Education
Get a glimpse of what the borough was like 300,000 years ago in ‘fascinating’ new exhibition at Hackney Museum
‘Hackney is one of the richest sites for finding objects from that time period,’ says Town Hall culture boss
Read More‘World-first’ comic book about Mary Wollstonecraft’s life to be given out to primary schools
Book to be accompanied by six-week lesson plan, thanks to project involving Newington Green Meeting House
Read MoreYoung Hackney author turns her mental health battles into ‘guide for others’
Yolanda Lear aiming to publish book next month, and has also teamed up with a local youth project to ‘share what she has learned’ through workshops
Read MoreNational Theatre’s school and youth programmes to start up again this autumn
The institution reaffirms its desire to keep young people at the ‘forefront of its mission’ as it begins its recovery from lockdown
Read MoreHackney artist teams up with local schoolchildren to create 30-foot playground mural
Coco Lom recently unveiled the bold artwork at Newport School in Leyton after workshopping ideas with Year 4 pupils
Read MoreLiteracy Pirates diary collection sees children reflect on life in the early lockdown doldrums
The local education charity’s project gives an insight into children’s ‘feelings and fears’ during their first few weeks at home
Read MoreGSCE Results Day: Education boss ‘incredibly proud’ as Hackney pupils celebrate success
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble thanks teachers and families for supporting students who have ‘been through so much’
Read MoreHackney charity giving tuition to disadvantaged youngsters wins £30k grant
TalentEd ‘thrilled’ with BBC Children in Need funding, which it will use to expand and refine its after-school support
Read MoreA-levels Results Day: Deputy Mayor praises ‘resilience’ of pupils as council monitors concerns over downgrading
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble thanks students and teachers for their efforts in ‘incredibly challenging circumstances’
Read MoreTamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘We need a curriculum that recognises British history has not just been produced on this island’
The local writer speaks to the team behind the new African Studies Centre, which hopes to train teachers and students in Africa’s history, free of the prism of European colonialism
Read MoreLocal schools move to tackle ‘emerging gap’ in inequality caused by lockdown
Councillors ‘distressed’ after hearing from education charity that ten years’ progress may be lost
Read MorePublic art project invites Hackney residents to see their colourful photos become optical illusions
Collaboration between artist Jo Guile and researcher Dr Emily Patterson hopes to ‘spark conversation about subjective nature of perception’
Read MoreCoronavirus: ‘Now is the time to change our education system for the better’
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley on the difficulties facing school leavers, and why we should rethink the ‘singular focus on training for exams’
Read MoreCoronavirus: Keeping your secondary-age kids busy and learning at home
Teacher and Hackney resident Alice Jones offers up useful tips and resources to help parents and pupils cope with the school closures
Read More‘The language of the 21st century’: Hackney launches annual coding challenge for schools
Town Hall joins up with cloud platform Twilio in effort to combat falling numbers of pupils learning computing
Read MoreHackney primary ‘delighted’ after winning School Games award for sporting success
The Olive School has been recognised in a government-led scheme for both its sports provision and on-field feats
Read MoreDiane Abbott drops in at Hackney primary school’s Democracy Day
The local MP joined borough councillors to help explain the value and intricacies of the electoral system to pupils
Read MoreYoung people celebrated at ‘inspirational’ Jack Petchey Foundation awards
129 youngsters were recognised for a range of achievements at a ceremony at Stoke Newington Town Hall this month
Read MoreHackney Empire boosts youth engagement by 12 per cent in a year
Four thousand youngsters got involved in the theatre’s Creative Futures scheme in 2019, and its annual talent show is set to go global
Read MoreHackney students turn hoteliers for a day to mark launch of global work experience partnership
Twenty-five youngsters from New City College get a taste of life at the 700-room Holiday Inn in Kensington
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