Crime Scene Investigation ~ Linked to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe!

Linked to our book topic of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, I created a crime scene investigation themed lesson. I created a carousel in the classroom where the children had to look at five different pieces of evidence which could point to the possible criminal. They had to scrutinise the evidence and decide at the end which character from the novel was the criminal.

Here are some images of the resources and carousel from the lesson.

I created the image of footprints on the carpet by cutting out footprint shapes out of paper, lying them on the floor and the sprinkling talcum powder over them. Then I lifted off the paper to reveal what looked like footprints in the snow! The children really believed this! 

Here is a photo of the display I created after the lesson celebrating the children's work. From the lesson they had to write a wanted poster for the character in the story which they believed to be the criminal. On the display I included some of the evidence the children had looked at in the lesson. 

Crime and Punishment Classroom Display

One of the most exciting topics I've ever taught - Crime and Punishment! The children learnt about crime and punishment throughout the ages with a focus on the Victorian and Tudor periods.

 

 

To the right are self portraits which the children painted of themselves at the beginning of the year. As a class we looked at Tudor portraits in art and through our outdoor learning sessions we created our own paint from natural materials and the children painted portraits of their peers.