21/12/2021
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13/09/2021
Its Roald Dahl day today! Can you tell us what your favourite Roald Dahl book is?
24/06/2021
How lovely is this card that Jack made for his Dad on Fathers Day?! If you made a card for someone special last weekend, don't forget to claim your CU credit!
20/06/2021
Happy Fathers Day everyone!
17/06/2021
Timeline photos
15/06/2021
Its Fathers Day this weekend. Do you have someone special you'd like to make a card for this weekend? A dad, grandad, stepdad or someone in your life who means a lot to you. Would you like to earn a CU credit? Why not make a card for someone special. Share your designs with us, we would love to see your creativity.
13/05/2021
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07/05/2021
It's National Space Day today!
05/05/2021
30/04/2021
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27/04/2021
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25/04/2021
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22/04/2021
Today is National Earth Day! A day to reflect on the beautiful surroundings around us. So please share photos of your favourite views, where ever they may be!
I will get us started! Below is a photo of Holkham Beach, one of my favourite places in the County!
17/04/2021
Today is National Haiku Day! So why not have a go at writing at your own Haiku. Traditionally, a Haiku is written in three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line.
Here is one I created as an example!
Title - Norfolk Critters
Canary Chirping
Heads North towards the coast
Eating Cromer crab
Now why don't you have a go and post your Haiku's below! You can earn a CU credit
31/03/2021
Do you love music? Are you aged 4-7? Take a look at the poster attached and earn credits whilst having heaps of fun.
27/03/2021
Happy World Theatre Day!
Do you love theatre? Whether you love visiting the theatre or performing on stage, we want to hear from you. What is your favourite show/ musical? When theatres are back open, will you be going to see a show or musical?
24/03/2021
EXCITING GRADUATION NEWS! Now things are beginning to change and it is looking like life may look more normal by the end of the year. We are excited to announce that we have begun planning our 2021 graduations. Providing there are no restrictions, we are looking forward to celebrating your achievements at graduations at the end of this year.
22/03/2021
Why do you enjoy being a part of Children's University?
20/03/2021
Today is officially the first day of Spring!
More sunshine, lots of flower or baby animals - what is your favourite part of Spring?
19/03/2021
Tomorrow is International Day of Happiness! To earn a CU credit, why not make a poster telling us what you are happy about and what you do to spread happiness.
19/03/2021
Happy Red Nose Day!
If you are doing anything comical to raise money for good causes then please let us know below!
17/03/2021
To anyone celebrating St Patrick's Day today we hope you have the luck of the Irish today!
14/03/2021
Happy Mothers Day to all our fantastic mums out there!
We hope you a lovely and relaxing day!
08/03/2021
Today is International Woman's Day and it provides a great chance to reflect on the strong women in all of our lives and from history.
I always admired Amelia Earhart, who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean!
Feel free to comment below about the important women in your lives!
04/03/2021
Today is World Book Day!
For one credit tell us all about your favourite book or what you are dressing up as today and send us lots of photos!
26/02/2021
Happy Friday! Who else is excited for the weekend?
25/02/2021
Timeline photos
22/02/2021
Celebrating National Humble Day Today!
20/02/2021
It's National Love Your Pet Day today. If you are lucky enough to have a pet you love, why not share your funny, adorable, silly pet photos with us today.
17/02/2021
It is Random Acts of Kindness Day! What are you doing to show you care today?
16/02/2021
Who is making pancakes today? What's your favourite topping? Share your creations with us for a chance to earn a credit.
15/02/2021
Lets start the week off with some positivity!
11/02/2021
We want to hear from you! What new, fun, exciting things have you experienced since joining Children's University?
09/02/2021
Looking for something fun to do during half term next week? Why not give our dinosaur challenges a go?
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Calling all Dinosaur Hunters!
Try your hand at our Dinosaur trail and win a small prize.
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Try your hand at our Dinosaur trail and win a small prize.
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https://www.facebook.com/events/763875731409899/763875738076565/
Join us tomorrow (29 October) 10am to 2pm to explore the extraordinary life of Princess Catherine . It will be a family friendly event with lots of opportunities to get hands-on with history. Event included in museum admission https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/ancient-house/2021-10-27-happy-birthday-princess-catherine
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Hello! Hope you are all well. Do you have any Summer Holiday Challenges please? Thank you!
This video with our Curator Oliver Bone gives a quick insight into the Thetford Treasure. We will be displaying 11 key items on loan from British Museum in our exhibition, which opens on 22 July.
