Shepherd’s Bush Professionals
Wednesday 15 May: Let’s Visit the Archive and Meet the Professionals! That was fun! Miles Coverdale Year 3 class today visited us at the Lilla Huset in Hammersmith to meet professionals working on future plans for Shepherd Bush Market and to visit the Hammersmith & Fulham Archive & Local Archive Centre. After hearing from the architects and hearing all about the potential changes and development at the market, children participated in a carousel of workshops to learn more about the work of the professionals. They looked at a model of Shepherd’s Bush Market and posed some tricky and brilliantly curious…
Exploring Shepherd’s Bush Market
Last Wednesday Miles Coverdale Year 3 set off to Shepherd’s Bush Market to explore its stalls, shops and stories. The children completed a trail looking at all of the various goods sold today at the market and were able to meet many of the marketeers also. They saw bangles & belly-dancing outfits, fish & fruit, jewellery & jugs, household goods, hijabs & halal meat, rugs & reggae music, west African foods and fabrics, shoes, eels & electronics, crabs & children’s toys, a parrot and a whole lot more! Year 3 learnt how some shops had been there a long time;…
Discover Hidden Chelsea!
Join us for a friendly walk through beautiful Brompton cemetery, historic Chelsea riverside and Battersea Park on Thursday 30th May. We meet at 1pm outside the Old Brompton Road entrance of Brompton Cemetery. Bring your oyster card to bus back. Contact Moya 020 8741 7138 to book a place. …
Shepherd’s Bush Market Project Kick Off!
Last Wednesday Emily met Miles Coverdale Year 3 to kick of our Heritage Lottery Funded Shepherd’s Bush Market project. In the classroom we learnt about the project and what we would be doing for the next 10 weeks. We looked at what we already knew about Shepherd’s bush Market by answering a questionnaire. Most children knew something or a lot about the market and many said that they visited the market at least once a week. The children are particularly looking forward to visiting the market, helping to make a film, and learning outside of the classroom. The children looked…
Waterside Walk with Old Oak Primary Y3
Last week we enjoyed the much awaited spring weather with two lovely riverside walks with Year 3 from Old Oak Primary. We visited the Leg of Mutton Nature Reserve in Barnes and saw herons nesting on the reservoir and in the trees. Also lots of spring blossom, swans, coots, moorhens, bees and butterflies. Well done to Year 3 who walked 3 miles- before lunch!…
Spring Walks
Join us for one of our Spring Walks and discover local wildlife and other interesting things! Walk along the Thames Path and nearby green spaces for about 2-3 hours watching waterside wildlife as we go 10 am Thursday 4th April Beverley Brook Walk to Richmond Park (Bring Oyster card) 10 am Saturday 13th April to Chiswick House for the spring flowers *Bring a drink. *Comfortable footwear. Meet underneath Hammersmith Bridge, north side Booking essential! Call 0208 741 7138 for booking and details or moya@hfusc.org.uk www.hfusc.org.uk…