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Held in May 2025 among the sand dunes of North Beach Great Yarmouth, this unique outdoor arts experience invited local families to listen, move, play,…
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THE NEST EP
Chris Dowding
“How do songs emerge from the early years process? Who is involved? Who is the composer of a riff born in a workshop context surrounded…
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Rethinking my connection to movement and music
Nat Whitney
Hello I’m Nat and I’m an audio-visual participatory artist and between September 2023 and March 2024 I was a trainee early years music facilitator with…
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Connecting my silliness
Aphra Mcsherry Birley
Between April last year to March 2024, I took part in Magic Acorns traineeship and development program. Through play days, play mornings, mentoring and reflection…
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Interactions with the sand, sea, stones and grasses
Sue Parr
Reflections on some of my learning whilst taking part in Magic Acorns’ – The Nest – 28th September- 12th October 2023 This aims of The…
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I could only hum but others were singing
Sue Parr
On the 14th and 15th of July last Summer I took part in Early Years Incubate. This was a two day professional development opportunity with…
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The Nest – Games, Guides and Groupings
Chris Dowding
This blog will explore some of the themes that came out of The Nest project, for me, in September & October 2023 in Great Yarmouth.…
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“It felt like it was filling my heart and soul.”
Sophie Fox
Earlier this year we spoke to Bella who was one of the participants who took park in our Germination project. Germination was a professional…
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Space & Time to Play
Claire Atherton
“The drive to play freely is a basic, biological drive. Lack of free play may not kill the physical body, as would lack of food,…
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