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January 30, 2023Uncategorizedby

Specialist Eye Care for Children with Reading Difficulties

  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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January 24, 2023Uncategorizedby

BBC YOUNG WRITERS’ AWARD

  The BBC Young Writers’ Award What? Now in its ninth year, the BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University challenges young people in the UK aged between 14-18 years to submit stories of up to 1,000 words. Shortlisted writers’ stories are professionally recorded and made available on the BBC, with the shortlist invited to an award ceremony broadcast live on …
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January 13, 2023Uncategorizedby

Year 5 (11-plus mocks and courses)

Dear Year 5 parent, Here are all the SUCCEED courses and mocks in one place for you. They are all in NORTH LONDON – more details can be found on the website. The following courses are now available to book online via the Succeed Website:www.succeed11-plusmocks.co.ukMonthly Revision Course Sunday 22nd JanuarySunday 26th FebruarySunday 26th MarchSunday 23rd AprilEaster Revision CourseWeek one: Mon 3rd, …
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inspiring children to write
January 9, 2023Uncategorizedby

How I Became an Author by Ana Lim

Hi Story Room writers, Ana Lim wants to share with you how she came to write and publish her first book – A Gnome’s First Day of School. I hope you are all inspired,  as you can do it too!  Helena “My middle school years were some of the most arduous times in my life. My parents had just recently …
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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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June 16, 2022Food for thought, story writing with childrenby

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 …
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March 2, 2022Uncategorizedby

Bad Bad Cats – Roger McGough

Dear Roger, We hope you are well. Bad Bad Cats was our book club choice this month. For some children it was their first encounter with your poetry and for others who read some of your poetry before, this deepened their desire to read more!  The children loved the mix of nonsense, funny and serious poetry and all had a …
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March 2, 2022Uncategorizedby

NEW! Online Spanish Creative Writing Classes starting in March

“Piensa a la izquierda, piensa a la derecha, piensa abajo y piensa arriba. ¡Oh, todo lo que puedes pensar sólo con intentarlo!” Dr Suess Our new ONLINE Spanish Story Room’s creative writing workshops are designed to develop creativity in the Spanish language.  We invite children to attend whose command of the Spanish language allows them to understand the teacher’s instructions and …
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January 29, 2022Uncategorizedby

Guest Blog – ‘The Power of Reading Poems Aloud’ Joseph Coelho

The Story Room was delighted to receive this special blog from poet,  Joseph Coelho, author of Werewolf Club Rules, Overheard in a Tower Block, Poems Aloud, Smile Out Loud… and many more. We work hard in our Story Room workshops to build confidence so that children feel encouraged and happy to read their writing out loud, with clear voices and …
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January 26, 2022Book Reviews, poetry events for children, Poetry for children N21, poetry workshops for children North Londonby

Poetry Review – The Pelican by Celia Warren

Pelican by Celia Warren I like this poem because it is about words. We think it is about Pelicans or birds because the title is ‘Pelican’ and Celia Warren repeats the word lots of times in the poem. In the poem she is speaking to the Pelican about words.  The poet shares a list of tricky words which are her favourite: …
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