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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:

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  • 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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Ks2 worksheets

Writing task: Describing a mermaid lagoon

Writing task: Describing a mermaid lagoon

Imagine that you have been walking in some woods and found a lagoon. You can see mermaids swimming in it. Describe what you see as fully as you can.
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Writing task: A trip away

Writing task: A trip away

Imagine that you are travelling alone somewhere. How are you travelling? How do you feel about the journey? What kinds of things do you see? See if you can include good adjectives, verbs and adverbs and a range of punctuation in your writing.
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Solving weight problems worksheet

Solving weight problems

Can you convert these from grams to kilograms then from kilograms to grams? Then see if you can answer the worded weight questions.
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Solving length problems worksheet

Solving length problems

Can you convert these from centimetres to metres: then from metres to centimetres? Then see if you can answer the worded length questions.
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Solving capacity problems

Solving capacity problems

Can you convert these from millilitres to litres then from litres to millilitres? Then see if you can answer the worded capacity questions.
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Rotational symmetry explained

Rotational symmetry explained

Rotational symmetry is where you can turn an object so that it looks exactly the same. The number of positions in which it looks exactly the same gives you its order of symmetry. Can you write the order of rotational symmetry under each of these shapes?
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Rhetorical questions worksheet

Rhetorical questions

A rhetorical question is one that we ask without expecting an answer, either because it has an obvious answer or because we have asked the question to make a point, to persuade or for literary effect. Now see if you can write a conversation between a teacher and a child. Make sure you include questions, some rhetorical and some not.
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Reading comprehension: The Tinder Box by Hans Christian Anderson

Reading comprehension: The Tinder Box by Hans Christian Anderson

Read this extract from The Tinder Box by Hans Christian Anderson then carefully answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: Peter and Wendy by JM Barrie

Reading comprehension: Peter and Wendy by JM Barrie

Read this extract from Peter and Wendy by JM Barrie then carefully answer the questions.
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Reading comprehension: more Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

Reading comprehension: more Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

Read this second extract from The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde and then answer the questions.
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Reading comprehension: The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

Reading comprehension: The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

Read this passage from The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde then carefully answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: Martin and Margot by Amy Le Feuvre

Reading comprehension: Martin and Margot by Amy Le Feuvre

First read this extract from Martin and Margot by Amy Le Feuvre, then carefully answer the questions.
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Reading comprehension: Sara Crewe by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Reading comprehension: Sara Crewe by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Carefully read this passage from Sara Crewe, an early version of A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, then answer the questions.
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Re-ordering words to make sentences worksheet

Re-ordering words to make sentences

Each of these groups of words makes up a sentence. Can you re-order them to reveal the sentence? You could cut the words out to help you.
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Logic puzzles worksheet

Logic puzzles

Get your thinking hat on and see if you can work out these two logic puzzles. Warning: They are tricky!
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Identifying onomatopoeia worksheet

Identifying onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like the noise it describes. Can you write a poem using onomatopoeia? Here are some subjects that you could choose from.
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Draw your own 3D shape net worksheet

Draw your own 3D shape net

Can you draw nets on this squared paper that you can make into a square-based pyramid, cylinder, cube and triangular prism?
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Connectives exercise worksheet

Connectives exercise

Connectives are words that join two parts of a text. Look at this passage and use some of the connectives in the table to fill in the gaps.
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11+ cloze test: Through the Looking-Glass

Cloze test: Through the Looking-Glass

Can you work out where these words belong in this text?
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11+ cloze test: The wood at night

Cloze test: The wood at night

All these words belong in this text. Can you insert them correctly?
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