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Murder Scene Just a School Drama Event
Posted: 8th December 2022The scene of a murder was discovered in a school - thankfully, it was just a fun evening of drama!
The murder mystery event saw students act out a scenario for their peers to guess who had committed the crime.
A crime scene - featuring a laid table, including a hidden gun and chalk outline - and evidence table were set up in the school's drama studio
Students working in their school house teams, used an unsigned will, love letter, a newspaper and a birthday card as evidence to help them work out the culprit.
Year 8 Students and teachers played the parts of murder suspects, reading out statements and answering questions along the way.
Ella Brady, drama and music teacher and head of Cockcroft House, said: "We want to be as inclusive as possible for our house events and not just cater for one type of interest. So, we came up with something a little different.
"I had seen successful murder mystery type activities on online theatre groups and thought this would be great to bring to our school and engage a lot of students."
Moore and Cheshire houses both guessed correctly that the victim's ex wife was to blame for the killing.