Please find below a list of useful links for free events and activities available during the upcoming May half-term. 

Free meals for kids during school holidays - Greenwich

May Half-term 2023 - Restaurants where kids can eat for free or £1 T&C's

Places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the school holiday

Top Free Things to do in Greenwich

Visit London - 30 free things to do with kids in London

Free things to do near Woolwich

Fun & free events at Woolwich Centre Library Half-term

May Half-term Free events - Museum of London Docklands

Universal Credit - Affordable days out

May Half Term - Families Drawn Together - Create artwork

Fun in greenwich - workshops

What's on - Southbank Centre FREE

Reminder for parents/carers about age restrictions for social media platforms.

We have put together this helpful guide including the major platforms that our young people are likely to be using.

This month we reached 800 followers on LinkedIn.

Thank you for keeping in touch with us and please do follow us over on LinkedIn if you don't already!

Our Speakers for PolyMAT Presents

We have been supported by a wide range of external speakers over the last few years, who have given their time freely so that they too can ‘give back’ to the education community. This has included a number of personalities that are well-known in education, such as Ross Morrison-McGill (@teachertoolkit), Mark Sparvell (Global Director of Education, Microsoft), Rachel Johnson (CEO of PiXL), Amy-May Forrester (Author of “The Complete Guide to Pastoral Leadership”), Sufian Sadiq (Director of Teaching School at Chiltern Learning Trust), Hannah Jepson (Director of LGBTEd), Dr. Liz England (Clinical Director at Mindsafe) and Dr. Craig Blewett (Author of Activated Classroom Teaching), amongst many others. These external speakers provide valuable insight for PolyMAT staff and the wider education community, and complement the presentations provided by members of PolyMAT staff.

If you would like to sign up to be a speaker at one of our future free cpd events, you can complete this form -

Call for Speakers Form

Here are some quotes from a few of our speakers:

Confederation of School Trusts – London Trust Leaders Conference

Tuesday 17^th January 2023

Matthew Kleiner-Mann CEO of the Ivy Learning Trust, alongside Tim Plumb, CEO of PolyMAT and Gillian Kemp CEO of University Schools Trust coordinated this fantastic event. This was the first event of its kind and was an incredibly successful day.

Claire Burton the Regional Director for London was in attendance as the keynote speaker and it was so wonderful to have the opportunity to discuss the development of education in London with her, ask questions and to hear all about her thoughts and ideas.

‘A fantastic opportunity to help trusts network throughout London. Great to see so much good practice being shared. Brilliant being able to work with Matthew and Gillian planning the day. Looking forward to the next conference ’ – Tim Plumb

Please get in contact with us if you would like details about the next event.