National Young Writers' Award 2010
We are thrilled to announce Milton Keynes' regional winner of our 2nd National Young Writers' Award - congratulations to 10 year old Shreeya Bhogle! Click here to read her winning story.
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11 + Entrance Exam Preparation, Thursday 7-8pm
Our 11+ course aims to give children the confidence and skills needed to tackle the 11+ examination. Our enthusiastic and knowledgeable tutors cover all types of verbal reasoning, maths and English questions. This inclusive course runs from January until October and is for children in Year 5. To book your free taster session for this course, please call the centre so we can arrange a convenient time to meet with a centre manager.
Explore Writing, Wednesday 7-8pm
Explore Writing is the exciting creative writing course open to all members aged 8-14 years old. Exploring a range of writing styles and posing stimulating challenges to stretch every child’s imagination, this course makes creative writing accessible to even the most reluctant authors! Working alongside our tutors, our members craft work they can be really proud of. Free taster sessions are available to both new families and current members.
Succeed in Secondary, Monday 7-8pm
This is a really popular course in Milton Keynes, running on Monday evenings exclusively for our older members. This course has recently been launched to endow children with the key skills necessary for the transition into secondary school. Children in Year 6 or above can come to engage in topical debates, practice researching through a variety of challenging sources, and develop a broad range of presentation skills – all essential as they make the transition between primary and secondary school. Places are filling up fast so book a trial session or call for more information on 01908 394 912.
Milton Keynes Explore and Schools
At Milton Keynes, we work alongside lots of schools in the area, complementing the great work our members are doing in the classroom. Over the last school year we have visited several schools in the area, enthusing lots of children with our maths and literacy workshops. Some of the schools we currently work with include: Bishops Parker, Swanbourne House, Oxley Park, Green Park and Falconhurst.
We are currently taking bookings for the next academic year so if we've not visited your school yet, call the centre on 01908 394912 to order your 2010/2011 event planner.
What the Schools think...
"Tutors were lively in their approach and engaged all children. Their motivation was both warm and friendly whilst being firm. Children thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and many asked if they would be involved in more”
Aruna Denton, Deputy Head Teacher at Rickley Junior School
“Very considerate, interesting and good class management”
Nicole Arnold, Y6 Teacher from Oxley Park Primary
“The children enjoyed it and we are still using the actions for personification, alliteration and similies” (following an Explore literacy event)
Emily McCluskey, Literacy Coordinator, Falconhurst School
Free Workshops for Members
Over the school holidays, Explore Learning is open even longer, which means we are delighted to offer a range of free workshops in numeracy and literacy. All our families contribute to the content of our workshops to help keep every member's brain active over the school break. We publish the schedule of free workshops in our centre, so pay us a visit and see what we're offering over the coming months.
Open Sessions
Open Sessions are a fantastic opportunity for your child to show you the work they do at Explore Learning and for parents to meet the inspiring tutors they work with. The Open Sessions this year will be held on...
- Friday 28th May - 11am-1pm. Theme: Coffee Morning (Resources and Activities for the Summer)
- Monday 7th June - 6:45pm-8pm. Theme: Succeed In Secondary
- Thursday 15th July - 11am-1pm. Theme: Coffee Morning
Please see a manager to reserve your space.
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Bring a Friend for Free
We regularly hold 'bring a friend for free' days in the centre. These are a great opportunities for you to show your friends what you get up to at Explore. They can try out their own Maths and English programmes, meet all the tutors and have a great time learning with you! Places are limited, so speak to an Explore tutor to find out when our next 'bring a friend for free' day is and book a session for your friend.
Bring a friend this Half Term !
Oldies Sessions
This night is exclusively for members aged 11 and over. In these sessions you will be able to work with other members your own age, bring in tricky homework, listen to your mp3 player and be entitled to a range of special prizes. Sessions run on Mondays and Tuesdays from 6.30 onwards.
