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EATMT schools programmes
We offer a range of ready made programmes for schools, but we can also work with you on longer-term projects (click here for examples), or specific programmes to celebrate your school's anniversary etc. Most sessions include folk songs and dances from East Anglia, and many fit well with Victorian studies or early twentieth-century local history topics.
The workshops are usually led by Katie Howson, who has over 15 years experience in running these sessions, and was formerly a teacher and advisory teacher for local history, as well as being an authority on the local folk music tradition. Katie has full CRB accreditation and can provide references if needed.
Some of these activities can be adapted for us with holiday clubs etc - get in touch if you'd like to discuss possibilities.
Please email or ring 01449 771090 (office hours and 24 hr ansaphone) to discuss details.
Victorian Harvest
Victorian Christmas
Spring into May!
All at Sea
Dancing Dolls, Limberjacks and Jollyboys!
Big Jig
A Sweet Country Life
Upstairs, Downstairs
The Old Grey Mare and the Iron Horse
Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire
Squeezeboxes and Stringy Things
Victorian Harvest
Available on selected dates in September and October.
Half day or whole day.
Drama, fact, dance, songs, and folklore.
Suitable for Year 2- 6, and for mixed age groups.
Victorian Christmas
Available on selected dates from late November until
the end of the Autumn Term.
Half day or whole day.
Drama, fact, crafts, dance, songs, and folklore.
Suitable for Year 2- 6, and for mixed age groups.
Spring into May!
Available from the beginning of March to the end of May on
selected dates.
Dancing, crafts, songs and folklore.
Half day or whole day.
Suitable for Key Stage 2.
All at Sea
Available throughout the year - tells the tale of the
herring fishing industry on the east coast through
songs and drama based on real lives.
Half day or whole day.
Suitable for Key Stage 2.
Dancing Dolls, Limberjacks & Jollyboys!
A short session using our collection of dancing dolls.
Can incorporate doll and puppet-making activities too.
Suitable for Early Years - Y6.
Click here for more information about dancing dolls.
Big Jig
A session focussed on local traditional dance styles -
step dancing, broom dancing and dancing dolls.
Half-day or short session.
Programmes for Key Stage 1 and 2.
A Sweet Country Life
East Anglian farm life through songs and drama
based on real lives.
Half day or short session.
Suitable for Year 2- 6.
Upstairs, Downstairs
Victorian life through songs, including folk songs
and music hall.
Half day or short session.
Suitable for Year 2- 6.
The Old Grey Mare and the Iron Horse
Travelling and transport: road and rail,
through Victorian songs.
Half day or short session.
Suitable for Key Stage 2.
Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire
Victorian crime and punishment, poaching and prison.
Half day or short session.
Suitable for Year 5-6.
Squeezeboxes and Stringy Things
A short session looking at traditional
instruments of the area (including
melodeons, concertinas and
dulcimers) with a chance to try some out.
Can be combined with dance activities
if desired to make a half day session.
Suitable for Year 2- 6.
“Many
thanks for another superb day - same again for next year?” (Headteacher)
What are the musical traditions of East Anglia?
Traditional Music Day Melodeons & More Workshops, classes & schools Community Projects
Profiles of traditional musicians Research Jig Dolls Dulcimers Stepdancing