story writing with children

June 11, 2023book clubs for children North London, Creative writing workshops North London, Events for teenagers, poetry events for children, poetry workshops for children North London, Reading for 11-plus, story writing with children, The Story Room, Uncategorizedby Helena

Our clubs at a glance…

Even though we are nearing the end of the academic year, it is still worth starting our clubs as you can give the children the reading and writing bug for the summer holidays! Club Name Online or in person Year Group Time Dates Do we have spaces? Good for entrance exams? Junior Writers’ Club online 3 to 6 (children …

June 16, 2022Food for thought, story writing with childrenby Helena

Why teaching kids to love writing is more important than grammar. (Michael Morpurgo)

This article in the Guardian was shared with me by my colleague Michelle. I found myself cheering Michael Morpurgo on all the way through the article. I am sharing it here as I think it is such important reading for parents and will hopefully help you understand our approach at The Story Room. Every time a child asks me if …

March 16, 2020Book club N21, book clubs for children North London, Book group, Book Reviews, Creative writing workshops North London, story writing with children, The Story Room, Uncategorised, Winchmore Hillby LWDadmin

Maps… maps… maps

Dear Thomas, I hope you are well. We’ve written to you before – I think it was when The Last Wild first came out. I know that since then you have drawn many more maps! How fantastic! We now have a new generation of book clubbers so I introduced The Last Wild to them, which they read and enjoyed. We …

February 4, 202011 plus creative writing, story writing with children, The Story Roomby LWDadmin

Valentine’s Workshop

MARVELLOUS MIX-UPS In this workshop we will turn the traditions of Valentine’s Day upside down. Taking inspiration from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, your child will create a story about Cupid’s arrow hitting the wrong person and the marvellous mix-ups of mismatched love. We’ll focus on humour, playful dialogue and descriptive language to create a funny tale about Cupid’s capers. AGE …

November 21, 2018creative writing N10, events for children N10, poetry events for children, Poetry for children N21, story writing with children, Winchmore Hillby LWDadmin

Christmas Poetry

November 16, 2018Book Reviews, creative writing in schools, story writing with childrenby LWDadmin

Telling Tales

Telling Tales – Read it! Make it! Bake it! I wanted to share this blog with you… if it was written by an adult then I would have been impressed but it is actually by a child… yes! a young girl who attended one of our summer workshops….She was very enthusiastic about the site and I can see why … …

October 8, 2018Creative writing workshops North London, Events for teenagers, Poetry for children N21, poetry workshops for children North London, story writing with children, The Story Room, Winchmore Hillby LWDadmin

Proud Moment

Ok… so this requires a DRUM ROLL… as you all know we are proud of what all the children write at The Story Room and we all work hard on building their confidence and ability as writers. Jessica has been coming to The Story Room since she was little. She has always been an absolute pleasure to write with and …

September 10, 2018creative writing Muswell Hill, creative writing N10, Creative writing workshops North London, events for children N10, Saturday Writing Club Muswell Hill, story writing with children, The Story Roomby LWDadmin

Saturday 15th September

This Saturday we are celebrating Roald Dahl’s birthday at the Story Room with a Roald Dahl creative writing workshop – so if you have a 7-10 year old that would like some writing fun, come to our Muswell Hill Writing Club on Saturday 15th September at 2pm. Booking in advance is advised. Location: South Friern Library, Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell …

July 10, 2018creative writing Central London, creative writing SW1, creative writing Victoria, story writing with children, The Story Roomcreative writing Central London, creative writing Victoria, Events for children Victoriaby LWDadmin

The Story Room – Now in Victoria SW1

We are very excited about our new Creative Writing Club in Victoria. The club will be run by Katherine Lockton and will take place the second Saturday of every month. Each Saturday we write stories and poems in line with the theme of the day! We introduce the children to different styles of literature during each session, including classic texts, poetry …

July 10, 2018creative writing finchley, creative writing Muswell Hill, creative writing N10, Creative writing workshops North London, events for children N10, events for children N2, story writing with children, The Story Roomby LWDadmin

Creative Writing Finchley N2

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS – SUMMER 2018 Come to Miriam’s Mondays at East Finchley Library for some creative writing fun! Monday 23rd July 2018 10am to 12pm The ‘Hairy Toe’ Spooky Poetry Workshop We’ll learn all about how to create ATMOSPHERE in our writing – specifically, a spooky atmosphere. In this workshop we will write poems that will have you on the edge of your seats. …

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story writing with children

Our clubs at a glance…

Why teaching kids to love writing is more important than grammar. (Michael Morpurgo)

Maps… maps… maps

Valentine’s Workshop

Christmas Poetry

Telling Tales

Proud Moment

Saturday 15th September

The Story Room – Now in Victoria SW1

Creative Writing Finchley N2

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