Station Hall Herne Hill

04/08/2024

Drama on Film Summer Course for 14-16 year olds

Time & Location
19 - 23 Aug 2024, 9-5pm
Station Hall, Railton Rd, London SE24 0JW

Calling all budding actors about to start years 10 or 11.
Join us this summer at Station Hall for a course in drama and filmmaking. This course is delivered by local filmmaker Sven Arnstein from Stay Still Productions director of TV dramas and teacher for BBC and London Film School.
The course will provide students with experience of acting for camera, writing a short script, core aspects of film-making and working in a film-making team. Key skills will include; Acting: The differences between acting on stage and acting for the camera. Learning to act on camera. The power of the close up. Story creation: Planning a story in a group. Plotting. Turning points, and character arcs. Filming: Directing, planning, set discipline, continuity, camera operation, lighting, sound.

Cost: £150 for 5 days

Apply: In order to take part students must be able to attend all 5 days and have experience of drama/acting in at school or in a drama /theatre group.

FREE PLACES We have a few FREE places available to students from low income households. If you would like to apply please complete the online application form and email [email protected] to let us know your need for a Free place.

APPLY NOW
https://www.stationhallhernehill.org/events/drama-on-film-summer-course-for-14-16-year-olds

22/07/2024

Welcome to Station Hall Herne Hill, the heart of creativity and community spirit in South East London! Nestled atop the bustling Herne Hill Station, Station Hall is a unique and vibrant space dedicated to bringing people together through a diverse array of arts, cultural, and community-focused events.

A Space for Everyone

At Station Hall, we believe in the power of community. Our welcoming venue is open to all, offering a friendly environment where residents and visitors alike can connect, create, and celebrate. Whether you’re attending a workshop, enjoying a performance, or participating in a community meeting, Station Hall is your space to gather, learn, and grow. Whether you’re a local resident, an artist, a volunteer, or simply curious to explore, we invite you to join us at Station Hall Herne Hill. Discover a space where creativity meets community, and where every day brings new opportunities to connect and inspire. Visit our website at Station Hall Herne Hill to learn more about our events and how you can get involved.

Station Hall Herne Hill – where community and creativity come to life.

19/07/2024

Hi everyone, TheKidsPlayhouse Afterschool Club is now closed for the summer.
Wishing you All Happy Holidays 🌞💦😎🤸‍♀️🌊🐠💗

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19/06/2024

Come & join our Free Thursday After-school Sessions for kids 6- 8 years old & their parents/carers from 4-6pm at Station Hall / Herne Hill🥳💝🙌🦄🧚‍♀️

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03/06/2024

Join me Cloud Neun Yoga at my low cost community yoga classes every Tuesday (term time only) from 9:30 - 10:30am at StationHall
Cost: £5 - cash at the door

16/05/2024

Applications Now Open
FREE May WRITE CLUB! workshops for Lambeth Kids age 8-11 years at Station Hall.

Stepping Into Stories WRITE CLUB! for Lambeth kids returns this May Half Term. The WRITE CLUB! provides FREE creative writing, illustration and book-creation workshops for children aged 8-11 during half terms and holidays. The WRITE CLUB is based at Station Hall, Herne Hill (Above Herne Hill Station...

02/05/2024

We are excited to be hosting this new event at Station Hall with

Join us for a pre-loved clothing swap and mending session.

Bring the clothes you have buried at the back of your wardrobe, pass them on to a new owner and find something for yourself, too.

The focus of the event is sustainable fashion, so we will have drop-in mending sessions facilitated by lovely people who can share their skills and tips.

📅 2 June, 1-3pm (The Sunday market will also be taking place just outside!)
📍Herne Hill Station Hall, London
🎟️ Tickets and full info at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/field-club-arts/switch-and-stitch/e-mbxrqo

29/02/2024

Join us for our free weekly Thursday KidsPlayhouse session at StationHall from 4-6pm to dance, create, & play .kidsplayhouse 🥳🎨❤️
All kids must bring their parents/ carers along.

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02/02/2024

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27/01/2024

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and Station Hall Herne Hill Giveaway! 🎉

To celebrate the launch of Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest 2024 We’ve got a fantastic giveaway worth £150.

