Sorry for the absence of resources from us for a few weeks! It’s been peak season across everything we do (see below). This week, a rather bumper issue with an oracy activity that could make a good end-of-term activity – and which you might enjoy yourself in this sweltering period.
Whodunnit? Oracy Activity
It’s a “whodunnit” set in a country house. Lord Caeravan has been tragically squashed by a falling block in a pyramid he was exploring, and the guests gathered to hear the reading of his will are shocked to discover that his memoirs have been stolen! Four suspects each have a motive, and accusations to throw at one another – but who is the villain?
Everything you need is on this page – PDF with all the supporting resources, and an audio of Jason hamming it up as the various characters plus a few supporting visuals. It would make a very good workshop day for your most able writers to solve this mystery with Jason in character live, and then write their own. Writing this and voicing the characters was an absolute joy, and from running Whodunnits from Red Herring Games on our residentials we know it’s a great group activity.
I’m Going to Make a Friend – Video and Resources
If you weren’t able to make it to the meet-the-author Zoom the other week about Darren Chetty’s excellent picture book, I’m Going to Make a Friend, there’s a recording and link to the accompanying wealth of philosophy resources about friendship written by Jason on our blog.
What’s on in the Philosoverse?
It’s been a hectic few weeks across all the things we do – Oracy Workshop and Competition days as part of Essex County Council’s Year of Opportunity; two Hidden Leaders events on the same day at Eltham College and St Dunstan’s and again on Monday at Dulwich College and SHCS; the peak of DofE expeditions at Outspark; the usual zoom classes with students from around the UK for www.p4he.org and some new bespoke classes for Romanian students too. All while fielding enquiries for a busy September of INSETs, workshop days and Hidden Leaders whole year-group events.
Do email us if you’re keen to make progress on oracy, philosophy, most-able provision or the new enrichment entitlement OFSTED are inspecting on from September – we can help your school in ways that do more than just tick the new boxes!