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Saturday, 3 May 2014
London Tree Week
Afternoon all
‘London Tree Week’ is a week-long celebration of London's leafiness. It provides an opportunity to celebrate, promote and explore the city’s trees and woodlands. We want Londoners to love, appreciate, understand, sit under, look at, decorate, water, prune, enjoy, smell, and (if necessary) hug the capital’s trees! London Tree Week will run from Saturday 24 - Saturday 31st May.
If you have any tree based events or activities planned during this time, we would love to know so that we can promote them. Events planned so far include tree walks and talks, tree tagging, the launch of a mobile application and an exhibition at City Hall to name a few. If you do have any events planned, feel free to use the London Tree Week design materials. You will find:
1) Borough specific posters i.e. Southwark, Ealing etc
2) London Tree Week logo in eps and jpeg in both colour and black/white
3) Tree tags – both front and back
4) Style guidelines
These materials have been designed for you, for your partners, for your borough contacts, community groups and individuals to utilise, so please do send the link on. The files are suitable for mac and windows. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/
I am aiming to update the London.gov website early next week with the events list. You will see that we are going to be using the #LondonTreeWeek for twitter to share stories, events and all things tree related.
If you have any questions in regards to this, just give me a call.
I look forward to working with you all to promote leafy London this May!
With many thanks.
Lisa
Lisa Pook
Urban Greening
Transport and EnvironmentGREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
City Hall, The Queens Walk, London SE1 2AA
Tel: 020 7983 4924
‘London Tree Week’ is a week-long celebration of London's leafiness. It provides an opportunity to celebrate, promote and explore the city’s trees and woodlands. We want Londoners to love, appreciate, understand, sit under, look at, decorate, water, prune, enjoy, smell, and (if necessary) hug the capital’s trees! London Tree Week will run from Saturday 24 - Saturday 31st May.
If you have any tree based events or activities planned during this time, we would love to know so that we can promote them. Events planned so far include tree walks and talks, tree tagging, the launch of a mobile application and an exhibition at City Hall to name a few. If you do have any events planned, feel free to use the London Tree Week design materials. You will find:
1) Borough specific posters i.e. Southwark, Ealing etc
2) London Tree Week logo in eps and jpeg in both colour and black/white
3) Tree tags – both front and back
4) Style guidelines
These materials have been designed for you, for your partners, for your borough contacts, community groups and individuals to utilise, so please do send the link on. The files are suitable for mac and windows. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/
I am aiming to update the London.gov website early next week with the events list. You will see that we are going to be using the #LondonTreeWeek for twitter to share stories, events and all things tree related.
If you have any questions in regards to this, just give me a call.
I look forward to working with you all to promote leafy London this May!
With many thanks.
Lisa
Lisa Pook
Urban Greening
Transport and EnvironmentGREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
City Hall, The Queens Walk, London SE1 2AA
Tel: 020 7983 4924
Friday, 25 April 2014
Election Time
I assume that due to Election legislation the political parties have to be careful what they publish, but I thought it would be useful to see what their web sites have on offer - not a lot so far!
If I have missed a Waltham Forest political party let me know!
Liberal Democrats
Conservatives
Labour Party
Green Party
UKIP
Socialist Party
and here is some bedtime reading!
STATISTICS
If I have missed a Waltham Forest political party let me know!
Liberal Democrats
Conservatives
Labour Party
Green Party
UKIP
Socialist Party
and here is some bedtime reading!
STATISTICS
Planning Apps
I found 3 applications which may be of interest but needless to say the plans don't appear on the council's web site so I can't give you any further information.
2014/0655 and 0656/NMA
Valentin Road - additional height and redesign
2014/0716/LA
Walthamstow wetlands information centre
2014/0737/ADV
Sign for Lea Valley
2014/0655 and 0656/NMA
Valentin Road - additional height and redesign
2014/0716/LA
Walthamstow wetlands information centre
2014/0737/ADV
Sign for Lea Valley
Queens Road footpath - update
WALTHAMSTOW QUEEN'S ROAD
The ticket vending machine for the new Edison Close entrance was finally delivered on Wednesday 23 April and the signage for the entrance was installed on Tuesday 22 April. Waltham Forest Council has installed CCTV in Edison Close, so London Overground should be able to open this long awaited station entrance in the VERY near future!
