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octopus CORNWALL’S FAMILY MAGAZINE. JUGGLING LIVES

Issue 21

Meet the Vikings An exciting new exhibition launches at NMMC Falmouth

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FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome

Managing Editor

Amber Key

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Half term is here, and as spring sunshine now approaches, take a look inside for plenty of ideas for keeping the kids entertained.

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Our cover story on page 10 is all about the exciting new Vikings exhibition at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

These warriors of the seas made a huge impact on life in the UK and beyond 1000 years ago and this exhibition, which launches in March with interactive elements, has plenty to engage and educate children (and grown ups!) of any age.

If you’re a budding entrepreneur and need some inspiration for starting a small business, read the story of Little Nelly on page 18. This children’s clothes shop in Falmouth is going from strength to strength.

Finally, we team up with children’s publisher Buster Books on pages 7 and 8 with join the dot and word search actvities. You can also win three of these fun books on page 4.

We hope you enjoy this issue, and do get in touch with your feedback, thoughts and ideas for Easter.

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News Ideas, info and competition 7 Join the dots Keep the kids entertained 8 Word searches Find the hidden words 10 Meet the Vikings NMMC’s new exhibition

Cover image courtesy of: National Maritime Museum Cornwall

15 What’s on...

February & March 14 Legal advice Putting the kids first 18 Shop of wonder With ‘Little Nelly’ founder

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Meet the seal pups at Gweek

Win activity books Buster Books is offering one lucky reader the chance to win fun activity books to keep children entertained on wet winter days. Turn to pages 7 and 8 to get a taste of some of these activities with word searches and join the dots.

Buster Books offers a range of titles for children, all designed to develop their cognitive skills while they have fun! www.busterbooks.co.uk Enter via the Cornwall Living website: www.cornwall-living.co.uk

Explore the great outdoors

In January and February the seas are rough. It’s also the time of year when seals pups begin to grow up following mating season in September.

The combination of baby seals and huge seas means that the Cornish Seal Sanctuary at Gweek is very busy looking after between 40 and 60 washed up pups at this time of year. They have been separated from their mums and need plenty of care to get them back to full health so they can return to the wild where they should be.

Half term is the perfect time to visit Gweek and see these beautiful creatures for yourself. It’s an experience children will remember forever. www.visitsealife.com/gweek

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all-important wet wipes). Find a sheltered spot after your walk to set up camp and enjoy shared family time free from TV and computer games.

Make up stories, play cards or create your own games. There are so many great places to explore! South West Coast Path has loads of ideas for winter walks for all ages and abilities. www.southwestcoastpath.com

Hayle Sand Dunes by Rosie Spoone

Here at Octopus we know that finding family things to do for free can make a big difference when it comes to managing your budget in school holidays.

We asked our friends across the county for some ideas, and our pick of the bunch is a beach or woodland walk followed by a barbecue. Pack a stove, a frying pan, bacon and sausages, some pre-fried onions to heat up, baps, sauce (and those

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Up close with Cornwall Air Ambulance

Images courtesy of Mike Thomas

Art workshops this month

There’s nothing kids love better than getting creative in art workshops.

In Feburary, there are plenty of opportunities for youngsters to develop their talent. The Royal Cornwall Museum is offering family fun printing workshops for children age 7 and under on 17th February morning and afternoon.

On 19th February there’s a screenprinting workshop for children age 8 and over with printmaker and designer, Dena O’Brien, which includes all the materials and a T-shirt as part of the £12 fee. Booking is essential as places are limited. enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk

Tate St Ives is family-focused this half term with its Art Base activities. This is a chance for kids to experiment with art activities, and the February focus is on photography. So if you have a budding photographer in your family, get involved.

No booking is required, although it may get busy, and its free for under-18s.

Then there’s Tate Super Sunday for families. (It’s free to family members, but adults must accompany a child to gain free admission.)

Here you can investigate art, get creative, explore the galleries and have lots of fun being imaginative. www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-st-ives

Cornwall Air Ambulance unveiled its two new helicopters in mid January, and you also have the chance to see them up close this month too.

