October 31: TRIP TO GALLE

Session 3 TRIP & A Treasure Hunt

Attendance sheet

Volunteers: Annette , Liteira , Suren , Piyumika , Hasini

Other support: Ms Pramila, Ms, Neranjala

Itinerary:

  • 7.30am: Departure from Nagaswatta, Building Hope Children’s center

  • 9.30am: Arrival in Galle

  • 10.00am: Tour by Sandeepa Vithanage at Art'o'San Gallery

  • 12.30-1.00 pm: Lunch (provided)

  • 1.30pm: Walking Treasure hunt (see below for details) with Snack break (provided) at flat rock

  • 4pm: Depart Galle

  • 6pm: Arrival in Nagaswatte: 6pm

Bring, a pencil case, backpack and a notebook.

You will need:

  • Each person should bring: Water bottles, backpack, Pencils and a small sketching book, one per child

  • A clipboard  / board to draw on

  • A discovery sheet per team (piyumika will print)

  • Plan with marked stations (piyumika will print)

  • A simple map outline of Fort, A3  (Piyumika will print)

  • A group envelope for completed clue cards, or sketches and in-session 04 completion as cards

Treasure Hunt

  1. Annette will share an introductory story, listed in the detailed lesson plan.

  2. A circular route will pass the following landmarks:

    Start: Main Gate (British gate) and Clock Tower → harbour-facing ramparts and Old Gate/court area → sea-facing ramparts and Flag Rock → Point Utrecht Bastion and lighthouse area → streets and historic buildings inside the Fort → return to the starting point.

  3. Our class will divide into 5 groups, minimum 1-2 adults per group and 3-4 children per group

    2 groups will travel CLOCKWISE, according to this map

  4. 3 groups will travel ANTI-CLOCKWISE, according to this map.

  5. At each station there is a special list of tasks. Complete all tasks if you can, but prioritize A and B if you are out of time.

Clockwise map (groups 1,2,3)

Anti-clockwise map (groups 4.5)

STATION 1: THE MAIN GATE, CLOCK TOWER AND THE PATHWAYS

Suggested duration: 15 minutes
Main theme: Entrances, exits and movement

ENGLISH "Imagine you are a guard at Galle Fort. A trading ship has arrived, and people are bringing goods into the Fort. Your job is to understand who is coming in, what they are carrying and where they might be going. Look carefully at the entrance and the surrounding streets. Then complete your mission!"

SINHALA ඔයා ගාල්ල කොටුවේ මුරකාරයෙක් කියලා හිතන්න. වෙළඳ නැවක් ඇවිත් තියෙනවා. මිනිස්සු බඩුත් අරගෙන කොටුව ඇතුළට එනවා. කවුද ඇතුළට එන්නේ, ඒ අය මොනවද අරගෙන එන්නේ, කොහෙටද යන්න හදන්නේ කියලා හොයලා බලන එක තමයි ඔයාගේ වැඩේ. ඇතුල් වෙන තැනයි, ඒ අවට පාරවලුයි හොඳට බලන්න. ඊට පස්සේ ඔයාට දීලා තියෙන මෙහෙයුම සම්පූර්ණ කරන්න!

TAMIL நீங்கள் காலி கோட்டையில் ஒரு காவலாளி என்று கற்பனை செய்து பாருங்கள். ஒரு வணிகக் கப்பல் வந்திருக்கிறது. மக்கள் பொருட்களைக் கொண்டு கோட்டைக்குள் வருகிறார்கள். யார் உள்ளே வருகிறார்கள், அவர்கள் என்ன கொண்டு வருகிறார்கள், எங்கே போகிறார்கள் என்பதைக் கண்டுபிடிப்பதுதான் உங்கள் வேலை. நுழைவாயிலையும் அதைச் சுற்றியுள்ள தெருக்களையும் கவனமாகப் பாருங்கள். பிறகு, உங்களுக்குக் கொடுக்கப்பட்ட வேலையை முடித்துவிடுங்கள்!

Ask younger children to point out what they notice. Encourage older children to sketch the layout or explain how the entrance connects to other parts of the Fort.

STATION 2 — THE HARBOUR

Suggested location: A safe viewpoint overlooking Galle Harbour, with a suitable section of harbour-facing rampart as an alternative
Suggested duration: 15 minutes

ENGLISH "You have reached the place where ships arrive. Imagine that the missing cargo box was unloaded from a ship here. It was supposed to reach someone inside the Fort, but it never arrived. Your mission is to discover what might have been on the ship, who needed it, and what could have happened to the box."

TAMIL நீங்கள் காலி கோட்டையில் ஒரு காவலாளி என்று கற்பனை செய்து பாருங்கள். ஒரு வணிகக் கப்பல் வந்திருக்கிறது. மக்கள் பொருட்களைக் கொண்டு கோட்டைக்குள் வருகிறார்கள். யார் உள்ளே வருகிறார்கள், அவர்கள் என்ன கொண்டு வருகிறார்கள், எங்கே போகிறார்கள் என்பதைக் கண்டுபிடிப்பதுதான் உங்கள் வேலை. நுழைவாயிலையும் அதைச் சுற்றியுள்ள தெருக்களையும் கவனமாகப் பாருங்கள். பிறகு, உங்களுக்குக் கொடுக்கப்பட்ட வேலையை முடித்துவிடுங்கள்!

