By Clare Parker, Eastern Area Learning Officer We were due to spend the next two weeks doing live WW1 sessions from the museum but national lockdown meant we had to move quickly to transfer our session to a digital pre recorded film that we could send to schools. The objective of the film was toContinue reading “WW1 Remembrance – Time and Tide Museum Schools Learning Team”
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St Georges Primary – Year 5 Writing Group @The Time and Tide Museum, Gt Yarmouth
By Sam Hayton When a small group of friends and I were in year 5, we were chosen to go to the Time and Tide Museum for a writing project where we would be writing a story of a voyage at sea with our own mythical creatures that we would be making. Each of usContinue reading “St Georges Primary – Year 5 Writing Group @The Time and Tide Museum, Gt Yarmouth”
Work Experience with the Learning Team @ The Time and Tide Museum
By Lily Ward Having a mum who is a part of the learning team at Time and Tide Museum means that you get pulled into so many weird and wacky things, such as getting up at 4 am to go down to the beach with a bag of stuffed snakes to film the latest lockdownContinue reading “Work Experience with the Learning Team @ The Time and Tide Museum”
Crime and Punishment @ The Tolhouse Gaol
By Clare Parker, Learning Officer (based at Time and Tide) You may think The Tolhouse Goal in Great Yarmouth is an eerie location for a school event…indeed it is However, one of the oldest civic buildings in the UK, is the location for many exciting school trips, pupils revelling in the atmospheric and at timesContinue reading “Crime and Punishment @ The Tolhouse Gaol”
Cinderella @ The Elizabethan House
By Clare Parker, Eastern Area Learning Officer Our most magical school event is Cinderella, this is aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 pupils. The story begins at The Elizabethan House Museum, a National Trust property that Norfolk Museums Service manage. The elegant 16th century quayside house was built around 1596, by Benjamin Cowper,Continue reading “Cinderella @ The Elizabethan House”
Missing the Time Machine
Fancy yourself as a Roman Soldier, Crew on board Titanic…. By Charlie Randall, Museum Learning Facilitator Since we’ve been on lockdown for what seems like an eternity now, people are taking to social media to share the things they miss and the things that keep them going. Some people are missing their family members, someContinue reading “Missing the Time Machine”
What Makes a Hero?
by Clare Parker (Eastern Area Learning Officer) This week on social media it’s #MuseumWeek and one theme has been #MuseumHeroes . In these unprecedented times we hear stories everyday of selfless people, everyday heroes, NHS staff, carers, key workers doing their jobs in challenging circumstances. In terms of History what makes a hero can be aContinue reading “What Makes a Hero?”
VE Day75: Life on the Home Front
By Clare Parker, Eastern Area Learning Officer WW2 Evacuees @The Time & Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life Friday 8th May marks VE Day, Victory in Europe, 75 years ago that Nazi Germany surrendered its armed forces to the allies. At the Time & Tide Museum one of our favourite school events is our WW2 Event,Continue reading “VE Day75: Life on the Home Front”
Surviving the Stone Age
By Clare Parker, Eastern Area Learning Officer Current circumstances make us stop and reflect. We consider what is important in our lives, our health, family and friends. We all find that our limited movement is a challenge to us. We have evolved from hunter gatherers and the ability to move and have freedom is intrinsicallyContinue reading “Surviving the Stone Age”
The Magic of Museum Learning
By Clare Parker, Eastern Area Learning Officer Introductions….. I often get asked why Museums, why History ? My love of History began young, listening to stories of great adventures and being transported to distant lands. Very early on I had a desire to learn more about the past. My grandfather was a Greek Cypriot migrantContinue reading “The Magic of Museum Learning”
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