There is still no sign of work starting on the equally long awaited footpath, to be named Ray Dudley Way, to link Edison Close with Walthamstow Central. BGORUG is grateful to Waltham Forest Council for agreeing to provide pedestrian direction signage between Walthamstow Queen's Road station and Walthamstow Central and Walthamstow Queen's Road station and the High Street at Willow Walk.
The Council has also agreed to lobby Transport for London to agree to BGORUG's proposal to add the words "Alight here for Walthamstow Town Centre" to signs on the station platforms.
Bringing History Alive
Dear David,
As discussed, I've arranged this talk for 5 p.m. at the Old Royal Naval College in Queen Anne 020, on 15th May. Do advertise as you think most appropriate.
Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places, By Lynne Dixon and Alison Hales.
Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places puts the local environment and community at the heart of history, showing how it can be used as the context for successful history teaching across the primary age range. It considers how to develop children’s concepts and skills through local history, how to link local, national and global aspects of history, and helps you develop your own historical knowledge, understanding and confidence in teaching the subject. Practical topics explored include:
•Investigating children’s cultural and geographical roots through fieldwork
•Finding and visiting local museums, archives and heritage sights
•Choosing and using resources
•Using significant people, events and buildings to link with national history
•Environmental education and sustainable development through local history
•Understanding the links between history and everyday life
•Planning and assessing history
Based on the latest research and practice in the field, Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places offers an exciting template of creative ideas and activities to show teachers how they can make history relevant to all children.
November 2013
PB: 978-0-415-53586-1: £22.00
HB: 9780-415-53585-4: £95.00 For more information visit: www.routledge.com/
"A much-needed and delightful book. It shows how history can be taught with the meaningful experiences of each child at its centre, making connections between the child, the locality and community, the national and global past and concepts of time". --Hilary Cooper, Emeritus Professor of History, The University of Cumbria, UK.
ALL WELCOME
Mary Clare
Dr Mary Clare Martin
Head of the Centre for the Study of Play and Recreation
Principal Lecturer/Programme Leader, Childhood Studies
University of Greenwich
School of Education
Avery Hill Campus
Mansion Site
Bexley Rd
London SE9 2PQ
020-8331-9919
m.c.h.martin@gre.ac.uk
As discussed, I've arranged this talk for 5 p.m. at the Old Royal Naval College in Queen Anne 020, on 15th May. Do advertise as you think most appropriate.
Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places, By Lynne Dixon and Alison Hales.
Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places puts the local environment and community at the heart of history, showing how it can be used as the context for successful history teaching across the primary age range. It considers how to develop children’s concepts and skills through local history, how to link local, national and global aspects of history, and helps you develop your own historical knowledge, understanding and confidence in teaching the subject. Practical topics explored include:
•Investigating children’s cultural and geographical roots through fieldwork
•Finding and visiting local museums, archives and heritage sights
•Choosing and using resources
•Using significant people, events and buildings to link with national history
•Environmental education and sustainable development through local history
•Understanding the links between history and everyday life
•Planning and assessing history
Based on the latest research and practice in the field, Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places offers an exciting template of creative ideas and activities to show teachers how they can make history relevant to all children.
November 2013
PB: 978-0-415-53586-1: £22.00
HB: 9780-415-53585-4: £95.00 For more information visit: www.routledge.com/
"A much-needed and delightful book. It shows how history can be taught with the meaningful experiences of each child at its centre, making connections between the child, the locality and community, the national and global past and concepts of time". --Hilary Cooper, Emeritus Professor of History, The University of Cumbria, UK.
ALL WELCOME
Mary Clare
Dr Mary Clare Martin
Head of the Centre for the Study of Play and Recreation
Principal Lecturer/Programme Leader, Childhood Studies
University of Greenwich
School of Education
Avery Hill Campus
Mansion Site
Bexley Rd
London SE9 2PQ
020-8331-9919
m.c.h.martin@gre.ac.uk
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