📚 ✍️ For the opportunity to win a brilliant book bundle featuring titles from our festival authors and drawing materials for those budding artists. Swipe to peel inside at some of the books you could win. All you have to do is

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You can enter this giveaway until February 4th 23.59 (UK only). The winner will be announced via our stories and via DM. is the only account that will contact you, and will not ask you for anything in return, but your address and the age of your child/children so we can send you age appropriate books. This giveaway isn’t in any way associated with Instagram.

Stepping Into Stories is an annual Kids’ Lit Fest that takes place in Herne Hill, South East London and online from 30th Jan - 4th Feb 2024. See the full programme at www.steppingintostories.org

Good Luck and we hope to see you at the festival.

25/01/2024

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👉Check out this flurry of fab after-school events starting NEXT WEEK at the Herne Hill Kids’ Lit Fest 🎉 Bring your kids for inspirational, creative fun with four incredible authors, illustrators and performers.

Book TICKETS today: www.steppingintostories.org

Next week’s fabulous line-up includes:

Tues 30th Jan, 4.30pm: - introducing his fun, fast-paced, brand new adventure story, Kofi, expect a high-energy games show-style quiz and 90s inspired, heartwarming event, all about Kofi, who grows up on a London housing estate, and for whom music is everything. Ages 7+

Weds 31 Jan, 4pm: - learn all about frogs and their mind-boggling characteristics, and even invent your own species in this fun, interactive session with award winning author/illustrator Jane Porter, perfect for ages 5-10.

Thurs 1st Feb, 4pm: - draw along with internationally celebrated printmaker and picture book creator, Viola, then explore the fun process of designing a character with eco clothing, ages 4+

Friday 2nd Feb, 4pm: - it’s Panto time!! Join ‘everyone’s favourite pantomime dame’ (Metro) for a brand new panto adventure, perfect for the whole family!

Tickets £4-12, accompanying adult free. Further concessions available.

25/01/2024

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Donate your children’s old books during the Stepping Into Stories festival 30 Jan - 4 Feb 2024 so they can find new homes across the community.

Did you know that across London and the UK 1 in 4 disadvantaged children owns fewer than 10 books, whilst 1 in 8 has none at all! This has an impact not only on these children’s academic outcomes but also on their wellbeing, emotional development and sense of themselves as a reader.

The Children’s Book Project tackles this ‘book gap’ and gifts donated books to targeted communities across the Capital. Over 500 schools, community groups, women’s groups and prisons nationwide put on book gifting events at which children are invited to choose a book to take home and keep. The charity expects to gift upwards of 350,000 books this year.

Please bring in any books your children have grown out of so that they can find new homes with others across the local community. Alternatively you may wish to purchase an old favourite to donate. We can accept any children’s books in good condition.

20/01/2024

Herne Hill Kids’ Lit Fest is BACK! 30 Jan - 4 Feb. 60 amazing children’s book events for all ages. Tickets £4-12. Accompanying adult free. Further concessions available.

Events sell out. Book tickets today: www.steppingintostories.org

13/01/2024

Calling all book loving families come and take part in fantastic storytelling, writing, drawing and crafting workshops with your favourite authors and illustrators at The Stepping Into Stories Festival, Herne Hill. Plus online Story times, panel discussions with industry professionals and a brand new show The Magic Bookmark by the fabulous Mama G.

Workshops take place Station Hall Herne Hill, 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning and Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses Check out our full brochure and visit www.steppingintostories.org to book your tickets now

11/01/2024

We are delighted to announce that the Stepping Into Stories festival is back at Station Hall and venues in Herne Hill this month 30th Jan - 4th Feb. Calling all book lovers come and take part in fantastic storytelling, writing, drawing and crafting workshops with your favourite authors and illustrators. Plus online Story times and panel discussions with industry professionals. Check out the full brochure and visit www.steppingintostories.org to book your tickets now.

10/01/2024

During the Stepping Into Stories Festival enjoy ten minutes a day listening to a special story-time with some of your favourite authors! Story readings will be posted daily on the website during festival week - Perfect for little ones aged 4+

With 'Fly, Butterfly, Fly!' & 'You Can!' Is It A Mermaid? 'It's Time To Hush and Say Goodnight'

View at www.steppingintostories.org

06/01/2024

The meaning of yoga is to yoke.
The union of body, mind, and soul.

Through the powerful practices and techniques of yoga, we are able to understand the connection between these parts of us and bring them together, working in union.

