We're collecting twelvemain types of data, shown below, and over fifty types of data subcategories though we don't visualise them all. You can find out more about them here . A long tradition of hand-coloured building maps exists in London. The most spectacular examples include the Booth Poverty Map,The LCC Bomb damage maps, The Goad maps and the interwar maps produced by the City of London. Coloured maps showing We we also be testing the live streaming of planning data to create a visual traffic light systems. The aim is to provide a real time visual overview of change occurring in the city, and to help citizens, local authorities and developers communicate better in relation to the long-term benefits, socio-cultural, environmental The Society’s education team hasworkedin partnership with the Colouring London team at The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, Historic England and the RIBA, to develop a series of resources for teachers showing how to incorporate Colouring London into the curriculum: Really young children can use them to learn about colours, how to stay inside the lines and how to combine certain shades. Colouring also improves their vision and fine motor skills that is directly linked to early writing skills. It’s a great creative exercise for coordination and concentration, not to mention how exciting it is to create something from almost scratch. Getting a sense of accomplishment helps kids develop healthy self-esteem from an early age.

London Information PowerPoint- Great to do with your colouring sheets, go through this lovely illustrated presentation with your whole class. On the slides is information about the life, culture and people in London. A great way to compare London to other cities around the world. Though anyone can experiment and innovate with our code, the Colouring Cities Research Programme (CCRP)has been set-up as a mechanism to support research-led reproduction. This is a branded programme designed to support international research institutions wishing to reproduce the concept and code, and which focuses on UN New Urban Agenda issues. Our current CCRP partners are: The American University of Beirut (Colouring Beirut); The University of Bahrain & the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (Colouring Bahrain); The University of New South Wales (Colouring Australia); The National Technical University of Athens (Colouring Athens); The Leibniz Institute for Ecological Urban and Regional Development (Colouring Dresden); King’s College London & Institut Teknologi Bandung (Colouring Indonesia), and The Colour Research Institute, China Academy of Art.The tower was first built after the Norman Conquest in 1066 AD. William the Conqueror built three fortresses, the tower being one, to help protect the City's east entrance from the river.

You can also explore our original ebook story, Samuel Pepys’ story– to give children a fuller understanding of an eye-witness account. Also great for guided reading. Great Fire of London Samuel Pepy’s Story eBook Great Fire of London KS1 Activities and Resources name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.You could encourage your children's creativity by allowing them to use different materials to fill in the sheet or even add their own words or drawings related to the theme. speaking of sequencing, we have a great, hands-on sequencing activity that really brings this topic to life. Use this Great Fire of London sequencing activity to engage children with what happened, and ask them to retell the events to each other, as part of your speaking and listening sessions. If you live in, research into, design, build, manage, care for, or just love London's buildings, this platform has been designed to help you share your knowledge to make the city more sustainable. We're looking for volunteers of all ages and abilities, and contributors from academia, government, industry and the voluntary sector, to help colour-in the city's buildings, to create beautiful, informative, and accurate maps . Colouring London was developed at The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, from 2014 as part of a four year research study funded by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Historic England, Ordnance Survey and The Greater London Authority have been core partners from 2016. Platform design has also been informed by input from many partners - working in urban science, energy, architecture, architectural history, planning, sustainable heritage, building technology, public education, communications, community planning and open data - as well as by UK and international research groups, and by individual Colouring London contributors and its team. The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, is one of the most important Gothic buildings in Britain, with the medieval shrine of an Anglo-Saxon saint still at its heart. The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and is the final resting place of seventeen monarchs.