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Getting stuck in to the clay … and the classroom

27th February 2025

The morning started with the Manor Farm Corncrakes getting in a right mess.

A man grins broadly as he holds out his hands, palms up. The hands are covered with clay and in front of him are two large lumps of clay — Just look at the state of those hands. The clay was really sticky, but nobody seemed to mind

A woman smiles at the camera. In her right hand is a small ball of clay whilst another is on the table to her left and at the other end of the table are more people using clay — Moulding the clay in her hands made it softer and more malleable

A gentleman in a black top wearing a blue plastic apron holds a piece of clay in both hands. A rolling pin is in front and at the other end of the table are other people with lumps of clay in front of them — The clay lump was soon smoothed out, using rolling pins and a special ‘kidney’ tool

Overhead view of a pair of hands with two greyish flattened pieces of clay in front and a red 'kidney', a tool for smoothing clay, to the left. In the right hand there's a wooden implement which is being used to pull vertical lines through the clay — Mark making on the clay slab

A tray full of clay shapes looking very much like chocolate biscuits — Using pastry cutters, the decorated slabs were cut into discs, pierced all the way through and then left to air dry … right now, they look like delicious chocolate biscuits.

… and learning goals in the classroom

The whole of Year 5 had a visit from Mandy, who told them all about the importance of archives whilst the children searched through press cuttings and old photographs to find out more about Lowestoft’s footballing heritage.

A child looks up towards the camera. She is holding a monochrome photograph of a football player being stretchered off the ptich — A newspaper report on the match when the Waves won the WFA Cup—and their striker was stretchered off

A school boy holds a magnifying glass in one hand and a yellow pencil in the other. He is looking through the glass as he writes something on a worksheet in front of him. He is working at a blue-topped table and to his right is another chair with colourful cushions — Using a magnifying glass to make sure he’s got all the details right in his drawing

Two green circles with the words Extra Time GOAL GOAL above. In one circle is a trophy, and football and a player with the number 7 on his kit. The second circle has the word WAVES written in purple and a figure dressed in purple and black football kit with a football beside and wavy blue lines running horizontally across the picture — Football fireworks and the Waves

2 green circles with the words Extra Time GOAL GOAL above. Lefthand image shows three players in blue kit with a trophy centred and righthand is the Lowestoft Town FC crest on blue background and green base. There are football nets either side of the crest with lefthand net showing Ethel the Bell behind, ringing her bell. — Players and Ethel the Bell celebrating a goal

Question: How did the Hold get its name?
Answer: The Hold, from a ship’s precious cargo, is like the archives.

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