This is a lifelong journey that one can take to continue to innerstand themselves and their connection with everything and everyone else.

Such a beautiful and profound path of growth, connection, peace, joy, bliss, and enlightenment.

Join me for our free yoga and meditation sessions starting again on Tuesday, 9th of January at 9:30am - 11am 🙏🧘‍♀️❤️

04/01/2024

Join Viola Wang for a workshop inspired by her book Hello?
You will learn how to "make friends" – literally! using a 3D model-making kit prepared by Viola for ages 4+ and grownups too. www.steppingintostories.org

04/01/2024

Join us for our Free online panel; discussion on Fostering Empathy Through Children's Books with Cath Howe, Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Sarah Mears

What is empathy? How can we build it? And what‘s the connection with reading? Empathy is needed now more than ever. With the rising in children’s mental health and behavioural problems after Covid, and society becoming increasingly polarised, empathy is the key to creating a kinder, less divided, world. In this timely and fascinating panel, we’ll delve into what empathy is (and isn’t), how it’s a learnable skill, and how reading is a powerful tool to build it.

We’re joined by two wonderful authors, Cath Howe and Rashmi Sirdeshpande, together with Sarah Mears MBE, co-founder of EmpathyLab, the charitable social enterprise behind Empathy Day and a new book-based empathy movement.

Cath has a reputation for creating characters whose lives are hard, and who generate enormous empathy in the reader as we watch them find their way forward. Look out for Ella in Ella on the Outside. Rashmi writes award-winning picture books and non-fiction and in spring 2023, she worked with EmpathyLab to create We’ve Got This! an inspiring non-fiction empathy handbook for children, full of creative ideas to help them build their empathy superpower.

Book Now: www.steppingintostories.org

04/01/2024

Join us online for our FREE evening panel discussion - Positive Representations Of Disability in Children's Literature with Cerrie Burnell (Chair) .burnell , James Catchpole , Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini and Jen Campbell

Which children’s books are leading the way in championing disabled characters? What does it mean to young readers to see characters who represent them? And why is authentic storytelling so vital?

Through this panel of renowned children’s writers and advocates, we will celebrate the current period of awakening to authentic disabled stories within children’s literature and the dignified reality being expressed for young readers by those with lived experience. Session participants will also receive a hand-selected reading list of outstanding children’s books containing positive examples of disability.

Book Now: www.steppingintostories.org

03/01/2024

Join and and get ready for some fun based on the picture book YES YOU CAN, COW!

In this event, you'll meet a little Cow with a BIG fear. She's the star of stage show Hey Di**le Di**le but she's TERRIFIED of the grand finale. She doesn't think she can jump over Moon! Join us to see if she can finally find her courage and follow her dreams with a teensy bit of help from YOU! And you can learn how to DRAW Cow too!

Book Now: www.steppingintostories.org

03/01/2024

Have you ever wondered where wishes go? Discover the world of wishkeepers and magical storytelling with . Packed full of audience interaction from a magical wishfulness gauge to a wish-popping toaster, will you unlock the secret to making wishes come true? Perfect for readers aged 6+ who enjoy magical stories.

Rachel Chivers Khoo was born in Belfast and spent most of her childhood sheltering in her local library from the endless Northern Irish rain. She studied English literature at Oxford before working in book publishing. Rachel now lives in Oxford with her husband, two young sons and far too many books. The Wishkeeper’s Apprentice is her debut novel.

03/01/2024

Have you ever wondered where wishes go? Discover the world of wishkeepers and magical storytelling with , author of The Wishkeeper’s Apprentice. Packed full of audience interaction from a magical wishfullness gauge to a wish-popping toaster, will you unlock the secret to making wishes come true? For ages 8+

Book Now: www.steppingintostories.org

03/01/2024

Join Gareth P Jones for a fresh take on classic fairytales, packed with jokes, actions and messages of empowerment. Get down with disco-dancing gorilla, CinderGorilla, strut with Snowy White and the cat-walk cats of Purry Tale Lane… and let down your ears with the long-eared rabbit Rabunzel. For Ages 3+

Book Now: www.steppingintostories.org

03/01/2024

The greatest magic is hidden in plain sight...
Evie's world is turned upside down when she discovers that she has secret magical powers, and that the city she lives in is filled with hidden magic. Can she discover her powers before the evil sorcerer Vale gets his hands on the Spellstone?

