Join Chelsea Young Writers’ ’The Reading Squad’! Set against the backdrop of the Hampshire School Chelsea’s beautiful library, a former Chelsea Public Library, young readers in Years 3 and 4 will get the chance to join with their peers and course leader to review, critique and debate books followed by brushing up on comprehension skills with our own specially designed [read more…]
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Quedgeley Library – Word Wizards
Become a Word Wizard! An encouraging group to help improve your child’s confidence and their public speaking skills as well as developing their use of language and writing skills. Please book tickets through the library, eventbrite tickets will not be accepted. Parents must remain on library premises. Term-Time only.
Master Your Creative Writing
A course unique to Chelsea Young Writers, Master Your Creative Writing comprises a series of workshops designed by our in-house children’s authors. Over the duration of a school term, children will be introduced to a literary topic from a variety of interesting and exciting angles. Each session will see our young learners apprehend the theme in question in new and [read more…]
The Bath Children’s Literature Festival
The Bath Children’s Literature Festival, the largest dedicated children’s literature festival in Europe, always offers a vibrant array of talks and activities for children. Our artistic directors, John and Gill McLay, secured a world-class line up which thrilled young book lovers. Putting fun and laughter first, the festival was a chance for children and young people to meet the creators [read more…]
Manchester Literature Festival
Manchester Literature Festival (MLF) began trading in 2006 and was built on the legacy of its successful predecessor, Manchester Poetry Festival. MLF provides unique and imaginative opportunities for audiences to experience high quality live literature via an annual festival format and associated project activities.
Master Your Creative Writing
A course unique to Chelsea Young Writers, Master Your Creative Writing comprises a series of workshops designed by our in-house children’s authors. Over the duration of a school term, children will be introduced to a literary topic from a variety of interesting and exciting angles. Each session will see our young learners apprehend the theme in question in new and [read more…]
Putting Pen to Paper Course No. 30
Do you live within Hampshire, Surrey or West Sussex? Are you aged 7-11, have a child of that age either with an interest in writing or a wish to increase their confidence in literacy? If so, these lively and interactive 6-week creative writing courses for Key Stage 2 children might be just what you are looking for. Children can come [read more…]
Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival
After it’s very successful 10-year anniversary in 2018, Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival will release it’s 2019 programme later this year, featuring a brilliant line-up of thrilling, innovative writers.
Hone Your Writing Basics
Hone Your Writing Basics provides emerging young writers with the basic tools they need to start writing compelling stories. Focussing on taking your child through the rudiments of prose writing, this course will ensure they are well-positioned to tackle the challenges of the creative element of Key Stage 2 with aplomb. All areas, including plotting, story-boarding narratives, character creation and [read more…]
My First Story + SPaG Me Up
Our ‘My First Story’ course guides children through their early story-writing journey. Intended for children of Years 1 & 2, this engaging course uses a varied range of learning styles in order to build confidence and independence in sentence structure, connectives, plot and descriptive writing. Using storyboard, visual aids and story mountains, this step-by-step course will take your child through [read more…]