Our intensive academic writing workshop enables students to learn the practical skills needed to express their ideas in an eloquent, skilled and well-developed writing style. The workshops emphasise the two main skills of the most successful writers; to be precise and concise. Students are taught to unpick the grammatical mechanics of the English language, which enables them to use more sophisticated and mature grammatical structures. The skill of successful writing is required for students to excel across a wide range of subjects, making the workshop both enriching and widely beneficial.

The small class sizes mean that will receive plenty of one-to-one support from their tutor to address their individual weaknesses and writing style. They will also, in addition, enjoy the great benefits of reviewing and editing work along with their peers. The workshop is designed to aid students with writing in a number of different styles. Student's creative writing skills are challenged by 'Finish the Story' tasks, a writing format that is now commonly used in UK Independent School entrance exams. Here they will be encouraged to use figurative language and extend their vocabulary. In addition, students will receive guidance on writing to critically analyse, to persuade and to inform. The workshop includes tasks that help students ensure their writing is always evidenced and explained, an essential skill for the most successful writers. Simplistic language is replaced by mature and eloquent phrases, leaving each student with a unique and developed writing style.

Our public speaking & debate workshop introduces students to the power of language, allowing them to become skilled and competent users. The course is highly interesting and engaging for students, covering the key topical areas of their generation, including; the impact of technology, globalisation and political and moral issues. Students are challenged to think independently, argue in favor of positions not naturally adopted, assess the relative weight of arguments and anticipate critiques.

Small class sizes enable students to engage in lively and topical debates with their peers, but also benefit from the close attention of their tutor and receiving personalised support. The course mainly focuses on improving students' ability to persuade, inform and entertain through spoken English. Written English, however, is also improved through written homework tasks, by refining student's argumentative techniques and encouraging them to write more precisely and persuasively. By creating an environment where no answer is 'wrong', the workshop offers the perfect course to build students' confidence to ask questions, have a go and think both logically and imaginatively.

The intensive critical reading & writing workshop introduces students to the essential skill of critiquing the work of a variety of authors, and articulating their ideas through eloquent, evidenced and well-structured writing. Students are introduced to a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts over the four lessons including poetry, short stories, novel extracts and media articles. The selected texts are rich in encoded meaning and provide the perfect material to encourage students' to think beyond the superficial analysis of the literal text. The practice of comparative analysis is also introduced to students', enabling them to compare texts on the basis of themes, literary techniques, argumentative style and their relative merit.

The workshop will not only work to improve students' ability to critique, but their ability to successfully translate their ideas into writing. Student's must think about the most suitable way approach and structure their answers, based on the question at hand. The importance of evidencing and explaining every point made is also emphasised throughout the workshops. The course steers students away from the blind acceptance of a text, and towards a more critical and evaluative role as a reader. The workshop encourages speedy and sharp analysis of texts, and reminds students that it is not only important to read critically, but also efficiently. The ability to read carefully and selectively will aid students across all subjects and is particularly useful for examination technique.

This course is designed to guide students through the art of applying mathematics to analytical problem solving and further their critical thinking skills. They are appropriate for any student wishing to further their mathematical knowledge beyond what is taught in schools.

Problems are designed to enhance contextual relevance, complexity, versatility and creativity. They are presented in a progressive structure and designed based on questions found in Thinking Skill Assessment, UK Maths challenge, International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), MAT and other tests that require higher level thinking.

Our STEM course offers students an experience of a fun and different approach to Science and Mathematics. STEM elements in our daily lives, and topics favored by children, will be discussed in each class. Students are encouraged to participate in class and personal involvement is the key aspect. Knowledge will be absorbed naturally when students come to understand how things work around us. Through experimenting, researching, deducing, understanding, and manipulating knowledge, they practice their thinking skills. Such experience will be more memorable and personal than traditional school classes.