This session with Ross Montgomery is all about our own hidden powers, and how we can take ordinary things and make them extraordinary for our very own stories!

Book Now: www.steppingintostories.org

Ross Montgomery started writing stories as a teenager, when he should have been doing homework, and hasn’t really stopped since. He has written over twenty-five books for children, including The Midnight Guardians which was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award 2021 and selected as one of The Guardian’s Children’s Books of the Year.

02/01/2024

Following another knockout festival in 2023, attended by over 6,300 participants, the Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest is back in Herne Hill for 2024! This week-long celebration of children’s books unites leading lights from children’s literature to share and celebrate stories in all their forms.

Check out our full festival programme at https://www.steppingintostories.org/public-programme

Fantastic speakers for 2024 include .burnell .pg astrominx .m.dassu .eagle

What a line up!

Huge thanks to our funders and the army of volunteers who roll up their sleeves to make this amazing festival happen - here’s to a week of brilliantly bookish adventures ahead!

02/01/2024

Join Ken Wilson-Max at 198 Contemporary Arts as he shares the story of Catch! using words, drawings and paint. However hard she tries, Kiona cannot catch anything. But Mum knows there is a very special something that Kiona can catch! Catch! is a joyful picture book about the little loving things that make a difference. Book Now www.steppingintostories.org

Ken Wilson-Max is an award-winning author, illustrator, and children’s books publisher. He was born in Zimbabwe, lives in London and has over 70 books published in many languages worldwide. His distinctive style always manages to capture special moments between children and grown-ups, while his books are, and have always been, naturally inclusive.

02/01/2024

Erica Meza leads a colourful crafty workshop for ages 4+

To The Other Side is the story of a journey; one that many children around the world are starting this very instant. What would you do if you were in their shoes? Through masks and creatures inspired in the Mexican culture, you will design your very own alebrije to colour and take home with you, as a reminder of those looking for a home of their own.

Book Now: www.steppingintostories.org

Erika Meza is a Mexican Author and Illustrator. She has written two books, As Brave As A Lion and To The Other Side, which deal with very different kinds of bravery in small children. She’s also illustrated Seven Sisters, Not My Story!, and My Two Border Towns - which earned her the Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award.

02/01/2024

Story Competition - Enter now

We love stories! And we’re inviting you to make up your own, as part of the Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest. The theme this year is 'ROOTED DEEP, BRANCHING FAR' - whatever that means to you!

Rooted deep in family, friendships, community, school, nature? Branching far through courage, imagination, hope, curiosity, adversity?
Your story can be funny, an adventure, fantasy - anything you like.

Create Your Story!
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All you have to do is create a story with the theme of 'ROOTED DEEP, BRANCHING FAR.
You can make your story in any way you want to - drawing, writing, comic strip, drama, poetry, rap, digital animation - just as long as it fits on a single page of paper, or if it’s a film or recording, make sure it’s no longer than two minutes.

There are three age categories:
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4 - 7 years
8 - 11 years
12 + years

TO ENTER

Create your story ( or create a recording)
submit at https://www.steppingintostories.org/competition

Make sure you remember the deadline for submitting stories: 12th January 2024

There are lots of lovely book token prizes to be won: £25 for first place; £15 for second place; £10 for third place. And as an extra prize, the winner of each age group will also be given a bundle of books for their school.

Prizes will be awarded at 2:30pm on Saturday 3rd February 2024 in Station Hall, Herne Hill as part of the Stepping Into Stories Kids' Lit Fest.

Good luck and happy story making!

02/01/2024

Join award-winning author for a mind-blowing event exploring the secrets of time! Co-author of the bestselling Adventures on Trains mysteries, Sam joins us to tell all about his brand new blockbuster, The Clockwork Conspiracy - a locked-room whodunnit set inside Big Ben on the night the clocks go back, packed with rooftop chases, cryptic clues, and out-of-this-world science. Hear the amazing real-life stories that inspired Sam's new adventure, and discover the secrets of the most famous clock in the world. For Ages 7+

Book Now www.steppingintostories.com

Sam Sedgman is a bestselling author. Forever interested in piecing things together, Sam is a lifelong fan of puzzles, games and detective fiction, and once founded a company making murder mystery treasure hunts for adventurous Londoners. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages.