Activities

Storytime on Demand

Families can now access a growing library of stories anytime, anywhere thanks to a new creative initiative from Little Supernovas!

Zoe Ball Book Club

Today was the last show in the season of the @zbos Book Club! What did you think of her final choice A Necessary Evil? You can share your thoughts on this or any of the other featured titles in our next reading group taking place on 24th september (11.30-1pm) We will...

Cityread London 2018

Last month our Reading Club members enjoyed the Cityread London book 'The Muse'. Mixed comments and extensive discussion on the characters and different time periods in the book. A group visit to the accompanying fantastic installation at Whitechapel Idea Store gave...

Suffragettes

Our February Reading Club celebrated the achievement of the Suffragettes in Britain in 1918. We admired the bravery of women then and now, for example Malala Yousafzai the schoolgirl shot at for her advocacy of education for women. We discussed achievements of some...

Passchendaele at Home

Our Reading Club and Creative Writing Group participated in the Passchendaele at Home project sharing stories, poems and harrowing accounts of this battle in WW1. We are remembering two local soldiers in particular: Edwin Campion Vaughan was born in Forest Gate. As an...

Jane Austen 200

JOIN OUR FREE READING CLUB - FOR TEA AND JANE AUSTEN! As this month marks the bicentenary of Jane Austen's death 18 July 1817, we will be sharing some excerpts from her novels and finding out more the life and times of this extraordinarily successful writer at our...

Vestry House Museum

The English conversation group excursion to the Vestry House Museum  in Walthamstow focused on the heritage of the local area. We really enjoyed looking at all the old artefacts and pictures along with an explanation about how they link in with history by our teacher...

Buzzwords 2: More Stories and Poems

Buzzwords 2 continues on from our first collection of stories and poems published in 2015 by our Creative Writing Group. Now two years on, we offer a new collection. Whether inspired by memories, life experiences, our interests or spurred on by the monthly themes we...

Allotment Visit

Tuesday 12th July 2016 Another English Conversation Group outing! This time we visited an allotment and had a great time learning about vegetable growing and meeting some of its gardeners.