Chapters

What is "Chapters"?

Chapters is a group for home educated children who love to read and who want to delve deeper into the stories they engage with. Each term we look at a new book and use it as a spring board to find out more about all sorts of topics from Geography and the environment and from Maths to Philosophy. We meet fortnightly to discuss what we have read so far and then to explore the key themes through active and engaging workshops lasting around 2 hours. You can find out about our upcoming texts further down this page. 

Is Chapters just for excellent readers?

Not at all! We enjoy welcoming children of all abilities and skills sets to join in with our learning. Some of our students use audio-books to support them in accessing the text, some read independently and some read with support at home. There are opportunities throughout our learning sessions for children to choose which activities they complete as well as different options for how they present their learning.

What books do you read?

Previous books have included “Floodlands” by Marcus Sedgewick, “The Iliad” by Homer, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” by CS Lewis and “Running Wild” by Michael Morpurgo. Whilst reading Cogheart, we have explored ideas about soul making and whether a mechanical creature could develop a soul. Our exploration of all these themes is always open and varied - all ideas and responses are welcomed and respected as part of many a lively discussion!

How do I join in?

During the Summer term we will be reading "Goodnight Mr Tom" by Michelle Magorian.

Each place on the book study costs £65 and includes all learning sessions, a copy of the book, a reading diary and all the resources we use during the learning session. 

Chapters sessions take place in the Cathedral Centre on Palace Green, just on the other side of the road to the Cathedral, both sessions will start at 10am and finish by 11.45am.

The dates for the Summer term are: 23rd April, 7th May, 21st May, 4th June, 18th June, 2nd July.

Chapters is always very popular and the places do fill up quickly as we limit the group size to 25 to ensure that everyone has a great learning experience.