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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to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.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.

The benefits of blogging for your child

Girl engrossed in her computer
Blogs are a great way to help children use ICT to express themselves but keeping them safe online is vital. Read our advice on safe blogging and how it can help your child learn.

What is a blog?

A weblog, or blog for short, is a website on which items are posted on a regular basis. Some blogs will focus on particular themes, such as food or politics, or some will be like an online diary.

A typical blog will combine text, images and links to other blogs or web pages.

Benefits of blogging

A blog can be great for children and some schools have already set up facilities for their pupils. Teachers find that blogging can help pupils develop confidence, improve their self expression and get a real sense of fulfilment from publishing their work. Here are some of the key things children can gain from blogging:

  • They help children to develop confidence
  • They improve their self expression
  • Children get a real sense of fulfilment from publishing their work
  • They help children to forge multicultural links
  • Reading and writing skills can improve
  • Children become more independent and creative
  • Children can feel empowered by the knowledge that others know their views on a topic

Safety on the internet

While blogs are great it's important to remember to teach your children to be aware of safety on the internet.

  • Buy internet safety software for your computer and use good filtering software.
  • Sit down and discuss online safety with your children and come to an agreement about what activities are okay and what aren't
  • Ensure they don't publish any personal information, including their private thoughts, full name (make sure they always use a blog name/nickname), age, address or school name
  • Take care that they don't publish any photos of themselves, friends or family
  • Make sure they password protect their blog so only people they invite can view it
  • Check that you know what your children are doing online and who they are talking to
  • Ask them to teach you how to use any applications you have never used before. You can keep track of what they’re doing if you don’t understand it.
  • Put your family computer and any internet games consoles in a public room so you can monitor your children's online activities.