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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.

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Ks1 Reading worksheets

Putting names in alphabetical order worksheet

Putting names in alphabetical order

Write the name of one of your friends or someone in your family in each box, and draw a portrait of them. Can you cut the boxes out and put portraits in alphabetical order?
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Choosing books to read worksheet

Choosing books to read

Borrow some books from the library or a friend, then choose your four favourites. Why did you like them best? Ask your mum, dad or another adult to be your scribe (write for you) and explain why you enjoyed them. Or why not set up a book club with your friends to discuss your book choices?
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Book reviews in Y2: responding to texts worksheet

Book reviews in Y2: responding to texts

A template for a book review, to encourage children to respond to texts. Answer questions including: Title of book?; Who wrote the book?; Who illustrated the book?; What happened in the book?; Draw a picture of one of the settings in the book; Did you like the book? Why?
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Alphabetical ordering worksheet

Alphabetical ordering

Can you cut out the words below and put them in alphabetical order? Use the alphabet at the bottom of the page if you need to!
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Reading nonsense words worksheet

Reading nonsense words

Look at these scary monsters! Yikes!! Can you read their names?
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Breaking words into phonemes worksheet

Breaking words into phonemes (Phase 4 phonics)

Learn about phonemes: press the button and say the sound, then say the word.
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Roll the die initial sound game

Roll the die initial sound game (Phase 5 phonics)

Roll the die and see how many words you can think of that start with that sound.

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Understanding story settings worksheet

Understanding story settings

Stories take place in different settings. Can your child use their knowledge of traditional tales to identify the story settings for these well-known stories?
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Book reviews practice worksheet

Book reviews practice

Book reviews are a very common writing activity for KS1 children. Help your child get used to the format and including all the different elements with this template worksheet. They can use pictures to express their views, too! Ideal for Y1 learners.
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My first book review worksheet

My first book review

As your child grows more confident in their reading they will be asked to reflect on what they read and review it. Help them get used to reviewing books with our template – they can use words and pictures to share their views. Will they give the latest reading practice book five stars or one?
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Word puzzles for Key Stage 1 English learning pack

Word puzzles for Key Stage 1 English

Take a break from homework and spelling drills with this collection of word puzzles for Key Stage 1! Each one covers a different concept that your child will learn in English lessons, but presents it as something to solve by remembering what they've been taught in class.
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Phoneme chart

Phonics sounds - interactive worksheet

This handy interactive phonics sounds worksheet will help you practise the sound of each phonic with your child by the 7 groups they'll be learning them in. See how many other words can you think of that give examples of each sound. Move your mouse over the letters to hear the sounds.
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Parents' Guide - reluctant reader to literacy lover

The Parents' Guide to turning a reluctant reader into a literacy lover

Why are some children reluctant to read, and what can you do to help them fall in love with books? From exploring non-fiction to making reading a feel-good pleasure, we explain how you can turn a reluctant reader into a bookworm. Happy reading!
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Reading the /igh/ sound worksheet

Reading the /igh/ sound

Does the igh sound make you sigh in the night? This worksheet will help you see the light! Practice with all your might and you will soon be soaring high!
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Reading the /ee/ sound

Reading the /ee/ sound (Phase 5 phonics)

This activity will enable your child to recognise the /ea/ sound, which can be represented by a number of different graphemes, and practise reading and writing it.
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Find the rhyming words

Find the rhyming words

Can you find all the words that rhyme with 'right'? An excellent activity to help your child practise listening carefully to see if a word rhymes.
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Engaging With English cover

Engaging With English

Created by an early years education expert, the Engaging with English pack will provide you with lively and original ideas to help bring four popular children’s books vividly to life. Whether your child is in the EYFS or KS1 these activities are the perfect starting point for turning book-shy children into bookworms.
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Breaking words into syllables worksheet

Breaking words into syllables

Use this worksheet to encourage your child to read words aloud and then break them into syllables.
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Counting syllables worksheet

Counting syllables

Use this worksheet to encourage your child to clap out syllables in words and then write down how many they think there are.
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Find the phoneme worksheet

Find the phoneme (Phase 5 phonics)

A Phase 5 phonics worksheet to help children understand how to use the correct phoneme / grapheme.
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