North End Road Summer Market
What a lovely day at the Summer Market on Saturday 27th June in Fulham! This was a special traffic free market day with lots of extra stalls in addition to the regular ones. The Urban Studies Centre was there with a display of Fulham Primary school’s Year 3 work on their North End Road project. The Panthers and Giraffes beautiful tee shirts were on display and it was great to meet so many children with their parents who stopped to do some crafts at the Urban Studies Stall and show parents their tee shirts and posters. …
Empty Classroom Day 20th June 2015!
The Urban Studies Centre has been busy with Empty Classroom Day Activities, including exploring the local area with Ashburnham and Park Walk Primary schools Years, 2, 3 and 4 in and finding out about their local Park- Westfield Park in Kensington and Chelsea. We are also discovering the fantastic food in Portobello Market (150 year anniversary!) with children from Fox Primary school, the Food Explorers and Kensington and Chelsea’s market managers. For more on Empty Classroom Day www.emptyclassroomday.com !…
Taking the Primary Curriculum Outdoors at Holland Park
We spent a fantastic April day at Holland Park Ecology Centre delivering a CPD session with 8 teachers from schools in the Tri-borough area who want to make the most of their school’s outdoor environment for teaching science and geography. Trevor Bowyer from Holland Park’s Ecology team showed us the secrets of the wildlife pond and how we can support a lively science learning activity like pond dipping with a memorable craft by making a dragonfly form clay and horse chestnut leaves. We played some learning games, identified a selection of woodland minibeasts and embarked on an Urban Studies centre…
Children’s Parliament on the Environment 2015
The Children’s Parliament event this year on the 25th March was enjoyed by all! Children from 10 Year 6 schools came together to present projects they had been working on with us and officers of the local authority and members of the community. There were some brilliant presentations. Special awards went to All Saints for We Like Clean Air (Research Award) , Queens Manor for Recycling Project (Children’s Award) , Fulham Primary for Making Lunchtime Happier (presentation Award) , Wormholt Park for Going4 Cycling Gold (Environmental Action Award) The occasion was chaired by Councillor Caroline Needham and judges were Andrew…
Taking the Primary Curriculum Outdoors!
Thursday 23rd April 9.30 – 3.30 pm All Primary Teachers! CPD opportunity. Don’t miss out!!!!! Expand your teaching beyond the classroom and develop a range of practical teaching activities that you can use with your own class in your own school grounds or local park. Learn new skills that are particularly important in delivering the new national curriculum in science and geography today Pond dipping * environmental games for active learning with your class * identifying and classifying minibeasts * using maps in the park *risk assessments for safe learning This course in run by Holland Park Ecology Centre and…
Children’s Parliament on the Environment 2015
This year’s Children’s Parliament on the Environment will be held at Hammersmith Town Hall on Wednesday 25th March. We are currently working with 10 schools in Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea on a variety of topics including Recycling, Air Quality, Cycling, Portobello Road Market, The Victorian History of Brook Green and the Riverside area. …