You can book general admission tickets at:
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/ancient-house
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You can book general admission tickets at:
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/ancient-house
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We have been delighted to see so many people of all ages taking part in Leaping Hare's Summer Trail by visiting us to see our windmill.
If you fancy taking part check out the trail in this month's About Thetford Magazine or download it from here https://issuu.com/councillorterryjermy/docs/168876_all_about_thetford_magazine_48pp_-_no_marks
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If you fancy taking part check out the trail in this month's About Thetford Magazine or download it from here https://issuu.com/councillorterryjermy/docs/168876_all_about_thetford_magazine_48pp_-_no_marks
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Just a fortnight to go until our online theatrical experience, Sherlock Holmes Investigates on 22 May at 7pm.
There is a popular image of Sherlock Holmes smoking a Calabash Pipe but in the books he smoked briar, cherrywood and clay pipes. We have several clay pipes in our collection.
There are two Holmes stories set in Norfolk - The Adventure of the Gloria Scott and The Adventure of the Dancing Men.
The Adventure of the Dancing Men was published in 1903 and concerns a strange code which "consists of a number of absurd little figures dancing across the paper upon which they are drawn." We have used the code to give you a clue to one of our paintings - can you work out which one? Let us know in the comments.
You can read The Adventure of the Dancing Men here for free: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/108/108-h/108-h.htm#chap03
You can book your ticket for the online play here https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/ancient-house/2021-05-22-sherlock-holmes-investigates-online-play
Tickets are £5 per household or £2.50 per household for Norfolk Museums Service passholders.
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There is a popular image of Sherlock Holmes smoking a Calabash Pipe but in the books he smoked briar, cherrywood and clay pipes. We have several clay pipes in our collection.
There are two Holmes stories set in Norfolk - The Adventure of the Gloria Scott and The Adventure of the Dancing Men.
The Adventure of the Dancing Men was published in 1903 and concerns a strange code which "consists of a number of absurd little figures dancing across the paper upon which they are drawn." We have used the code to give you a clue to one of our paintings - can you work out which one? Let us know in the comments.
You can read The Adventure of the Dancing Men here for free: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/108/108-h/108-h.htm#chap03
You can book your ticket for the online play here https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/ancient-house/2021-05-22-sherlock-holmes-investigates-online-play
Tickets are £5 per household or £2.50 per household for Norfolk Museums Service passholders.
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There’s still time to book your free tickets for our online event ‘Ask the Expert: Museum Bugs’ to find out about some of the creatures who live at Ancient House. Click here to book your ticket https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-04-08-ask-the-expert-museum-bugs
The film is from a set which were made for the Ancient Householders room at Ancient House Museum.
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The film is from a set which were made for the Ancient Householders room at Ancient House Museum.
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Happy World Book Day (UK & Ireland)!
We are running a series of Virtual Museum Storytimes.
5 March – Farmer Duck
Join us for a digital storytime down on Gressenhall Farm. Staff will be reading Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury and exploring their 1920s farm. Will the 1920s farmer be as lazy as the farmer in the story?
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-05-virtual-museum-storytime-farmer-duck
12 March – We’re going on a Bear Hunt
Join us for our digital storytime reading the classic We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury and make a college craft at home.
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-12-virtual-museum-storytime-were-going-on-a-bear-hunt
19 March - The Snowy Day
Join us for our digital storytime reading The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and find out how to make a snowy craft at home.
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-19-virtual-museum-storytime-the-snowy-day-by-ezra-jack-keats
21 March – The Lost Homework
Join us for our digital storytime reading The Lost Homework by Richard O'Neill and Kirsti Beautyman and make a craft at home.
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-21-virtual-museum-storytime-the-lost-homework
26 March – A Salmon for Simon
Join us for our digital storytime reading A Salmon for Simon by by Betty Waterton and illustrated by Ann Blades. Simon is a young Canadian boy who lives near the Pacific Ocean. He enjoys digging for clams and fishing, and he hopes one day, to catch himself a salmon. However, just as his wish nearly comes true, he finds that he has changed his mind and has a big problem to solve. After the story learn how to create your own colourful, watery fish scene with wax crayons and water colour paints.
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-26-virtual-museum-storytime-a-salmon-for-simon
You can borrow these books from Norfolk Library and Information Service or purchase them from bookshops such as Bookbugs and Dragon Tales or Not Just Books.
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We are running a series of Virtual Museum Storytimes.
