Stepney Bikers

 

Stepney Partnership parents have come to the end of their bicycling course… what an 8 week journey it has been! With expert training from BikeIt!/Sustrans, parents battled wind and rain to learn how to balance on a bike, and even graduated to riding on the road. Parents also had the opportunity to buy their bikes for a heavily discounted price at the end of the project.

 

Huge thanks to Bike It! for the funding and the excellent trainers James, Jeremy, Jon, Magda and the rest of the team.

Stepney Farmers

Yesterday’s torrential rain forced us to cancel a family trip to Hampstead Heath. Despite the drizzle today, families turned out in force with 25 people doing a tour of Stepney City Farm , followed by fun gardening and animal petting workshops. Big thanks to Hannah and the farm team for making everyone feel so welcome.

There have been lots of exciting new developments happening at the farm in recent months, including a Farmer's Mark on Saturdays, and we would highly recommend a visit! 

Parent trips

This year, parents from each Stepney Partnership school have taken turns to 'host' a parent trip for other parents across the schools.

There were two events at the end of this term. Smithy Street invited parents on a picnic to Stepney Park, which had to be moved inside because of the rain - lots of Redlands parents attended. Halley parents organised a trip to Greenwich Park via the DLR on the last week of term, full report to follow.

A 'natural' family homework

Well done to staff at Halley for creating an excellent nature themed Family Homework. There are lots of fun activities to get children, siblings, parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents learning together.  Activities included nature walks, leaf rubbings and creating your own garden. Most children in Nursery and Reception across the partnership primary schools got some grass seed to get their garden projects started.  

 

Cannot wait to see what children bring back after half-term!