On Saturday 21st February, the team at Air Ambulance Headquarters (between Newquay and St Mawgan) are opening their doors to enable you to go behind the scenes in the hangar, see the helicopters and meet the lifesaving crew.

These helicopters offer state of the art technology. Not only are they huge (the Octopus team went along to check them out), they have no tail rotor; these choppers blow out hot air instead to keep stable.

It’s well worth a visit and the crew can explain in detail to children how the operation runs. There will also be refreshments and activities on offer too.

Doors open at 11am until 4pm.

For more information, call 01637 889926.

Singalong and Let It Go! This is storytelling, live music and plenty of laughs in a show for everyone age 3 and upwards on 26th and 27th February.

On 4th March, let it go with a Frozen singalong. HFC is offering an excited audience of young Elsa and Anna princesses the opportunity to see Frozen with lyrics on screen. (The lyrics are of course for the accompanying adults as the kids know every word from the popular Disney movie!)

There’s a free fun pack so you will be able to get involved and sing with your children in a memorable event. This one is for ages 5 and upwards. www.hallforcornwall.co.uk

Images courtesy of Mike Thomas

Hall for Cornwall is offering a range of activities to children over half term and beyond. First up is The Snail and the Whale, a performance from Tall Stories, the creative team behind The Gruffalo.

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JOIN the Dots

Discover the hidden pictures

Buster’s Brilliant Dot to Dot designs will keep you guessing to the end! You can win this and Sticker by Numbers in our competition on page 4.

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word search

Can you ďŹ nd the hidden words?

These word searches (and many more) are from Word Searches for Clever Kids. Win activity books from the Buster Books range on page 4.

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Discover and explore nature’s playground this half term via the “Recycled Robot Trail” and be inspired to “Drop-in” to a creative workshop and up-cycle your very own robot to take home. Trails £2; Workshops £3 including materials. Normal garden entry rates apply. Tickets valid for 7 days. Visit website for more details.

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MEET THE

V I K I NG S Young explorers will love the new Viking Voyagers exhibition at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Here’s why.

Who doesn’t quake at the sight of a Viking warrior? With so much history currently being brought to life on our screens, a visit to this exciting new exhibition is right on target for young audiences keen to experience a little Viking history up close.

The British Museum, National Museum of Denmark and many more.

The state of the art show has taken years to develop. But what did it mean to be a Viking? And how did they manage to conquer far and wide 1000 years ago?

Viking Voyagers opens on 20th March and features internationally significant artefacts, exploring what’s behind the popular myth of the bloodthirsty raiders.

It brings together a host of examples from

The answer is maritime mastery. Ships and boats were vital to Viking expansion as these intrepid Nordic warriors explored and colonised. They were invaders and migrants, and seas and rivers were the highways

and byways to amassing huge wealth and power through raiding and trading. So the Vikings set sail down through the Atlantic’s icy waters to Newfoundland and Iceland and even down to the warm Mediterranean to Istanbul and as far East along the river Volga as Ukraine and Russia.

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What to do

Get involved: Interactive displays invite you to experience Viking life.

Climb aboard a full scale replica of a 14m coastal cargo Viking ship, from 11th century Denmark.

Touch and feel: The iconic Viking small boat, a six metre Norwegian faering, built by boat builders from Falmouth Marine School, is the centrepiece of a ‘touch and feel’ boat-builder’s yard. Visitors can hold tools and materials used to design these clinkerbuilt ships with their shallow drafts.

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Visions of horned helmets, unkempt beards and fearsome raiding fighters carried by longships that were dragon headed war beasts come to mind when thinking of Vikings.

Surprisingly, they were a little more sophisticated in their tastes than you might think, even wearing jewellery and combing their hair.

Many were entrepreneurs, using smaller boats and ships to do business and seek new opportunities far from their Scandinavian homelands.

