History Mystery

The villainous Moriarty – arch-enemy of Sherlock Holmes – visited the Year 2 children on their History Mystery Day and stole the plans for installing electric street lighting in London from under the very nose of Sir Robert Peel and various other Victorian celebrities. It was lucky that Mr Holmes had the help of the resourceful street urchins known as the ‘Baker Street Irregulars’ to help solve this tricky case. The Irregulars met many challenges and worked hard to find out the answers to a quiz, memorise a table full of Victorian artefacts, decipher clues and maps, repair Mr Brunel’s bridge (which Moriarty had blown up) and solve some tricky Maths problems, all of which led them to the final prize: the secret location of the plans and a handsome reward presented by Sir Robert himself. Many thanks to the staff and volunteers who helped to make this action-packed day run smoothly, particularly Mr and Mrs Taylor who worked tirelessly to make it all happen.