Magic Acorns

16/10/2026

Reflections, connections, and ripples! 🌿

Our newest blog post is live! Our Co-Director Dr Jess Pitt takes a look back at Ripple Symposium - a day full of rich provocations and conversations - and shares the culmination of the important contributions of our delegates on the day.

These five ‘tracings’ are Jess’ response to the knowledge, wisdom and understanding she encountered.

Take a look and let us know your thoughts!

https://www.magicacorns.co.uk/ripples-from-the-ripple-symposium/

15/10/2026

We have spaces for Friday's Magic Dads group. Grandads and male carers are welcome too!

Magic Dads – MAGIC ACORNS, Fri 16 Oct 2026 - Come along to MAGIC DADS - a playful session for babies and very young children with their dads or male carers! MAGIC DADS offers time and space ...

09/10/2026

✨ CALL FOR ARTISTS: Confluence Artist Residency with Magic Acorns ✨

We’re inviting two mid-career multidisciplinary artists to join us in Great Yarmouth (March–May 2027) for a unique residency to grow their creative research practice within an early years context.

No prior experience working with babies and young children is needed. We're interested in what you already bring as an artist, and how your skills, ideas and creative approaches might open up new possibilities for this work. Through training, mentoring and shared learning, we'll support you to develop your creative practice in early years contexts.

What we’re offering:
- £4,050 total bursary package
- Up to 10 days studio time to develop your artistic practice
- 4 days of professional development workshops
- Mentorship from our directors
- Sharing & final exhibition/performance opportunities
- Professional video documentation of the residency process

How it works:
Stage 1: Complete the Expression of Interest form by 25 October 2026 at 23:59pm.
Stage 2: Twelve shortlisted artists receive a £200 fee to develop a full proposal with support from our directors.

Find out more and apply: https://www.magicacorns.co.uk/open-call-confluence-artist-residency/

Confluence Artist Residency is supported by Arts Council England.

08/10/2026

We have spaces for tomorrow’s session!

Magic Dads – MAGIC ACORNS, Fri 9 Oct 2026 - Come along to MAGIC DADS - a playful session for babies and very young children with their dads or male carers! MAGIC DADS offers time and space ...

05/10/2026

We have free spaces for Sensory Play tomorrow!

Sensory Play – 2 Stonecutters Way, Tue 6 Oct 2026 - SEND stay and play group - Sensory Play is a relaxed stay and play that allows for stimulating exploration but within a calmer environment for children who may find regular toddler groups tricky. PLEASE NOTE : These sessions are for children w...

30/09/2026

Still time to join our next Acorn Network with guests from Roly Poly coming up on Thursday evening!

Roly Poly is a sensory musical playscape for under-twos and their caregivers created by Maddie Board and Charly Jolly. They will be joining us to share their learning from how attuned musicality and movement continues to shaped their evolving vision.

Tickets from £5

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/acorn-network-roly-poly-tickets-1999358994574?

Go behind the scenes of the Roly Poly tour for ages 0 to 2, exploring how attuned musicality and movement have shaped an evolving vision.

28/09/2026

Great Yarmouth families with babies and young children- spaces available for our Tuesday SEND sensory session. Find out more.....

Sensory Play – 2 Stonecutters Way, Tue 29 Sep 2026 - SEND stay and play group - Sensory Play is a relaxed stay and play that allows for stimulating exploration but within a calmer environment for children who may find regular toddler groups tricky. PLEASE NOTE : These sessions are for children ...

23/09/2026

Tomorrow afternoon! ( Thursday 24th September)

Spaces available for this special one-off session with visiting artist Cassandra Wye!

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22/09/2026

Time for a Play Day!

Next week, we’re embarking on the first of our national Roadshow of Taster Days as part of our SUSTAIN project, funded by Arts Council England.

We’re hoping to gather broader perspectives about early years arts training needs and share our approach to Creative Professional Development (CPD) with artists, educators, and arts organisations across the country. Over the next nine months we’re inviting six partners to step into the world of early years arts through a lens of creativity and collaboration and to strengthen connections across the sector.

Our wonderful Roadshow partners are:

East Coast College, Great Yarmouth
St Nics School, Great Yarmouth
Groundswell Arts, London
Suffolk Artlink, Halesworth
The Spark Arts for Children, Leicester
Tate St Ives, Cornwall

Our Play Days offer a unique opportunity for your staff, practitioners or delivery team to explore and strengthen their creative practice with us. We work with a range of settings, from education and health, to arts, culture and community.

✍️Email or DM us if you’re interested in arranging bespoke training or Play Days for yourself or your team: https://www.magicacorns.co.uk/training/bespoke-training-for-your-workplace/

21/09/2026

Our regular Tuesday group is up and running- free, relaxed sensory sessions for Great Yarmouth families with babies and young children who have SEND, or who find regular groups tricky

Sensory Play – 2 Stonecutters Way, Tue 22 Sep 2026 - SEND stay and play group - Sensory Play is a relaxed stay and play that allows for stimulating exploration but within a calmer environment for children who may find regular toddler groups tricky. PLEASE NOTE : These sessions are for children ...