Egyptian Day 20th May...hopefully

Year 3’s Egyptian Day is scheduled for this Thursday 20th May. At present we are still expecting this event to happen, however the current political situation could change all of our plans, so please keep an eye on the school website and check your emails for updates.

One of the highlights of Egyptian Day is the Pharaohs’ Feast! In order to satisfy the taste buds of all of our Year 3 Pharaohs we have divided the required food up into the following categories and classes.

Some children are allergic to nuts. Please do not send in any food containing nuts or nut products.

3M & 3P: Savories (these can include duck, chicken, pork and vegetarian dishes).
3C: Sandwiches.
3L: Cake or biscuits.
3R: Crisps/chips/breadsticks
3S: Fruit.
3W: Vegetables and dip or a salad.

King Tut in New York

Great pictures here from an exhibition of artefacts connected with King Tutankhamen.

How can we make sand for our model of Ancient Egypt?

We are learning about Ancient Egypt and want to make a large model for the shared area. We are making it from 8 squares of corraflute (60cm x 60cm) but we need to make it more desert like.

























We have some buckets of earth, soil, and rocks.










How could we separate the sand from the soil sample?

Please send your ideas in as comments.

Spot the difference!

Can you find a difference between these two copies of the same page from different versions of the same book?



Maybe we should write to the publishers!

Well done to Tinn and Samuel for noticing the differences while they were researching.

Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Graphic Organiser

We used this graphic organiser to help become more familiar with words connected with Ancient Egypt.

We worked in groups and this meant that we had to listen, talk, think, cooperate, and help each other learn to say and start to understand these words.

Here is a link to the googledoc that we used in class.

You can use the hyperlinks on the document to research.

Look at some of the pictures of us working together in groups.

Build the knowledge!

Here's the latest from the Ancient Egypt wiki...

Do we only know about them (the Ancient Egyptians) from hieroglyphics on papyrus paper?

Have a look here and add your own findings to our class knowledge.

Add to the class wiki!

Do you know the answers to these questions about about rocks and soils?

Do you know the answers to these questions about the Ancient Egyptians?

You might be able to find some of the answers here.

If you do then log into the wiki and add some answers.

If you are from 3W and you don't have a login, email me and I'll set you up.

You have the chance to show your knowledge, research skills and writing WHILE helping others learn at the same time.

Punn has added to the wiki here. Great Learning, Punn.

Huge Statue Discovered of Tutankhamun's Grandfather

Read this to find out more!

Who was Tut's grandfather?

How old is the statue?

Which part of the statue was found?

What is the statue made of?

How do they know who Tut's grandfather is?

Where was the head found?

Class assembly

We are planning our class assembly.

We are writing a play based on the Ancient Egyptian Goddess Isis and how she searched for her husband...below are some pictures from some of the scenes...it's very early days yet, but we are just writing the playscript, deciding on the scenes, the characters and the props.

We will publish the date of the assembly in the next week or two.

Athena's Egypt powerpoint

What did the Ancient Egyptians eat?
What were the names of the gods?

Read and find out!
The Ancient Egyptians


I'm sure Athena would love to get some comments.

Build your own pyramid!

Let me know how you get on with this link to the BBC site and its Build Your Own Pyramid activity.

While I'm on the subject of the Egyptians, a big thankyou to Athena's Dad for providing the amazing Egyptian day Tshirts for all of the class. They look brilliant!

Want to remove some brains?

Have you learnt how to make a mummy?
Do you know which organs to remove?
Do you know what the Ancient Egyptians did with the brain of the person they were embalming?
Go to the Y3 EAL blog to find out.

Ancient Egyptian jobs

Did the Ancient Egyptians spend all of their time building pyramids?
Did the pharaohs help their slaves build the pyramids?
Did the Egyptians use tractors?
Who knew how to write?
Did children go to school?
What kinds of birds the Ancient Egyptians keep for food?
Were priests allowed to marry?
How do we know all this about the Ancient Egyptians? (clue:look at the pictures which go along with the writing on the webpages)

For help, go here (simpler) or to these places for information about these jobs:
farmers and landowners
craftsmen
scribes
priests

For information about other parts of daily life, go here (simpler) or go to these places:
daily life - an introduction
leisure and childs play
hunting and fishing
food and drink

medicine
clothes, makeup and jewellery