This month North Norfolk residents may have spotted an article in the Holt Chronicle on Wonder of Eels this month sharing how poems written by children at three local primary schools are popping up in North Norfolk. The poems also have a link to a Wonder of Eels podcast that shares a snapshot into the conversations and processes shared during our Wonder of Eels tour of workshops and visits to schools and groups across North Norfolk as well as interviews with local fisherman, the nephew of an eel catcher, writer Jonathan Walpole and nature guide Carl Brooker. Listen to the podcast’s episodes as they appear on Natural Wonder here.
You can also pick up a pamphlet on artist recommended walks across North Norfolk with accompanying Wonder of Eels audio sharing inspiration gained while they created work for ‘Eels, Nearly Eternal as Any Earthly Life’; plus enjoy the children’s poems as a poetry trail as part of National Marine Week, on August 2nd at West Runton Beach (a family workshop with Our Little Lives) at this fun event organised by Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Thanks to support from North Norfolk District Council’s Arts and Culture Development Fund for Wonder of Eels.
‘Our children live in one of the most beautiful regions of the country and learning more about what makes it so special with writer Ruthie Collins and Nick Sanderson from the Broads Authority on their visit to help the children prepare for the exhibition at Norfolk Wildlife Trust was a wonderful experience for them,’ said teacher at Blakeney Primary School, Claire Thoday.
‘It gave them time to think about and appreciate our natural heritage and also how they might protect it. We have been thrilled with the whole experience and the poetry they produced shows how much they were inspired.’
You can also see the children celebrated in Network North Norfolk’s online news site here.
