These Young People are the Archaeologists and Historians of Tomorrow, it is up to all of us to encourage and nurture their interest in the Landscape in which they live, their Past and their Local Heritage Today....
Winners in 2010 are:
| Year 2 - Vine Inter-Church Primary School, Cambourne |
 The Vine is a new school serving the growing community of Cambourne near Cambridge. They opened their doors for the first time in September 2005 with 88 pupils aged between 4 and 11 educated in 4 classes. There is now a growing school role of 360 speaking numerous languages.
On the 25 February 2009, sixty children visited the Denny Abbey Farm Museum, which resulted in two large Project Books of their work on Homes being completed. These will be on display at the CYPHA Awards at Toft on 22.05.10.Their current work on the Plague is equally impressive and is of exceptional quality for their age group-just 5 and 6 years old These are the historians of the future and their first work is completed!
| Year 5 & 6 - Waterbeach Primary School (Pictured above) |
 Year 5 and 6 of Waterbeach Primary School have been working on a project entitled "Conflict & Community" the lasting legacy of Waterbeach Barracks.
Following a successful Big Lottery funding bid made by the Farmland Museum coordinated by Elly Wright and Oliver Merrington, ninety Year 5 and 6 pupils at Waterbeach Primary School have written and designed an exhibition based on the experiences they have had during this project. During the project "Conflict and Community", they visited the Waterbeach Barracks (the former airfield) and the two museums, interviewed soldiers and airmen both former and current; worked with artist Ann Biggs to produce commemorative artworks; worked with a museum professional Gilly Vose to design the exhibition; and much more in between. A documentary film about this project has also been created by students from Cottenham Village College working with a local filmmaker, Peter Harmer.
The exhibition is currently on display at the Waterbeach Barracks Museum, following its launch in December 2009 at the primary school. The museum is open from April to September by appointment only, on application to the Guardroom (01223 204421). A must see..
| The Cambridge International Preparatory School |
 The Cambridge International School is a very happy, hardworking school made up of pupils and staff from all over the world. They provide an inspiring, exciting education for children aged 3-16.
This year they have concentrated on such diverse subjects as the Enigma Machine; turning their classroom into a WW1 trench; visits to the Nene Valley Railway the British Museum and the Natural History Museum.
All this and local history too....
Very well done to all of these groups....
The Cambridgeshire Association for Local History is asking people to nominate Young People for CYPHA - the Cambridgeshire Young Persons History Award. Our aim is to reward and recognise History related work carried out by Young People in Eastern Region.
The planned work, research or project can be very broad based, our main aim is for Young People to have fun and learn about their landscape, community and their past. They may want to base their project on their Family's History or on their Village's Archaeology or History or they might want to cast their net further afield to a wider East Anglia based project or they might just be a budding Archaeologist - the basic rule is if in doubt
Please Contact us, to discuss their ideas.....
PLEASE: Click
here for an Entry Form
The Closing date for Entries is the 31st March each year
The purpose of these prestigious Awards is to:
- Encourage the study of Local History and of other areas: Genealogical/ Archeological Studies.
- Encourage the preparation of the work achieved, and further the delivery of the Project.
- Encourage further studies. Social History (via the Cambridgeshire Collection) and Archives Studies (via Cambridgeshire Archives) and further the understanding of Local Resources.
- Encourage the understanding of historical timelines and their effect on their Project.
Entry is open to:
- 25 year olds & under
- Individuals and groups
Entry Requirements:
- Work MUST be carried out by the Nominees / Entrants
- Work must be able to be shown to the CYPHA Panel
- Work can be submitted as either hard copy, in disk format or as a presentation
- The award is for History based work. As such the entry can include the related subjects of archaeology, family history, industrial history, etc. who have carried out the work as part of another scheme such as the
- Duke of Edinburgh Award, etc.
- Work is welcomed from both Individuals or Groups & can include those
- Work must be have been carried out in the last two years
- All abilities are welcome
For further information please contact our
CYPHA Awards Secretary:
Marian French
30 The Pastures
Hardwick
Cambridge
CB23 7XA
01954 212094
or
the CALH Secretary on 01223 892430 or info@calh.org.uk. |
