An exhibition of maps created by local children has gone on display at the City Museum and Records Office. The children were taken out for a day to remember as a reward for achieving over 120 hours of extra learning on Saturdays with the Children's University, run by the Pompey Study Centre. All the children were given the opportunity to make their own Pompey Map from places they thought made Pompey great - including the football club, the beach, museums and many other Portsmouth attractions.
A guided tour round Fratton Park proved the highlight of the day, followed by a return to the Pompey Study Centre where they created their own unique views of the city to take home on an A1 poster for their bedroom wall.
Bryony Kelly from the museums and records service said: "The maps are all personal to the children as they include locations in Portsmouth that mean something to them - for example their school - and they created their own key. This exhibition really does put Portsmouth on the map, but from a child's perspective."
The exhibition is open from 1 December to 3 January 2008 at the City Museum and Records Office, Museum Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2LJ and admission is free.
The Children's University aims to help children find out about themselves, learn in fun situations, encourage them to find out what they are good at, as well as meeting people from other schools and experiencing new environments and is for children in Years 4 to 7. For more information please contact Jo Valentine at the Pompey Study Centre on 023 9286 4121.
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