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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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worksheets
Free worksheets: Science, KS2, Y6
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What stores and transfers energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred from one store into another. In these pictures, which items do you think use energy? Which ones store energy? Do they all store/use the same type of energy? Cut them out and sort them into groups.
Understanding friction: Build your own balloon hovercraft
When a moving surface slides on a stationary surface it rubs against it, which slows it down. This is due to friction, a force which resists the movement of one object sliding past another. Understand more about friction with a fantastic practical project: make your own balloon hovercraft!
Super scientist quiz
Quiz questions to encourage your child to think about how scientists work and why they do the things they do.
Reaching conclusions
A worksheet showing results of an experiment with questions underneath to consider.
Suggest the ending of a story
Help your child read a text and then imagine how it might continue. They'll be taking their first steps into creative writing and story telling!
Sentence scramble game
How many different full sentences can your child make with these words? Remember that a full sentence needs to start with a capital letter and end in a full stop.
Revise /oo/, /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)
This simple game is designed to help support and reinforce the learning of the Phase 3 phonics sounds /oo/, /ar/, /or/ and /ur/.
Revise /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)
This simple game is designed to help support and reinforce the learning of the Phase 3 phonics sounds /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/.
Phase 3 phonics missing tricky words
Help your child practise reading and writing the tricky words they've learned in Phase 3 phonics with this Reception activity. Tricky or exception words are words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way.
Phase 2 phonics missing tricky words
Help your child practise reading and writing Phase 2 tricky or exception words (words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way) with this Reception activity.
Listen to final sounds
Many children are able to hear the initial sounds (the first sounds) in words or in a word but might struggle to hear the final sounds. This game is designed to help them practise both of these skills and covers a mixture of Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonics sounds.
Labelling a picture
Help your child learn how to label a picture correctly with a drawing and writing activity for Reception children.
Finding rhyming words
Help your child listen to sounds and identify rhyming words with this Reception activity sheet.
Finding information in pictures and texts
Books and pictures contain lots of information. Practise being an information detective! Look at the picture on the worksheet, then answer the questions on the next page.
Finding CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)
Once your child is confident with the Phase 2 phonics sounds /h/ /b/ /f/ /g/ /l/ /p/ /i/ /u/ and /o/, use this game to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
Final sound board game
Blending sounds is a tricky but important skill. This quick phonics game is designed to help Reception children practise blending two sounds. Then they'll need to decide if they’ve made a real or nonsense word!
Blending CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)
A quick game designed to help your child review the Phase 2 phonics sounds /g/ /c/ /k/ /r/ /t/ /h/ /e/ /a/ and /i/ and to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
Be an information detective
Compare a text and a picture and spot the inconsistencies between the two, in this simple exercise to help develop children's reading comprehension skills.
Be a CVC word hunter
A game to help your child review the Phase 2 phonics sounds /s/ /a/ /t/ /p/ /i/ /n/ /m/ /d/ and /o/ and to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
/Ch/, /sh/ and /th/ sound sort (Phase 3 phonics)
This game is designed to help children to distinguish between the Phase 3 sounds /ch/, /sh/ and /th/ in words they read and hear.
Create your own wordsearch
Looking for a fun way to practise this week's spellings, or consolidate some new vocabulary? Use our blank printable wordsearch grid to create your own puzzle for your KS2 child (and you can print it out as many times as you need to!).
Homeschooling achievement certificate
Reward your child's achievement at home with TheSchoolRun's homeschooling achievement certificate. Download, print and present it in your at-home graduation ceremony!
TheSchoolRun Top Teacher Award
Download a Top Teacher Award for your child to personalise and send to their teacher – a small token of thanks for their teaching and caring, both in school and during school closures.
Rewards resources pack
Achievement assemblies and teachers' gold stars may not be possible right now – but we've made it easy to reward your child for effort, perseverance and all-round excellence with our Home Schooling Rewards pack. There are a few "well done" stickers and certificates that adults can work towards, too – and who will win the Kindness Cup in your house this week?