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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 Handwriting worksheets
Free worksheets: Handwriting, KS1, Y1
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Writing letters: ascenders and descenders
As your child learns to form letters correct they will need to practise the size of their letters and the size of any ascenders and descenders (the tops and tails of the different letters). Help them space and size their letters correctly with our handwriting worksheet, written with the guidance of the National Handwriting Association's experts.
Remembering (finger) spaces
Cut out the arrow and read the sentences below. All the spaces between the words are missing! Using the arrow, can you point to where you think the spaces should go? Can you copy out the words underneath, remembering to leave spaces between them?
Handwriting practice: words in upper case
Help your child practise correct upper-case letter formation with our handwriting worksheet. Guide letters and dotted line letters are provided to help them use the correct technique and letter sizing.
Key Stage 1 - 2024 English SATs Papers
Help your child prepare for the optional English KS1 SATs, taken at the end of Year 2, with some at-home practice. These complete Y2 SATs past papers from 2024 are the official Department for Education papers used in schools.
Write the days of the week: Sunday
Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Sunday.
Write the days of the week: Saturday
Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Saturday.
Write the days of the week: Friday
Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Friday.
Write the days of the week: Thursday
Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Thursday.
Write the days of the week: Wednesday
Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Wednesday.
Write the days of the week: Tuesday
Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Tuesday.
Write the days of the week: Monday
Help your child practise writing the days of the week with our handwriting worksheets; focus on Monday.
Writing the days of the week
Handwriting, spelling and time sequencing practice: a worksheet to help your child learn to write the days of the week.
Practise writing the days of the week
Help your child practise writing the days of the week with this handwriting and spelling worksheet.
Make your own picture Advent calendar
A handwriting, art and festive activity rolled into one: a picture Advent calendar for KS1 children to fill in and make in the run-up to Christmas.
Dot to dot puzzles
Help your child improve their pencil control and number sequencing with a few dot to dot puzzles. An exclusive extract from The Puzzle Activity Book (£5.99, Buster Books).
Handwriting practice sheets
Help your child form letters at the correct relative size and place them correctly on the 'base' writing line with our free printable handwriting practice sheets. Two formats with guidelines are included, one for beginner writers and one to help children improve their handwriting skills.
Forming letters: words in upper and lower case
A cursive handwriting sample alphabet and guidance sheet, created by a handwriting expert for KS1 children in primary school.
Patterns playbook
Before children are able to start writing letters and words their hands and muscles need to get used to producing marks on paper. Our Patterns playbook offers your child the opportunity to
practise common writing patterns in preparation for handwriting letters at age 4 or 5. It's also a fun way to encourage an older child who has trouble writing particular letters. Can they make some waves, draw some curly baby hair and decorate a birthday cake with Smarties, all while doing some vital handwriting practice?
practise common writing patterns in preparation for handwriting letters at age 4 or 5. It's also a fun way to encourage an older child who has trouble writing particular letters. Can they make some waves, draw some curly baby hair and decorate a birthday cake with Smarties, all while doing some vital handwriting practice?
Remembering (finger) spaces
Cut out the arrow and read the sentences below. All the spaces between the words are missing! Using the arrow, can you point to where you think the spaces should go? Can you copy out the words underneath, remembering to leave spaces between them?
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!