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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Best geography home education resources
Best for a world-sized colouring project
How many of the world's 207 countries can you name? Learn the locations and flags of every nation with National Geographic's free colouring map, adapted by cartographers so you can colour it in (it's huge – 8 panels! – so it can be an ongoing project).
Best for interactive geographical games
Test your knowledge of countries, capitals, flags, US states, continents, islands, oceans, landmarks and more with interactive World Geography Games (you can play in other languages too, if you fancy an even bigger challenge!). Games are free to play so you'll be a geography whizz by the end of the month!
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Best for geographical facts and figures
Planning a KS2 geography project, or just want to know more about a country or sector? Explore the world’s data with Knoema’s World Data Atlas, an easy-to-use guide which offers essential global statistics and visualisations organised by industry, country, region and source.
Best for learning about local maps
Colouring that will keep even KS2 kids (and adults!) busy for hours, these downloadable Ordnance Survey maps for UK cities and locations (London, Southampton, Milton Keynes, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Newcastle and more) are availbale for free to colour in. It's time to sharpen your colour pencils, dig out the felt tips and give it a go – though at 1: 10 000 scale, you'll need a steady hand to stay in the lines!
Best for "meeting" explorers
Explorer Classroom’s live video events connect students with National Geographic Explorers across all seven continents to bring exploration to life, every week day at 2pm Eastern Standard Time (7pm in Britain).
Explorer Classroom is free to take part it, and families can register for a chance to be picked for one of six on-camera spots to ask the explorers your questions during the event! Catch up with previous events in the Explorer Classroom playlist on YouTube.
Best for travelling to tourist hotspots from your kitchen table
Colour your way around the world with Culture Trip's travel-inspired colouring pages. Travel colouring set one and set two will whisk you around the globe, taking you everywhere from Amsterdam’s canals and the Indian jungle to the Bastille Day celebrations in France, the carnical in Rio, Brazil and Barcelona’s bustling La Rambla.
Best for a complete geography topic to follow
Our Ocean Planet is a series of 12 lessons about the diversity and importance of Britain’s surrounding seas from Encounter Edu. Designed for KS1 and KS2 students, the lessons cover everything from the water cycle in the Arctic to penguin evolution in the Southern Ocean.
Each lesson is introduced by a different ocean scientist or explorer. The experts set the students their geographical learning mission, with activities and resources to support their own research and investigations, and the videos are accompanied by a Teacher Book to download (all for free).
Best for virtual travel
Dreaming of a day out by the sea or a trip to a museum? With Google Arts & Culture Places you can explore the world from the comfort of your sofa (and without the jet lag and plane ride, too!).
Visit iconic monuments like the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids at Giza or the Colosseum from every angle, see street art, heritage sites and science laboratories, take tours and step onto world-famous stages. The world is open!
Best travel-themed activities
There's no need to leave the living room to enjoy a couple of hours of international fun. The free Skyscanner Play Packs are collections of travel-puzzles, challenges and art projects – there's a holiday-themed “spot the difference”, a destination wordsearch, a travel trivia quiz and more to give kids a little peak into another country, world and culture.
