H.A.T.S.

Assembly

The Heritage Ambassadors of Titchfield School (HATS) gave a special assembly on
Thursday 21 June to showcase and share their diversity and heritage.
Representing seven different cultures and heritage, the twelve HATS proudly took the
assembly of some 200 pupils and guests on a virtual journey on Flight 5TPS. With
Captain Georgia and Cabin Crew Lisa and Laura providing flight information, the first stop
was Scotland. Here, our scottish ambassadors – Jessica and Lauren fully kitted in their
tartan kilts performed sword dancing before
sharing some of the important heritage facts about
Scotland. They then journeyed south to Wales to
meet their tour guide Sophie who was draped in
her Welsh flag as she talked proudly about all
things Welsh. Crossing the Irish Sea, the
passengers were in for a treat as they met their
guides Conor and Euan who provided a warm Irish
welcome packed with facts about irish culture.
Then off to warmer climes, they learnt about
Spanish heritage from tour guide Javier before
setting off further afield to colourful India to meet
Myah who shared her Indian heritage with help from
her assistant Kate who wore a sari. Final destination before heading back to England was
Pakistan where Ali gave an insight into social and cultural life in Pakistan.
On route back to England, captain Georgia gave information about English Heritage and
some of the great literary masters followed by Euan – a very passionate English football
fan giving a brief history of the game and an update on the European championships.
Finally, Lisa and Lauren shared information about their visits to Westbury Manor Museum
where they learnt about Fareham past and present and enjoyed some fun activities.
With great praise from Mr Bainbridge and Tophat Hassi, HATS received a massive
applause as the Cultural Journeys Assembly came to a close. As the pupils and guests
made their way to the exit, Cabin Crew Lisa and Laura provided some sweet treats to help
them along their way!
Thanks to Miss Deane who helped plan this fun packed assembly.

On our second visit to Westbury Museum, HATS met Mrs Anne Baxandall from the Fareham History Group who very kindly shared the sad story of the Bishops Waltham Boys who were sent to Fareham. Mrs Baxandall talked about how she researched this story, which took place in 1836, by looking through the detailed Minutes of Board Meetings.  The Minutes were part of very large books which kept a ‘minute by minute’ record of meetings – all written by hand – this was long before computers, the internet or even typewriters!  Mrs Baxandall read through pages and pages of these records to uncover this story.

HATS learned how three very young boys named Robert Withers, Jonathan Cooke and William Warren were treated badly and punished at the Fareham Workhouse.   Punishment included giving them less food, use of stocks, wearing a ‘fools cap’ with the word ‘dirty’ written on it, and being put in an outhouse.  Their treatment became public knowledge because the local MP mentioned it in a speech he gave to the House of Commons on February 24th 1837.  This led to an inquiry and eventually the children were sent back to Bishops Waltham.  And what happened to the three boys … Mrs Baxandall found records to show that by end of April 1937, Robert and William left the workhouse to live with relatives but poor Jonathan was still at the workhouse and it is very likely that he died at a young age.

Westbury museum
On Thursday we went to Westbury Manor museum in Fareham for part of our heritage project.
First of all the lady lead us into a room where we would put our bags and snacks.
Me and Myah paired up for the first activity. We had to find the objects printed on different cards and although it was tricky, we managed to find 2. Next we had to pull out a piece of small paper to lead to information. Mine and Myah’s was the ROMAN CURSE !
We found the board and we found out that it was paper and had all sorts of markings on it. Everyone had a different one.
After that we went into to 2 groups. We had 3 activities. One was where we had to spot things on the map like where is Westbury manor and West Street and lots more. There were 2 maps one was taken in 2006 and the other one was in 1776 [I think]. They were completely different!
The next activity was where we had to look at photographs and put them into groups. They were working life, transport, People and children, houses and building and shopping. After that, we had to choose a photograph and think of questions do go with it.
The final activity was where we had to sort out the people and you could see their ages and their jobs [occupations].It was a big challenge to read the writing because it was in unusual writing.
Eventually we went to the room we first came in, to have our snacks. Hassi gave us a yummy, delicious mini roll each. That was really kind and thoughtful of her.
After we had our snacks we were told our homework which was to find out what WWWWW meant. WWWWW meant 5 bums 0n a bed which we found quite funny. HA HA HA
When we had found out our homework it was nearly time to go. The coach wasn’t here yet so we quickly had another look at the first floor which had lots of made sculptures and stuff which was really expensive! I signed the book saying that it was a really good experience to come here and that this museum is the best ever.
Just in time, the coach arrived so we said goodbye and we left Westbury Manor museum.
Thank you Miss Deane and Hassi for taking us

Last few weeks, the HATS group has been exploring heritage through researching and learning all about different cultures and traditions.  We have seen some excellent presentations on Scotland, England, Spain, Pakistan, Wales, Ireland and India.  Yesterday, we looked at American and Australian and talked about how different countries can have an influence on each other’s cultures.

Today, we are going to visit Westbury Museum for our weekly workshop which is going to focus on ‘Investigating our Area’.  I am very excited about this trip as HATS will have an opportunity to look around the museum and do some fun activities to learn about the local area.

My name is Myah I was born on the 7th September 2001 in Portsmouth.

It’s really fun being in hats because we always learn new things about our family and how Hassi is really kind to us and gives us all the things we would need for the projects we do and how she organises exciting trips for us to go on!                                                                    

Hi my name is Sophie Edwards,I was born in Cardiff/Wales and my heritage is Wales.I think being in HATS is a great .

It was an honour to be chosen.We have be looking at other heritage as well as our.

I really like H.A.T.S because you have loads of fun and you get to research your family hundreds of years back. I am also having loads of fun because you get to research about different countries and cultures, I think I am very lucky to be in H.A.T.S !!!

my hame is Lauren and I am part of the hats group.

I was born on the 1st December 2001 in Portsmouth.

I am really enjoying H.A.T.S because we get to publish are own books and keep and copy, and lots more.

I cant wait to go on the trip to go to the museum

Hello my name is Jessica and I am part of hats group.

I was born on the 27th November 2001 in Basingstoke.My heritage is  Scottish.

I am looking forward to going on the trips to the museum and finding out about other peoples heritage.

I think Hassi is amazing awsome and epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until next time see you!!!!!!!!!!