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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.
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- 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.
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English worksheets
Free worksheets: Word puzzles, KS2
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Word split: compound words
A mix and match puzzle created by teachers, using compound words, to support primary school literacy and demonstrate examples of compound words.
Word colouring: nouns and pronouns
Colour the squares with nouns in green. Colour the squares with pronouns in brown. Leave the blank squares empty, then work out what the picture is.
Irregular past tense verbs wordsearch
A fun and free activity created by an experienced teacher with the aim of teaching KS2 children about irregular past tense verbs. Each of the sentences on the worksheet includes an incorrect past-tense verb. Circle the incorrect verb and then find the correct form of the verb in the wordsearch.
Spelling patterns: the prefix cir-
Can you complete this mini-wordsearch? All the words you need start with the prefix circ- and are below. What do you think circ- means?
Write your own homonyms crossword puzzle
Homonyms are pairs of words that are spelled and pronounced the same way, but have different meanings. Look at these words. Can you work out the two different meanings?
If not, look them up in the dictionary. On the next page you’ll need to create TWO crossword puzzles where the homonyms are the answers. Each word will need two different clues, one for each meaning.
If not, look them up in the dictionary. On the next page you’ll need to create TWO crossword puzzles where the homonyms are the answers. Each word will need two different clues, one for each meaning.
Spoken instructions for an obstacle course
This worksheet details an activity involving setting up an obstacle course as a basis for practising clear spoken instructions.
Winter nights poem
This worksheet will give your child a starting point from which to write an imaginative poem. Encourages thinking about interesting description and text layout.
Match singular and plural
This worksheet is designed to help your child understand how to say the singular and plural versions of different animals' names.
Match the sentence halves
Use this worksheet to help your child understand that sentences need to make sense, by matching the sentence halves.
Write a poster and a letter
First your child reads a story about a missing cat and then they need to design a poster with the aim of finding him. This is followed up by writing a letter to the cat asking him to come home.
Primary and secondary sources
How do we find out about the past? What evidence is available to us, and how can we research events that happened over 100 years ago? This worksheet will help your child develop an understanding of the passing of time and encourage them to think historically.
Find the rhyming words
Can you find all the words that rhyme with 'right'? An excellent activity to help your child practise listening carefully to see if a word rhymes.
Writing persuasive text
This worksheet will help your child to choose words carefully by looking at examples of house details from an estate agent.
Understand the concept of time
This worksheet activity will help your child to understand how long a second and a minute are and use their knowledge to write simple poetry.
Engaging With English
Created by an early years education expert, the Engaging with English pack will provide you with lively and original ideas to help bring four popular children’s books vividly to life. Whether your child is in the EYFS or KS1 these activities are the perfect starting point for turning book-shy children into bookworms.
Seaside similes poem
A worksheet to encourage children to generate similes and then organise them into a poem.
Ordering sentences
Use this worksheet to help your children to re-order words to make sentences that make sense and have capitals and full stops.
Plan a non-fiction book
This worksheet gives your children questions to prompt them to plan writing their own non-fiction book.
Key Stage 2 - 2010 English SATs papers
Download and print this complete 2010 English SATs papers pack and help your child to prepare for their Y6 SATs.
Wordsearch - Identify words associated with time
Use this fun wordsearch to help develop your child's vocabulary with words associated with time.
All about the /igh/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
A colouring activity sheet to help your child identify words with the /igh/ sound.
Irregular plurals: words ending in y
Spelling can be tricky. Help your child master the spelling rule for words ending in y with this worksheet, and, for an extra challenge, use them in sentences of their own.
Writing a letter to a friend or relative
This grammar worksheet will help your child to practise writing simple letters linked to a personal experience.
Guess the sport speaking and listening game
A game involving thinking of a sport and then answering yes / no questions on it; encourages children to develop questioning skills and listen attentively.
Writing poetry from prose
This worksheet encourages children to look at a piece of prose and improve it with their own phrases, before transforming the prose into a poem.