5 March – Farmer Duck
Join us for a digital storytime down on Gressenhall Farm. Staff will be reading Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury and exploring their 1920s farm. Will the 1920s farmer be as lazy as the farmer in the story?
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-05-virtual-museum-storytime-farmer-duck
12 March – We’re going on a Bear Hunt
Join us for our digital storytime reading the classic We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury and make a college craft at home.
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-12-virtual-museum-storytime-were-going-on-a-bear-hunt
19 March - The Snowy Day
Join us for our digital storytime reading The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and find out how to make a snowy craft at home.
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-19-virtual-museum-storytime-the-snowy-day-by-ezra-jack-keats
21 March – The Lost Homework
Join us for our digital storytime reading The Lost Homework by Richard O'Neill and Kirsti Beautyman and make a craft at home.
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-21-virtual-museum-storytime-the-lost-homework
26 March – A Salmon for Simon
Join us for our digital storytime reading A Salmon for Simon by by Betty Waterton and illustrated by Ann Blades. Simon is a young Canadian boy who lives near the Pacific Ocean. He enjoys digging for clams and fishing, and he hopes one day, to catch himself a salmon. However, just as his wish nearly comes true, he finds that he has changed his mind and has a big problem to solve. After the story learn how to create your own colourful, watery fish scene with wax crayons and water colour paints.
https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/lynn-museum/2021-03-26-virtual-museum-storytime-a-salmon-for-simon
You can borrow these books from Norfolk Library and Information Service or purchase them from bookshops such as Bookbugs and Dragon Tales or Not Just Books.
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For why not record yourself reading Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem We Refugees for our United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March.
Find out more information here https://leapinghare.org/crowd-sourced-poetry-reading-get-involved/
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Find out more information here https://leapinghare.org/crowd-sourced-poetry-reading-get-involved/
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Wow the area has changed so much since Amy’s visit from Norfolk Children's University 5 years ago. And the amount of courses we offer and the qualifications we have achieved as a community organisation.
Want your work to be part of our next museum exhibition? Then show your by joining in with our project. Make your own spoon inspired by the Roman Thetford Treasure and send it to the museum.
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Here are some ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DQjTA6kTA&list=PLwyJDukMtQb3UmWVnVMlQ8bndsHMPp33R
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Here are some ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DQjTA6kTA&list=PLwyJDukMtQb3UmWVnVMlQ8bndsHMPp33R
We are thrilled to be part of the Kings Lynn History Festival over October half term.
Find out more and book your places here https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/lynn-museum/whats-on/deepening
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Find out more and book your places here https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/lynn-museum/whats-on/deepening
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Find out more about our November Fossils and Geology Youth Project on page 33 of this month's About Thetford Magazine.
It is aimed at young people aged 11 years and over.
You can book your free place by emailing [email protected]
https://issuu.com/councillorterryjermy/docs/october_2020_issu_version/33
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It is aimed at young people aged 11 years and over.
You can book your free place by emailing [email protected]
https://issuu.com/councillorterryjermy/docs/october_2020_issu_version/33
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For this week's we're using an old Egg carton! Try making your own and send it to Ancient House to be part of the exhibition.
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For this week's challenge, we are drawing our inspiration from the cochlear or long handled spoon with a gilt engraving of a tiger on it. The tiger is linked to the Roman gold of agriculture, wine and fertility, Bacchus and the myth that he visited India.
There is an inscription on the handle reading DEIIFAVNINARI which means '(Property) of the god Faunus Narius'.
You can download and print this spoon outline or draw your own. You can copy one of these illustrations from the Thetford Treasure onto your spoon or draw your own. The horned head come from one of the rings and may represent Faunus.
If you would like your spoon included in the installation at Ancient House please send to Ancient House, White Hart Street, Thetford, IP24 1AA with your name and age.
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There is an inscription on the handle reading DEIIFAVNINARI which means '(Property) of the god Faunus Narius'.
You can download and print this spoon outline or draw your own. You can copy one of these illustrations from the Thetford Treasure onto your spoon or draw your own. The horned head come from one of the rings and may represent Faunus.
If you would like your spoon included in the installation at Ancient House please send to Ancient House, White Hart Street, Thetford, IP24 1AA with your name and age.
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Here’s some fun drama activity for the children this weekend.....just a small part of our ONLINE CLUB
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Whats On? - Norwich Norwich Theatre Royal The Garage Norwich Norwich Theatre Playhouse Norfolk County Council Maddermarket Theatre Norwich Puppet Theatre ITV News BBC Radio Norfolk EDP 24 Norfolk Children's University