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Session Outline: • You are going to pretend that your school cook has had a plate of delicious cookies

stolen and the children are going to be detectives to hunt for clues in your outdoor area to work out who the culprit is.

• The children are to work in pairs. Each pair is given a map, a suspect sheet and detective recording sheets (A or B). The children are to locate 6 hidden clue cards in their outdoor learning area.

• When they locate a clue, they are to mark on their map where they found it, what it is, and who it may belong to, (this may be more than one suspect). When they have found all 6 clues they are to try to figure out who stole the cook’s cookies.

• Discuss the clues and who they may have belonged too afterwards. Who do they think the culprit is and why?

Differentiation: HA- Can they write the co-ordinates of each map location where they find each clue? (Detective sheets B) LA- Help & support with map reading and recording. Extension: Can they name all of the human and animal species which use their outdoor learning area and how they interact? What benefits/ problems does this co-inhabitation bring? How could the items dropped (clues) affect the outdoor ecosystem?

Lesson Objectives Children will become familiar with the relationships between human and animal species which use their outdoor learning area. Children will be able to read and follow a map. Resources Simple map of your outdoor area at your school (You may want to draw simple grid-lines with coordinates for MA); Suspects Sheet; School Ecosystem Orienteering Clues Sheet A & B; Detective Sheets A (LA/MA) & B (HA); Leader’s answer sheet (scroll down for all of these); clipboards; pencils. Resource Links Outdoor Skills/ Read 2D Grid Co-ordinates Teaching Points Explain that an ecosystem includes all of the living things (plants, animals and organisms) in a given area, interacting with each other, and also with their non-living environments (weather, soil, buildings). Explain how to read a map & simple coordinates. Key Vocabulary orienteering, clues, map, locate, match, coordinates, eco-system, relationships, humans, animals, co-inhabit, interact.

Risk Assessments: Generic Site RA.

Curriculum Links

Geography: (KS1) Develop knowledge about their locality; Develop basic geographical vocabulary related to physical and human features of their environment; Use simple field work and observational skills to study their local geography and the key physical and human surroundings of their environment. Numeracy: (Y2) Use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement. (Y4) Describe positions on a 2D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant. Science: (Y2) Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other. PE: (KS1) Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.

Learning Outcomes

LA - Children will be able to locate their position on a simple map & name some human and animals which interact in their

outdoor area with help.

MA - Children will be able to locate their position on a simple map & name some human and animals which interact in their

outdoor area.

HA - Children will be able to locate their position on a simple map using coordinates. They can name some human and animals which interact in their outdoor area and explain the benefits

and problems of this co-inhabitation.

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School Ecosystem

Orienteering KS1

TOPICS

KS1GEOGRAPHY

MAP SKILLS

SCIENCE

LIVING THINGS &

THEIR HABITATS

OUR SCHOOL& LOCAL AREA

POSITION &

DIRECTION

NUMERACY

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Mr. Green the caretaker Lucky the Grey Squirrel

Baggie the Magpie Mrs. Mop the cleaner

Mr. West the Teacher Mrs. Book the Secretary


Who stole the cook’s cookies? Suspects Sheet

School Ecosystem

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KS1

TOPICS

KS1MAP SKILLS LIVING THINGS &

THEIR HABITATS


POSITION &

DIRECTION

GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE NUMERACY



Clue 1 Footprints

Clue 2 A ring

Clue 3 A diary

Clue 4 A keyring with the

initial ‘B’

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School Ecosystem Clues Sheet A Cut, laminate and hide/ hang in your outdoor learning area.

School Ecosystem

Orienteering

KS1

TOPICS


THEIR HABITATS


POSITION &

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Clue 5 Lipstick

Clue 6 Nuts & raisins


School Ecosystem Clues Sheet B Cut, laminate and hide/ hang in your outdoor learning area.

School Ecosystem

Orienteering

KS1

TOPICS


THEIR HABITATS


POSITION &

DIRECTION





Who stole the cook’s cookies? Detective Answer Sheet

What is it? Who could it belong to?

Clue

1 footprints

A) Baggie

A) Mrs Mop

A) Mrs Book

Clue

2 ring

A) Mrs Mop

B) Mrs Book

C) Baggie

(magpies like shiny items)

Clue

3 diary

A) Mr. West

B) Mrs Book

School Ecosystem

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Who stole the cook’s cookies? Detective Answer Sheet


Clue

4 KeyringA)

Mrs Book

Clue

5 Lipstick

A) Mrs Mop

B) Mrs Book

Clue

6 Nuts & raisins

A) Mr Green

B) Lucky

C) Baggie

D) Mrs Mop

E) Mr West

F) Mrs Book

School Ecosystem

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Who stole the cook’s cookies? Detective Sheet A


Clue

1

A)

B)

C)

Clue

2

A)

B)

C)

Clue

3 A)

B)

School Ecosystem

Orienteering

KS1

TOPICS


THEIR HABITATS


POSITION &

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Who stole the cook’s cookies? Detective Sheet A


Clue

4

A)

B)

C)

Clue

5

A)

B)

Clue

6

A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

F)

School Ecosystem

Orienteering

KS1

TOPICS


THEIR HABITATS


POSITION &

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Who stole the cook’s cookies? Detective Sheet B


Which coordinates?

Clue

1

A)

B)

C)

Clue

2

A)

B)

C)

Clue

3 A)

B)

School Ecosystem

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THEIR HABITATS


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DIRECTION





Who stole the cook’s cookies? Detective Sheet B


Which coordinates?

Clue

4

A)

B)

C)

Clue

5

A)

B)

Clue

6

A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

F)

School Ecosystem

Orienteering

KS1

TOPICS


THEIR HABITATS


POSITION &

DIRECTION




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