We work with schools in the UK and overseas in a number of ways to provide effective and inspiring opportunities for learning to students and teachers.
High Quality Resources
High quality resources which can be used throughout Key Stage 2.
Ready-to-Deliver Lessons
Ready-to-deliver creative writing, comprehension and book clubs
By Teachers, For Teachers
Materials are created by experienced teachers with English specialism.
Saving Teacher Time
Our resources are fully prepared, saving valuable teacher time.
Raise School Funds
Why not use money earned from an after-school club to help fund the school library?
“Safe hands for your primary school aged child, especially when it comes to 11+ tutoring and KS2 English courses.”
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After-School Clubs for Schools
As teachers ourselves, we know how limited time there is to plan a high quality after-school club.
Our after-school clubs contain ready-to-deliver resources, created by teachers, for teachers. Each club contains high quality, ready-made slideshow lessons, with supporting resources. No planning is required! Each lesson is designed to take 1 hour. They are ideal clubs to run throughout a school half or full term. As the clubs are designed to be delivered by in-house teachers, schools have the flexibility to choose when to run the club, how many children will participate and how much they will charge parents. Our creative writing clubs are aligned with the UK National Curriculum.
They can also be used during small-group literacy intervention classes, as well as within whole class English lessons.
All our packages include:
- Simple guidance on how to deliver the courses;
- PDF adverts for parents.
- Support (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm).
Our main drive for working with schools is to support and motivate children with writing. Therefore, we will always be open to negotiating a price for our school clubs which would work within each school’s budget. Please contact us to discuss your school’s requirements.
We also work with schools to offer free courses and clubs to children from low-income households as part of our Bursary Scheme. To fund these courses and clubs, we discuss options with schools (including applications for funding to external charities and foundations, as well as exploring internal school budget opportunities).
Bright Light Write Clubs
Our Bright Light Write Clubs focus on developing children’s literacy skills, through creative writing and reading comprehension. Each club is different; some focus on elevating children’s self-expression and imagination; some focus on improving writing skills; some develop reading comprehension and some clubs focus purely on the art of storytelling.
For Lower Key Stage 2:
- Imaginative Ideas Club: A 10-lesson creative writing club, teaching children how to create descriptive sentences using a variety of different writing techniques.
- Cracking Comprehension Club: A 10-lesson comprehension and creative writing club, supporting children’s reading and creative writing skills.
- Desert Island Discovery Club: A 5-lesson creative writing club in which children write an adventure story over 5 sessions!
For Upper Key Stage 2:
- Word Wizards Club: A 5-lesson creative writing club, focusing on developing descriptive paragraphs through the use of figurative language.
- Amazing Amazon Adventure Club: A 5-lesson creative writing club in which children write an adventure story over 5 sessions!
- Igniting Writing 1 Club: A 10-lesson creative writing club teaching children how to use language and skills when writing a piece of fiction.
- Igniting Writing 2 Club: A 10-lesson creative writing club teaching children how to structure their writing when completing a piece of fiction. It follows on from our Igniting Writing 1 Club. The children also write an adventure story over 5 of these lessons.
For 11+ Support:
- Comprehension Club: A 10-lesson club teaching children the skills needed for responding to comprehension questions accurately.
- 11+ Interview Preparation Course: 3 lessons helping children prepare for an 11+ interview.
Would you like to see an example lesson?
Here is a taster of what our Bright Light Write Club lessons look like. You are welcome to try it out with your students. Just click on the three dots to make it full screen!
Bright Light Book Clubs
Our Bright Light Book Clubs aim to nurture a love of reading. Books are carefully chosen to engage children and factors such as readability, relatability, discussion potential and quality of writing are all taken into account when selecting novels.
Each book club is 6 sessions long. The structure is as follows:
- Independent Reading: Every week, the children have a set number of pages to read before the next lesson. This reading is to be done in their own time, in preparation for the lesson.
- Discuss and Debate: To develop speaking and listening skills, we will start each lesson with a discussion of what the children read. We will encourage children to express themselves clearly, sharing different interpretations and beliefs.
- Quiz Whizz: Next, the children take part in a Kahoot or comprehension quiz which focuses on different types of comprehension question.
- Word Warriors: To develop children’s vocabulary, we pick out ambitious words used in the chapters and the children complete an activity based on these words.
- The Deep Dive: Here, we explore one aspect of the story more closely. This includes story analysis, writing skills, character study, critical and lateral thinking, exploration of feelings, debating dilemmas and exploring themes.
- Scribble or Sketch: The final challenge each week is something creative.
We offer a book club for Lower Key Stage 2 children which includes books such as The Bolds, The Wild Robot, Charlotte’s Web and more.
We offer a book club for Upper Key Stage 2 children which includes books such as The Explorer, Escape Room, The Last Bear and more.
Our Books
These are our books, which are available to buy on Amazon. Please contact us directly if you would like to buy the books in bulk at a discounted rate.
Creative Writing Competition
We run a free Creative Writing Competition once a year in February.
The competition is open to all children from ages 7-13 (Years 3-8). All children around the world can enter, but entries must be written in English.
School entries are warmly welcomed.
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