Tales on the Tide Venue

New Venue Announced!

Day: Thursday 30 April 2015
Time: 7:00 - 9:00
Venue: The Thomas Tripp, Wick Lane, Christchurch

We're delighted to be moving the performance of Tales on the Tide to the Thomas Tripp on Wick Lane. A true haven for smugglers and the perfect place for the first full performance of work developed during the Time and Tide Project. 

Tales on the Tide is a brand-new storytelling performance piece inspired by the strange tides in Christchurch Harbour. Through the Time and Tide project, professional storyteller Martin Maudsley has been working with youth groups, local residents and oceanography experts to highlight and communicate the science behind the dramatic tides and their wide-ranging effects on the local area. 

The result is a tapestry of tales from magical myths to salty yarns, featuring a colourful cast of characters including devastating dragons, sly smugglers, fortunate fishermen and epic eels. The spellbinding stories will be interwoven during the evening with specially-arranged live music from multi-instrumental musician Fiona Barrow.

This event is free. The bar will be open and food can be purchased. Please register using the link below to be sure of a seat!

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Project TNT - Wk3

With thanks to Highcliffe School the scarcity of pipettes was resolved and the requested re-run of penny drops was a huge success. The first part of the practical session was devoted to further investigation of floating and sinking, density and surface tension.

A leader board for the number of drops of water on a penny saw 50 drops on one penny! Everyone was able to make their own rainbow by layering different concentrations of salt solution before we set about designing and making boats. Next week we’ll be racing them down a tank and they have to safely carry six pennies.

This week we introduced activity books and stickers, adding in pictures and diagrams to explain the science and capture the memories of all the things we are exploring each week.

With plenty of helpers there is space for a few others to join in this friendly group! Contact Jae Harris at CAYP on 07785 935928or just turn up and complete the medical forms.

Thanks to Tina, Mandy and Tracey for the toast!

Monday, January 26, 2015

Project TNT-Wk2

The theme for the week was sinking and floating.  This week, the Time and Tide storyteller Martin Maudsley brought smuggling tales, thrills and riddles to Project TNT to add a different dimension to our experimentation. 

The session started with our usual icebreaker session testing our memory of everyone’s names before a game of ‘Harbour Run-around’. Then it was time for water. We made Cartesian divers for those who had missed out while Martin taught us some origami skills and explored the properties of paper when wet and dry. We then designed boats for smugglers and found interesting places to hide our goods of screws and pennies.

We explored density and how we can make something sink or float on purpose. We are still waiting for our pipettes to arrive....

We used 3kg of cornflour and enjoyed hitting it hard to squash all of the molecules together so it looked hard, but when we left items on the surface they would sink. Martin talked about mud and hiding contraband in the mud and how smugglers used their knowledge of the tides to sink boats or boxes so they could be found later, under darkness when the tide went out.

While we were experimenting we talked about the smugglers from Christchurch and developed ideas for pirates names such as Barnacle Bill.  

 

Monday, January 26, 2015