June 2025
Walking the route
In the Mixed Media Creative Design class, part of Sutton College’s Publishing Pathway for SEND learners, we have been exploring cartography. Learners are learning how to design and create maps using relevant information to help people navigate the local environment. Our map design was informed by a walk we took around Sutton from Sutton College on St. Nicholas Way to Sutton Rail Station via nearby Manor Park. Along this route, we collected lots of information without using digital devices like mobile phones or tablets. By making simple drawings of our route and recording specific points of interest along the way, we were able to recall the route back at college. It was important that we numbered each point as well as making a note of the times of our departure and return to the college.
On the walk we decided that it was better to have too much information than not enough, so that when it comes to the next stage of the design process we would have more options to work from. The walk also helped us become more aware of our local environment. As a group, we discussed whether we could help someone who was lost. Would we feel confident enough to guide them using the information we had collected and the knowledge we gained?
We also considered how important this is for our map design.
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