Booking now open for our in-person holiday courses

Scribble Quest for kids aged 8-11 

Course dates and locations - four courses available to choose from: 

Mon 28th - Thurs 31st July 2025:

Dulwich/East Dulwich (East Dulwich Community Centre, 46 – 64 Darrell Road, London SE22 9NL)

Muswell Hill (Cufos, Top of the Avenue, Muswell Hill, London N10 2QE)

Mon 11th - Thurs 14th August 2025:

Blackheath (Blackheath Quaker House, Lawn Terrace, Blackheath, London SE3 9LL)

Mon 18th - Thurs 21st August 2025:

Brockley/Deptford (St John’s Church, St John’s Vale, London SE8 4EA) - NOT AVAILABLE

Beckenham (Venue 28, 28 Beckenham Rd, Beckenham BR3 4LS) - NOT AVAILABLE

Clapham (Omnibus Theatre, 1 Clapham Common Northside, London SW4 0QW)

Each day is a three-hour session from 10am-1pm.

Come and join us for this holiday creative writing course for 8-11 year olds - where children can improve their creative writing and enjoy some screen-free socialising time as a bonus! 

They will be taught by our brilliant tutors who are qualified, experienced and published writers. There will be a maximum of 8-10 children per group to optimise learning time. 

Over four separate three-hour sessions, we will take your child on an adventure that will finish with them having written a starter for their story - complete with characters, setting, plot and opening chapters. Each session will be varied and engaging, with plenty of fun activities and breaks to keep kids having fun whilst they learn to write.

The course will be structured as follows: 

Day 1: Creating your characters. We will spend the first day looking at what makes a memorable character, looking at character profiles and visualising with drawing prompts. Attendees will leave with three key characters for their story.

Day 2: Building world and setting. Using prompts and challenges around senses, map-drawing and postcards, attendees will leave this session with their setting(s) fleshed out. 

Day 3: Plot and adventure. Using a range of mini-lessons and challenges on plot structure, character journey mapping and trouble-generators, they will leave with their story outline ready.

Day 4: Writing and sharing. We will focus on how to start a story in the strongest way and design our titles and cover art, as well as drafting opening content. Attendees will leave with a strong outline for their story, confident in their next steps as writers. 

Price £230 | Early bird discount £205

TO BOOK: Book via the booking system below, please note this only lets you pay via PayPal. PLEASE NOTE some have been experiencing issues with PayPal, if you are having trouble just contact us to pay by bank transfer instead.

If you would like to pay another way or have any queries on the course please email info@inkhead.co.uk or use the contact form on the ‘contact’ page.

11+ summer revision course (smaller group) now open!

Come and join us for this summer 11+ revision course: In four x 90-minute online sessions running over four weeks, you can beat the 'summer slide'. This will be taught by our popular and highly experienced tutor Emma Gosnell, who prepares her students for the 11+ using a variety of new and trusted creative writing techniques. Emma uses short comprehension and writing prompts to familiarise her students with the types of questions they will be expected to answer in the 11+ exams. Emma’s forensic knowledge of Victorian literature will inspire her group to read more.

This unique summer course will consist of weekly, extended 90-minute sessions to really allow students lots of writing time and to make each session feel self-contained. PLUS this will be capped at a small group size of 6 children (usual course size 8-10 children).  

Dates and time: Tues 22nd July - Tues 12th August. Each weekly online session will run 10-11.30am on Tuesday. 

Cost: £120 for whole course (£30 per 90-min session) 

We require commitment to all four sessions. 

To book: Book via the booking system below, please note this only lets you pay via PayPal. PLEASE NOTE some have been experiencing issues with PayPal, if you are having trouble just contact us to pay by bank transfer instead.

If you would like to pay another way or have any queries on the course please email info@inkhead.co.uk or use the contact form on the ‘contact’ page.