CLUB HUB AWARDS 2021 - FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

We’re pleased to announce that our founder, Victoria Ademosu, is a finalist for the Lifetime Achievement category of the Club Hub Awards 2021.

The Club Hub award finalists were announced on 1 March. Awards are offered across 15 categories and a special one off Lockdown Achievement Award. 97 finalists have been shortlisted (6 per category) from over 1,000 applications, representing 268 businesses. The standard of applications was very high and represented a diverse range of kids activities, clubs and related businesses. 

The Club Hub Awards are the only national awards for activity providers with entry by application form only, no voting. The awards are independently judged by a panel of expert judges, most of whom are children’s activity professionals or specialists in their field. They shortlisted the finalists and will select the winners for each of the individual award categories. The judges will select winners based on their commitment to excellence, innovation and growth of their business, demonstrated through their business performance, achievements, brand values and passion for what they do.

Award winners will be announced at the Club Hub Event 2021, Saturday 18 September, Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham. The event is designed to help kids activity providers to grow their business through insight and tips on social media, brand awareness, marketing, franchising, sales, customer service and everything involved in running a kids club. It’s a full-day event, including networking opportunities with 100s of people from the kids club sector from all over the UK. This year, more than ever, we want to celebrate the success and achievements across this amazing sector.

"I am so very excited for the Club Hub 2021 Awards! This past year has been incredibly challenging and I think it's the boost that lots of providers need for all their amazing hard work and commitment to their business. I'm looking forward to sharing the finalists on social media and celebrating the fantastic children's activities industry"

Tessa Robinson, Founder and Director of Club Hub UK

About Club Hub

• Club Hub is an app and website for parents that helps them quickly and easily find local clubs and activities for their children clubhubuk.co.uk

• We work with club owners and kids’ activity providers to fill their empty spaces

• With over 150,000 visitors every month, Club Hub is growing fast

• Over 30,000 Kids Clubs and Activities registered

• We offer the UK’s Number 1 service for parents seeking activity providers. From babies to age 18; from Dorset to Aberdeen – we’ve got it covered!

• 1st on Google rankings for Kids Clubs Near me. Sport Kids Clubs Near me. Music Kids Clubs Near Me

Are There Any Grammar Schools in London? Recommended Schools and Tips For Parents

Mixed Gender Schools

• The Latymer School (Enfield)

• Bexley Grammar (Bexley)

• Chislehurst and Sidcup School (Bexley)

Girls’ Schools

• Henrietta Barnett (Barnet)

• QE Girls (Barnet)

• St Michael’s (Barnet)

• Townley Grammar (Bexley)

• Newstead Wood School (Bromley)

• Nonsuch High School For Girls (Surrey)

• Wallington High School For Girls (Surrey)

• Tiffin Girls’ (Kingston)

• Woodford County (Redbridge)

Boys’ Schools

• St Olave’s & St Saviour’s Grammar (Bromley)

• Beths Grammar School (Bexley)

• Tiffin School (Kingston Upon Thames)

• Ilford County (Redbridge)

• Sutton Grammar School (Sutton)

• Wellington County Grammar (Sutton)

• Wilson’s School (Sutton)

A quick list of popular grammar schools in neighbouring counties

Schools in Buckinghamshire

• Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, The Royal Grammar School, The Royal Latin School, Wycombe High School

Schools in Berkshire

• Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar, St Bernards’s Catholic Grammar School, Upton Court

Creative Writing Prompts For 11+ Students

Whilst schools are closed, we’re working on sharing materials and resources to help students make the most of their time indoors.

Today, I’m sharing a set of 6 Creative Writing Prompts that are ideal for helping your child to improve their writing.

These title-based prompts are great for helping students to write stories based on topics or titles that could potentially come up in the exam.

However, if your child isn’t preparing for the 11+, don’t fret, you can still use them. Feel free to encourage your child to write stories that are imaginative, engaging and fun.

What Examiners Are Looking For

Teachers and examiners pay attention to four specific things when marking creative writing compositions. I call these things SOCs (and yes, I’m proud to say I made that acronym up myself :)

Read on to learn what SOCs stands for:

Structure

• Has your child laid out their work correctly using paragraphs?

• Do their sentences flow?

• Do they use fronted adverbials to transition between sentences?

Originality

• Is your child’s composition original?

• Do they demonstrate the ability to use language creatively?

Creativity

• Does your child have creative thoughts and ideas?

• Can they convey these ideas clearly without confusing the reader?

• Can your child include twists and turns whilst still making the story interesting and easy to follow?

SPAG (Spelling, punctuation and grammar)

• Has your child read through their work carefully to prevent and reduce SPAG mistakes?

