About us
Our aim is to encourage all children to imagine, explore and create in written form, in the process developing their confidence in writing and creative thinking. We truly believe that developing the ability to reason and express oneself creatively is an important aspect of childhood development.
Benefits for children
We create tried and tested creative writing content and activities to improve literacy elvels because we want children to:
- develop their creative writing skills
- increase their confidence in writing
- use writing to explore and convey emotions
- developing a genuine love of literacy, independent of tests and exams
- know that writing can be fun!
We provide a wide variety of products and packages to suit your needs
Taking literacy to a new level
Through our creative writing workshops, we provide a high energy, fun and nurturing environment for children to explore their imagination and express themselves in written form. Our workshop structure combine several years of experience as teachers, parents and authors to offer quality and stimulating workshops for your children. We have designed our workshop and materials so that activities interesting and varied and children want to keep coming back term after term! We have experience of working with disadvantaged and neurodiverse children.
How we do it
We partner with schools and organisations all over the world to instil and develop a genuine love of writing in children, which we hope will stay with them for life. We carefully design workshop materials and lesson plans based on themes that would engage and intrigue children. We incorporate a range of learning styles to keep the children engaged. We can equip teachers. We will provide comprehensive training to your staff. This includes access to our detailed workshop materials, instructional videos, and upskilling sessions. Our goal is to empower educators to seamlessly integrate these creative writing sessions into their literacy curriculum. The link below provides some examples of what we cover in our workshops - please click the green icon below to find out more
Learn MoreOur packages for schools, libraries and museums
Our offering includes the following and much more:
- Digital Packages: we provide downloadable digital packages of creative writing programs that include all the materials, lesson plans, and instructional videos so these can be used at your convenience. These are designed so that they can be tailored to the needs of every child.
- Subscription Model: we offer a subscription service where schools pay a yearly fee to access a library of workshop content, updates, and additional resources, including exclusive content.
- Train-the-Teacher Programs: we have developed a comprehensive training program for teachers and teaching assistants that certifies them to run our workshops. We offer this as a course with certification upon completion, ensuring quality delivery of the workshops. Our goal is to empower your educators to seamlessly integrate these creative writing sessions into your literacy programme. Utilizing this model, the materials for our workshops can also be used for an after school club or as part of intervention programs.
- Printed materials: . We also offer workbook packages where we provide bespoke workbooks alongside supporting materials to be used in classes and also to enhance parental support.
Team
E-learn Writing Course
Now launched
We are very excited to announce the launch of our online creative writing workshops. Please click on the link below to find out more
Course Content
Welcome to Game of Stories
1 Lessons
Listen to me before you start
1 Lessons
What Makes a Good Story
1 Lessons
Characterisation
1 Lessons
Plot
1 Lessons
Bringing it all together
1 Lessons
Past Events
| Title | Date | Day | Location | Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedonwell Junior School | 01 May 2024 | Wednesday | Bedonwell Rd, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5PF | Closed |
| Unicorn Primary School | 01 May 2024 | Wednesday | Creswell Drive, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3AL | Closed |
| Scotts Park Primary | 01 May 2024 | Wednesday | Orchard Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2PR | Closed |
| St Marks CE Primary School (Autumn 2021 Term) | 01 May 2024 | Wednesday | Aylesbury Road, Bromley, Kent, BR2 0QR | Closed |
| John Ball Primary School (Year 2021/2022) | 01 May 2024 | Wednesday | Southvale Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 0TP | Closed |
| Eltham College | 01 May 2024 | Wednesday | Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QF | Closed |
| Oak Lodge Primary School (Summer 2020 Term) | 21 Apr 2020 | Tuesday | Chamberlain Crescent, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 0LJ | Closed |
Testimonials
We have been using Writing Champions as an after school club this half term and are extremely impressed. The children are really enjoying the club and the bubbling noise of excitement can be heard across the school! It is lovely to see so many children engaged in creative writing. We will definitely be using Writing Champions in the future.
Ms Poynter, Literacy LeadScotts Park Primary School Taylor absolutely loves to write, especially short stories and your classes have helped enhance her vocabulary and creativity. Your classes have given her the confidence to share her short stories with family and friends, whereas before she felt her work wasn’t good enough. We all agree her expression, use of similes and content have greatly improved and it is a pleasure to read her work.
KellyRed Hill school As a parent I have been really impressed by the careful planning and structured approach taken to the sessions. An outline of what will be covered in class is shared with parents at the beginning of term which is very helpful. The tutors are well engaged and always at hand to provide feedback at the end of the sessions. I also liked the certificate (or bookmark!) of achievement given to the children at the end of the term which makes them proud of the work they have done and the new skills learnt.
La Fontaine School My son was a reluctant writer and reluctant reader before attending the creative writing sessions. After a term at Writing Champions, I have seen his interest in reading improve. He has even spontaneously picked up a pen and paper to write his own stories!
Mrs RanaLa Fontaine School My child really enjoys Writing Champions. She comes home enthusiastic about the sessions and having produced some wonderfully imaginative stories in various styles. I can really see the progress she is making and confidence growing.
I also appreciate the easy and efficient online booking system and the clear communications from Writing Champions.
FayLa Fontaine School Writing Champions have been running a creative writing club at our school now for two terms and it has been a very positive experience for all involved. The club is well organised and run by engaging staff members. The school has not had to be involved with any of the club admin and can fully rely on the team to ensure that it runs smoothly each week. The children who have attended so far have been excited about attending the club and full of praise for Miles who runs our sessions. It has been lovely to see some of our less confident writers have the opportunity to express themselves through their creative writing and expand upon their own ideas week by week.
Ms Harman, Literacy leadSt Nicholas School I really liked the sessions. The teacher was nice and supportive and was one of the best I ever had. The lessons were fun and imaginative. One of the best clubs I've ever been to.
Eva, Year 5John Ball Primary School
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Artsmark Schools
Artsmark is the creative quality standard for schools and education settings, awarded by Arts Council England, recognising their commitment to high quality arts and cultural education. You can find out more about Artsmark at www.artsmark.org.uk.
Writing Champions is proud to be an Artsmark Partner, supporting schools and education settings on their Artsmark journey.
We offer education settings who are working towards, or currently hold an Artsmark Award, with the following opportunities:
- For Key Stage 1: one off after school creative writing work shops for key stage 2 for between £150 and £200 per workshop
- For Key Stage 2: regular after school creative writing workshops for up to 22 children, for between £60 and £80 per term
Our workshops have the following links to the English national curriculum:
Pupils [through our workshops] understand the skills, processes that are essential for writing: that is thinking out loud to explore and collect their ideas, drafting, and re-reading to check their meaning is clear, including doing so as the writing develops.
Our workshops have the following learning outcomes:
- writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional)
- discussing and recording ideas
- noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary
- using other similar writing as models for their own
- assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing.
To find out how Writing Champions can support your Artsmark journey, contact us at: info@writingchampions.co.uk, or on 07796921259