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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 English worksheets
Free worksheets: Word puzzles, KS1, Y1
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Square words wordsearch
Can you find all these Goldilocks-themed words in the wordsearch?
Mini word Sudoku 4 x 4
Put the letters from the word EASY in the squares so that each column, row, and mini-grid contains all the letters that make up the word.
Rhyming words: creatures word puzzle
Practise your rhyming and spelling skills by thinking of names of animals that rhyme with each of these words. There could be more than one answer... how many can you identify?
Writing lists practice
Help Wendy Witch write a list of all the ingredients she’ll need to include in her new potion.
Writing a review
Can you use words and pictures to describe your favourite TV programme? What was it called? What happened? What did you like about it?
Roll the die initial sound game (Phase 5 phonics)
Roll the die and see how many words you can think of that start with that sound.
Reading non-fiction texts
Choose a non-fiction book to read with your mum or dad. Can you use the contents and index pages? Use the spidergram to write about what you have learnt.
Ordering non-fiction text: writing a plan
Think of a special event that is coming up. Use this planning sheet to help you remember what will happen when. You can use pictures as well as words.
Non-fiction: text structure and organisation
Use non-fiction books to help your child understand text structure and organisation.
Match the number of phonemes (Phase 4 phonics)
Can you count the phonemes (sounds) in the words then match the number card to the word?
Labelling and describing words
Draw a picture of a family member then label it and add some words to describe them around the picture.
Favourite words for stories
For children to succeed in literacy, it’s crucial they have a love of words. Here they need to think about how their favourite words are used.
Describing story characters
Choose a character that we all know from a traditional tale, or one from a story book that you love. Think about what happens to the character in your story, then draw it in pictures.
Understanding story settings
Stories take place in different settings. Can your child use their knowledge of traditional tales to identify the story settings for these well-known stories?
Writing a story start
Writing great stories begins with choosing a fantastic opening idea and sentence. Help your child practise writing engaging story starts with our worksheet, designed for Y1 children.
Book reviews practice
Book reviews are a very common writing activity for KS1 children. Help your child get used to the format and including all the different elements with this template worksheet. They can use pictures to express their views, too! Ideal for Y1 learners.
My first book review
As your child grows more confident in their reading they will be asked to reflect on what they read and review it. Help them get used to reviewing books with our template – they can use words and pictures to share their views. Will they give the latest reading practice book five stars or one?
Retelling a story
As reading becomes easier your child will be able to reflect on story events and sequences more. Help them reflect on stories they enjoy with this worksheet, aimed at Y1 reader and writers.
Describing characters in traditional tales
A first reading comprehension activity for Y1 children. Can they describe characters like Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella from traditional tales?
Roald Dahl wordsearch
A fun Roald Dahl wordsearch for primary school children, created by a teacher and featuring the names of Roald Dahl's famous characters!
Witches, foxes, earthworms and more – they're all wonderful characters from Roald Dahl's books. See if you can spot the names of 20 children, villains and creatures from The BFG, Danny the Champion of the world, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and other Dahl classics in this wordsearch. How quickly can you complete it?
Witches, foxes, earthworms and more – they're all wonderful characters from Roald Dahl's books. See if you can spot the names of 20 children, villains and creatures from The BFG, Danny the Champion of the world, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and other Dahl classics in this wordsearch. How quickly can you complete it?
Handwriting practice: patterning 5
Patterning will help your child practise ascending and descending strokes, rounded shapes and more in preparation for handwriting. Get started today with some cake decoration – on paper only!
Handwriting practice: patterning 4
Handwriting requires good pencil control and precise strokes and movements. Help your child prepare for writing letters, words and sentences with our series of patterning worksheets (very satisfying as well as very useful!).
Handwriting practice: patterning 3
By drawing patterns your child learns to make shapes that are regular, sized and spaced correctly and placed on the lines they're writing on. There's no better introduction to handwriting, so get the coloured pens and pencils out and get patterning!