1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. I am the building that hides the place that you visit to fill your tum | Cloetenberg | 2. The birthdate of this buidling is underneath the roof on the gable | 1785 | 3. Where do the tiniest children begin their learning | Oakwood | 4. The patterns on the floor tell us what we are proud of, in the building where we meet as a family | Simpson Hall | 5. After school you can come to me and I will keep you safe | The Stables Aftercare | 6. I am a new block named after one of the principals | Taylor Block | 7. The principal before Mr Storey, was in charge of the school for how many years? | 22 years | 8. I was the original Manor House and I am now the block where you find the dining room, Mrs Mc Culley’s office and the staff dining room | Cloetenburg | 9. Please come to me and find the Midgley shield. Where am I? | On the wall in the dining room | 10. What have the three houses been named after? Y ou will find the clue in the dining room | birds | 11. I disrupt your playtime. Who am I? | the bell | 12. Why was the bell donated to the school? | in memory of a pupil Clive Barnes who died in 1968 | 13. I was previously the house for one of the head teachers, now sweet tunes can be heard from my windows. Who am I? | Music Department | 14. I was a coach house, then I became a library, what am I now? | Art Room | 15. I was the Guildhall, and then I was the Grade 6 and 7 classrooms. What am I now | Knowledge Centre | 16. I was once a dam and now I help you to keep fit and cool, what am I? | swimming pool | 17. You sat in my rooms when you learnt to read and write when you were younger, who am I? | JP Block | 18. I support children with their learning and I used to be the music room, who am I? | Mrs Hugill’s Cottage |
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