Book Clubs in Schools promotes character education through peer-led Primary School and Secondary School book clubs. Our work impacts on the children involved by helping them to build character skills such as emotional intelligence, empathy, resilience, perseverance and confidence too. We do this by very...
Here at Book Clubs in Schools we believe that every student should lead a happy life, acknowledging that a healthy state of mind is key to this has never been more important. There are a variety of activities that can help us to feel good...
When a child walks into the playground for the very first time they enter into their very own age of discovery. Between the ages of 5 and 11 we are filled with rampant curiosity and a thirst to explore the unknown. But that’s not all...
Reading has always been important to me. I have read ever since I can remember. I even wrote my own stories based on classic fairy tales - I somehow managed to modernise the endings. When I was 12, I based one of my stories on...
View from the School Coordinator In September, 25 Year 12 students volunteered to become Book Club Leaders. After a short training session, the students were provided with the books and resources and the discussion questions for each week. Working with the Head of English, we decided...
Empathy is one of those qualities that is so drastically important, and yet all too often overlooked. As Alfred Alder once so beautifully put it, ‘Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of...
Reading leaves an unforgettable mark on any child’s early years. Sitting cross-legged on the classroom floor, listening intently to the teacher read aloud is a feeling that many of us will recall with a particular fondness. For others, getting lost in a bedtime story after...