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title: "Where’s Wally Retrieval Task"
url: "https://www.ststephenskearsley.co.uk/blog/2019-03-07-10-41-00-where-s-wally-retrieval-task"
school: "St Stephen's Kearsley Moor CofE Primary School"
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# Where’s Wally Retrieval Task

  ![Image of Where’s Wally Retrieval Task](https://files.schudio.com/ststephenskm/images/blog/9E248F0C-30E1-4F04-904E-6AAA18AF95EB.jpeg)  7 March 2019   [Sarah Kerr](https://www.ststephenskearsley.co.uk/blog/author/Sarah)   [Year 6 Blog](https://www.ststephenskearsley.co.uk/blog/category/year-6-blog)

Using Where’s Wally the children are using retrieval (skimming and scanning) skills. They are then writing their own expanded noun phrases to describe characters in the picture for their partner to locate.

 [ Ash Wednesday](https://www.ststephenskearsley.co.uk/blog/2019-03-07-09-45-00-ash-wednesday) [Wally’s (& Wenda’s) at work... ](https://www.ststephenskearsley.co.uk/blog/2019-03-07-10-57-30-wally-s-wenda-s-at-work)

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