Teaching resources

Put yourself into the flat cap of Henry Blogg or cling onto the mast and pray to be rescued.

Our drama workshop at the museum explores the feelings of the rescued as well as the rescuers. Act out the rescue to the sailing barge Sepoy at the museum then discover the wreckage, paintings and medal Henry Blogg won.

Created to work with your visit are a range of activity suggestions, contemporary sources and original photographs which are available to download on the red links below. You can also borrow a box of clues to introduce the rescue before you arrive.

These activities have been designed for use with children at Key Stage 2 studying history.

Sepoy sources
Newspaper cuttings and the report made of the service by the lifeboat crew.

Sepoy activity suggestions
Fun activity suggestions and work sheets for use in the classroom. Including a newspaper writing frame, story board frame, Morse code and phonetic alphabet.

Sepoy story pack
This is a great way to introduce children to the 1933 rescue by Henry Blogg using photographs and captions.
(photographs kindly provided by Mr Vicary.)

Coming soon...Science Discovery Day: From Fossils to Fibre-glass

A visit to both Cromer Museum and the RNLI Henry Blogg Museum in one day. Children explore the incredible fossil collection at Cromer Museum, looking at the teeth and habitats of creatures who used to live in Norfolk. At the RNLI Henry Blogg Museum, children become design engineers testing hull shapes and examining materials for lifeboats