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C.S.I. Whitelees

Today we were investigators and were given the challenge of finding who had stolen the recipe for ‘Fudge Mallow Delight’ from Willy Wonka’s Factory.

We had to use our thinking skills, communicating skills and compare and contrast the evidence we were given.

We had four different pieces of evidence:  a letter from Willy Wonka, staff fingerprints, a torn I.D. Badge, a police witness interview and a grid that showed where the evidence had been found.

We all decided on the same outcome, and that the culprit was the oompa-loompa Jonathan Jumblebum!

It was amazing!!

Sources

Today we were talking about Primary and Secondary Sources and Historical evidence.  We know that a Primary Source is a piece of information or artefact from the time it happened.  We know a Secondary Source usually uses a Primary Source first of all.  It is a source that has happened after the event or written or made about an event.

We decided Primary Sources were the most reliable.