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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to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.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.
Ks2 Non fiction worksheets
Free worksheets: Non fiction, KS2
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Writing instructions template
Think about wrapping a present. Can you write detailed instructions for someone who has never done it before? Think about what you will need and what your wrapped present should look like.
Analysing newspaper articles
Can you find the following features in this newspaper article? Headline, caption, paragraphs, picture.
Writing informative text
Have your child pretend they're helping out a new boy or girl who's just arrived at their school by explaining all of the important things they'd need to know, from homework to PE.
Write a letter about your holiday
This exercise is a great way to help your child practise descriptive writing. Talk about recent holidays your family has gone on, and what your child remembers from them. Can they write a letter to a friend, telling them about the holiday?
Writing a biography
Use this biography writing frame to write a biography. Think about where your pictures and captions are going to go and where you will position each paragraph. Don't forget all the important features of a biography!
Designing for a purpose
Let your child use their imagination to create a camouflage outfit, helping them explore ideas about designing for a purpose.
Writing persuasive text
This worksheet will help your child to choose words carefully by looking at examples of house details from an estate agent.
Writing a letter
A worksheet with an example letter, encouraging your child to practise writing their own letter with the correct structure.
Writing a letter to a pen friend
A worksheet with an example letter, encouraging your child to write a letter to a pen friend, using the correct structure.
Writing frame - letter to a friend
An empty writing frame for children to use to write their own letter. Also prompts the use of time connectives.
Instructions on how to play a game
This worksheet encourages your child to write instructions on how to play a game for a child who does not speak English.
Spoken instructions for an obstacle course
This worksheet details an activity involving setting up an obstacle course as a basis for practising clear spoken instructions.
Guess the sport speaking and listening game
A game involving thinking of a sport and then answering yes / no questions on it; encourages children to develop questioning skills and listen attentively.
Instructions for obstacle course with blindfold
A worksheet guiding children on how to make an obstacle course to complete blindfolded while another child gives instructions. Provides an opportunity for speaking and listening attentively.
Features in a spoken advert
This practical worksheet encourages your child to analyse a spoken advert and then use some of the same kind of persuasive language in their own writing.
Open and closed questions
Do you know the difference between an open and a closed question? Use both to conduct and interview and evaluate which work best!
Unscramble the text types
Kick off a language analysis activity with a quick text types puzzle! Your child will also need to identify commands, alliteration, emotive words and use of the first person.
Ideas to improve the playground
This download prompts your child to think about ways in which their playground could be improved. They need to complete a spider-diagram of their ideas.
Analysing spoken commentary
This worksheet encourages children to listen to a spoken commentary and analyse it.
Developing an opinion using connectives
This worksheet encourages children to think about the pros and cons of walking to school. It gives a list of connectives and suggests children use these in their writing.
Writing to explain
This worksheet encourages your child to imagine that they are writing an explanatory text for a child who is new to their school.
Writing to a friend in 1900 and the present day
This download encourages children to write a letter to someone in the past and one to someone in the present day. They are encouraged to think about layout and style.
Time, place and experience in writing
This worksheet gives three examples of someone’s reply to an invitation. Children are encouraged to think about who the person is and what they are replying to.
Expressing point of view
This worksheet prompts your child to write a letter stating their point of view about a library being built in their town or village.
Understanding non-fiction text
This information text on guitars comes with questions for your child to practise to help them with retrieval of information and naming features of such a text.