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.
The Learning Journey reward chart and certificates
Everyone needs a little praise! If your child is about to start the Learning Journey, why not use the reward chart to keep them motivated and on track. It is designed so you can personalise them with your child's name and with challenges and rewards you've decided on together.
The Learning Journey reward chart
You can use the reward chart to set goals and challenges for your child and decide on rewards together. Simple print it out and then sit with your child to fill it in together. Make sure you start with some small, easily achievable goals with equally small rewards, and then build up to something big. Why not buy some stickers for your child to use when they complete a challenge?
We've got lots of ideas for challenges and rewards – and they don't have to cost you a penny!
Some ideas for challenges:
- Set a number of worksheets to complete
- Set a number of weeks of the Learning Journey to complete
- Learn one of your times tables
- Complete a certain number of worksheets on a specific subject
- Get full marks in a spelling test
- Read a book and write a book report
- Specific challenges relating to the topics covered in that year’s LJ (for example if your child is in Year 1, you might challenge them to learn phonics sounds; retell a fairy tale; write a letter to grandma; learn number bonds to 20)
- Write a story
- Set a number of practice handwriting sheets to complete
- Learn about a certain topic
Some ideas for rewards:
- Play a board game together
- Bike ride
- Trip to park/playground
- Family movie night (DVD and popcorn)
- Bus/train ride into town
- Friend for a sleepover
- Baking session
- Painting session
- Make a special craft project together
- Pick the menu for dinner
- Extra computer/TV/game console time
- Special dessert
- Staying up late on a Friday/Saturday
- Skip your weekly chores
- Extra story at bedtime
- Stickers
- Campout in the back garden or living room
- Trip to museum
- Spending the night at friends/grandparents
- Having a bubble bath
- Swimming/bowling/skating/kite flying
- Make sock puppets
- Picnic
- Planning a day’s activities
- Planting something in the garden
- Choosing a special breakfast
- Time alone with mum or dad (no siblings allowed!)
- Putting up Xmas decorations
- Ordering pizza
- Midnight feast
- Special snack in lunchbox
- Do a big jigsaw puzzle together
- Obstacle course in the garden
- Build a play fort out of old boxes
- Have a doll’s tea party
- Go star-gazing
- Go on a treasure hunt
- Potato printing
- Make a photo book together
- Make a home movie
Download the Learning Journey reward chart
Learning Journey certificates
We're got certificates that you can print off and fill in when your child finishes part or all of their Learning Journey then stick on the fridge door!
