Book Club PDF

BOOK CLUBS

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CONTENTS

About our Book Clubs…………………..3
Tutor Biographies………………………4,5
How They Work………………………..
Details & Costs………………………..
Testimonials…………………………….
How to get involved……………………

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ABOUT OUR CLUBS

Jade is currently setting up fortnightly book clubs for a range of different aged
Winterwood students. It's a way of encouraging undergraduate-style seminar debate,

only of course simplified for younger students. Jade will spend two sessions on
each book, the first exploring the text's themes, general plot, and social and historical

context, and the second analysing specific passages and looking at language and
imagery. The sessions would aim to be enjoyable and to help the students prepare for

their English GCSEs.
We’ve been reading a lot of academic research recently on the importance of
extracurricular activities to long-term success, and we are keen to help our former
students as much as possible in this area. Long-term participation in extracurricular
activities has proven a more accurate prognostic of students achieving difficult goals
and completing projects than current standardised tests, particularly for academically
gifted students who otherwise do not develop as expected in this area. It's really
important to us that we help students in the long-term, rather than just helping them to
pass exams, and we have continued to work with many former students in a mentoring

capacity - something they really benefit from.

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TUTOR BIOGRAPHIES

Jade Everingham

Jade is currently setting up fortnightly book
clubs for a range of different aged
Winterwood students. It's a way of
encouraging undergraduate-style seminar
debate, only of course simplified for younger
students. Jade will spend two sessions on
each book, the first exploring the text's
themes, general plot, and social and historical
context, and the second analysing specific
passages and looking at language and
imagery. The sessions would aim to be
enjoyable and to help the students prepare for
their English GCSEs.

Alan Murrin

Jade is currently setting up fortnightly book
clubs for a range of different aged
Winterwood students. It's a way of
encouraging undergraduate-style seminar
debate, only of course simplified for younger
students. Jade will spend two sessions on
each book, the first exploring the text's
themes, general plot, and social and historical
context, and the second analysing specific
passages and looking at language and
imagery. The sessions would aim to be
enjoyable and to help the students prepare for
their English GCSEs.

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Peter Bloxham

Jade is currently setting up fortnightly book
clubs for a range of different aged
Winterwood students. It's a way of
encouraging undergraduate-style seminar
debate, only of course simplified for younger
students. Jade will spend two sessions on
each book, the first exploring the text's
themes, general plot, and social and historical
context, and the second analysing specific
passages and looking at language and
imagery. The sessions would aim to be
enjoyable and to help the students prepare for
their English GCSEs.

Susannah Best

Jade is currently setting up fortnightly book
clubs for a range of different aged
Winterwood students. It's a way of
encouraging undergraduate-style seminar
debate, only of course simplified for younger
students. Jade will spend two sessions on
each book, the first exploring the text's
themes, general plot, and social and historical
context, and the second analysing specific
passages and looking at language and
imagery. The sessions would aim to be
enjoyable and to help the students prepare for
their English GCSEs.

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HOW THE CLUBS WORK

We’ve been reading a lot of academic research recently on the
importance of extracurricular activities to long-term success, and we
are keen to help our former students as much as possible in this area.
Long-term participation in extracurricular activities has proven a
more accurate prognostic of students achieving difficult goals and
completing projects than current standardised tests, particularly for
academically gifted students who otherwise do not develop as
expected in this area. It's really important to us that we help students
in the long-term, rather than just helping them to pass exams, and we
have continued to work with many former students in a mentoring
capacity - something they really benefit from.

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