Kensington Gardens Community Walk: 16th April
Wildlife and History Walk of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park with Urbanwise London Friday 16th April 2021 Meet at 11am outside High Street Kensington Station All are free to attend our walks and they are open to local people interested in getting outside, learning new things and being active. Please note all trips require a moderate level of fitness as they are walks. Walks will be operated in accordance with current Covid-19 regulations. Please bring a face mask for travelling on public transport. Due to Covid-19, booking is essential via our bookings email: bookings@hcga.org.uk Category: Community Walks Location: Meet Outside…
Urban STEAM with Old Oak Primary : Finding solutions to local rubbish problems!
Last half term children from Old Oak School took part in the Urban S.T.E.A.M project. The Year 6 bubble at Old Oak Primary were fortunate enough to take part. Immediately the children jumped into action and decided to go on a walk around their local area to discover any problem areas they could resolve using design as a tool to solve the problems they found. Straight away the group realised a common theme. The amount of rubbish left on the streets around the school was astonishing. The group decided that this should be the basis of their design work. There…
Discover Your Westminster – New Course for Adult Learners
Would you like to know which famous Victorian Engineer built Paddington Station or which statue of a famous nurse stands outside St. Thomas’s Hospital looking over the River Thames? Then join one of our ‘Discover Your Westminster’ taster sessions, our new adult education course in partnership with Westminster Adult Education Service (WAES). This (online for now) course is for anybody who would you like to learn more about the fantastic history and culture of Westminster within a friendly group. During the 5-session virtual course, we will participants to: ● Improve their digital skills. ● Meet other local residents to share…
Mudlarks II Update
Overview During the Autumn term 2020 we ran the Mudlarks Project II with 5 schools in LBHF. This project built on the success on the Mudlarks I and our Summer challenge while dealing with delivering the project with social distancing. We delivered the project remotely through live online and recorded sessions and even manage to lead a visit the canal with a school! Mudlarks II School Work We delivered online lessons (live and recorded) to Yr. 4 and Yr. 5 classes from St John’s XXIII, Normand Croft and St Augustine’s schools and we worked with eco-clubs from Miles Coverdale and…