Contrasting Locality Detectives – KS2
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Activity 1 Tourist Tape Makers.
Because of its character Hamble-le-Rice gets many visitors. Some are local
people who come for a stroll. Some are visitors who sail into the Hamble River
and moor their boats for periods of time.
Villages like Hamble are very attractive to people for leisure and recreation as
they are ‘by the water’.
Source - Richard Dorrell
At the moment there is no tape available for visitors to listen to, to guide them
around Hamble and tell them what they will see. Tourist tapes are packed with
information.
Task for children
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Follow the trail provided by your teacher around the village.
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Take it in turns to record on the Dictaphone information about really
exciting or interesting places and buildings that will be passed if your
trail were to be followed by visitors.
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It is up to you where you stop, and up to you as a team to decide what
you want to say.
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To help people using the tape, you might want to mark stopping points
on a large scale map. This will give us a tape and map guide to the
locality.
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Don’t forget to make your taped talk really exciting. It cannot be boring
if you want people to listen to it. Other people will want to listen to it
back at school.
Activity 2 Signs and Logo Detectives
Source - Footprints
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Places have lots of signs and logos which give people and visitors
information. You can read the geography of places from being sign and
logo detectives.
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Look at the sign above, it tells visitors the way to the Warsash Ferry.
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Do you know the meaning of a logo which has a red rectangle with a
yellow M in it?
By the way, did you get the logo – it was The Mc Donald’s sign!
Your Task – as a super sign detective.
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You are going to create a sign and logo map to display the land
use / use of key buildings in Hamble.
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Spend 10 minutes checking out different signs you can see from
where you are talking with your adult helper. There are lots to
choose from.
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Take pictures of different signs and logos in the key streets in
Hamble Village – especially those down by The Quay.
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Record carefully on your map where the pictures were taken – note
down any other information that you think might be important as a
guide to the city centre.
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Gather as much information as possible; when you get back to
school you can use the map, pictures and captions to create your
monster signs and logo map of the older part of Hamble.
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You will need to share your work with all the other people who are
visiting Hamble. So collect your information carefully – use your
adult guide to help you.
Activity 3 – I Spy Book Makers.
Look at the sign above – it shows a bugle – The sign is for The Bugle Public
House, source – Richard Dorrell.
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Your task
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To create an I Spy booklet of Hamble to be used by children visiting the
locality from your school next year.
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Look at the I Spy book given to you by your adult helper – it shows
features that you can find in towns. The features include houses,
shops, signs and signals etc. Source – I Spy Books – In the Street.
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People using the book have to be detectives and spot the features. For
this they score points. In the book you have you can get an I Spy
badge when you have scored 1000 points.
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When you are making your I Spy book remember to work as a
group and to stay with your adult helper.
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Use the digital camera provided to take pictures of features that you
find exciting in Hamble. Make sure that some are easy to find, and
some slightly more difficult. You might want to focus your book on
important buildings for example the Lifeboat Station.
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You can decide the route you want to take around the village with your
adult helper.
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When you are back in school you will be using the pictures and other
pieces of information that you collect to construct your I Spy book of
Hamble.
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Notice how the pictures are grouped together in the I Spy book – you
might decide to take sets of pictures for example sets of signs or sets
of houses. It is up to you.
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You will need a large scale map of Hamble to record where you took
your pictures. This would help the teachers coming to Hamble with the
children next year to find where you took them more easily.
Activity 4 – Some buildings are more important then others.
Hamble is a major tourist ‘honey pot’. Because of this many people visit it
each day – more at the weekend and in the summer months.
How does the older part of the village compare to the locality of your school?
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Source – Chris Hayles
Your task.
 To investigate the key buildings of Hamble, and to begin to compare
them to those in your school locality.
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For example – The Life Boat Station the Old Village Tea Room and Gift
Shop.
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Follow the trail around the village given to you by your adult helper.
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Record the location of important buildings that you pass. Important to
both local people and visitors.
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You might wish to take a picture of these buildings.
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Create important building trump cards for selected key buildings.
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You can collect any additional information that you want to in order to
help you to write up your findings. Remember that other people will
want to use your work back at school.
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Activity 5 – Where on earth do all the people come from?
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Many people visit Hamble, some to walk, some for work and some for
meals etc.
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Some people are locals – they live in and around the Hamble area. Some
people come from a long way away from other parts of the UK or abroad.
Source – Richard Dorrell
Your task.
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Your job today is to collect information about the background of the visitors
to Hamble.
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Remember to only talk to adults with your teacher/helper there –
NEVER talk to strangers by yourself.
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Also remember that it takes all sorts to make the world. Some people
are polite, some are rude. You will always be polite and say please
and thank you
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Here is the information you are going to collect (a recording sheet is
attached to help you).
o Where have you come from?
o How did you get to Hamble?
o How long do you intend staying in Hamble?
o Why have you come to Hamble?
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You will need all of your information back at school – so record it carefully.
A suggested recording sheet can be found below.
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Of course you may have some extra questions you want to ask the people
you are interviewing. For example what they like / dislike about Hamble.
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It might be handy to have with you:
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A map of the Solent area to help you to find places that local
visitors come from
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A map of Hampshire and the Southeast to help you to locate
places outside of immediate.
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UK, European and World maps.
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You may wish to use the I Pods, Easy Speaks or Dictaphones
for collecting longer answers.
