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DEVELOPING COMPREHENSION SKILLS Developing reading comprehension skills is incredibly important for all readers, not only for passing tests or exams but for them to fully understand and engage in what they are reading. There is a lot you can do at home to enhance comprehension skills without your child even being aware that that is what you are doing with 
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We would like to congratulate our young writer Zakariya Mohammad who recently entered the  The Poetry Society’s Pop Culture Poetry Challenge – a national competition – with his wonderful poem written in our Popular Culture workshop in November 2021. His submission impressed the judges and was long listed! Well done Zakariya!  His inspiring poem Ode to My Minecraft Pig can 
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Today has been a great day for Story Room writers! HUGE congratulations to Mikael (aged 13) whose poem THE OPEN SIGN was highly commended in the 11-15yr old category of the Poetry for Good competition. He really deserves to be recognised for his writing. I have enjoyed his writing for years, now you can read his poem and share in 
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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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A Bird Called Cat –  by Della Witchy (an audiobook) This book was about a bird called Cat falling in love with another bird called Miranda. Cat had to decide whether to try and catch Miranda’s attention or not. Cat knew that it would be a mammoth task to impress Miranda, as she was immensely popular, and many other birds 
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The Kiss of Deception  by  Mary E. Pearson Review by O’Daara Akinmusire I came across the Kiss of Deception series when I was browsing through a list of recommended books in a  blog. None of them seemed to intrigue me, and I was thinking about refreshing the page when I saw the mysterious woman with the sword on the vibrant 
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Dear Story Room Friends, I would encourage all of your children to enter this very worthwhile poetry competition… Easy to enter – just send them the poem in an email. The competition’s website is www.poetryforgood.org.uk A new national poetry competition is launching on Thursday 4th February to celebrate the UK’s Key Workers – a collaboration between three poets and a 
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The Poetry Society says: Pupils who read and write poems become skilled in using language carefully…The language skills they gain will benefit them in all areas of the curriculum and beyond. We couldn’t agree more… At The Story Room, we believe that both writing and reading poetry is good for children at all stages of development. That is why we 
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At The Story Room we believe that children should be encouraged and praised for reading books of their choice. However,  when your child is preparing for their 11-Plus entrance examinations they need to prepare for the sort of language they will face in the comprehension papers. Reading a variety of books will help them with this challenge. Reading old and modern 
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