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Bristol Loves Tides
Bristol Young Shipwrights - Schools and Business Working Together
Added 29th July, 2026
Cardboard Boats made by schools annual race
Portishead Pilot Cutter Model Boat race
Added 18th June, 2026
Children in Portishead create model Pilot Cutters to race on Portishead Lake
Poet Asmaa Jama working on MV Balmoral for Somali Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Added 19th May, 2026
Young Shipwrights onboard the MV Balmoral
Added 2nd July, 2021
Christchurch Primary build boats and exploring the Bristol Floating Harbour by boat and foot
50 Year Ago - SS Great Britain and MV Balmoral
Added 8th July, 2020
From Dave Basset - celebrating SS Great Britain's return through the history of the MV Balmoral
Home Learning - Bristol Loves Tides
Added 7th April, 2020
Short films and resources for learning using the tides to explore history, science the arts and the future.
Sunderland River Festival
Added 2nd September, 2019
Community model boat building in the city that has produced more ships than any other city.
Thank goodness this was a real Pilot Cutter
Added 19th October, 2018
To enrich our work with children who make and sail our cardboard pilot cutters we took a trip on a real pilot cutter.
Stargazing Events 2018
Added 3rd May, 2018
An info graphic from Susan Baxter who is an editor at TelescopicWatch.com.
Shipping 2050 Bristol Technology Engineering Academy
Added 15th October, 2017
120 Engineering students respond to a future crisis for the globilized economy and shipping in a series of workshops on the MV Balmoral
Wallscourt Young Shipwrights
Added 31st July, 2017
Children in Key Stage One build miniature working land yachts
Shirehampton Primary- build historic boats and visit the Bristol Port
Added 12th July, 2017
Year 6 pupils build boats and put them in context with a visit to the port
2017 Annual Cardboard Boat Race at the Bristol Harbour Festival
Added 17th May, 2017
Enter a boat and a team to support the Primary Learning Ships Learning Programme
British Science Week on the MV Balmoral
Added 20th March, 2017
Working from a ship under the historic Cargo Cranes in Bristol's Floating Harbour students built Cranes, visited demonstrations of robotics and machines that give mechanical advantage. They also went up and operated a real crane high above the ship.
Bannerman Road Build Boats at Engine Shed
Added 11th January, 2017
Primary school children visit a business hub on Bristol's Floating Harbour to build boats
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