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CLUB Online/Face to Face Year group  Time Dates Spaces? Helpful for entrance exams Website Link Junior Writers’ Club online 3 to 6 (children are put into age groups) 2pm to 4pm Most Saturdays throughout the year.  (£30.00 per session or  four sessions for £112.00) Yes Yes. We work on writing skills. https://www.storyroom.co.uk/writing-clubs-for-7-to-11-year-olds/ Young Writers’ Club online 1, 2 and 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 2022  Format: Paperback ISBN: ‎978-0008479015 For ages: 4-10 Type: Drawing Book You might be familiar with Draw with Rob the YouTube videos, well known for keeping many of us busy during Covid and lockdown. I do remember having fun doing these tutorials. Since the 
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Ten years ago (in May – I thought it was June!) I started The Story Room. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that it would grow into what it is today! I am super proud of what we have all achieved – and by ‘all’ I mean our workshop leaders, everyone who has ever sent their children to 
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Der Parents, To celebrate our 10th anniversary here are 10 words associated with CELEBRATION for your 11-plus child: Annual –   it happens once a year Auspicious –  fortunate or favourable Commemoration – a celebration of or a reminder of some past event or person Celebrant –  someone who performs a religious ceremony  Impromptu – done without any rehearsal or planning/preparation 
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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 have fun with alliteration. We will look at how it can enhance poetry and stories and just be fabulous fun too. Tantalised by the theme? Then tune in for some for truly terrific tales. Thursday 27th July CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR 
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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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  Book review by Dalila Letaief, aged 11, Art Awards Bronze Participant Book Title: Portrait Drawing for kids Author: Angela Rizza Publication: 2020 Portrait Drawing for kids, a Step-By-Step Guide to Drawing Faces is a book designed for children aged 9 to 12 but older children and even adults can use it too. This is my review after using the book.  
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  PRAISE POETRY Our teens writers are such talented young people who are in deserve of praise.  We have youngsters who have been with us since they were 7 (and are now 14) and some who are new, but each new addition to our teens group makes the group better and better as they all learn from each other and 
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We are SUPER PROUD of our teen writer Isabel Dempsey who recently wrote a poem in her Story Room teens’ writing session and submitted it into YoungWriters.co.Uk competition. Her submission was chosen to be published in ‘The Power Of Poetry – Set Your Voices Free’, which is available to purchase from Waterstones. Congratulations to Isabel. This is a very deserved recognition 
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  Specialist Eye Care for Children with Reading Difficulties Dear friends, I wanted to reach out to you and inform you of the new clinic my wife and I have just launched in Hertford. I am an Optometrist with extra qualifications as an independent prescriber but also a passion and interest in children’s vision and how it develops in early 
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