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From Winterton to Happisburgh – Coastal Erosion

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Challenges at Home:

  • Create a new natural environment in your garden or home.
  • Primary school and pre-school children will enjoy making their own dunes at home.
  • Find out more about dunes.
  • Walk some of the Norfolk Coastal Path or explore some of the circular routes around the villages in the film.
  • Look at for terns when you are at the beach.

Challenges at School:

St Peter Mancroft – What’s in a name?

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Challenge at Home:

  • Look at the names in your family tree. Has anyone got a name linked to the time of year they were born? Or is there a name that passes down the generations?
  • Explore the collective names of animals – test your family!
  • Visit your local church and/or war memorials and look at the names. Are there names you would recognise today? 
  • Explore wood and stone carvings in your local church.
  • With adult supervision, try carving a flower or animal in a bar of soap.
  • Explore Latin names of flowers – visit your local garden centre or open garden.

Challenge at School:

An Aerial Tour of the East Norfolk Coast

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Challenge at Home:

  • Can you spot some of your favourite places?
  • Where would you like to explore next?
  • Look at a map or google earth to see what your locality looks like.

Challenge at School:

  • Coastal erosion in Norfolk is a huge issue. Look at this video from a student in Happisburgh.
  • Explore different coastal defences.
  • Can you explore your locality from above – has a parent or member of your community a drone they could provide footage from? Please make sure you adhere to current regulations. 
  • What different types of settlements can you see?
  • Watch the video whilst spotting the different places mentioned on a map or in an atlas. Find out more about the wind powered technology at Scroby Sands.

Kett 1549: Rebel or Hero?

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Challenge at Home:

  • What history is on your doorstop?
  • Look at old maps of your area.  How has your neighbourhood changed over the years? 
  • Go on a local walk and collect street names. Are there any that are dedicated to a famous local person?

Challenge at School:

  • There are lots of topics to discuss through this film: Do we live in a fair society? Is it right to hang people? 
  • What deterrents are in place in current times? 
  • Locate on a map the places that are mentioned in the film. 
  • Find at more about Robert Kett

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