Build our community map
How can our labels help a visitor?
Contribute a labelled place and a useful note to a shared community map.
You may point, speak, draw or write.
Start with what you know
Read the label library.
What note could explain its use?
Choose a map role: place, label, explain or check.
Words that help
| KEY | ROUTE |
|---|---|
| explains map labels or symbols. Label: a short place name. | a way between places. Note: extra information. |
Make the map useful
Watch a worked example
| NOTICE | EXPLAIN |
|---|---|
| A grey box is a description. Library is a useful place label. | Library: borrow books is a useful note. |
Try one together
Match: clinic, shop, park.
Use: health appointment, food shopping, play.
Check that another person can follow your label.
Choose, then explain
Which label helps a visitor most?
A. The large grey one.
B. Clinic: health appointments here.
Choose and explain.
Now it is your turn
| YOUR TASK | EXPLAIN |
|---|---|
| Add one place to the shared map. Label it and add what happens there. | Ask a reader to test your note. |
Show what you mean
Point to your choice.
Give one reason.
Your listener says what they heard.
Keep your first idea for the check.
Check the reasoning
Reveal the checks after pupils have kept their first response.
Reveal the model
| A LABEL | A NOTE |
|---|---|
| Names the place clearly. | Explains the use or who it helps. |
Your voice shapes the next step
Choose one idea to share, or pass.
Your listener tells you what they heard.
Keep or change your idea; give a reason.
Tell us what would help you next time.
Before you go
Read your map contribution.
What did your reader help you check?
Show one detail that helped.
Choose a next step.
Use the controls or left and right arrow keys. Printing includes pupil content; model answers remain separate.