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A place of learning, laughter and friendship www.thomasbuxton.towerhamlets.sch.uk

local to Release your inner artist and enjoy Thomas an event day or activity trail. Buxton... Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX www.whitechapelgallery.org | 020 7522 7888

Take advantage of free swimming at leisure centres in Tower Hamlets. www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/leisure_and_culture/ sport_and_physical_activity/find_a_sport_or_club/ swimming.aspx

Visit a working farm with a menagerie of livestock and rare breeds! City Farm, Buxton Street, London E1 5AR www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org | 020 7247 8762

Enjoy a family picnic in the beautiful Victoria Park, one of London’s most important historic parks. Victoria Park, Grove Road, Bow, London E3

Take a walk and discover the colourful past of Spitalfields Spitalfields walk leaflets can be downloaded from... www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/601-650/623_walks/ spitalfields.aspx

See an East End street transformed into an oasis of flowers and foliage. Columbia Road Market, Columbia Road, London E2 www.londonmarkets.co.uk | every Sunday

www.thomasbuxton.towerhamlets.sch.uk so much Bring back memories for both to see young and old at a world-class and do, collection of toys. for free... V&A Museum of Childhood, Road, London E2 9PA www.museumofchildhood.org.uk | 020 8983 5200

Explore tall tree houses, wobbly bridges, rock pools and much more. Tumbling Bay Playground, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20 2ST www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/the-park/ attractions/tumbling-bay-playground | 0800 0722 110

Travel back in time, via the British interior, at one of London's best-loved museums. Geffreye Museum, Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA www.geffrye-museum.org.uk | 020 7739 9893

Pick up a bar of gold...for free! Bank of England Museum, Threadneedle Street, London EC2R 8AH www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/museum | 020 7601 5545

Experience life as a Victorian school pupil. Ragged School Museum, 46-50 Copperfield Road, London E3 4RR www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk | 020 8980 6405

Uncover the area’s long history as a port through stories of trade, migration and commerce. Museum of London Docklands, No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands | 020 7001 9844

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a little Come face-to-face with a further life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex! afield... The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD www.nhm.ac.uk | 020 7942 5511

Great Greeks! African Adventure! Marvellous Mexico! Free children’s activities and trails. The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG www.britishmuseum.org | 020 7323 8299

London street entertainers - be amazed by the weird and wonderful… Covent Garden or the South Bank

Hands on experiences and interactive exhibits. The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD www.sciencemuseum.org.uk | 020 7942 4000

Marvel at some of the greatest pictures ever painted. The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN www.nationalgallery.org.uk | 020 7747 2885

Enjoy one of London’s finest landscapes, covering 350 acres. Hyde Park, London www.royalparks.gov.uk/Hyde-Park

Thomas Buxton Primary School Buxton Street London E1 5AR

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