East London for Free 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... Whitechapel 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! Spitalfields 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, Cambridge Heath 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 www.thomasbuxton.towerhamlets.sch.uk 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 Tel: 020 7247 3816 Fax: 020 7247 3842 [email protected] www.thomasbuxton.towerhamlets.sch.uk .