SINHALA ඔයා ගාල්ල කොටුවේ මුරකාරයෙක් කියලා හිතන්න. වෙළඳ නැවක් ඇවිත් තියෙනවා. මිනිස්සු බඩුත් අරගෙන කොටුව ඇතුළට එනවා. කවුද ඇතුළට එන්නේ, ඒ අය මොනවද අරගෙන එන්නේ, කොහෙටද යන්න හදන්නේ කියලා හොයලා බලන එක තමයි ඔයාගේ වැඩේ. ඇතුල් වෙන තැනයි, ඒ අවට පාරවලුයි හොඳට බලන්න. ඊට පස්සේ ඔයාට දීලා තියෙන මෙහෙයුම සම්පූර්ණ කරන්න!

Halfway point + tea break

(suggested location) FLAG ROCK BASTION. ALL GROUPS MEET HERE

All five groups meet, take a short break and compare discoveries.

Each group shares four things:

  1. A place: What location did you find interesting?

  2. A pathway: Where could a character walk?

  3. An object or clue: What might help solve the missing-cargo mystery?

  4. An observation: What did you notice about the Fort's buildings, walls or trade?

Annette will lead a short group challenge, detailed in the longer lesson plan below.

 

STATION 3 — THE WALLS AND DEFENCES

Suggested location: A suitable, safe section of rampart or bastion, such as the Flag Rock area or another accessible bastion along the chosen loop
Suggested duration: 15 minutes

ENGLISH "You are now exploring the protective walls of Galle Fort.

Imagine that you are a guard. You need to keep watch, communicate with other people and help protect the Fort.

Look carefully at the walls and the view around you. How might these structures have helped people do their jobs?"

SINHALA ගාල්ල කොටුවේ ආරක්ෂක බැමි

ඔයා දැන් ගාල්ල කොටුවේ ආරක්ෂක බැමි බලන්න යනවා. ඔයා මුරකාරයෙක් කියලා හිතන්න. කොටුව ආරක්ෂා කරන්න, අවට සිදුවෙන දේවල් ගැන අවධානයෙන් ඉන්න, අනිත් අයත් එක්ක තොරතුරු හුවමාරු කරගන්න ඔයාට සිද්ධ වෙනවා. මේ බැමි සහ ඒ අවට පරිසරය හොඳින් බලන්න. මේ වගේ ඉදිකිරීම් මුරකාරයන්ට එයාලගේ වැඩ කරගන්න උදව් වෙන්න ඇත්තේ කොහොමද?

TAMIL காலி கோட்டையின் பாதுகாப்புச் சுவர்கள்

STATION 4 — STREETS, BUILDINGS AND DAILY LIFE

Suggested location: A quiet, suitable street or public area near Church Street, Pedlar Street or the Dutch Hospital precinct
Suggested duration: 15 minutes

ENGLISH "You have explored the harbour, gate and walls. Now you are entering the world of everyday life.

Imagine the Fort when trading ships arrived. People had work to do, goods to deliver, messages to carry and places to visit.

Your mission is to discover where people might have worked, lived and met — and to find an idea for a secret clue."

SINHALA ඔයා වරාය, දොරටුව සහ බැමි ගැන හොයලා බැලුවා. දැන් අපි එදිනෙදා ජීවිතය ගැන හොයලා බලමු.

වෙළඳ නැව් වරායට ආපු කාලේ ගාල්ල කොටුව කොහොම තියෙන්න ඇද්ද කියලා හිතන්න. මිනිස්සුන්ට කරන්න වැඩ තිබුණා, බඩු ගෙනියන්න තිබුණා, පණිවිඩ අරගෙන යන්න තිබුණා, යන්න එන්න තැන් තිබුණා.

ඔයාගේ මෙහෙයුම: මිනිස්සු වැඩ කළේ, ජීවත් වුණේ සහ එකතු වුණේ කොහේද කියලා හොයාගන්න. ඒ වගේම රහස් ඉඟියක් හංගන්න පුළුවන් අදහසකුත් හොයාගන්න!

TAMIL நீங்கள் துறைமுகம், நுழைவாயில், கோட்டைச் சுவர்கள் ஆகியவற்றைப் பற்றி ஆராய்ந்துவிட்டீர்கள். இப்போது அன்றாட வாழ்க்கையைப் பற்றித் தெரிந்துகொள்வோம்.

வணிகக் கப்பல்கள் துறைமுகத்துக்கு வந்த காலத்தில் காலி கோட்டை எப்படி இருந்திருக்கும் என்று கற்பனை செய்து பாருங்கள். மக்களுக்குச் செய்ய வேண்டிய வேலைகள் இருந்தன, பொருட்களைக் கொண்டு செல்ல வேண்டியிருந்தது, செய்திகளைக் கொண்டு போக வேண்டியிருந்தது, போக வேண்டிய இடங்களும் இருந்தன.

உங்கள் பணி: மக்கள் எங்கே வேலை செய்தார்கள், எங்கே வாழ்ந்தார்கள், எங்கே சந்தித்துக்கொண்டார்கள் என்பதைக் கண்டுபிடியுங்கள். அத்துடன், ஒரு ரகசியக் குறிப்பை மறைத்து வைக்கக்கூடிய ஓர் இடத்தையும் யோசித்துப் பாருங்கள்!


Inspiration

EXTRA INFO:

Overall Galle Program Summary (This is session 3 out of 7):

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:

Detailed lesson plan: