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  1. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Caribbean Journeys: a voyage of discovery for school children

    23 February 2022, 2 minute read

    Find out more about our news school session for Key Stage 2, Caribbean Journeys, inspired by the themes and stories of our new exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce

    School children queue up to board a bus in the museum
  2. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Life as an Apprentice at London Transport Museum

    7 February 2022

    To mark National Apprencticeship Week 2022, our Learning Apprentice Georgia reveals what her last six months at the Museum have been like, and shares some words of advice for other young apprentices starting out their careers in the arts & heritage sector.

    A young woman poses in front of old bus stop signs
  3. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Joe’s Busy Bus - A new school session taking kids back in time 

    1 February 2022, 2 minute read

    Find out all about our new session for Key Stage 1 students, exploring the story of Joe Clough, London's first Black bus driver, and those of other remarkable London Transport's workers.

    Four children looking at a giant map of London and a sign reading Joes's Busy Bus
  4. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Climate Crossroads

    Energy Garden: Bringing Community Energy to the London Overground

    14 December 2021, 2 minute read

    Energy Garden is a Community Benefit Society that invests in renewable energy infrastructure to support community development. Find out how they help tackle the lack of accessible green space in urban environments by creating community-owned renewable energy and garden initiatives on transport infrastructure across London.

    An allotment on the side of a platform at a London Overground station
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    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Climate Crossroads

    Engineering Change - Takeover Day

    11 November 2021, 2 minute read

    As part of Kids in Museums Takeover Day, on 12 November 2021 children from Wembley Primary School are putting their questions to grown-ups in the transport industry to find out what actions they are taking to help build a greener future. Find out more.

    Three Year 5 boys in school uniform wearing yellow high vis vests writing down ideas
  6. Blog category
    •  Climate Crossroads
    •  Learning Programmes

    Engineering Change - Meet the Engineers

    4 November 2021, 2 minute read

    Pupils from Wembley Primary School will be putting their questions to grown-ups in the transport industry to find out what actions they are taking to help build a greener future, during a live stream on 12 November 2021, part of our Engineering Change themed week.
    In this blog, we introduce two of the real-world engineers who will be talking to the Year 5 students.

    Engineers wearing high vis jackets on top of scaffolding in a tunnel
  7. Blog category
    •  Climate Crossroads

    How are engineers creating a greener future?

    1 November 2021, 3 minute read

    Discover some of the solutions helping to make our city more sustainable.

    A hydrogen bus on a road lined with trees
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    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Engineering Change - Environmental warriors in the making

    13 October 2021, 3 minute read

    How can children become aware of environmental issues through exploring the history of transport? The children of Wembley Primary School have a lot to say about it, and we should be listening. Read more in this blog by Young Freelancer, Daisy Howarth.

    Hands of a school pupil taking notes on the image of a vintage poster from the museum's collection