Class Kit: Junior Detectives
A kit for primary school teachers, after-school educators and school safeguarding staff who work with children aged 8 to 11. It goes with the six “Junior Detectives” missions, which are free for children and need no account. You can show the missions in class and set them as homework for free. The kit adds everything you need for a whole lesson. For each mission, you get lesson goals, links to the EU DigComp framework, materials and a minute-by-minute plan. There is also a one-page A4 worksheet with an answer key, support for pupils who need more help, extension tasks for those who finish early, and homework to do together with parents. And a short guide on what to do if a child confides in you after a lesson. After the last lesson, you can print diplomas for the whole class. Children need no account and we store nothing about them. The kit is not an accredited professional development course; it is ready-made teaching material.
The children's missions for this kit
This kit goes with the missions Junior Detectives (Ages 8–11). The missions are free for children and need no account: show them in class and set them as homework.
Course contents
- 1How to use the class kitWhat the kit contains, how to show a mission in class, set homework and print diplomas – and how the lessons link to learning frameworks.Free sample lesson8 min
- 🔒Lesson 1: Fact or opinion?Pupils tell a fact they can check from an opinion and spot an opinion ‘dressed up’ as a fact. At the end, they check a fact themselves with a class survey.10 min
- 🔒Lesson 2: Ad or advice?Pupils learn when a YouTuber is giving advice and when it’s an ad, find the ad label and tricks like ‘only a few left’ – and agree on a ‘wait until tomorrow’ rule.10 min
- 🔒Lesson 3: Photos can liePupils learn three ways a photo can mislead, try a close-up and cropping themselves and learn to ask: Who took the photo? Where and when?10 min
- 🔒Lesson 4: Who wrote it?Pupils learn the detective’s three questions – Who wrote it? Why? Does anyone else say so? – and use advice about a hedgehog and milk to tell an anonymous tip from an expert.10 min
- 🔒Lesson 5: What not to sharePupils know what to keep to themselves, spot a fake prize offered for a password and know who to show a strange message to – without fearing that it’s their fault.10 min
- 🔒Lesson 6: Chain messages and scary challengesPupils find out that a chain message has no power, spot its tricks and practise three steps for a scary message: don’t do it, don’t send it on, tell an adult.10 min
About this course
- Author
- Bc. Pavel Cinkeis, MBA, MPA (with thematic specialists)
- Updated
- Sources
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre: DigComp 3.0 (opens in a new window)
- NSPCC Learning: Recognising and responding to child abuse and neglect (opens in a new window)
- UK Department for Education: Harmful online challenges and online hoaxes (opens in a new window)
- Child Helpline International: 116 111 EU (opens in a new window)
- Better Internet for Kids: Safer Internet Centre network (opens in a new window)