SCHOOLS AND YOUNG PEOPLE

The Kingston 2025 programme will be delivered with a range of partners who will be offering exciting opportunities for children and young people to engage in different creative and heritage projects, so be sure to check this page for regular updates.

We are currently looking for secondary schools who would like to participate in a new musical commission, featuring young players and musicians, to be staged at the Rose Theatre as part of the Kingston 2025 celebrations. The new work will be showcased in the summer as part of Fuse Festival.  

Kingston Museum offers a core programme of workshops curated in line with the National Curriculum and local history. This includes Saxon Stories (KS2) where students explore what life might have looked like during the reign of Athelstan. Other workshops include an introductory Museum exploration in Our Kingston Story (KS1) and Second World War-themed Kingston at War (KS2)

We will also be working with local community partners to expand our primary and secondary offer in a range of exciting and innovative projects, including Ariadne’s Thread and Ciné Schools. Some of these projects will include the option of outreach sessions to schools.

If you would like more information about these opportunities, or would like us to put you in touch with the relevant partner organisations, please contact us: celebratekingston2025@kingston.gov.uk

Ciné Schools will launch London’s first Children’s International Film Festival, in collaboration with Kingston International Film Festival. This will be the largest of its kind in the UK and will take place at various venues across Kingston. On the big screen will be films made by students from Kingston and all over the world.

FUSE International is a platform for artists aged 5 – 30. The festival is a celebration of live performance and creativity. The programme will be packed with inspiring, funny and thought-provoking shows that bring participants and audiences together through live performance. With theatre, dance, comedy, cabaret, visual arts and more – there will be something for everyone created by young and emerging artists from around the world.

The next festival will take place from 28 June – 6 July 2025.

Applications for 2025 will open on Tuesday 12 November 2024 and will close on Sunday 5 January 2025.

'Bridging Kingston' at the Rose Theatre - is a new music production specially commissioned for schools and young musicians to be staged at the Rose Theatre.  The vision of the work is to invoke time, place, community, and lesser-heard voices through the theme ‘Bridging Kingston’. The theme will  explore more contemporary interpretations of Kingston’s identity and sense of place through the generations.