It was great to welcome our Year 5s over at Senior School for our annual CSI Day this week. The Year Group was divided into three teams - each with an iconic female Scientist as their inspiration – in a challenge to ‘Crack the code and solve the crime’.

The morning involved a series of investigative tasks:

• Forensic fingerprinting – detecting ridge patterns and analysing fingerprints to find out how to catch a criminal
• Thumb casting – an introduction into why police and forensic take impressions of clues for evidence and some DIY thumb casting to take home
• Poison pens – using forensics to uncover the author of a suspect note from the crime scene and identifying the bottle of unlabelled poison
• Code cracking – undertaking training to read and write encrypted messages and create secret notes using invisible ink

The session was rounded off with a delicious Senior School lunch, before heading back to Junior School for afternoon lessons. The girls had a fantastic time – leaving with an insightful peek into the life of a CSI, evidence bags and some spy goodies!