✕

TheSchoolRun.com closure date

As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.

As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.

In particular, we suggest downloading:

You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.

We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Video: Pre-writing activities using scissors

Pre-handwriting activities using scissors video
Invest in a pair of child-safe scissors and try some of our pre-handwriting activities, as recommended by the National Handwriting Association experts in our video for parents. Who knew cutting and sticking fun could be so educational?

Experts from the National Handwriting Association explain how cutting and sticking activities can help your child's pre-handwriting development and how to make the most of 'scissor play' in preparation for starting to write in Reception.

How scissor activities help your child learn to write

The idea of letting your pre-schooler loose with a pair of scissors may strike fear into your heart, but scissor skills are vital to help young children acquire many of the motor skills needed for handwriting in the primary years.

Getting used to using scissors helps to develop the thumb web space - the circular shape (like an 'OK' sign) formed between thumb and forefinger when you hold a pencil.

Opening and closing the scissors helps children to build both stability and flexibility in the thumb web, and encourages the muscles of the hands to work separately.

Try these scissor activities to develop your child's fine motor control (not forgetting to supervise your child at all times!).
 

  • Give your child a sheet of paper or a paper plate and get them to snip a fringe around the edge
  • Draw straight, thick lines for your child to cut around
  • Ask your child to try cutting out a variety of shapes - circle, triangle, square
  • Let them practise cutting up different materials, such as cardboard, strips of wool, tin foil or drinking straws
  • Draw zigzag or wavy lines or spirals on paper for your child to cut along
  • Let them experiment with different types of scissors, such as pinking scissors