01/06/2022
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Weekly Creative Writing Workshop
This weekly workshop, aimed at children in years 4-6, takes place during term time on Saturdays from 2.15-5.15pm.
Each week is self contained and covers a new technique. Students will learn and practice techniques such as creating and embedding verb and noun based metaphors, fronted adverbials and a variety of sentence structures, using similes, the 5 senses, character development, description vs action in a story, story development, and more. They will complete a variety of short, medium and longer writing tasks and will share their work and ideas with each other in a supportive, fun, creative environment.
Summer Term Weekly Creative Writing Workshop (6 Saturdays), 11th June to 16th July, 2022, 2.15 - 5.15pm, £300
Autumn Term Weekly Creative Writing Workshop (7 Saturdays), 3rd September to 15th October 2022, 2.15 - 5.15pm, £350
Autumn Term Weekly Creative Writing Workshop (7 Saturdays), 29th October to 10th December, 2022, 2019, 2.15 - 5.15pm, £350
******7+Courses*******
The Summer 7+ Creative Writing Workshop takes place on 25th-26th August, 2022, 9am-3pm. Cost: £250.
This course is aimed at children going into years 2 and 3, who will be sitting the 7+ this coming term, but for children who are working more at NC levels and are going into year 3 it is also a very good fit, as 7+ students are working far ahead of NC levels for their age. We look at sentence structure, adding detail and description with adjectives, adverbs, fun and exciting verbs, openers and the 5 senses, as well as similes. We work on story mountains/volcanoes and how to write a 3-5 paragraph story with a clear progression and resolution.
******7+ Autumn Half Term Intensive****
The course covers all subjects and takes place on 24th-28th October, 2022, 9am-3pm. Cost: £695.
The 7+ intensive course is aimed at children in year 2 taking 7+ exams from November-January. This is my favourite course as the children love it so much even though it is a 7+ revision course! We cover key topics in English comprehension, writing, maths, verbal and non verbal reasoning, with games, paired and group working and competitions throughout the week to break up the lessons, and they do some sample tests on Friday which we give you and their one to one tutors feedback on so that you can focus in on areas for improvement in the final weeks before the assessments. Everything tends to come together in the October half term and final half term before Christmas for our year 2 students, as they have been diligently learning all the foundations in the run up to this point in time.
*****7+ Mock Exam Morning*****
Sunday 6th November, 2022 runs from approx 9am-1pm. Cost: £150.
This is an opportunity for your child to understand what it feels like to sit all tests in a morning as they will do on an actual assessment morning. This can be an invaluable experience as it can raise/bring to light things such as nerves, concentration, ability to refocus, all sorts of exam technique points that whilst addressed earlier during one to one tuition, often only become "real" for a student when they experience an assessment morning. I have seen students benefit by getting their nerves out of the way and feel more prepared for what to expect, learn for example that if they get stuck on a question that doesn't mean they need to go to the toilet 5 times during that paper (!), the importance of not missing out any pages in their test, showing their working etc. We write feedback for you on their results so that you and their tutor can hone in on these things before the actual assessments.
*****7+ Christmas Creative Writing Workshop ***
The 7+ Christmas Creative Writing Workshop runs from 19th-20th December, 2022, 9am-3pm. Cost: £295.
Similar to the Summer 7+ Creative Writing, this course is aimed at helping children who will be sitting the 7+, but for children who are working more at NC levels and are going into year 3 it is also a very good fit, as 7+ students are working far ahead of NC levels for their age. We look at sentence structure, adding detail and description with adjectives, adverbs, fun and exciting verbs, openers and the 5 senses, as well as similes. We work on story mountains/volcanoes and how to write a 3-5 paragraph story with a clear progression and resolution.
Summer Holiday Creative Writing Workshop
Creative Writing for years 4-6. This workshop takes place on 10th-12th August, 2022, 9am-3.30pm. Cost: £375.
Students will learn and practice techniques such as creating and embedding verb and noun based metaphors, fronted adverbials and a variety of sentence structures, using similes, the 5 senses, character development, description vs action in a story, story development, and more. They will complete a variety of short, medium and longer writing tasks and will share their work and ideas with each other in a supportive, fun, creative environment.
****11+ Summer Intensive***
The Summer Intensive covers all subjects and is aimed at children going into year 6 in September who will be sitting the 11+. The course runs from 15th-19th August, 2022, 9am-3.30pm. Cost: £695.
We will cover English comprehension, grammar, verbal reasoning, non verbal reasoning, maths and there may be a chance to do some descriptive writing, as well as some assessments to sit on the Friday of the course. If you are going away during the Summer I highly recommend this course as a way to cover some key elements of the 11+ as revision for your child after a break. If you are sitting any grammar school exams or pre-tests then again, this course is designed to work alongside one to one tuition to revise key elements of the 11+.
***11+ Autumn Half Term Creative Writing**
This workshop runs from 22nd-23rd October, 2022, 9am-3.30pm. Cost: £295.
This 2 day half term Creative Writing course for years 4-6 follows a similar format to the Summer one mentioned at the top, with a focus on 11+ writing styles.
***11+ Mock Exam Morning****
Sunday 30th October, 2022 from approx 9am-1.35pm. Cost: £150.
This is an opportunity for your child to experience what it feels like to sit a full assessment morning before their independent school exams in January. They will sit a full English and maths test, and slightly abbreviated verbal and non verbal in order to make the day not too gruelling! For many students this is an invaluable experience as it gives them a less intimidating yet real opportunity to show themselves that they can complete these exams back to back and often that it isn't as scary as it might seem! They often report that it allowed them to get their nerves out of the way, and they could see how quickly they were going to need to work and also find out where they still needed to improve. We write feedback for you on their results so that you and their tutor can hone in on final areas for improvement before the January assessments.
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Karen - 07522220181
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