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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.

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Year 1 Investigative skills worksheets

Your own seed dispersal experiment

Your own seed dispersal experiment

Try this experiment and discover if spreading seeds out helps them to grow better than keeping them all in one place.
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Be a butterfly spotter worksheet

Be a butterfly spotter

You will see lots of butterflies around in the summer. Flowers are in bloom and butterflies get their food by flying from flower to flower, sticking their long tongues out to suck the nectar (a sugary liquid) up. Can you spot any butterflies in your garden or to a nearby park. Look in the bushes. Did you see any of these butterflies?
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Sinking and floating investigation

Sinking and floating investigation

Look at these pictures. Can you identify the objects? Which ones do you think will float in water? Which ones will sink? Why? Ask a parent if there any that you can test.
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Investigating temperature worksheet

Investigating temperature

This activity is designed to help you learn that different places around your home will be different temperatures and also to help you to practise reading scales on a thermometer.
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Identifying animal features worksheet

Identifying animal features

Many animals across the world have similar characteristics, even if they live in very different places. Use your research skills to find information in books and online and see how many animals you can put in the following boxes. Remember, some animals may fall into more than one box!
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Be a leaf detective

Be a leaf detective

Go into your garden and see how many different plants you can find. How could you find out the names of these plants? Who could help you find out? Now play the find my leaf game!
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Be a scientist

Be a scientist

This activity will develop your child's imagination and design skills.
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Find and label materials

Find and label materials

This activity will teach your child the different properties of many common materials and help them identify why they are used.
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Identify the parts of a plant worksheet

Identify the parts of a plant

A Year 1 science worksheet on identifying the parts of a plant, created by a primary school teacher to support learning at home.
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Investigating and comparing materials

Investigating and comparing materials

Develop your child's understanding of materials and their different properties.
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Investigating what bodies can do

Investigating what bodies can do

Help your child learn about the human body and what it can do with this great worksheet.
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My bean growing diary 2

My bean growing diary

Your child will enjoy growing their own bean and keeping a record of its progress with this fun diary.
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What material is it made of?

What material is it made of?

Your child will develop their knowledge of materials and their properties with this fun to do worksheet.
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Learning about living things: using a microscope

Learning about living things: using a microscope

The complexity of nature is studied in intricate detail using a digital microscope in this fascinating science activity for EYFS and KS1 children.

It is aimed at Key Stage 1 and EYFS pupils and should be done with a parent or carer.
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