Robin Slade, the Essex Junior Chess and Brentwood School Chess coach, is back this half term! Robin will be leading a beginners chess workshop which is aimed at complete beginners or those who just know the basics. Robin is kind, patient and extremely knowledgeable about all things chess and this workshop will not only teach a new skill but promises to be lots of fun too! If you have never tried chess before, why not give it a go?

Robin will stay on in the afternoon to take on a workshop for those already confident players of chess. If your child has been to a couple of the beginners’ workshops or already knows more than just the basics then this is the one for them! Suitable for all ages.

Develop your coding and programming skills, learn to design and debug algorithms and create your very own computer games in Scratch! This workshop is aimed at KS2 (years 3-6) with or without any knowledge of coding and will have a Harry Potter theme.

Get ready for an afternoon of enchanting English and magical maths all on the theme of Harry Potter! Teacher Lauren will lead students on a fun, interactive adventure developing English and Maths skills with a sprinkle of arts, crafts and ICT. Prepare for some wizarding wonderfulness!

This workshop will revise the AQA poetry collection. It will explore the assessment objectives so that students know the skills they are expected to demonstrate and explain how to write a great answer through modelling exemplar answers. Students will leave with not only a better understanding of the poems but also of how to impress the examiner with great responses!