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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.

Teaching children good manners

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Teaching children good manners and giving them plenty of positive encouragement can help children manage their behaviour. Read on to find out how.

The most valuable thing you can do to help manage your child’s behaviour is to explain to them how you expect them to behave. And the way to do this is not simply to say, ‘behave properly’ but to actually explain what they can and can’t do.

Crouch down until you are eye to eye with them and explain where you are going and how you expect them to behave. For example, tell them they will make you terribly proud and happy by walking with you, there will be no running around, no shouting and no climbing on furniture.

Ask if they understand. Getting children to agree is a big step in their appreciation of what is expected of them. If you tell your child, ‘I know you’re going to run off and be naughty,’ they invariably will. Children will behave to expectations.

When you are out and they are doing as you asked, remember to praise and compliment them on their great behaviour.

Why do children misbehave?

Children play up for several reasons:

  1. Attention – they get more attention from their parents when they are naughty than when they are good, even if it’s not the sort of attention they would prefer.
  2. Boredom – this is especially the case when they’re trailing around after Mum or Dad who are shopping and picking up and looking at things and all the time telling their children, “Don’t touch anything.”
  3. Overtiredness. Prevention is better than cure so when possible (and it’s not always), time your outings to when they are well rested
  4. Lack of confidence – children will often act in a silly way if they feel intimidated by a situation or their surroundings. Explaining what is going to happen or how they should behave will give them the confidence to behave correctly.