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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.

Key Stage 1 PE

Girls in dance class
What will your child learn in Key Stage 1 PE lessons? We take a look at physical education and how you can help your child get ahead at home.

The main emphasis at Key Stage 1 PE is on the physical development of basic motor skills. Children learn to control objects, apparatus and themselves physically in a variety of situations. They experience progressively more difficult tasks and attempt an increasing range of activities.

Your child will have opportunities to create, refine and perform travelling movements, rotation and balances on gymnastics apparatus. Gymnastics and dance allow possibilities for children to express themselves creatively, too. Your child will also develop key skills, such as throwing and catching which provide numerous opportunities to practise important motor skills – handy for basketball, cricket and netball later on.

Lesson examples

Here are the kinds of things your child might get up to in PE:

  • Year 1 children race against each other and their own best time to move bean bags from one hoop to another in an efficient, coordinated and controlled way.
     
  • At the end of a games activity a teacher might ask her Year 2 class questions about how their bodies respond to exercise and why it might be important to them. They make a connection between exercise and their hearts beating faster, their lungs needing more air and feeling more energised afterwards.

Help your child at home

  • Walk to and from school and whenever else you can.
     
  • Provide opportunity for active play with friends outside of school.
     
  • Encourage your child to take up a sport or structured exercise hobby.
     
  • Encourage moderately intensive activity for at least one hour every day (for example, four 15-minute periods) such as brisk walking, dance, games, swimming, cycling, or active play.
     
  • Encourage activities that enhance and maintain muscular strength, flexibility and bone health at least twice a week, such as climbing, skipping, jumping or gymnastics.
     
  • Teach your child to be aware of health risks, such as smoking, drinking and stress.
     
  • Daily, offer your child five fruit and vegetables in a variety of types and colours.