AGM and 30th Birthday!
On Tuesday evening we had our AGM and 30th Birthday at the Lilla Huset. We were joined by 50 friends, including 5 children from Year 3 of Miles Coverdale Primary school who presented their new film about Shepherds Bush Market, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (All Our Stories). The mayor of Hammersmith and Fulham Councillor Frances Stainton awarded the children with a certificate for the excellence of their work. It was wonderful to see so many friends and ex members of staff and trustees coming together to hear about our current work and share some birthday cake and afternoon…
Shepherd’s Bush Market Project Assembly
End of Project Assembly! Well done Year 3! After a few weeks of devising and rehearsing their piece for an assembly and conducting more interviews, Year 3 at Miles Coverdale Primary School held an assembly for other classes, their parents and some of the professionals involved in the Heritage Lottery Fund ‘All Our Stories’ project. We spent the morning putting finishing touches to the piece and practicing before heading down to the hall. Emily introduced the assembly and showed a short film of some of the interviews an market activity that the children had collected over the weeks. A work…
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;…
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…