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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.

Nursery worksheets

Identifying sounds

Identifying sounds

Be a sound detective and see if you can identify these objects from the sounds they make!
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Identifying initial sounds

Identifying initial sounds

Wilf the wizard is having problems with his potions. All the ingredients for each potion need to start with the same sound. Can you help him match the ingredients to the correct potions?
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Four in a row sound match

Four in a row sound match

A fun activity focusing on the second set of letters and sounds children encounter during phonics lessons – i, n, m and d.
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Finger strength drawing

Finger strength drawing

Here is a fun activity to help get your fingers ready for writing when you start school.
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Finger paint sounds

Finger paint sounds

A fun (and messy!) activity that focuses on the initial sounds /t/ (as in toast) and /p/ (as pizza).
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Find the rhyming pairs

Find the rhyming pairs

A fun game to help your child recognise rhyming words.
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Describe and find specific items

Describe and find specific items

A fun animal activity to help your child practise focused listening, a key skill they will need in the classroom
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CVC blending game

CVC blending game

Listening to and breaking up words into their sounds is how children begin to read and spell. Here is a fun game to help your child start blending CVC words.
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Collage sounds /i/ and /n/

Collage sounds /i/ and /n/

Use stickers, pom-poms or any other collage materials you have to hand to fill in the letters i and n in these objects.
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Changing sounds hide and seek

Changing sounds hide and seek

Listening to the way sounds change, for example by getting louder or quieter, can help children develop their focused listening skills. Here is a great game to help develop these skills.
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Body percussion

Body percussion

Body percussion is all about making beats and music with your body. Have a go at some body percussion patterns and see how long can you keep them going.
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Blending practice

Blending practice

Here's a great game to help your child to hear the different sounds within words and then blend them together to make a word they recognise.
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