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to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.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 is a Venn diagram?
What is a Venn diagram?
A Venn diagram shows the relationship between a group of different things (a set) in a visual way. Using Venn diagrams allows children to sort data into two or three circles which overlap in the middle. Each circle follows a certain rule, so any numbers or objects placed in the overlapping part (the intersection) follow both rules.
Venn diagrams in KS1
Venn diagrams encourage children to sort objects or numbers according to given criteria. Learning how to sort begins in Key Stage 1, when teachers may ask a child to sort a group of objects into two groups according to certain rules. For example, they may be given these shapes and asked to put them into either one of the following two circles:
Venn diagrams in KS2
A Venn diagram is when the two sorting circles overlap in the middle. Children need to think about how to sort something according to the two rules. For example, they might be asked to sort the numbers 5, 8, 10, 25 and 31 in the following Venn diagram:
In this example, 10 would go in the circle on the left (it's in the 5x table but not an odd number), 5 and 25 would go in the intersection (they are both part of the 5x table and odd numbers), 31 would go in the circle on the right (it's an odd number and not in the 5x table) and 8 would be outside the circles (it doesn't fit the criteria of this Venn diagram).
More advanced activities involving Venn diagrams might include reading bar charts or using their knowledge of multiples to find information to sort into a Venn diagram.
Venn diagrams are a great way to combine skills: children can practise data-handling while learning about properties of shapes or number facts.
