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to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.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:
- Learning packs
- All the worksheets from the 11+ programme, if you are following this with your child
- Complete Learning Journey programmes (the packs below include all 40 worksheets for each programme)
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.
Phonics phases sound mats
What are phonics phases?
Phonics phases are a way of breaking down learning to read and write into smaller steps. They help children understand how letters and sounds work together to make words.
- Phase 1 is all about listening and making sounds. Children learn to recognise different sounds in the environment, like animal noises or everyday sounds.
- In Phase 2, children start to learn about letters and the sounds they make. They'll learn simple letter-sound correspondences, like 's' for snake or 'm' for monkey.
- During Phase 3, children learn more sounds and how some letters can make more than one sound. For example, 'c' can make a 'k' sound as in cat or an 's' sound as in circle.
- In Phase 4 children learn to blend sounds together to read words. They start to read simple words by blending individual sounds together, like c-a-t for "cat".
- Phase 5 focuses on more complicated sounds and spelling patterns. Children start to learn about alternative spellings for the same sound, like 'ai' in rain and 'ay' in day.
- Finally, in Phase 6 children become more fluent readers and spellers. They learn to read and spell longer, more complex words and understand more about how words are structured.
How will our Phonics phases sound mat help your child?
Our colourful phonics phases sound mat present the phonemes and graphemes children learn to read in Reception and Year 1, organised according to their phonics phase.
You can also use our interactive sound mats to listen to each of the sounds.
