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Football pitches and roaring crowds

It was all hands on deck this week, as Manor Farm residents constructed a series of Extra Time football pitches and rows of spectators to line the sides. The afternoon was spent at Kessingland Primary where the children engaged in some energetic pen football, before creating their own football grounds in readiness for the forthcoming match.

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And the fans go

Goalie-poet Dean Parkin visits Manor Farm Care Home, where the team engages in some poetic table football, after which he moves on to Kessingland Primary School, in search of a team name worthy of such a talented group of children.

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Extra Time in Leiston

The Extra Time team visit Year 5 at Leiston Primary school to chat about the connection between Garretts Engineering and football in the town and make some football characters of their own.

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Players and key positions

Residents at Manor Farm Care Home discover the Archive All-Stars and create their own versions of the football characters, whilst pupils at Kessingland Primary school consider their own characters and identify key skills, greatest achievements and goals.

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Season begins at Kessingland Primary school

The first Spring session of Extra Time in which the entire Year 5 class at Kessingland Primary school learn a little about the Archive All-Stars and create their own football character.

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Certified Carbon Literate

“I am delighted to have been certified carbon literate by the Carbon Literacy Project as part of Suffolk Artlink’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions.” Alistair Winch

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Kick off at Poplars

A glorious afternoon at Poplars Primary School in Lowestoft, where Year 5 children learnt about the Archive All-Stars and then brought them to life through their cardboard figures.

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Expanding Horizons

“I’ve had so much fun today, it’s lovely just to laugh together, it makes me feel so much better.”

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