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to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.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.
What are probability / chance / likelihood?
What is probability?
Probability tells us how likely something is to happen.
Probability can be described in words, or more accurately in terms of fractions and percentages.
Probability can also be shown on a probability line:
Learning about probability
Children may learn about probability as part of their learning about data handling. They may be given a question similar to the following:
Mary has these shapes in a box:
If she puts her hand in the box and takes a shape without looking, what is the probability that she will take out a triangular shape?
Children are expected to answer a question such as this with a fraction. In this case, the answer would be: 3/12 (because three of the 12 shapes she might pick are triangles). They may be asked to give this fraction in its simplest form, in which case, the answer would be 1/4.
Probability questions will often involve mention of spinners:
Katy has this spinner.
The chance of the spinner landing on an even number when she spins it is 3/6, which can be simplified to 1/2.
a) What is the chance of her getting a square number?
b) What is the chance of her getting an odd number?
Simplify your answers.
Answer: 1 and 4 are square numbers, so the chance of her getting a square number is 2/6, which can be simplified to 1/3. 1, 3 and 5 are odd numbers, so the chance of her getting these numbers is 3/6, which can be simplified to 1/2.
