If you have, would you be willing to help by sharing your story? In June group of local parents concerned for their children’s safety launched a campaign for a pedestrian light controlled crossing on Upper Richmond Road near the garden centre. The current crossing is a simple and not very visible zebra crossing used by lots of local…
A Day Nursery and Pre-School in Lower Richmond Road has been relaunched as the My Sunshine Day Nursery & Pre-School after a significant investment. The company behind the initiative is a newly formed family business consisting of Mike Ballardie, who has 30 years of commercial experience including operating as a Chief Executive of a global…
Local secondary school Richmond Park Academy are holding two open evenings in October to showcase their A level offer, as well as to introduce the school to primary school students and parents. Richmond Park Academy showcases 2019/20 A level offer Richmond Park Academy 6th form invites all Year 10 and 11 students to come and…
Book now for the autumn term series of mock exams with Laidlaw Education, the leading provider of tuition, courses, mock exams, assessments and special needs provision in South West London since 1992. “We have found that children benefit from the experience of a real examination with suitable registration procedure and exam setting” – says Sue Laidlaw, Senior Partner…
The new council is supporting International Car Free Day, held on 22 September this year. As well as two streets that have been opened for everyone, and other play streets people have set up themselves, there’ll be activities around the borough. Some people are setting up Play Streets – streets closed to traffic for the day…
Local drama school Class of 14 was established in 2014 by professionally trained actors Gerry and Natalie who run acting workshops specifically created for ages 3 to teens in East Sheen. The sessions explore a wide range of acting techniques. Students learn through improvisation allowing them to develop an understanding of the drama process and…
Monkey Music, the award-winning pre-school music group for children aged 3 months – 4 years, is delighted to announce that it is expanding its classes in East Sheen and from 20th September, will be holding Thursday morning classes in addition to Fridays. Unique to Monkey Music is their specially written curriculum for babies from 3 months in response…
Amy Vaughan, the founder of Yoga Seedlings runs after-school yoga classes for children and teens in Richmond, Mortlake and Twickenham. Here she writes about why yoga is great for children and teens. You are never too young to start yoga! Practising yoga from an early age builds a strong foundation of self-worth, love, respect, kindness and…
The hard work and determination of Richmond Park Academy students were rewarded when the 2017/18 A-level results were published today. Students across the sixth form achieved a 96% pass rate; an increase on last year with 47% achieving A* – B, a 4% increase on the 2016/17 results. Reviewing the results, Principal Paul Mundy-Castle said,…
Your borough could go 20mph in September: the last council promised a consultation, and the new council has also done so, telling us it’s now due to happen in the Autumn. Lots of campaigners will tell you this is great news, and as someone who thinks we need more cycling (and safer walking), I can…
