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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.

*If you need to reset your password, it will still work as usual. Please check your spam folder if the reset email doesn’t appear in your inbox.

Physical processes worksheets

Hot cross buns activity

Hot cross buns activity

Hot cross buns are a delicious Easter treat. Do you know the song about them? Learn the song and complete the activity.
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Scottish shortbread baking

Scottish shortbread baking

This activity can be done as part of Burns Night celebrations or simply as a delicious baking and learning activity.
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Simple friction experiment

Simple friction experiment

Friction is a force between surfaces that are rubbing against each other, and it slows objects down. Today you are going to investigate how friction acts on a toy car.
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Paint your favourite song

Paint your favourite song

Music can make you feel lots of different things. Think about your favourite song. How does it make you feel? Now grab your art materials and let's pain your favourite song.
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Make your own air-powered rocket

Make your own air-powered rocket

It’s time to have a blast with your very own straw rocket! All you need is some paper, a straw and some tape.
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Painting experiments

Painting experiments

Painting is a lot of fun and a lovely way to create something special. Today we are going to create some unique brushes and make some different patterns.
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How things move activity

How things move

You can move your body in lots of different ways. Objects can also move in loads of ways, and it’s time to investigate them!
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Creating colours activity

Creating colours

Today you are going to investigate what happens when you mix different colours.
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Make fireworks in a jar activity

Make fireworks in a jar

We usually see fireworks up in the sky, but today you are going to make some fireworks in a jar!
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Understand the Earth's movements worksheet

Understand the Earth's movements

An investigation and activity sheet to help Y5 children consolidate their knowledge about the Earth and how it moves in space.
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Shadow investigation worksheet

Shadow investigation

A Year 5 science investigation into shadows and what they can tell us about the position of the Sun in the sky.
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Learning about the moon worksheet

Learning about the moon

Find out about the Earth's moon and then answer some true-or-false questions in this Year 5 science worksheet.
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Gases all around us spotting activity

Gases all around us

Gases are all around us, but they can be hard to spot! Help your child work through this investigation into the gases we can see and what they're used for.
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Repeating experiments: changing sounds

Repeating experiments: changing sounds

A practical investigation into pitch and how sounds change in different conditions.
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Moving fish race

Moving fish race

Can you move this fish across the carpet without touching it? Let's have a race...
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Investigating sound

Investigating sound

Fill a glass or some empty glass bottles with water halfway to the top. Now tap the side of the glass with a teaspoon. Can you describe the sound that you hear?
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Moving balls investigation

Investigating moving balls

Let's explore how air moves by playing a fun game!
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Ice hand investigation

Ice hand investigation

Close your eyes. Your mum or dad have made a strange object for you... can you guess what it is? Open your eyes and investigate!
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Chocolate challenge experiment

Chocolate challenge

Here's a tasty science experiment for you, investigating solids and liquids!
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Year 2 super science quiz

Year 2 Super Science Quiz

This quiz covers all the topics you have learnt in Y2 science. Can you answer all the questions?
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