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to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.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

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We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Phonics games

Phonics games learning pack cover
Your child will do lots of phonics learning at school – so why not use games to help them put their new skills into practice at home? Our Phonics games learning pack, created by a KS1 teacher (and parent), offers ten games and activities to choose from. Everything you need to start playing, from instructions to game boards and a sound die, is included in your download – print off your bingo counters, sharpen your pencils and have some fun!


Keystage:  EYFS, Reception, KS1, Year 1, Year 2

Your Phonics games pack includes the following games:

  • Saying it slow Encourages your child to blend segmented sounds.
  • Tricky word bingo Helps your child identify and read tricky words.
  • Sound snap The fun way to practise vowel vowel digraphs and split digraphs.
  • Sound memory Play with sounds to help your child revise the ones they know well and practise those they find trickier.
  • My very first crossword A grown-up game for newly confident readers and writers!
  • Nonsense names! Help your child use their phonics knowledge to make up wonderful-sounding names.
  • Roll the sound die Using the sounds they have learnt, can your child try spelling some simple words?
  • Matching blends A game to cement your child's understanding of common two-letter blends found at the beginning of words
  • Lucky dip Can your child write some (real!) words using the lucky dip sound cards?
  • Crazy bingo Nonsense words don't mean anything – but you can still read them using phonics decoding skills! Help your child practise with this game.
The games in this learning pack are intended for children who have learned sounds from all the phonics phases (end of Year 1).

For a complete beginner's guide to phonics download our Fabulous phonics learning pack, or look through our phonics resources.