Are you the parent of a complete bookworm or a reluctant reader?

There is a book out there for everyone and we now have a wide range of books available in our Book Club for Wonderful Writers online courses. This gives every child the opportunity and encouragement to read a book, they otherwise may not have picked up. Pre-recorded videos are provided with all our books so that every ability reader can access the wonderful stories that they contain.

Do you want to encourage how much your child already loves writing or do they need more support to improve their written skills?

Book Club for Wonderful Writers uses the writing techniques displayed in all our books to then encourage children, in bitesize manageable chunks, to develop and build on their own writing - perfect for whatever level ability your child is at.

How does this work?

-Buy or borrow a copy of the book you have chosen from our archive.

-Download the Google Classroom app for access to pre-recorded videos of the book being read aloud and weekly 10 minute writing challenges.

-Complete the 10 minute writing challenge, take a photo and upload your child’s work through Google Classroom by 6pm on the Sunday after the task was set. A feedback video will be returned within 24 hours to help your child understand what they have done well and where they can improve in the following week.

Books available through Book Club for Wonderful Writers:

The Witches by Roald Dahl

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

The Jamie Drake Equation by Christopher Edge

Kate on the Case by Hannah Peck

The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley

Alex Neptune Dragon Thief by David Owen

Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll

The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie

Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

Lost! The Hundred-Mile An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong

Coming soon:

Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin

Clockwork by Phillip Pullman

Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick

Each book comes with read-along-videos and 6 weekly writing tasks that will be responded to with 6 videos containing feedback from the tutor. This feedback is generated to guide your child each week with what they are doing well and what they could improve on.

Costs

6 x online weekly writing task feedback videos: £30

Questions

*Do we have to use the pre-recorded read along videos to support my child reading the book?

- It doesn't really matter if your child is reading along with the pre-recorded videos or an adult at home but it is important that they are listening to the story at the same time as reading it. By reading the book in this way, it takes off the pressure of reading and allows opportunity for the child to take in the story more effectively and consider the writing techniques being used.

*How do the 10 minute weekly writing challenges work?

- These are short writing tasks set each week so that your child is regularly writing for a purpose. They can be accessed through Google Classroom with a new video explaining the activity being released every Monday. Once your child has watched the video and completed their piece of writing, a photo can be taken and uploaded. They will then receive video feedback on what they have done well and what they can improve on next time.