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Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts


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Reviews

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Overview
4.8
117 reviews


Excellent
 
82%

Very Good
 
16%

Average
 
1%

Poor
 
1%

Awful
 
0%

(October 2024 - Primary School)




A great and varied collection An environment which feels safe and in which it is relatively easy to offer students some freedom of movement whilst still being able to monitor them. Very welcoming and organised staff (October 2024 - Secondary School)




Always an excellent experience for students to explore art from other cultures and times. (September 2024 - Secondary School)




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Trip did not take place (June 2024 - Primary School)




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Trip did not happen (June 2024 - Primary School)




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(December 2023 - Secondary School)




(December 2023 - Secondary School)




Staff very helpful and communicated well with our young people who use communication devices/symbols books to communicate. Access brilliant for wheelchair users. (December 2023 - Secondary School)




(November 2023 - Secondary School)




(November 2023 - Primary School)




(November 2023 - Primary School)




Excellent for the subject we needed. African Artefacts. (November 2023 - Secondary School)




Excellent venue with varied collection for art and visual stimulus. Very accommodating of our group and requirements. Students enjoyed the intimacy of the collections and the ability to study artworks from the collection 'up close'. Very well provided for with regard to sketching. (November 2023 - Secondary School)




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(May 2023 - Primary School)




(May 2023 - Secondary School)




Our trip was designed to start a unit on the Mayans - the activities were perfect and really well organised. The children really enjoyed themselves and so did the adults! (May 2023 - Primary School)




(May 2023 - Secondary School)




Excellent workshop on felt making. The children brought back the felt they had made and this is now displayed in school. (May 2023)




Excellent workshop on felt making. The children brought back the felt they had made and this is now displayed in school. (May 2023)




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(April 2023 - Primary School)




(March 2023 - Secondary School)




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(December 2022 - Secondary School)




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(October 2022 - Primary School)




(October 2022 - Secondary School)




Excellent and helpful staff. Great range of artifacts, sculptures and paintings (October 2022 - Secondary School)




Exhibition was good but lacked authentic ancient Egyptian artifacts (October 2022 - Secondary School)




(September 2022 - Secondary School)




This trip did not go ahead (September 2022 - Secondary School)




Lovely venue, great staff, amazing exhibits (September 2022 - Secondary School)




(September 2022 - Secondary School)




(June 2022 - Secondary School)




(June 2022 - Primary School)




(May 2022)




range of works in the permanent collection, sculpture park, and exhibitions resulting in there being something interesting for everyone (May 2022 - Secondary School)




Fantastic trip (May 2022 - Primary School)




(April 2022 - Primary School)




(April 2022 - Secondary School)




(March 2022 - Primary School)




(March 2022)




excellent, organised and tailored to student needs. (January 2022 - Secondary School)




(November 2021 - Secondary School)




extremely well structured and informative day (November 2021 - Secondary School)




Excellent experience for art students. (November 2021 - Secondary School)




(March 2020 - Primary School)




Engaging activities inspiring children to enjoy art. (March 2020 - Primary School)




(March 2020 - Primary School)




Very knowledgeable staff. (February 2020 - Primary School)




(February 2020 - Primary School)




plenty of variety of things to see; helpful staff; safe environment for this age group (February 2020 - Secondary School)




(February 2020 - Primary School)




(January 2020 - Primary School)




Very good trip, thoroughly enjoyed by children and staff! A lovely activity that linked well to our current class theme. (January 2020 - Primary School)




The Sainsbury Centre provided us with a brilliant first trip for a GCSE art and design class. The students were amazed by the visiting exhibition as will as the permanent exhibits. (January 2020 - Secondary School)




(November 2019 - Primary School)




(October 2019 - Primary School)




Excellent venue with appropriate facilities for secondary students. (October 2019 - Secondary School)




(September 2019 - Secondary School)




Excellent artist workshop in the SCVA Education Studio run by Hannelore Smith. (September 2019 - Secondary School)