The acronym (SOCs) helps students to remember how to score higher marks in a way that’s really easy. Plus, who doesn’t love acronyms? I’m obsessed with them and I’m proud to be able to say I completely made SOCs up :)

Free Festive Creative Writing Prompt - Ideal For Christmas or The New Year

Happy New Year!

As we celebrate the start of 2021, it’s a great time for students to spend a bit of extra time building their writing skills.

To help your child do just that, we’ve created this creative writing prompt that has been inspired by Christmas.

Before you download the prompt, here are some quick tips to help your child:

Emphasise the importance of checking SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar).

We encourage students to check their SPAG as many times as possible because most people will make SPAG mistakes at some point (we’re human after all). However, to minimise the amount of mistakes made, it’s key to check SPAG over and over again.

Read a wide variety of literature for inspiration.

Most children prefer to stick to reading one type of literature (which is perfectly normal). However, to improve one’s writing, it’s important to read a wide variety of texts as it helps with sentence clarity, vocabulary and the overall development of excellent writing skills.

Listen In

If your child isn’t much of a reader, encourage them to listen to child-friendly radio stations (you can listen in with them and discuss the topics for even better interaction). If you’re able to, consider an audible subscription as audiobooks are fantastic for helping children to visualise texts and enhance their imagination.

Make writing fun

If your child has an exam coming up, it’s natural to feel the need to pressurise them to write as much as possible. However, the best writers are those that genuinely enjoy writing so try to have a positive attitude and mindset around it. For example, use fun and engaging writing prompts like the one below or create your own if you’re able to.

Finally, download our free Creative Writing Booster Kit to help your child improve their writing in as little as 5-days. We’re offering it for a limited time only so grab it whilst it’s still available.

THE UK’S 50 BEST BAME STARTUPS AND BUSINESSES ANNOUNCED – TECHROUND’S BAME50 UNDER 50

26th October 2020 – London, UK –

We are delighted to announce that Victoria Olubi-Ademosu of Tutoress has been named as a finalist in TechRound’s BAME 50 Under 50, which ranks the top 50 BAME-driven and founded businesses and startups in the UK, praised for their innovation and contribution to the UK's fast-growing startup scene, whilst smashing social barriers along the way.

The announcement follows over 500 applications and a week of judging from an expert panel including Linda Plant; successful entrepreneur and renowned interviewer on BBC’s The Apprentice, as well as Rajeeb Dey, co-Founder of Learnebly and Startup Britain, Kike Oniwinde, Former Team GB athlete and CEO of BYP Network and Bindi Karia, the UK’s ‘Queen of Startups.’

TechRound is the UK’s leading voice for startup news and opinions and the BAME50 Under 50 highlights the diversity and success in the UK startup and business sectors, with people from all walks of life and from all nature of backgrounds demonstrating their ingenuity and creativity. TechRound remains the best place in the UK to showcase the talent and progress in the startup and tech industry.

The judges commended the innovation and hard work of all the entries and the entrepreneurs. One judge reportedly said that she was ‘bloody impressed’ with the quality of candidates and their ideas, which is a huge credit to the BAME community living in the UK, who continue to work hard and thrive despite various social and economic challenges.

TechRound co-Founder David Soffer commented: “The UK is one of the best places in the world to start and grow a startup. TechRound’s BAME50 Under 50 goes to show that people of all backgrounds have thrived in the UK. The BAME50 Under 50 also goes to show that there are some wonderful businesses and ventures, started, run and sustained by the UK’s fabulous BAME communities, something we hope will continue.” 

“Part of what makes the UK such a huge global player when it comes to startups, tech and innovation is that there is such depth of diversity, with people bringing their different experiences and backgrounds into startups and business, which are both all about being creative.”
TechRound co-Founder Daniel Tannenbaum said: “ The BAME50 Under 50 is set to be a game changer and will promote those individuals who have fought harder than most to succeed and their stories will outline their journeys. As we are well aware, BAME entrepreneurs have historically been underfunded and underrepresented and this list’s purpose is to help change the status quo.”

“We want to celebrate people from all backgrounds and businesses of all sizes and this list will be a testament to those individuals who are diversifying the UK’s startup landscape.”

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For more information and press interview, please contact:

Co-Founder & Editor: David Soffer – david@tudorlodgeconsultants.com

Co-Founder & Editor: Daniel Tannenbaum – daniel@tudorlodgeconsultants.com 

About TechRound

TechRound is one of the UK’s fastest-growing platforms for startups and tech businesses. Founded in 2016 and based in London, TechRound has worked with some of the UK’s hottest startups and has helped countless startups and fledging businesses get off the ground and achieve success. TechRound is a regular source of information and guidance for new businesses and a platform for some of the best-known companies in the world to gain exposure to new companies and opportunities.