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Richard III mask to wear around Leicester!

Feb

2013

To celebrate the find of Richard III beneath a car park in Leicester here is our Richard III mask we made as part of our History days and Tudor workshop. Happy Haunting ;0) See the BBC report Share Splats:FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1LinkedInStumbleUponDiggRedditTumblrPrintEmail

Katie and the mona lisa

Feb

2013

Katie and the Mona Lisa Here is James Mayhews very first, preliminary set design/ sketch for a scene featuring a reimagining of Botticelli’s Primavera! See our theatre page for more details and here is where you can book your tickets for the Fairfield Hall, Croydon Share Splats:FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1LinkedInStumbleUponDiggRedditTumblrPrintEmail

Tudor History Reunited

Jan

2013

Tudor History Reunited Spotted on the BBC website that Henry has been reunited with his first wife. A pair of portraits of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon have been brought together for the first time in 500 years. The paintings, both of which date from around 1520, now hang side by ...

Just so science Kipling stories

Jan

2013

Here’s a great little series from the BBC I found whilst researching our Jungle Book show Vivienne Parry presents the science behind some of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories Including: 1. How the Whale Got His Throat 2. How the Leopard Got His Spots 3. The Beginning of the Armadillos 4. How the Rhinoceros Got ...

Storytelling and our reponsibility

Jan

2013

Just reading Bernard Cribbins talk about children’s TV being too fast and noisy made me think of a very thought provoking article written by the late, great Oliver Postgate of Bagpuss fame. In this article entitled DOES CHILDREN’S TELEVISION MATTER? Oliver Postgate concludes, Finally, let me offer you the following serious thought. Suppose, if you ...

Project themes

Jan

2013

The Splats team are currently developing our ideas to help schools with school project themes and are looking for ideas for project themes which you would like to be covered. We currently cover a range of History project themes such as Tudors and Egyptians and have a range of classic story days for book weeks ...

BBC NEWS | Health | Juggling increases brain power

Jan

2013

BBC NEWS | Health | Juggling increases brain power. Share Splats:FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1LinkedInStumbleUponDiggRedditTumblrPrintEmail

Juggling increases brain power 1

Jan

2013

Juggling increases brain power (BBC HEALTH) Complex tasks such as juggling produce significant changes to the structure of the brain, according to scientists at Oxford University. In the journal, Nature Neuroscience, the scientists say they saw a 5% increase in white matter – the cabling network of the brain. The people who took part ...

How we learn 1

Jan

2013

Splats how we learn days focus in on juggling and is a fascinating way of observing how we learn new skills. Our teacher will show how juggling: Teaches you how to drop - dropping a ball is an integral part of learning to juggle. It is from the drops that the brain gathers the information to ...

The Bungaroo in action

Jan

2013

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