 A £40,000 grant from Hillingdon Community Trust has helped to put a new mobile classroom on the road in the south of the Borough for the Life Education Centre Hillingdon.
The new mobile classroom visits primary schools to teach children about how to make healthy choices, providing learning
ranging from cleaning teeth to the dangers of unhealthy living, including smoking, drug and alcohol abuse. The classroom replaces one bought in 1997 and it is hoped that the 18 primary schools in the Trust’s area will all benefit from a visit each year.
Life Education Centre educators, who are usually qualified teachers, deliver the lessons in a lively and engaging way, helped by glove puppet, Harold the giraffe.
At the launch, which was hosted at Dr Tripletts School in Hayes, was the mayor, Cllr Catherine Dann, and Deputy Lieutenant for Hillingdon, Edna Partridge. Life Education Centres Hillingdon Trustee, Nicholas Smith, commented,
‘Our work is more important than ever, and fits in well with the Borough’s healthy schools programme.’
Life Education Centres Hillingdon has also been funded to deliver its programme in schools in the Trust’s area for the next three years.
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Merrifield House Play Equipment
Life Education Centre's new mobile classroom launched
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Yiewsley & West Drayton Arts Centre
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