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to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.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.
Top times tables games
1. Speed tables
Your child can race against a friend or play alone (even racing against the clock can be a challenge that really gets competitive-types going!). As they write down their tables, make it a sport and encourage them to aim for ‘personal bests’. They can write them down either as 8 x 6 = 48 or by filling in a tables grid.
2. Bingo!
Make this ultra-authentic by buying some proper bingo dabbers, just for fun. This is best played with at least two children, or drag in your other half or a grandparent if there isn’t an extra child around. Make simple bingo cards with multiples of, for example, nine on them. Then you, as the caller, call out “nine nines”, and whoever has 81 dabs it. The person who gets a full house is the caller on the next round.
Get FREE Times Tables Resources
- Printable and interactive worksheets
- Practice workbook
- Games pack
3. Throw the dice
Again, this is best played with two or more children. Throw two dice and ask the children to write down the multiplication. If you want to work on tables higher than one to six, use small stickers to change the numbers, or buy twelve-sided dice. The winner is the child with the most correct calculations written down in a given time frame.
4. Memory game
Buy or make some number cards, and write down the corresponding tables calculations onto cut-out card. Make sure the number cards and the tables calculation cards are different shapes so your child can distinguish a calculation from a potential answer. Lay all cards upside-down on the floor or desk. First your child has to turn over one of the table calculation cards, and then they need to find the number card that is the answer to the calculation. The winner is the player with the most cards once all the overturned cards are gone.
5. Keep fit challenge
Getting children active is proven to help learning, so instead of just asking your child to recite their tables, encourage them to jog on the spot and do different aerobic moves in time to chanting them. As exercise helps mood and concentration, it should make the sessions more fun and effective.
You could also try our teachers' tricks for learning times tables, or look through all our free times tables worksheets to get practising today!
