| Date | Subject |
| 13/10/25 | Non-Fiction Book Review: read a NON-FICTION book and tell us about it |
| 27/10/25 | Weather: research anything weather related eg the history of weather forecasting, the shipping forecast, weather maps, types of clouds, places with the most and least rainfall. How is climate change affecting the weather? Also, earthquakes, why and where do they happen? |
| 11/11/25 (Tuesday) | Treasure trail– NWR quiz, bring your brains |
| 24/11/25 | Language: Research anything language related such as: Idioms and odd sayings and their origins, the history of the spread of languages, do any animals or birds have a ‘real’ language? Is Esperanto dead? How do languages differ? Is it any use children learning a modern language or ancient Greek or Latin? |
| 08/12/25 | Xmas meal. We’ll go out somewhereto celebrate |
| 05/01/26 | Privacy / disappearing: What information should be public and what kept private? How would you guard against identity theft? If you wanted to disappear, how would you do it and where would you go? How would you remove your online and official presence. |
| 19/01/26 | Play reading: We’ll choose a play to read |
| 02/02/26 | Board Games Evening: Scrabble, Rummikub, Chinese Checkers etc, whatever you fancy playing. |
| 16/02/26 | Seven deadly sins: choose one and expand on it. Which new sin would you add to the list? Are the old ones still relevant? |
| 02/03/26 | The North/South divide: does it exist? If so, find examples. How does it affect people and areas? Government initiatives? Which side do you identify with? |
| 16/03/26 | Museums: Tell us about a favourite or unusual museum. Are museums still relevant? Should museums buy items just to preserve them and not for display? Do museums duplicate collections? |
| 30/03/26 | Tunnels, bridges and canals: Research and talk about a tunnel, bridge or canal in the UK |
| 13/04/26 | Room 101: what would you put in it and why? |
| 27/04/26 | Women in careers: In which careers, if any, are women under-represented and what are the barriers? Are any careers still closed to women? Compare UK and other countries. Is there a glass ceiling and have you experienced it? How many women MPs are there? Should gender matter in your choice of career? How are women doing in engineering, science, space exploration etc? |
| 11/05/26 | Names: what do your first and surnames mean? What name would you have liked to be called? What’s the most popular name currently and what was popular in the past? Which countries have lists of approved names and should the UK do the same? Find examples of unusual names. |
| 18/05/26 | County: Research a past or present UK county |
| 01/06/26 | Planning– bring your ideas |
| 15/06/26 | Summer Walk |
| 29/06/25 | Inherited items, collections and souvenirs: What have you acquired or inherited and what are you going to do with it?How do we part with things we care about? Are they a useful reminder or a waste of space? |
| 13/07/26 | Time Machine: If you had a time machine, what year would you visit for a day and what would you do? |
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| Plus, an afternoon tea expedition to be arranged for a Friday afternoon |