(September 2019 - Primary School)




(September 2019 - Primary School)




(September 2019 - Primary School)




Excellent place to visit and made my group of special needs pupils feel most welcome. (June 2019 - Secondary School)




(June 2019 - Primary School)




(May 2019 - Primary School)




This visit was cancelled due to adverse weather. SCVA were very accommodating, allowing us to reschedule on our reserve date (May 2019 - Primary School)




(May 2019 - Primary School)




Great venue and resources, thank you. (May 2019 - Primary School)




A lovely experience for the younger children. (April 2019 - Primary School)




Lovely centre which is exciting for young minds and full of resources and interesting art and sculptures which inspired the class. (April 2019 - Primary School)




(March 2019 - Secondary School)




(March 2019 - Secondary School)




(February 2019 - Secondary School)




(February 2019 - Primary School)




(February 2019 - Primary School)




it was a lovely visit (February 2019 - Primary School)




Really friendly, helpful and approachable staff made us welcome from the start. The collection has a broad range of historic artefacts and modern art. A smaller scale makes it easy to locate students and see everything they need to see. (February 2019 - Secondary School)




Great premises, good facilities, the walk here was very good. Next time each volunteer helper will need a copy of the talking points, a specific group to work with, and perhaps to make notes or take photos to really get the most out of the map and field work. (January 2019 - Primary School)




Excellent workshop provided for year 10 pupils. (January 2019 - Secondary School)




(December 2018 - Secondary School)




(June 2018 - Primary School)




Amazing place the children loved making their own sculptures and sketching some of the exhibits. (June 2018 - Primary School)




Description

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Contact

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ

Reviews

The following reviews have been added by visit leaders using the EVOLVE system.
Overview
4.8
117 reviews


Excellent
 
82%

Very Good
 
16%

Average
 
1%

Poor
 
1%

Awful
 
0%

October 2024 - Primary School




October 2024 - Secondary School
A great and varied collection An environment which feels safe and in which it is relatively easy to offer students some freedom of movement whilst still being able to monitor them. Very welcoming and organised staff



September 2024 - Secondary School
Always an excellent experience for students to explore art from other cultures and times.



September 2024 - Secondary School




July 2024 - Primary School




July 2024 - Secondary School




June 2024




June 2024 - Primary School




June 2024 - Primary School
Trip did not take place



June 2024 - Secondary School




June 2024 - Secondary School




June 2024 - Primary School
Trip did not happen



June 2024 - Secondary School




May 2024 - Secondary School




May 2024 - Primary School




May 2024 - Primary School




May 2024 - Primary School




May 2024 - Primary School




May 2024




April 2024 - Primary School




March 2024 - Primary School




February 2024 - Secondary School




February 2024 - Primary School




February 2024 - Primary School




February 2024 - Primary School




February 2024 - Secondary School




February 2024 - Primary School




January 2024 - Secondary School




January 2024




December 2023 - Secondary School




December 2023 - Secondary School




December 2023 - Secondary School
Staff very helpful and communicated well with our young people who use communication devices/symbols books to communicate. Access brilliant for wheelchair users.



November 2023 - Secondary School




November 2023 - Primary School




November 2023 - Primary School




November 2023 - Secondary School
Excellent for the subject we needed. African Artefacts.



November 2023 - Secondary School
Excellent venue with varied collection for art and visual stimulus. Very accommodating of our group and requirements. Students enjoyed the intimacy of the collections and the ability to study artworks from the collection 'up close'. Very well provided for with regard to sketching.



October 2023 - Secondary School




July 2023 - Secondary School




July 2023 - Primary School




May 2023 - Primary School




May 2023 - Secondary School




May 2023 - Primary School
Our trip was designed to start a unit on the Mayans - the activities were perfect and really well organised. The children really enjoyed themselves and so did the adults!



May 2023 - Secondary School




May 2023
Excellent workshop on felt making. The children brought back the felt they had made and this is now displayed in school.



