Our partnership with The Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood Station

 As part of our ongoing work with the Elizabeth Line, staff from the Elizabeth Line's Customer and Community Ambassadors Team supported with our Summer Fair, where they ran a stall giving out freebies and resources and sharing information about the new services from Abbey Wood Station and giving advice on safe travel on the network.

"Such a fantastic afternoon, with the array of fun and colourful stalls adorning your lovely school playground. It was a joy to meet and talk with your colleagues and school families, and it was encouraging to see such great enthusiasm about the new Elizabeth line railway and learning more about staying safe when in or around the railway."

Out Junior Travel Ambassadors team look forward to collaborating together on more projects with the Elizabeth Line team next academic year as part of our commitment to the TFL Stars Active Travel programme and our encouragement to our families to use the excellent local transport links to visit London and other places.

Year 4's Adventure in London - A visit to The National Gallery

Year 4 went on a very exciting visit to The National Gallery this week. We took the bus and the train from Plumstead all the way to Charing Cross and we saw some amazing sights on the way. Going over the River Thames was a highlight!

When we got to the gallery, we had to work with our group to locate different pieces of art that linked to our learning. We needed to find a still-life that had tropical fruit, a river scene and a carbon print. We could then see how the skills we learnt about at school linked directly to these famous artists! We then had a chance to sketch some of these paintings into our sketchbooks.

                

Whilst there, we also saw some very famous pieces of art that we had learnt about previously. These included Vincent Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' and Henri Rousseau's 'Tiger in a Rainforest'. To see these paintings in real-life was incredible!

After we visited the gallery, the sunny weather meant that we could visit Trafalgar Square and eat our lunch. The children loved seeing the fountains and visiting another famous London landmark although they were less impressed with the pigeons!

 

The children behaved brilliantly throughout the day and we were very proud of them. 

Well done Year 4!

Eco-Squad Plastic Fishing trip

On Wednesday 5th February, a group of children from CPL groups Eco-Squad, Junior Travel Ambassadors and Helping Others Team visited the Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre near Canary Wharf, where we took part in a plastic fishing trip run by the Hubbub charity. Some travelled in the school minibus and others took bus, train and DLR (plus walking by the river side) to get there.

The aim was to help combat the global fight against ocean pollution, by fishing plastic and other waste out of the Thames before it reaches the oceans.

We had a workshop and safety talk, then put on our buoyancy aids and went out on the boats to the dock areas. We found a whole host of interesting items; items which should never have made their way into the river. Once back on dry land, we sorted the waste items out so that as many different pieces could be recycled as possible. 

Mrs Kimmins, a school governor who accompanied us on the trip, said:
"What a lovely trip to the Docklands water sports centre. Going in a boat around the canal was a new experience for a lot of the children and the eco message was amazing. Fishing out lots of single use plastic and other rubbish was eye opening for me and certainly sent the correct message to our children."

All of the children and adults who took part had an amazing time and would like to thank Hubbub UK for giving us such an exciting and rewarding opportunity.

Look at all the wonderful photos we took of our incredible outing!