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January 13, 2023Uncategorizedby Helena

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 …

January 9, 2023Uncategorizedby Helena

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 …

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

Harper Drew, Talent Show Takeover

BOOK CLUB – OCTOBER 2022 Dear Kathy Weeks, We recently read Harper Drew, Talent Show Takeover in our Book Club …

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 …

March 2, 2022Uncategorizedby Helena

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 …

March 2, 2022Uncategorizedby Helena

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 …

January 29, 2022Uncategorizedby Helena

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 …

January 26, 2022Book Reviews, poetry events for children, Poetry for children N21, poetry workshops for children North Londonby Helena

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 …

January 25, 2022Uncategorizedby Helena

DEVELOPING COMPREHENSION SKILLS Developing reading comprehension skills is incredibly important for all readers, not only for passing tests or exams …

January 6, 2022Uncategorizedby Helena

Congratulations Zakariya

We would like to congratulate our young writer Zakariya Mohammad who recently entered the The Poetry Society’s Pop Culture Poetry …

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