Local residents from the Allen Valleys have won funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to begin preparing plans they hope may restore the former Allendale First School to their community. The group, Allendale First, hope to turn the listed building and its grounds into a place which supports families to live in the valleys. The … Continue reading Allendale First – Community Group’s plans to reclaim Allendale’s old school

The legacy of five years of investigation celebration and inspiration, to share the stories of the history, places and people of the early nothern lead industry, is shared through the new http://www.dukesfield.org.uk. Brimming with images and information, the new site also hosts the million or more words transcribed from the archives by volunteers. Alongside are … Continue reading Million Word Archive included in Dukesfield legacy website

As part of the learning programme I was commissioned to create for the Arts Council England's Wall Face exhibition, I worked with Haydon Bridge High School's creativity lead teacher. Together we have supported the entire KS3cohort, 160 students, to work towards their Bronze Art Award. As well as visiting all the Hadrian's Wall museums, three … Continue reading New Arts Award heritage case study online

Fantastic mroning with Allendale Primary School watching the solar eclipse, using solar film glasses, viewing tubes and a fantastic reflection in the upstairs windows. The kids were all running around in the playground, listening to the birds, then as the sun was covered they notied how the birdsong changed and the all needed their coats. … Continue reading Solar stars

I've just been talking with Haltwhistle Film Project about filming a new case study of the 11-14 year olds at Haydon Bridge High School as part of the Wallface project. [update April 2015 - here's a lin to the WallFace video case study: http://www.visithadrianswall.co.uk/learning/teaching-resources%5D It reminded me how great our prize winning collaboration for Northumberland National … Continue reading Video reviews

Had an amazing few days recently researching objects from the collections at all the Roman sites along Hadrian's Wall for the #Wallface legacy KS3 Art and Design Learning resource I'm producing. What a fantastic thing to be doing - 300 miles and 11 Roman museums in 3 days. What a treat!