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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.

What this means for subscribers:

  • Your subscription is still active, and for now, you can keep using the website as normal — just log in with your usual details to access all our articles and resources*.
  • 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.

A few changes to be aware of:

  • The Learning Journey weekly email has ended, but your child’s plan will still be updated on your dashboard each Monday. Just log in to see the recommended worksheets.
  • The 11+ weekly emails have now ended. We sent you all the remaining emails in the series at the end of March — please check your inbox (and spam folder) if you haven’t seen them. You can also follow the full programme here: 11+ Learning Journey.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for being part of our journey it’s been a privilege to support your family’s learning.

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What is parallel?

Parallel lines
We explain what parallel means and how children are taught about shapes throughout KS1 and KS2.

What is parallel?

Parallel lines are straight lines that always stay the same distance from each other and never meet:

When do children learn about parallel lines?

Children learn the names of shapes in Key Stage 1. They will be asked to describe and sort shapes.

In Year 3 they need to identify parallel and perpendicular lines..

Children need to continue to consolidate their knowledge of parallel lines in Years 4 and 5 with questions such as these:

Which of the following shapes has two sets of parallel lines?

(The answer is the second shape.)

In Year 6 they will be asked to draw 2D shapes to given dimensions, which will include parallel lines.
 

As part of their work on shape and space children are expected to know about horizontal lines, vertical lines, perpendicular lines and diagonal lines.