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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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Eyfs English worksheets
Free worksheets: Word puzzles, EYFS, Reception
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/Sh/ and /ch/ words Snap (Phase 3 phonics)
A free Phase 3 phonics game created by an experienced teacher to help your child practise their Phase 3 phonics learning. This printable activity covers /Sh/ and /Ch/ words in a simple game of Snap.
Wordsearch: the /oo/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Look at the /oo/ words below. Can you read them out loud? These words are all jumbled up in this wordsearch. Can you find them? Put a tick next to each word that you find.
Summer holiday wordsearch
Can you find the words in our summer holiday wordsearch?
Make playdough patterns
This activity is a fun way to help train your finger muscles. Can you roll, twist, squash and squeeze the playdough into the shapes of the patterns below? What other patterns can you make?
Listening for sounds
Read this story with a grown-up, listening carefully for the things that Billy hears during his very noisy day. Can you join in with the story, making the sounds that Billy can hear?
Introducing /m/ and /d/
Do you know the two letters and sounds /m/ and /d/? Let's have some colouring fun with these letters.
Introducing /g/ and /o/
This activity looks at the sounds /g/ and /o/. Can you colour in all the grapes with a g on them in green? Then trace over all the spots on the octopus with a black pen. The spots will look like the letter o!
Initial sounds odd one out
Can you spot the odd one out? Say the words and listen to the sounds you can hear at the beginning of the words. Find and circle the odd one out.
Initial sounds /s/ /a/ /t/ /p/
The hungry caterpillar is very fussy about his food and will only eat the foods that match the sounds on his body. Can you help him by sticking the correct food in the space next to the matching sound?
Initial sounds I spy
Let's practise using the sounds /g/, /c/, /k/ and /o/ with a game of Initial sounds I spy!
Initial sound dominoes
Play Initial sound dominoes and help your child to tune into initial sounds in a fun, relaxed way.
Identifying sounds
Be a sound detective and see if you can identify these objects from the sounds they make!
Identifying initial sounds
Wilf the wizard is having problems with his potions. All the ingredients for each potion need to start with the same sound. Can you help him match the ingredients to the correct potions?
Four in a row sound match
A fun activity focusing on the second set of letters and sounds children encounter during phonics lessons – i, n, m and d.
Finger strength drawing
Here is a fun activity to help get your fingers ready for writing when you start school.
Finger paint sounds
A fun (and messy!) activity that focuses on the initial sounds /t/ (as in toast) and /p/ (as pizza).
Describe and find specific items
A fun animal activity to help your child practise focused listening, a key skill they will need in the classroom
CVC blending game
Listening to and breaking up words into their sounds is how children begin to read and spell. Here is a fun game to help your child start blending CVC words.
Collage sounds /i/ and /n/
Use stickers, pom-poms or any other collage materials you have to hand to fill in the letters i and n in these objects.
Changing sounds hide and seek
Listening to the way sounds change, for example by getting louder or quieter, can help children develop their focused listening skills. Here is a great game to help develop these skills.
Body percussion
Body percussion is all about making beats and music with your body. Have a go at some body percussion patterns and see how long can you keep them going.