Netley Marsh

This presentation was created by the Kingfishers’ Class (2015). Move through the slides to find out why Netley Marsh is a great place to live, work or come to school!

Want to find your way around Netley Marsh? Let us help you……

You can find your way around Netley Marsh using our 3D map

For your convenience, you can also use our 2D map (more handy for your pocket)

If you prefer to use a map with a key, then this map is just for you

Want to find out more about Netley Marsh? You have come to the right place!

‘This our school. It is between the hall and the church’ ‘Our school is very friendly. The teachers are nice’ ‘We learn lots of things that will help us when we are older’ ‘Our forest values are friendship, openness, responsibility, stewardship and trust’ ‘They make our school a happy school’

‘This is the church. It is next door to our school’ ‘It’s name is St. Matthews’ ‘We go to the church to sing songs and listen to stories’ ‘People go there for weddings and christenings too’ ‘When people die they get buried in the graveyard’ ‘Reverend Reeve looks after the church’ ‘Some of the graves are very old’ ‘The church is 160 years old’

‘If you go to Rainbows you go to the hall’ ‘The hall is next door to the school’ ‘We have Fayres in the hall’ ‘It is where we go to watch Jack in the Beanstalk’

‘Tools for Self Reliance make and fix tools for Africa and other countries’ ‘They pack the tools in crates and send them to Africa on a big boat’ ‘ They fix people’s old sewing machines too’ ‘They only make hand tools because some parts of Africa don’t have electricity’ ‘They send the tools because some people in Africa are poor ’

‘The pub is more than 100 years old. Horses and carriages used to stop there before people had cars’ ‘This is the White Horse pub’ ‘You can get drink and food and jelly beans in the pub’ ‘They have menus so you can decide what you can have’ ‘You can sit outside and inside’

‘They sell yummy food to eat there or take away’ ‘They sell fish and chips, battered sausages, fish cakes and kids’ meals’ ‘The potatoes are washed and cut in big machines to make chips. Then they fry them in hot fryer’ ‘At the weekend they use 20 bags of potatoes a day’ ‘The menu tells you what you can have and how much it costs.

‘The memorial helps us to remember people that died in war’ ‘Their names are written on the memorial’ The people who died were all from Netley Marsh Every year people put poppies on it to show they remember ‘I found the name of someone in my family’

Want to know more about the history of Netley Marsh? The Kingfishers can help with that too…..

‘This is what it looked like a long time ago’ ‘Some of the building were the same, but the people wore different clothes and there weren’t many cars then ’ ‘There used to be a laundry that did people’s washing at Netley Marsh and a post office and a shop’ ‘There was a school where bad children lived. They had to chop wood and other hard jobs’ ‘Very long ago there was a battle at Netley Marsh’ We don’t know much about it ‘cos there were no cameras then’ ‘If some things happened before there were cameras we can find out from paintings or what people wrote’ ‘We don’t know if is true though, when you see a photo you know it’s true’

Still don’t know if you should visit Netley Marsh? Let us convince you!

Why should you come to Netley Marsh? ‘Netley Marsh is close to the New Forest’ ‘It is full of friendly people’ ‘It is close to Totton and Morrisons’ ‘It has the best fish and chip shop’ ‘Our church is welcoming’ ‘There is a steam rally every year. It is fun and interesting’