SisuReads · Starts Tuesday 1 December 2026
Reading is hard to make a habit, even for a capable child. SisuReads gives it a time and a place.
Children aged 7 to 15 read a real book alongside peers their own age, at 6pm UK time every weekday, with a SisuGuide on hand.
One session, two lengths
Seedlings, ages 7 to 945 min
Saplings and Oaks, ages 10 to 1560 min
- Settle in
- Deep read
- Pod time
- Closing sprint
- From £50 a month
- Taster week refundable in full
- 12-month pilot with 20 children
Inside a session
The same gentle rhythm, every weekday.
Choose an age group, then step through a session.
Two ways to take part
Read our books together, or bring your own.
SisuPod
Read and discuss
General pod
Come and read
Why it helps
A reading habit begins with time and a book.
Over time, children also practise staying with an idea, asking questions and finding the words to share what they think.
Picture your child facing a question they can’t answer straight away. What do they do next?
Self Mastery
They don’t freeze. They don’t give up.
The focus to stay with hard things in a distracted world.
Thinking
They think it through.
Asking better questions, weighing the evidence, knowing why they think what they think.
Communication & Social Intelligence
Then they find the courage to share it.
Speaking clearly, listening with humility, disagreeing with respect.
None of that happens by chance. It’s formed.
SisuBloom is an online formation programme for children aged 7 to 15, where growing up is about so much more than getting good grades.
Who leads the room
Your child’s SisuGuides.
Kamsikwa Ezeanyika
Founder and Lead SisuGuide
MSt Creative Writing (University of Oxford) · BSc Neuroscience (University of Aberdeen)
“Learning is fun when you teach the right way.”
Ruru
Lead Montessori SisuGuide
BA English and Linguistics · Montessori-trained literacy specialist
“I don’t just teach children to read; I help them find their voice.”
- Live only. Sessions are never recorded.
- Children appear by first name only.
- A SisuGuide is present in every pod.
- Every SisuGuide holds a DBS check or a police clearance certificate, and has safeguarding training.
SisuPod books · December 2026
Two books a month.
Books are not included: buy them or borrow them from your library.
Anchor book
The 7 Habits of Happy Kids
Companion book
Matilda
Anchor book
My Hidden Chimp
Companion book
The Secret Garden or Gifted Hands
Anchor book
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
Companion book
Born a Crime (Young Readers Edition)
Piloted before launch
- 20
- children in our 12-month pilot
- 24+
- books read per child that year
- 9
- months refining it on feedback from children and parents
The pilot ran within our full programme, which launches as SisuLeads in 2027. SisuReads is its daily reading session.
“SisuBloom was very instrumental to Ziyanna’s love of reading. She looked up to doing her daily reading reports and insights.”
Membership
Try a week first. Then decide.
Pay £50, one-off, to book a taster week in the general pod. If your child does not continue after the first week, we refund it in full. If they stay, they carry on in the general pod, and the £50 covers their first general pod month. To join a SisuPod, they move across on the first weekday (Monday to Friday) of the new month, when the full £75 SisuPod monthly fee becomes payable instead of the general pod fee. The taster payment is not deducted from the £75.
General pod
£50 a month
Come and read any book, with a SisuGuide there to help. Join at any time.
SisuPod
£75 a month
Guided discussion of the month’s two books, in a smaller group. Starts on the first weekday of a new month.
General pod. Come and read any book, with a SisuGuide there to help. Join at any time.
SisuPod. Guided discussion of the month’s two books, in a smaller group. Starts on the first weekday of a new month.
Both include
A live session at 6pm UK time every weekday, a challenge for each age group every three months, and more session times added on request at no extra cost.
Rolling monthly, with no minimum commitment. Switch pods from the following month. 10% sibling reduction. Sessions also run on public holidays, when attendance is optional. Your child needs a physical book, a dictionary, a pen and a notebook.
Give your child room to grow into who they can become.
Start with a one-off £50 taster week in the general pod, with any book, at any time. If it is not right, your £50 is refunded in full.
Book a taster weekQuestions first? Email info@sisubloom.org