THE pupils of Egloskerry School were given a surprise recently when they came into school to find out that they had to investigate what happened to Humpty Dumpty as part of their spring term literacy work.

Teachers had prepared a crime scene in the school hall and told the children that something had happened and that they’d have to talk about the individual.

The students then had to call the police (PCSO Mark Camvin) to tell them that a crime had taken place.

PCSO Camvin then told the students how the police would investigate the crime scene. He asked them about collecting evidence and got the children in a discussion.

He then appointed journalists and forensic scientists for the day, shared out evidence between the classes so that they could go away and investigate with different year groups investigating footprints, fingerprints, white powder and whether he’d been pushed or not while using chromatography and microscopes amongst other things to form their conclusions.

The year groups then presented their findings as to who was guilty to the PCSO who thanked them for their efforts.

The acting headteacher at the time, Lynsey Slater, said: “Egloskerry has recently joined the Launceston College Multi-Academy Trust and they helped us organise it.

“The day went so well and the children haven’t been able to stop talking about it, they’re still looking for clues. It very much brought their learning to life and a lot of the pupils have said that they want to become policeman and scientists.

“Coming into school they had no idea about it and nor did the parents so it was a great day and a perfect example of how schools can work together.

“I’d also like to thank PCSO Camvin and Mrs Johnson from the science department at Launceston College for her help with the experiments.”