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A collection of cards, each with a photo of an individual child, decorated and listing skills, achievements and goals Blog posts

A brand new Extra Time season

The first Extra Time session of the new season kicks off, and whilst residents at Hildesley Court limber up for the games ahead, the children from Pakefield Primary School consider tactics, skills – and how much fun they’re going to have.

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Celebrating the Extra Time Champions

With gold medallions, Christmas cards and cupcakes the size of puddings, the Roman Hill Football Club children and Britten Court Angels celebrate all their marvellous Extra Time achievements.

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Authors Nate Holder and Kayleen Shani exchange their children's books Sungura the Runaway Rabbit and Where are all the instruments? West Africa. Blog posts

Prof Nate Holder visits Little Beats

Prof Nate Holder inspires children and early years musicians in Lowestoft

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Cartoon characters

Goalie-Poet Dean is a doodler – he loves a good cartoon almost as much as a list of words – and this afternoon he and Jen introduced the team to the joys of the exaggerated pose and the go-faster stripe.

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Singing and ringing off the line

The Roman Hill Football Club team recreate Ethel’s bells, as they practise the Extra Time anthem.

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Extra Time Anthems

It was a tuneful session today, as the Britten Court Angels wrote their own football chant, adding some slick chorus moves, whilst over at Roman Hill the children enjoyed creating their Extra Time footie anthem.

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Artist Jac Campbell demonstrates a small printing press to a workshop participant. Blog posts

Printing workshop with Jac Cambell

Families created amazing prints, experimenting with colour and the patterns and forms created by the plants when rolled through the printing press.

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Golden moments

The Extra Time children from Roman Hill visit residents at Britten Court Care Home, to tell them all about their visit to Suffolk Archives, and put the finishing touches to some small gold discs.

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