lots of Jim Field's distinctive characters already: Monsieur Roscoe, Quick Quack Quentin, Cyril the squirrel or the animals from the billiant Oi! series written by Kes Grey. Look through the draw-along options on Jim's website.

DOODLE DO-IT! - Learn to Draw with Tom McLaughlin

 

Join author and illustrator Tom McLaughlin in a video series packed with helpful hints, tips and tricks for young doodlers. Whether you’re an experienced artist or just trying something new, why not have a go and Doodle Do-It?

Draw with Nick Sharratt

 

Try your hand at illustrator Nick Sharratt's distinctive style with loads of videos about drawing Jacqueline Wilson's characters, but also for drawing animals, buildings, vehicles, clothes, food, shops, space monsters and lots more.

Draw-A-Long-A-Lenton

 

A series of step-by-step draw-along videos with children's book illustrator and author Steven Lenton, featuring a range of characters from his own books and also those by Steven Butler, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tracey Corderoy and many more. Will you try your hand at a shocktopus, a Yeti or a robot first?

Learn to draw with Quentin Blake

 

Watch master illustrator Quentin Blake draw Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and find out more about his creative partnership with Roald Dahl. You can download some of Quentin's intricate designs from his website to colour in, too.

Horrible Histories drawalong

 

Find out how to doodle a Rotten Roman with illustrator Martin Brown's Horrible Histories drawlong for BookTrust. Why not grab some paper and a pen and see how you get on?

Learn to draw with with Clara Vulliamy

 

Find out how author and illustrator Clara Vuilliamy creates her books, try some baking and craft activities inspired by her stories and learn drawing techniques with her YouTube videos.