May 2023
Excellent workshop on felt making. The children brought back the felt they had made and this is now displayed in school.



April 2023




April 2023 - Primary School




March 2023 - Secondary School




March 2023 - Primary School




March 2023 - Primary School




February 2023 - Secondary School




January 2023 - Primary School




December 2022 - Secondary School




December 2022 - Secondary School




November 2022 - Secondary School




November 2022 - Primary School




November 2022 - Secondary School




October 2022 - Primary School




October 2022 - Secondary School




October 2022 - Secondary School
Excellent and helpful staff. Great range of artifacts, sculptures and paintings



October 2022 - Secondary School
Exhibition was good but lacked authentic ancient Egyptian artifacts



September 2022 - Secondary School




September 2022 - Secondary School
This trip did not go ahead



September 2022 - Secondary School
Lovely venue, great staff, amazing exhibits



September 2022 - Secondary School




June 2022 - Secondary School




June 2022 - Primary School




May 2022




May 2022 - Secondary School
range of works in the permanent collection, sculpture park, and exhibitions resulting in there being something interesting for everyone



May 2022 - Primary School
Fantastic trip



April 2022 - Primary School




April 2022 - Secondary School




March 2022 - Primary School




March 2022




January 2022 - Secondary School
excellent, organised and tailored to student needs.



November 2021 - Secondary School




November 2021 - Secondary School
extremely well structured and informative day



November 2021 - Secondary School
Excellent experience for art students.



March 2020 - Primary School




March 2020 - Primary School
Engaging activities inspiring children to enjoy art.



March 2020 - Primary School




February 2020 - Primary School
Very knowledgeable staff.



February 2020 - Primary School




February 2020 - Secondary School
plenty of variety of things to see; helpful staff; safe environment for this age group



February 2020 - Primary School




January 2020 - Primary School




January 2020 - Primary School
Very good trip, thoroughly enjoyed by children and staff! A lovely activity that linked well to our current class theme.



January 2020 - Secondary School
The Sainsbury Centre provided us with a brilliant first trip for a GCSE art and design class. The students were amazed by the visiting exhibition as will as the permanent exhibits.



November 2019 - Primary School




October 2019 - Primary School




October 2019 - Secondary School
Excellent venue with appropriate facilities for secondary students.



September 2019 - Secondary School




September 2019 - Secondary School
Excellent artist workshop in the SCVA Education Studio run by Hannelore Smith.



September 2019 - Primary School




September 2019 - Primary School




September 2019 - Primary School




June 2019 - Secondary School
Excellent place to visit and made my group of special needs pupils feel most welcome.



June 2019 - Primary School




May 2019 - Primary School




May 2019 - Primary School
This visit was cancelled due to adverse weather. SCVA were very accommodating, allowing us to reschedule on our reserve date



May 2019 - Primary School




May 2019 - Primary School
Great venue and resources, thank you.



April 2019 - Primary School
A lovely experience for the younger children.



April 2019 - Primary School
Lovely centre which is exciting for young minds and full of resources and interesting art and sculptures which inspired the class.



March 2019 - Secondary School




March 2019 - Secondary School




February 2019 - Secondary School




February 2019 - Primary School




February 2019 - Primary School




February 2019 - Primary School
it was a lovely visit



February 2019 - Secondary School
Really friendly, helpful and approachable staff made us welcome from the start. The collection has a broad range of historic artefacts and modern art. A smaller scale makes it easy to locate students and see everything they need to see.



January 2019 - Primary School
Great premises, good facilities, the walk here was very good. Next time each volunteer helper will need a copy of the talking points, a specific group to work with, and perhaps to make notes or take photos to really get the most out of the map and field work.



January 2019 - Secondary School
Excellent workshop provided for year 10 pupils.



December 2018 - Secondary School




June 2018 - Primary School




June 2018 - Primary School
Amazing place the children loved making their own sculptures and sketching some of the exhibits.