Let’s Make History 2026!
After an incredibly successful first year in Suffolk, we’re bringing Let’s Make History! to Norfolk and, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, we are able to offer it absolutely FREE to schools in and around Kings Lynn!
This is a fun, interactive day for schools exploring Iron-Age and Iceni life through a raucous new ‘horrible histories ‘ style play at Stories of Lynn, and hands on workshops in Lynn Museum.
This has been designed for KS2 students, but would also be enjoyed by KS1. Financial assistance is available to help with school’s travel expenses if needed, and we still have a few slots available for schools w/c 27 April 2026.
Last years project:
In 2025, we piloted a new project ‘Let’s Make History’, creating a new play and accompanying historical workshop activities created in collaboration with primary school children in Suffolk, based on Anglo-Saxon history.
What was the project?
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We worked with 128 key stage 2 students in our co-creation workshops. They gave us creative ideas for the play and helped us understand what aspects of the history interested them.
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We worked with 12 brilliant volunteers who gave us 287 hours of their time. 50% completed their Level 1 Makaton training, and 67% told us they felt they have a good understanding of Anglo-Saxon history as a result of participating.
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Using the children's ideas and our own research we created a new play called 'Tangled with the Angles'. We performed it 21 time across 10 primary schools and 4 community venues in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. It was attended by 1142 people.
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Our Heritage Officer and volunteers ran Anglo-Saxon craft workshops. 792 children participated, making clay pots, braiding belts, crafting jewellery and excavating 'poo'!
Let’s Make History
What did it achieve?
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“I didn't know my class had such imaginations!”
Teacher feedback - co-creation workshops
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"An excellent way to introduce history. Much more fun than normal and more memorable. Loved it!"
Audience feedback - Tangles with the Angles
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"The show was clever and entertaining. The joy on the children's faces was wonderful!"
Audience feedback - Tangles with the Angles
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"What a great day! The combination of the play and workshops gave something for everyone and it was perfectly pitched for KS2 pupils"
Teacher feedback
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“It enriched the children's learning from the Anglo-Saxon unit studied at the start of this year. Thank you!”
Teacher feedback
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79% of children said they felt in a better mood after participating in a workshop or watching a performance
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100% of teachers said it created a feel-good association with learning about history.
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96% of teachers told us it supported and enhanced the learning their students were doing in the classroom
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69% of teachers told us the event had levelled-up learning for their SEN students by removing stressful barriers.
