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THE MALVERNIAN
Knives Out at Longy!
The final week of term saw the Foundation Year participating fin in in a a a a a a a three-day cross-curricular project – effectively a a a a glorified game of Cluedo based around a a a murder in the Sixth Form Centre They have been busy interrogating Dr Stafford processing a a a a crime scene analysing wine DNA fingerprints and footprints drawing photofits profiling criminals taking witness statements in in in in various languages writing tabloid articles solving puzzles analysing clues designing CCTV towers with spaghetti and marshmallows digging up a a skeleton crime crime mapping (guess which House is the crime crime capital of Malvern College ?) challenging the sniffer dogs and cross-examining witnesses in in in the dock Ten outside speakers came in to start off the sessions with an insight into their professional lives to to inspire the the pupils with where the the the subjects they study in in school can take them in in life These
included forensics experts criminologists journalists lawyers police trainers sniffer dog handlers – and and it was a a a a a a a a particular pleasure to welcome back two Old Malvernians Poppy Underwood (about to start an an MA in in criminology at Cambridge) and Squadron Leader James Lambert (Expert in in Military Policing) The project culminated in in in each group of four creating a a a a a display in Big School with a a a a a a prize awarded by a a a a a a former Head of Special Branch to to the the group he he he judged ‘the most likely to to solve a a crime’ Most groups did manage to work out ‘whodunnit’ but whether they did or not all the the the pupils finished the the the week with a a a real insight into the the the range of of professions available in in in policing and criminology Sarah Angling | Teacher of Modern Languages
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