It's a mystery!

The Reception children returned to their classrooms after lunch on Monday to find there had been a visitor! The visitor had not looked after the school's property and their was a series of mysterious clues left behind. "Look there's clue, it's a footprint!" exclaimed Ethan to his classmates. The children were outraged at the mess and set about to find out what had happened.

The children has a lot of theories of who might be responsible for the mess in the bakery, home corner and construction area. Aspen class were certain it was the Big Bad Wolf. Layla, Adam and Lilly W thought it might have been a bandit and this idea quickly spread in Apple. Other suspects included Elsa, a monster and Jack the elf. "It's something to do with the three bears as there is porridge" said Ryan from Alder.

The children thought long and hard about the clues they could see and worked together to draw up a list of evidence. Evidence found included: a pink hair ribbon, a small footprint, porridge oats, a broken chair, three bears and three bowls. After some more discussion the children came up with a new suspect....... Goldilocks! The children in Alder briefly suspected Hannah as she looked a little like Goldilocks but quickly discarded this clue as she pointed out she was having lunch with her class.

The children were extremely excited and engaged throughout the afternoon, searching the early years area for additional clues. Some children grabbed magnifying glasses and looked closely for tiny details, others decided to use a clipboard to record the clues and evidence they had found. Augustas set about marking out additional evidence with masking tape throughout Apple class. There was so much discussion and collaboration seen across the year group to find out what had happened to the classrooms. Everyone's imaginations were captured!

This week we will continue to work work with the text Goldilocks and The Three Bears. We will be busy taste testing porridge, making posters to find Goldilocks and writing letters to apologise on behalf of Goldilocks.