Can you find the hidden message?

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Maths Week5th – 9th February

2007

Cryptography and ciphers

Tutor Activities

Thinking skills:

Coded puzzles

Citizenship:

Global coding

Literacy:

Anagrams (with World War II Theme)

Assembly follow up:

Code breaking competition

Key Stage 3• Posters and displays

in classrooms with puzzles.

• Carousel of Multicultural code-breaking activities with ITT students from Durham University.

• Themed lessons related to Cryptology

The Enigma Machine

Key Stage 4

• Visit from James Blowey from Durham University for G&T pupils.

• Visit to Bletchley Park, National Codes centre.

• Themed lessons on code breaking.

Code breaking during WWII at Bletchley Park

Sixth Form

• Visiting speaker from Leeds University.

• Themed lessons.

• Visit to Bletchley Park, National codes centre.

Extra-curricular activities

• Coded T-Shirt Competition.

• Staff competition.

• Daily code puzzle – who dunnit?

• Lunchtime showing of a beautiful mind.

What can you do?Music:

Morse Code

Science:

DNA and genetics

Patterns in Nature

History:

World War II – Enigma Project

Art:

Hieroglyphics

Picture codes

Geography:

Grid references on maps

English:

Anagrams

Use of language in codes

Writing codes

Technology:

Build a code machine!!

Social Sciences:

Ethics of encryptions

Languages:

Cracking codes using languages.

Multicultural links

Work related learning

Use of coding in business and industry

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