Author: Helena

About Helena

Helena Steel founded the Story Room in 2013 and has never looked back. She has tutored children for their 11-plus exams for the past 17 years and is a partner at www.succeed11plusmocks.co.uk She is in awe of children’s minds; how they can absorb and retain information, their brilliant creativity and how they can improve across the whole curriculum (including foreign languages, science and maths) with a little help with their English. She studied Law at UCL, is a qualified solicitor, a published poet and has been a judge on the BBC 500 words competition.She has helped hundreds of children gain entry to schools including; City of London (girls and boys), St.Pauls, Dame Alice Owens, Latymer, Henrietta Barnet, Queen Elizabeth Boys, Haberdashers (girls and boys), St Albans, Channing, St Michael’s Catholic School, U.C.S, Dubai College (U.E.A), Sevenoaks, Highgate, Merchant Taylor, Benedeen, North London Collegiate, Highgate, Mill Hill, Palmers Green High, St John’s (Enfield), Queenswood, Haileybury and more...

CLUB Online/Face to Face Year group  Time Dates Spaces? Helpful for entrance exams Website Link Junior Writers’ Club online 3 
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Review by Dalila Letaief DRAW WITH ROB  Amazing Animals Author: Rob Biddulph Illustrator: Rob Biddulph Publisher: HarperCollins GB, £7.99 Publication Date:  4th August 
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Ten years ago (in May – I thought it was June!) I started The Story Room. Never in my wildest 
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Der Parents, To celebrate our 10th anniversary here are 10 words associated with CELEBRATION for your 11-plus child: Annual –   
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Tuesday 25th July CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR 1,2,3 CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR 4,5,6 A WORLD OF WORDS Today we are going to 
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Even though we are nearing the end of the academic year, it is still worth starting our clubs as you 
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  Book review by Dalila Letaief, aged 11, Art Awards Bronze Participant Book Title: Portrait Drawing for kids Author: Angela Rizza 
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How parents can help their children succeed at 11-plus One or two hours a week with a tutor is generally 
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  PRAISE POETRY Our teens writers are such talented young people who are in deserve of praise.  We have youngsters 
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We are SUPER PROUD of our teen writer Isabel Dempsey who recently wrote a poem in her Story Room teens’ 
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