'stop. Password please.''Baked Beans.' 'Enter. Welcome to Spy Academy.'
Children love mystery and adventure, so anything connected with spying and detectives will prove to be a huge hit in any out-of-school club.
'I play this in the playground every day at school now.'
'I leave code signs for my friends to know if I'm allowed out or not.'
'Jenny and I track each other on the field at school and everybody wants to know how to do it,' are just a few comments we had after our last Spy Academy.
MISSIONS AND ICEBREAKERS
A notice on the door asking for the password helps children feel as though they are entering a real spy academy when they arrive. The notice might read, 'The password is any food that comes in a can,' so baked beans, tuna, or peaches would all be correct. Alternatively, it might read, 'The last bit of name for the bear with very little brain (rhymes with shoe).' Of course the password is 'Pooh' - which gets even the shyest spies giggling.
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