More fun activities for families in and around London this weekend
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Low Cost activities for families this weekend
BLC steering group first meeting of the year
The kitchen space at Christ Church Primary saw a full house of senior leaders from BLC at this week’s steering group meeting. Discussion and action planning centred around a working party looking at quality assuring our assessment for learning, and at developing a reading programme between secondary and primary schools aimed at developing a passion for reading. The group also heard about the apprentices offered to schools through Youthforce and had an update on our SHINE on Saturday programme from new Project Manager Zoe Nation. Every steering group meeting now includes a learning walk around the host school: in Christ Church Primary’s case this includes a visit to their fabulous outdoor learning spaces and roof garden complete with ducks and chickens. Thanks to all participants for their active participation in the meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for 12th November.
Low Cost No Cost activities for families this weekend 26th and 27th September
Maths and photography INSET 17th September
Our joint project with Windmill cluster, delivered by photography workshop leaders from Fotosynthesis, began last night with teacher INSET for the staff leading the 8 classes involved this term. The teachers together with volunteers who will support the children in the classroom, devised maths trails in groups, to find and photograph shapes and objects around the school. In a similar way, children will be asked to do this as part of the project, building their maths knowledge and being able to relate it to real life examples. The children will be given expert guidance from the Fotosythesis team in how looking at an object through the lens, can give it a new perspective (observing objects from above, from an angle etc). Children get underway with the work later this term. One teacher commented: "Very exciting! The children will love it. Lots of measuring opportunities."
"(The project) could be adapted for lots of different areas of the curriculum. Great for language and problem solving.Also good for PSE/social skills."
Many thanks to all the teachers who took part.
Low Cost No Cost activities in London this weekend 19th and 20th September
Activities for families to enjoy this weekend.
BLC start of the new academic year
The BLC has had a busy start to the new year, beginning with excellent news regarding Ofsted inspection results for some of our schools that were visited in the last few weeks of the summer term: Stockwell Primary and Children’s Centre and Effra Nursery and Early Years Centre were both rated ‘Good’ and Hill Mead Primary as ‘Outstanding’. This week the Heads of the cluster have met and are starting to visit each other’s settings in smaller working party group, with a view to sharing a greater understanding of what is creating the best learning cultures in our schools. We have 2 cross-cluster projects this term focussing on using Photography to support Maths learning in KS2 and a project in partnership with the Black Cultural Archives exploring Georgian history and the lives of black people in Georgian London, through poetry writing and art. These projects have been generously funded by Walcot Foundation, Clore Poetry and Literature Awards and Ernest Cook Trust. This term, teachers across the cluster will continue to work in subject area groups, on defined topics and tasks. Their findings will appear on the blog in due course. We look forward to a productive year of working together.
climbing wall sessions in Brixton for 14 years + – FREE
Ebony Horse Club is not just about riding this summer. From 6 to 19 August, the club will have a mobile climbing wall offering young people the chance to try this exciting and confidence-building activity for FREE! The wall will be in Wyck Gardens (SW9 7JD) from 10am to 2.30pm every day and there are book-able slots for individuals and groups. If you want to find out more – or to book a session, you can call 020 7738 3478.
Milkwood Park summer activities
Summer Holiday activities for Families
Lots of free and low cost activities on in and around London this summer holidays. Enjoy!
The Brixton Learning Collaborative 