In Autumn last year Channel Four filmed an episode of 'The Secret Supper Club' in the West Boat House on the shore of the Tarn. Using the kitchen up at centre to prepare food for the programme, they then set up a dinner party in the Boat House for three members of staff and local food producers.
The show is due to be aired on Channel Four, Saturday 19th Feb at 3.50pm.
Friday, 11 February 2011
Key Stage 2 Open Evening
On March 17th from 5.30-8.30pm, Malham Tarn will open it’s doors to teachers and educators involved in Key Stage 2 teaching. The centre has many courses suitable for residential and day visits for this age group and we welcome you to have a look around the centre, meet the team of tutors and discuss the needs of your group over tea and cake!
To express an interest or for more information about this event tel; 01729 830 331
or email: enquiries.mt@field-studies-council.org
February 11th 2011
Since our last update the centre has been busy with a wide range of visitors.
Most recent groups to the centre include, St Hild’s from Hartlepool Year 9 students who took part in geography and team building sessions. King David High School from Manchester stayed for two nights to study geography for their A level exams. St Ambrose Barlow School from Liverpool walked from the Centre to Malham village collecting data on tourism in a National Park for their GCSE controlled assessment.
Malham Tarn Centre has had a spring clean for the visitors in the year ahead. Classrooms have been painted and displays around the centre have been created.
On the weekend of the 5th-6th Feb Malham hosted the Field Studies Council Executives meeting. The board of Trustees of the Charity and Heads of all the FSC Centres met to review the past twelve months. The event was highly successful and demonstrated the versatility of the centre and staff.
The Annual Malham Tarn Wildlife Weather Report 2010 is near completion and will be ready to download or purchase soon. Check back for the release date.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
January 2011
2011 so far… January has been a quiet month at the centre for groups although due to the snow in December, three groups who were unable to get here have visited and completed their courses in the new school term. Snow once again made travel interesting for the first week back, however since then the weather has turned milder and the Tarn has thawed completely for the first time in nearly 2 months.
King’s Academy from Middlesbrough visited to do their GCSE Geography Controlled Assessment on tourism in the Malhamdale area. The Dark Peak Runners, an adult running group, also used the centre as a base for their annual meet.
Education staff have taken part in FSC wide training for science and geography, including reviews of the GCSE Geography Controlled Assessment and developing Key Stage 4 Science Courses. It also equipped us to deliver the latest national survey from Opal, The Climate survey, to be launched in Spring of this year.
The centre is currently undergoing a full spring clean and painting of our classrooms is underway ready for the next students arriving at the beginning of February.
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Jackie Hunt- Stained Glass
July 2010 saw the installation of a new stained glass art work in the tall window of Malham Tarn House. This was one of the end products of a residency at Malham Tarn Field Centre held by local artist Jackie Hunt.
The venues and artists were selected following a competitive selection process. Once this was complete Jackie worked with school groups, FSC leisure learners, centre staff and local people over an 18 month period. Working in glass was a new experience for all these people but the final piece bears the traces of Jackie’s work with all these different groups. Final installation was completed in July leaving the Centre with a stunning piece that beautifully reflects and transmits the work of the Centre.
Filming in and around the centre
2010 has seen the area in and around the Field Centre feature in international films and UK TV alike. In January BBC’s Countryfile came to Malham Tarn to talk to the National Trust about White Claw Crayfish and Cave spiders. A colony of Cave spiders made their home in the Orchid House of the centre around a decade ago. Due to renovation works currently under way to turn it into a resource for walkers and school groups, the spiders needed to be relocated. More than 150 spiders were re-homed in a cave less than a quarter of a mile away.
Secondly Malham Cove and Malham Moor were filmed for the latest instalment of J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter films, ‘The Deathly Hallows-Part 1’ The Cove was featured when Harry and Hermione pitched their tent on top of the limestone pavement, whilst the moor was the location for Xenophilius Lovegood’s house. Members of FSC staff saw filming at the Cove last winter.
In October the film crew from a new Channel 4 programme ‘The Secret Supper Club used the kitchen and the National Trust boathouses. Members of staff were invited to join Olly Smith as guests to taste food they had prepared. This is due to be aired on a Sunday in January.
Photo Copyright Warner Brothers
Photo Copyright Warner Brothers
Snow news
Once again snow has been an interesting addition to the scenery and life up at Malham Tarn, with snow falling very early, like elsewhere in the country. Last winter the Tarn froze for 80 days in what was probably the coldest winter since 1982. Winter was followed by a cold and dry spring with less than 12 cm of rain between April and June. With the early start of the 2010-2011 winter weather in November and December so far, it will be interesting to see how 2011 begins.
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| Photograph courtesy of Robin Sutton |
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