 Try to interview people in three or four different places – mark your
interview positions onto the map provided.
When you get back to school you are going to make create tables, graphs and
maps with this information. Other people in your year will need to use your
information to help them with their Hamble reports
Where have you
come from?
How did you get
to Hamble
How long are
you here?
Why have you
come to
Hamble?
From the information that you collect you will be able to map the “sphere of
influence” of Hamble, to measure the cities footprint, to see the extent of the
area that the city draws people from.
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Activity 6. Comparing Zones of Hamble
Source – Richard Dorrell
Hamble (like any settlement) is divided into different sections or zones – for
example there is the older High Street and Quay and newer homes and shops
near the main village car park.
Your task
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To compare three very different parts of the village.
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The High Street and Quay.
The Green.
Satchell Lane – next to village centre car park.
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You will have to be really ace geography detectives to be able to collect
information and then compare three different places.
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Discuss with your adult helper the type of information you think you
should collect and how – it is down to you, you are the experts.
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If you decide to take pictures – remember to record the location that
you took them at.
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Remember to work together as a group and to stay with your adult
helper all of the time.
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Collect as much information as you can in the time allowed. Other
people your class will need to use it to help them with their work when
you are back at school.
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How are you going to present your comparisons of parts of the village?
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You may decide with your adult helper that you want to try to explore
different areas of the village and create your own village zones.
Activity 7 – Premises for sale in Hamble.
Estate agents guide to Hamble home or business
You are estate agents who have to create an advert to help to sell homes in
Hamble.
Estate agents are used to help to not only sell houses, but also businesses –
they have to be expert at it. They have to be very persuasive.
Source – Rob Farrow
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You will often find estate agents’ signs in different places advertising
houses and businesses for sale.
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Homes and businesses are put up for sale for many reasons perhaps a
firm are moving to a new area, or they are closing down.
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Estate agents are found in all town and cities. You will even find estate
agents in small places like Hamble.
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Estate agents have to give people as much information as possible
about the area that the home or business is in – this is to encourage
them to see it and buy it. They have to be accurate about their
information.
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The information could include – a small map to show where the home
or business is; pictures of important features; a list of local services e.g.
banks and shops; links to other places and information about other
important businesses in the area.
Your task
Use the information above together with your own observations of Hamble to
create an estate agent’s guide for a property for sale in the area.
Decide as a team what you need to collect and how you are going to collect it.
You will need it back at school to create the advert.
Other people who went to Hamble will want to see your advert when you have
finished it. It will help them with their work as well
Activity 8 – 7-11 Year olds guide to Hamble.
Source – Zorba the Geek
Look at the sign above – How might this street have got its name? What link
does this have to the river and the sea?
There are many interesting features, buildings and spaces for young people
between the ages of 7 and 11 but they are not recorded on maps or
information sheets so they often go undiscovered.
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Your task
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To create an information booklet or small labelled map for Hamble
Village especially for 7 – 11 year olds. The information should be for
both children who live in the village and those that visit it with adults.
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Remember to ignore all of the features and buildings that
are only of interest to adults.
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You might want to collect:
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Photographs.
Make drawings.
Speak into the Dictaphone which will store info for you.
Label information on the map which is provided for you.
Write down, for example, important words and dates etc.
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It is up to you where you would like to go and what you would like to
collect. As far as possible, stick to the village trail given to you by your
teacher.
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Look at both old and new buildings.
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Remember to collect as much information as you can. Other people
who visited the city will need to use your information to help them with
their work.
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Activity 9 – Hunting for Links to other places.
Source – Basher Eyre
All places are linked to others in some way. Your school is linked to lots of
places – for example the places that the teaching and non teaching staff live.
Hamble is no different - it has many links to other places. The picture above
shows a bus heading out of the village along the High Street – it is difficult to
see where it is going, but it is heading out of the village centre.
Some links are LOCAL - to other places in the Hamble area for example the
Warsash Ferry.
Some links are REGIONAL – to other places in Hampshire – for example a
train Hamble Halt Station to Portsmouth.
Some links are NATIONAL – to places in the United Kingdom – for example a
yacht made in Hamble and moved to Falmouth in Cornwall.
Some links are INTERNATIONAL – to other places in the world – for example
people from the continent that sail into Hamble.
Your task.
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You will need a large scale base map of the village to record where you
spot links to other places.
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You may wish to take a digital picture of some of the links.
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Follow the route around Hamble given to you by your teacher.
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Look out for all of the different signs and signals that show how the
locality is linked to other places – road signs; buses and lorries from
different places; bus timetables; ferry boats; dialling codes on vehicles
(02380 – Southampton and 01962 - Winchester); foreign car number
plates and car registration plates, street names, restaurants and items
for sale in shops……….the list is endless.
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Detective clue If you collect the dialling codes on the sides of lorries
you can use the telephone directory in school to research where they
came from.
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Decide what information you are going to collect and how you are
going to record it. You may decide to make up a table like the one
below to help you. It is up to you.
Type of Link.
Where to / from
Ferry
To Warsash
Group
Local
Map Number.
1
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Map number 1 means the number you have used to mark it onto the
base map.
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There will be lots and lots of clues so you may decide just to investigate
the High Street, the Quay, the Green and School Lane.
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Think carefully about how you are going to display your findings back at
school. Remember other people may want to use the information that
you have collected.
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