The history of Britain and Ireland was transformed by the impact of Viking

National Maritime Museum Cornwall Falmouth Cornwall TR11 3QY T: 01326 313388 F: 01326 317878 E: enquiries@nmmc.co.uk W: www.nmmc.co.uk ABOVE LEFT Viking boat-building techniques ABOVE RIGHT Viking figurehead

Opening hours

The Museum is open every day of the year from 10am-5pm, except Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

raiding and colonisation and we still use their words in our everyday language. What began as small encampments up river grew to be Viking towns such as Dublin, which for a time was the centre of the European slave trade. Cornwall was very much part of the Irish Sea world, and the exhibition will reveal tantalising evidence for Vikings in Cornwall.

This show invites you to encounter these Norse voyagers and the people and things they met along the way, contrasting the mayhem of the raiders, pillagers and ransackers with the resourceful trader, boat builder, craftsman and family man, woman and child.

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Buy a full price individual ticket and get in free to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall for a year.

Adults ................................£11.50 Seniors ........... (60 or over) £9.50 Students ............................ £8.00 Children (6 - 15 yrs) ........... £8.00 Children (5 and under) ........Free Family (2 Adults and up to 3 children) ...............£32.00

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e c i o V e l Litt Children are at the centre of the work of the Family Courts: their needs come first in cases about divorce settlements and the effect on them must be considered within injunction applications. Cases about arrangements for children hinge on their welfare.

But what voice do children have? They may certainly make their presence felt at home loud and clear, but what about within the Family Court?

It is often very stressful for children when their parents disagree, so the courts try to protect them from disputes wherever possible. A judge can speak to children directly, but that is rare. Usually if the court wants to hear from the children it will ask a specialist CAFCASS case worker, who then reports back. Often CAFCASS will be asked to indicate what outcome they think is best for the children. Even meeting with CAFCASS can be stressful, so the court does not do this lightly.

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When deciding a case about children’s arrangements a judge must consider a child’s ‘wishes and feelings in light of his (or her) age and understanding’. (Some kids want to eat nothing but sweets, and never go to bed; that does not make it best for them!) The court must get a feel for how much weight to attach to what they say they want. A child’s voice is usually heard from around age 9 upwards, but there is no fixed point. The older a child, the more their views make a difference

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Don’t tell them one parent is taking the other to court.

If they are aware, put it neutrally: “Mummy and Daddy are working out what we think is best for you, and the wise man (judge) is helping.”

Don’t let them overhear adult conversations.

Avoid letting them know what you would want them to say – it’s a pressure they really don’t need.

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What’s On – February

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2nd, 9th & 23rd February

Minnows' Tales

National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth

www.nmmc.co.uk

11:00-11:30am. Drop in for a lively half hour of stories, songs and rhymes in one of the beautiful galleries. No need to book, all under-5s and their parents and carers welcome.

7th - 28th February

The Recycled Robot Trail

Trebah Garden, Mawnan Smith

www.trebahgarden. co.uk

Explore the garden via the Recycled Robot Trail while answering clues and finding out fascinating and fun recycling facts.

Trails cost £2 including prize. Normal Garden entry rates apply.

7th February

Treasures from the Wild

Calstock

www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

10:00am-12:00pm. Head along and have a go at being a wildlife detective to identify wildlife teasures. Perhaps bring along some of your own treasures to show others in the group.

Booking is essential. See website for details.

7th February

Marvellous minibeasts near Looe

Looe

www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

11:00am-1:00pm. Join the Monkey Sanctuary's Education team to build bug hotels out of wood and bamboo while learning about which species you will be able to help in your garden when you put them up a home. The workshop will take place in the gardens of the Monkey Sanctuary. Booking is essential.

See website for details.

13th February

Museum Minnows

National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth

www.nmmc.co.uk

1:30pm-2:30pm. An hour of creative play, stories and craft activities for under-fives. The Museum's Learning Centre is transformed into a multi-sensory play area for family drop-in sessions. Call 01326 214535 for details.

14th & 15th February

Incredible Crustaceans

National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth

www.nmmc.co.uk

11:00am-3:30pm. Get your claws into a weekend of awesome activities inspired by incredible crustaceans. Meet the team from the National Lobster Hatchery and learn about these surprising sea creatures. Make your own creations come to life using the stop-motion "Claymation" in the crustacean animation workshop.

15th - 23rd February

Mud Fest!

The Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek

visitsealife.co.uk/gweek

Remind yourselves of our Great Outdoors and embrace the British weather by heading along to 'Mud Fest'. Celebrate all things mud during the February Half term, with a magical Piskie Puddle path along some of the wooded areas. They will also have a Welly wanging competition. Book tickets online and in advance for savings.

16th - 22nd February

Sensational Sea Creatures

National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth

www.nmmc.co.uk

Take part in creative crafts and incredible art activities inspired by sensational sea creatures. Make giant lobster claws, fabulous fish masks and much more.

17th & 19th February

Half-term Drop-in Workshop

Trebah Garden, Mawnan Smith

www.trebahgarden.co.uk

Immerse youself in Trebah's half-term recycling theme by dropping into one of their workshops. Get creative and upcycle your very own robot using all sorts of bits and bobs that would normally be thrown away. Workshops cost £2 including all material, running between 11am and 2pm. Normal Garden entry rates apply.

17th February

Printing Workshop

Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro

www. royalcornwallmuseum. org.uk

10:30am-12pm & 2.00- 3:30pm. Family fun print Workshop for children 7 & under. £2.50 per child. Places Limited. Booking required. enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk (See page 5.)

17th February

Bird in a box

The Lizard

www. cornwallwildlifetrust. org.uk

10:00am-12:00pm. Join the Wild Lizard Ranger to give birds a helping hand. Make your own bird box and get stuck in making bird feeders helping out native feathered friends to prepare for spring. Booking is essential. See website for details.

17th February

Screech Owl Sanctuary visits Lerryn

Lerryn

www. cornwallwildlifetrust. org.uk

7:30pm-10:00pm. See various owls and listen to an amazing talk about their habitats. £1.50 to non FoFE members. See website for details.

17th February

Story Time with Sally Crabtree

National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth

www.nmmc.co.uk

11am, 12pm & 2pm. Go beyond the horizon of your imagination. Cast your line into the sea of songs, hoist the story sail and make teasures from the cargo of creativity!

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What’s On – What’s On – February

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18th February

Signs of Spring

Bodmin

www. cornwallwildlifetrust. org.uk

12:30pm-2:30pm. Join a lovely walk looking for signs of spring.

Play a nature detective by keeping an eye out for wildlife as you go. Booking is essential. See website for details.

19th February

Douglas Dapper's Creature Feature

National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth

www.nmmc.co.uk

11:00am, midday & 2:00pm. Delve deep with the Story Explorer to discover how sea monsters come in all shapes and sizes.

19th February

Printing Workshop

Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro

www. royalcornwallmuseum. org.uk

10.30am-1pm & 2:00-4.30pm. Screen Printing Workshop for children age 8 & over with the printmaker & designer Dena O'Brien. £12 per child, includes a T-shirt and all materials.

Places Limited. Booking required. enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk. (See page 5.)

20th February

Half term rockpool ramble

Looe

www. cornwallwildlifetrust. org.uk

12:00-1:30pm. Join expert volunteers from the Looe Marine Conservation Group for a rockpool ramble! Discover how to find and identify some of the wonderful creatures and seaweeds that inhabit Looe’s amazing rockpools. No nets, please – they can harm delicate rockpool creatures. A free event suitable for all ages. There’s no need to book.

See website for details.

22nd Feburary

Rummage in a rockpool near Marazion

Marazion

www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

1:00pm-3:00pm. Discover the amazing world of slimy seaweeds, crabs, sea anemones and more in the under water world on our rocky shore. Booking is essential. See website for details.

26th & 27th February

The Snail and the Whale

Hall for Cornwall, Truro

www.hallforcornwall. co.uk

Tall Stories (creators of the Gruffalo and Room on the Broom stage shows) are proud to present their latest exciting collaboration with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. A tiny Snail longs to see the world, so she hitches a ride on a Humpback Whale. Storytelling, live music and lots of laughs, in a show for everyone age 3 and up. Various times: see website.

28th Feburary

Wildlife and their homes

Porthtowan

www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

Join leaders for games and activities related to homes for wildlife and make a simple home to take home for your garden wildlife. 10:00am-12:00pm. Booking is essential.

See website for details.

