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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 Spelling worksheets

Cover KS1 SATs English 2023

Key Stage 1 - 2023 English SATs Papers

Help your child prepare for the English KS1 SATs, taken at the end of Year 2, with some at-home practice. These complete Y2 SATs past papers from 2023 are the official Department for Education papers used in schools.
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Spelling words in Year 1

Spelling list for Year 1

Here is a list of words that cover the spelling rules children are expected to learn by the end of Year 1. How many can you spell?
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Year 1 exception words flashcards

Year 1 exception words flashcards

A colourful set of printable flashcards created by a teacher to help Year 1 children learn how to spell common exception words.
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Letter arrow cards

Letter arrow cards

Free letter arrow cards created by an experienced educator to help children practise putting sounds together and forming some words.
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Year 1 English Challenge Pack

Year 1 English Challenge Pack

Challenging reading comprehensions and activities for Year 1 readers and writers, designed to stretch your child and offer them the opportunity to explore their year-group topics in greater depth.
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Making compound words worksheet

Making compound words

Look at all the ingredients in our compound word soup. How many different compound words can you make from them?
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Write the days of the week: Sunday

Write the days of the week: Sunday

Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Sunday.
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Write the days of the week: Saturday

Write the days of the week: Saturday

Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Saturday.
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Write the days of the week: Friday

Write the days of the week: Friday

Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Friday.
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Write the days of the week: Thursday

Write the days of the week: Thursday

Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Thursday.
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Write the days of the week: Wednesday

Write the days of the week: Wednesday

Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Wednesday.
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Write the days of the week: Tuesday

Write the days of the week: Tuesday

Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Tuesday.
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Write the days of the week: Monday

Write the days of the week: Monday

Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Monday.
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Writing the days of the week

Writing the days of the week

Handwriting, spelling and time sequencing practice: a worksheet to help your child learn to write the days of the week.
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Practise writing the days of the week

Practise writing the days of the week

Help your child practise writing the days of the week with this handwriting and spelling worksheet.
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Phase 2 phonics sound snap: final sound

Phase 2 phonics sound snap: final sound

This game focuses on the final sounds in words. Simply cut out the snap cards, shuffle up, and deal out.
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: /sh/, /ch/, /th/ and /ng/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: /sh/, /ch/, /th/ and /ng/ blends

This game focuses on the /sh/, /ch/, /th/ and /ng/ sounds. Simply cut out the snap cards, shuffle up, and deal out.
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ai/, /oi/, /ow/ and /oa/ sounds

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ai/, /oi/, /ow/ and /oa/ sounds

This snap game focuses on the blended sounds /ai/ (as in rain) and /oi/ (as in boil) and /ow/ (as in now) and /oa/ (as in boat). Simply cut out the snap cards, shuffle
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Soft 'c' crossword

Soft 'c' crossword (Phase 5 phonics)

The letter ‘c’ has a hard sound (/k/ as in cat) and a soft sound (/s/ as in cell). Usually, the ‘c’ is hard or soft depending on the vowel that follows it. This soft 'c' crossword helps your child practise this spelling pattern.
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Writing two-syllable words worksheet

Writing two-syllable words

All of these words have two syllables. Syllables are like ‘beats’. Clap out the syllables as you say each of these words, then write the separate syllables in the two boxes on the right.
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