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‘The Deserving Poor’ – Life in a Workhouse

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Challenges at Home:

Challenges at School:

  • How do we look after people who need our help nowadays?
  • Find out more about life in a workhouse.
  • How did the Poor Law affect people? A wealth of classroom resources and ideas for further learning here. Please note that some sources may contain sensitive material so use with care.
  • Discuss the issues of worldwide poverty and what it means to be a global citizen. Other resources.

Wonderful Norfolk Words

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Challenges at Home:

  • Do you use any Norfolk words or phrases? Or does your family have phrases from other parts of the country/the world that you use?
  • Have a go at the crossword below.

Challenges at School:

  • Debate the use of local dialect versus the use of standard English.
  • Can you work out what the Norfolk names of animals are? (from the worksheet below)
  • Larn yarself Norfolk.
  • Write your own Norfolk poem.
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Norfolk-Dialect-animal-word-search

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Making Sense of Place

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Challenges at Home:

  • Debate which 5 or 6 photos you would take of your locality to give a sense of place.
  • Visit Rackheath and spot the places mentioned in the film.
  • Walk around your locality and try to work out when different buildings/estates were developed. Where would you choose to build more houses? 
  • How has your locality changed – there are thousands of Norfolk photos here!

Challenges at School:

I Was Called Dolly

Part One – Dolly’s Story

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Challenge at Home:

  • Search through your family photos/memory books – what can you find out about your relatives?
  • Ask one of your relatives about their childhood experiences.
  • Find out about your family history.
  • Try fruit picking like Dolly.
  • What are your family traditions?

Challenge at School:

Part Two – My Life in Service

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Challenge at Home:

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Part Three – Background to Dolly’s Story

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Challenge at Home:

  • How have buildings changed in your locality over the years? 
  • Visit Norfolk archives or your local library to find out about your local history.

Challenge at School:

The Royal Norfolk Show

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Challenge at Home:

  • Find out about the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association.
  • Create your own Royal Norfolk Show with your farm animals; create different zones.
  • Have a virtual pet show with your friends and family – get permission from your adult first!

Challenge at School:

  • Find out about the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association.
  • What would you showcase about Norfolk at the Royal Norfolk Show? 
  • Create your own Norfolk menu.
  • Put on a mini “Royal Norfolk Show” for your setting.

Fly-on-the-Wall Painting with Dr Kate Grant

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Challenge at Home:

Challenge at School:

  • Find out why visual and tactile literacy and manual dexterity skills are important in the STEM subjects in higher education.
  • Use Dr Kate’s technique to create a gallery of people in your school/college/setting like this.
  • Think about use of colour.

Piers Poem

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Challenge at Home

  • Explore other poems about Norfolk.
  • Take a notebook out and about with you and jot down ideas to help you to write your own poetry, or write a poem as a family.
  • Or even write in the sand.

Challenge at School

  • Discuss the poems – have you ever felt like Piers or witnessed the things he describes in the second poem?
  • Magpie some of Piers’ ideas and phrases to build your own class or group poem about Norfolk or your local area.
  • Ideas to support teaching poetry.
  • Watch this video alongside “We are one” and explore the themes of “welcome” and “migration”.
  • Use drama to support children and young people know how to stand up against racism.

YSA Juniors

YSA Juniors

For KS2/3 Pupils

“Do you think like a scientist? Because if you like to ask questions, listen to others, notice changes or simply let your mind wonder… then you already are! Science isn’t just a classroom subject, it’s a way of exploring and understanding the world you live in and YSA Juniors is your perfect companion on this adventure! 

Think of YSA Juniors like a curiosity diary. Go out and discover something new, ask lots of questions, have a go yourself and share your findings with a friend! Soon you’ll have an activity sheet full of stickers to celebrate everything you’ve learnt and a brain bursting with ideas! Have fun and who knows what you’ll discover next!” 

Maddie Moate 

YSA Patron, broadcaster and presenter of CBeebies ‘Do You Know?’ 

Norfolk Welcomes the World

A Day of Welcome is a day of solidarity and learning in schools that aims to build a culture of welcome and understanding for refugees and asylum seekers.
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About the Project

Who is it for?

A Day of Welcome is an opportunity for schools to engage with issues relating to refugee migration, and to understand what it means to be seeking sanctuary. Schools can register to receive exclusive access to resources, suitable for their age group. If you are based in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire or Essex there are also additional materials available which explore refugee histories in your county.

Day of Welcome 2021 Flyer
Day of Welcome Resources Overview

What does it involve?

There is no fixed template for how A Day of Welcome should operate. You can pick and choose what fits your situation from the resources and recommendations that you will receive. It is designed to be a focal point for children and young people to be involved with Refugee Week 2021 (14-20th June).