Thames Riverboat and trip to Kew Gardens

Last week saw the last of our summer activities programme.

We took a riverboat along the Thames from Westminster to Kew Gardens.

Along the journey there were lots of iconic and interesting buildings to look at.

The journey took just over an hour.

Once we were there, we had lunch and enjoyed the afternoon looking around the gardens.

Summer Activities Update

Last week we went on a couple of day trips as part of our summer activities programme.

Our first trip was to the oval to watch Surrey vs Somerset play cricket.

The weather was great and the atmosphere was very different to the sorts of sports we are more used to watching.

We all got into the match and picked up the rules and scoring system quite quickly.

Some of the shots were amazing and we really enjoyed ourselves, we would really like to go again in the future.

Our next trip was a family day to Brighton. 

We were joined by a number of parents and siblings for this day out.

We relaxed by the sea on the beach, had fish and chips and visited the arcades on the pier.

It was a great day out and everyone had lots of fun!

Wimbledon Tennis Tour

On Monday, 7 of us went on a Wimbledon tennis tour. Before the tour of the grounds we visited the Wimbledon Museum.

The grounds were massive and very well looked after. Wimbledon prides itself on keeping with tradition and giving visitors the feel of Edwardian Britain.

At the entrance to the famous cente court Is a statue of Fred Perry the famous tennis player and clothing brand.

Inside the museum were lots of different historical items and interactive games.

There were some very old advertising and posters in the museum which were very artistic.

Some of us took the time to test our reaction time with 1 of the interactive games. This was hard work but very fun.

We had a photo opportunity with the Men's and Women's singles trophies. They were both a lot bigger than they look on tv.

We started the tour opposite centre court and listened to the tour guide explain the origins of the Wimbledon Championships.

Apparently No visit to Wimbledon is complete without rain!

We visited the media room where players are interviewed, we got to sit in the same seats as Andy Murray, Serena Williams and all the great tennis players who have played at Wimbledon.

We then moved outside to centre court which is an amazing sight and we took lots of photos.

The tour was brilliant and we all had a great day!

Summer Activity- Wembley Stadium Tour

Friday the 8th of August saw 10 young people visit Wembley Stadium for a stadium tour.

We took the train all the way to Wembley Central and walked the short distance to the stadium.

We began the tour by taking a seat in the stand and having a very interesting and informative talk from the tour guide.

We got the opportunity to shout the words that every musician has said when  performing at Wembley- "Hello Wembley".

We visited the media room and had our photo taken in the same seats used by Roy Hodgson, Steven Gerrard, Neymar and 1 Direction.

We then moved into the dressing rooms.

There was 1 dressing room with shirts representing all the teams that have recently played in a number of sports at Wembley. 

We then moved onto the England football  team dressing room and had a look around and photos taken.

We enjoyed lining up in the players tunnel and walking out onto the pitch. 

This was a great trip and we all had a lot of fun, we had our photo taken with the FA Cup which was great! 

Day Trip to Southend

On Thursday 31st July 11 of us went to Southend for the day. We left at 9am and made our way to the seaside.

When we arrived, the weather was fantastic. It was very hot and sunny! We took a walk along the seafront and stopped at the theme park next to the beach.

Some of us chose to go on a few rides there. The rides were fast and very fun. It was really busy and some of us took the opportunity to relax with a drink and take in the surroundings.

At lunchtime we found a very nice restaurant overlooking the sea. We had fish and chips and everyone sat together chatting about the day.

After lunch we took a relaxing walk along the seafront in search of a quiet area to dip our feet in the sea.

After a couple of hours relaxing on the beach and in the sea, we stopped for an arcade break!

Everyone had fun playing in the arcades and some of us left with our pockets filled with 2p's!

Before we left to go home there was still time to take in a bit more sun and play football on the beach. We left at 6pm feeling very relaxed and having enjoyed a great day at the seaside.

Thank you to Help A Capital Child for making this trip possible.

Last Under 18 night of Summer

On Thursday we went to Dulwich Park for a lovely picnic in the sunshine.

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There was lots of nice food and drink for us all to share.

We had a nice talk about our plans for the summer holidays.

We also played football and rounders.

Some of us chose to just chill out and enjoy the sunshine and surroundings!

Summer Activities Brochure

Our Summer Activity Brochure is here!

Please follow the link below for more details.

http://rathbonesociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Activities-2014.pdf

Inclusive Football Project Final Session

Tuesday night saw our final inclusive football session at Elmgreen School.

We had a large turnout for the session and once again welcomed some new faces.

We decided to have a full size match between the young people from Rathbone and The Old Library as a nice way to bring this project to a close.

All the staff got involved although their fitness levels leave a lot to be desired! Poor fitness is no excuse for goal hanging!

The game was played at a fast pace with plenty of communicating, encouragement,quality passing and some great finishes.

We lost track of the score but that didn't matter as we were enjoying ourselves and challenging each other. 

As per previous sessions, we ended with a penalty shoot out which was very tense and resulted in some great goals and some horrendous misses, much to everyone's amusement.

Some of us handled the pressure better than others!

We would like to thank The Wembley National Stadium Trust for their funding and support and London Youth.
In particular John Jones from London Youth for his continued support and for always being enthusiastic towards the project and for coming down to see us on a number of occasions. Thank you!

This particular project has been very successful in engaging with young people from all backgrounds and with a range of abilities. 

We hope this will continue to be the case in the future and we will be building on the successes throughout the summer.