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Posts by Author: Candida Wingate

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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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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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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Impressions

The Britten Court Angels chat about sporting achievements as they enjoy doing some clay work and the Extra Time children from Roman Hill finish off their worksheets and share their impressions of Suffolk Archives.

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Old boots and brick works

The residents at Britten Court explore some sporting memorabilia including Spot the Ball and old boots, whilst the children visit Suffolk Archives to research some of the Archive All-Stars characters and find out just what goes on in an archive.

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