Category: Parents

  • Match of the Day Kickabout

    Head over to CBBC for this football fitness and skills series, which can be carried out either at home or out in the garden. The football home circuit is aimed at helping you to keep your fitness up, skills sharp and body active. Get active>>  

  • Digital mental wellbeing support for Londoners

    Good Thinking provides digital mental wellbeing support for London. This includes free NHS-approved apps to help you deal with stress, anxiety, low mood and poor sleep. They are regularly adding new resources so keep checking back to see what’s new. Find out more>>

  • Animated parenting tips for struggling households

    The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) King’s College London, South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust and Maudsley Charity have worked together to create a series of films to help families struggling during this current situation. ‘Families Under Pressure’ is a series of twelve short films offering parenting tips featuring the recognisable voices…

  • The Voices Foundation

    The Voices Foundation is an award-winning national charity which use the power of singing to improve the lives of children and young people in the UK. Their aim is to improve musical, educational and personal outcomes for children aged 0-18 through singing. The charity has adapted to utilise YouTube as a platform to deliver music…

  • School Bulletin

    This week’s edition of our school bulletin is the ‘Summer Special’. It is full of insightful messages from teachers and contains 7 pages of information about exciting activities you can engage in during the 6 weeks you have off school. Swanlea’s 14th Weekly Bulletin  

  • Learn with the Royal Museums Greenwich

    The Royal Museums Greenwich have teamed up with their Astronomy Education Team to produce online activities and videos. There is plenty to keep budding space enthusiast entertained at home with resources designed by real astronomers, who are also professional science communicators. Activities cater for early years to Key Stage 5, whilst their school holidays link…

  • Help the Victoria and Albert Museum build a collection

    The V&A is collecting signs that have been created by individuals and communities in response to the coronavirus outbreak. This rich portrait of life during lockdown could range from rainbow drawings, handwritten notes and shop signs. Submit images of any homemade signs to homemadesigns@vam.ac.uk or share images on social media using #homemadesigns. V&A Exhibition >>

  • Half Moon Theatre LIVE

    A selection of recent, much-loved productions for young people, are available online for free from Half Moon Theatre, situated in Limehouse. Shows include Need a Little Help (ages 2-7), When Spring Comes (ages 3-7), Butterflies (ages 3-8) and Boys Don’t (for ages 8-12). A new production is added every week on Wednesday to www.halfmoon.org.uk/live, alongside…

  • A New Direction (plus resources)

    A New Direction works with partners across education, culture and the creative industries – along with local government and business – to support children and young people to be creative. They have also developed a range of online and remote support for teachers and members of the cultural sector. They provide experiences which help identify…

  • Bringing St Margaret’s House to you!

    With support from the Arts Council, St Margaret’s House is bringing Tower Hamlets residents a full programme of digital events led by St Margaret’s House friends. There will be fun dance workshops, a community choir in partnership with East London Cares and the talented Create Place artist Milou Stella will lead a series of craft…