What’s On – March 4th March

Sing-a-Long-a Frozen

Hall for Cornwall, Truro

www.hallforcornwall. co.uk

A screening of Disney's Frozen with lyrics on screen to help you sing along with Elsa and Anna, together with live host, to this year's sing-a-long-a must see! With a free fun pack, you'll be able to join in the fun at the most magical moments. Dress up as your favourite character for the fancy dress competition!

Suitable for ages 5+. Check website.

8th March

Give your garden wildlife a home

Bude

www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

1:30pm - 3:30pm. Join Fox Club to learn about different wildlife homes, whether for bees, birds or insects and make an actual home to take home with you for your garden wildlife friends.

Booking esential. See website for details.

21st March

Nature Workshops

Porthleven

www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

1:30pm-3:30pm. Learn about the natural world in an exciting way and enjoy some 'wild time'. It's free time to be spontaneous, for exploring, playing, imagining and creating in this beautiful natural space. Booking is essential. See website for details.

22nd March

Rockpool ramble

Newquay

www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

Explore this wonderful rocky shore with expert Matt, and discover the incredible life that lives beneath the seaweed.

11:30am - 1:30pm. Booking is essential. See website for details.

15th March

Mother's Day

Trebah Garden, Mawnan Smith

www.trebahgarden. co.uk

Mum's free for Mother's Day. Head to Trebah and treat mum to a special day out. All mums have free entry to the garden.

Planters café will be serving a delicious spring inspired lunch suitable for your special mum.

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F O SHOP R E WOND We meet Katy Lazenby who founded Little Nelly, her under-5s emporium, with the support of Outset Cornwall.

How many times have you searched for the perfect present for a child and been disappointed? Beautiful handmade toys for the under-5s or stylish babygrows can be hard to find, an experience which inspired Katy Lazenby to start a business to plug the gap.

Little Nelly is a stress-free shopping environment for parents with small children and buggies featuring a range of gifts. “We provide beautiful clothes, timeless toys and delightful gifts for babies and toddlers. I am a showcase for products from a range of companies who all share an emphasis on innovative and ethical design,” Katy tells us.

Starting a business was a brave decision for the busy mum, so she searched for local support which Outset Cornwall was happy to provide based on Katy’s thorough research. “I was confident in my business idea and vision but had no idea how to make it a reality,” says Katy.

“I noticed there was an information session that evening and my partner persuaded me to check if there were any places. I went along and realised there was great support out there.”

Katy says that the programme was informative in focusing her vision, enabling her to make it a reality. “I learnt practical accounting tips, which was helpful and I really enjoyed the weekly contact with like-minded people and the buzz of ideas.”

“Without Outset I would have not been able to produce a worthy business plan, cash flow charts and forecasts that meant I was eligible for a start up loan,” adds Katy.

“Every question I had was greeted with a really considered and helpful reply from my mentor Ian and I felt very prepared.”

This support has given this entrepreneur mum the confidence to drive her business forward, and with 10 years experience before having her baby as a manager of a bookshop, she’s able to ensure her customer experience is seamless.

“I’ve always loved retail and I would now like to expand into older children’s clothing and toys,” enthuses Katy. “I have already found a demand for these, and I am working on an online shop so I can sell nationally. I would like the shop to host some pop up events and am in talks with a Baby Photographer too!”

LITTLE NELLY 19b Well Lane, Falmouth TR11 3DJ 07837 182468 katy@littlenelly.co.uk www.littlenelly.co.uk OUTSET CORNWALL First Floor, Stephenson House, Calenick Street, Truro TR1 2SF 0800 917 4324 www.outsetcornwall.co.uk

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The Snail and the Whale Thu 26 & Fri 27 February

Suitable for age Suitable for age

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‘Faultless family fare’ WhatsOnStage

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TUE 21 & WED 22 APRIL Suitable for age

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TUE 14 SAT 18 APRIL So it’s time to prepare yourselves for Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and ground-breaking 3D Bogglevision special effects, these two new astounding shows Groovy Greeks and Incredible Invaders are guaranteed to thrill you and your children.

It’s history with the nasty bits left in!

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