Nov 15: The Secret of Galle Fort 4: Build the game board

Session 4:CONSTRUCT THE FORT BOARD GAME

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Attendance sheet

Volunteers: Shameel, Hasini

Place and time: Nagaswatta, Building Hope Children’s center | 12.30-2pm (please be at the class 15 minutes early)

Introducing class leaders:

Today we will designate class leaders to our program. Class leaders are more senior students who are mature, responsible and able to help younger students with their work. Thank you for helping children so far and we hope you will accept this post.

The class leaders for 2026 are:

  • Hansa

  • Nidhu

  • Ammar

    (clap and cheer on our class leaders!)

Today’s session intro:

Today we will work together to turn our discoveries from the Galle Fort trip into a shared physical game board, like this:

This is a fort game called ‘carcassone’ based on a medieval fort

We do not need to build every building or reproduce the entire Fort. We need to create a board that helps our characters move around, discover clues and solve the mystery

You will need:

  • A1 size printout of Galle map (already in class)

  • Large cardboard base for the map

  • Character cards from Session 1.

  • Object cards from Session 2.

  • Discovery sheets, sketches and observations from Session 3.

  • Recycled cardboard boxes or paper-mache

  • Paper, pencils, rulers and markers.

  • Scissors, masking tape and glue.

  • Oil paper / colored paper for water, streets and location labels. (yellow, blue, green and white)

Main Activity:

Step 1:

Ask the children to provide the discovery sheets from the Galle trip and spread it on the table. Ask them to remember the trip and share the most memorable or important places. Sketch on the whiteboard as you speak.

If they get stuck you can suggest: The harbour, the entrance, Streets and pathways, Buildings or storehouses, Walls or bastions

Step 2:

Divide the class into pairs.

Each pair will build a small model of an important location and place it on the map.

Suggestions of what to build:

  • Pair 1: Harbor or ship arrival area

  • Pair 2: Gate and entrance

  • Pair 3: Walls or bastion

  • Pair 4: Buildings or storehouses

  • Pair 5: Streets, pathways, junctions

Pathways idea: create tiles like this, but modify to suit to Galle fort.

Illustration by irushi Tennekoon

Step 3:

Build small character figures, that look like the characters you designed in session 1. Make sure they fit on the board.

Step 4:

Place the completed features on the board.

Extra information for volunteers

GALLE PROGRAM INFO (7 weeks)

For 7 weekends, we will focus on a program centered around the Galle fort, and learning about its history in a fun and creative way. (By creating our very own game) Here’s what’s in store:

அடுத்த 7 வார இறுதி நாட்களிலும், காலி கோட்டையை மையமாக வைத்து ஒரு சிறப்பான நிகழ்ச்சியை நடத்தப் போகிறோம். காலி கோட்டையின் வரலாற்றை சுவாரசியமாகவும் படைப்பாற்றலுடனும் கற்றுக்கொள்ளப் போகிறோம். அதற்காக எங்களுக்கென்று ஒரு விளையாட்டையும் உருவாக்கப் போகிறோம்!

இதோ, நாங்கள் திட்டமிட்டிருப்பவை:

  • Week 1: Create character cards

  • Week 2: Create goods for the characters to trade, and some challenges / mysteries for them

  • Week 3: Trip to galle

  • Week 4: build the game board

  • Week 5: Finish building and make game rules

  • Week 6: Test the game!

  • Week 7: Make a stop motion scene that animates the game

Full lesson script (session 4):



Visualization, Problem SolvingAnnette KlockenbuschGalle, November 2026Comment