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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

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 …
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October 19, 2022Book club N21, book clubs for children North London, Book group, Book Reviews, The Story Room, Winchmore Hillby

Harper Drew, Talent Show Takeover

BOOK CLUB – OCTOBER 2022 Dear Kathy Weeks,  We recently read Harper Drew, Talent Show Takeover in our Book Club for children in years 4 to 6. They all really enjoyed it and here are some of the things they had to say about it:  I am writing to tell you how amazing the new book was for me. I …
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Jane Austen Investigates - The Abbey Mystery
February 26, 2021Book club N21, book clubs for children North London, Book group, Book Reviews, The Story Room, Uncategorisedby

The Abbey Mystery – Book Review

Jane Austen Investigates: The Abbey Mystery (Paperback out 23 April 2021) Jane Austen Investigates – The Abbey Mystery  This was one of those books where half of me was thinking “I love this book!” and the other half was thinking “I want to be in this book!”. The book had an amazing mystery which surprised me at every turn. Jane, …
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October 11, 2020Book club N21, book clubs for children North London, Book group, Events for teenagers, The Story Roomby

Book Recommendations for Years 7-9 (secondary school).

We have a group of avid readers in Teen Book Club. They read a wide variety of books – some for younger children and some for older teens – so I asked them what they had read over the summer that they would recommend to other readers and here is that list: Girl Missing – Sophie MacKenzie The Boy at …
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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

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

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 …
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September 17, 2019Book club N21, book clubs for children North London, Book group, Book Reviews, The Story Roomby

Book Recommendations for Years 4 to 6

The below recommendations are from the children in Book Club – We asked them what were the favourite books they had read this year and these were the answers: Male year 4: Centrally Heated Knickers by Michael Rosen Male year 4: Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce Male year 5: Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce and A Boy Called Christmas by …
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January 29, 2019Book club N21, book clubs for children North London, Book group, Book Reviews, The Story Room, Uncategorised, Winchmore Hillby

Books for children in Year 4, 5 and 6

Books for children in Years 4, 5 and 6 We have been running a Book Club for years 4, 5 and 6 for at least 4 years now and have read some fantastic and some not-so-fantastic books…  We often get asked for book recommendations for children in this age group – so here is a list of books that have …
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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

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 …
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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

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 …
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