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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.

Managing ADHD at home

Stressed out child chewing on a pencil
At school a child with ADHD has SEN support, special educational needs coordinators and classroom assistants, but when they come home how can you cope with their behaviour alone?

If your child suffers with ADHD, try these top tips to manage their behaviour at home:

  • Liaise with school and have homework instructions written down, so that they are clear. Your child might struggle to remember what they were told to do.
  • Try leaving notes around the house as reminders to your child, such as a sticker on the bathroom mirror saying ‘Brush my teeth’. Children with ADHD often have poor concentration levels. This saves you having to follow them around issuing reminders.
  • Set up a reward system, but make the goals small and immediate. For example, praise and a sticker for five minutes concentration, rather than saying, “If you finish all your homework we will do something at the weekend.” Focusing on little chunks of behaviour at a time will keep them motivated.
  • Do use praise as an immediate reinforcement for good behaviour as soon as you notice it.
  • If you can, ignore the bad behaviour as much as possible.
  • Remember, sometimes you have to allow children to make their own mistakes and you can’t always be around.
  • Have regular meetings with the school, perhaps once a term, to be clear what the SEN support is for your child. Ask whether your child is meeting their goals, and if there anything else that can be done to help your child achieve his or her targets.