Showing posts with label egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label egypt. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Egyptian Day Postponed
We have decided to postpone tomorrow's Egyptian Day.
That means we will still have Egyptian Day BUT it will be on another day.
All the teachers are very sorry, but don’t worry we will still do it.
Monday, 17 May 2010
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.
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.
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Egyptian Day - 20th May - get your costume ready!
Costume ideas will be coming out in a newsletter soon.
If you have any friends in Year 4 they might have a costume which you could borrow from last year.
Friday, 23 April 2010
King Tut in New York
Great pictures here from an exhibition of artefacts connected with King Tutankhamen.
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Egyptian Tomb Adventure
Thanks to Miss Jane's blog for this great site.
Find Egypt and have an adventure.
Click here to have a go.
Find Egypt and have an adventure.
Click here to have a go.
Monday, 15 March 2010
Egyptian sculpture
Have a look and listen here.
The art historians are talking about an original egyptian sculpture.
Don't worry if you cannot understand all of the words.
Try to answer some of these questions.
Who is the sculpture of?
What was it used for?
Does the sculpture have a false wig or beard? Why?
Is the head a normal size? Why?
Would the statue have been painted when it was made?
The art historians are talking about an original egyptian sculpture.
Don't worry if you cannot understand all of the words.
Try to answer some of these questions.
Who is the sculpture of?
What was it used for?
Does the sculpture have a false wig or beard? Why?
Is the head a normal size? Why?
Would the statue have been painted when it was made?
Where is Egypt?
The earth is divided into 2 halves by the equator(Jessie and Samuel).
The earth is also divided into continents (Seb), like Asia(Melyssa) which are made up of lots of countries(Jessie).
Here are the names of the continents:
Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia (Mr Ben thought this continent had other names too), Africa, Antarctica.
Egypt is in Africa.
Here are 2 google earth pictures from the lesson today:
Here is a cool continent game to help you learn the names of the continents and where they are.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Isis and Osiris
Here's a version of the story we have been reading, taken from
http://www.philae.nu/philae/IsisOsiris.html
The Golden Casket
Osiris, the king of Egypt, and Isis, his queen, was beloved by all his people. He was kind and just and taught them to plow the earth, how to honor the gods and he gave them laws to live by. But his brother Seth was jealous and plotted against him to take over the throne. Queen Isis was constantly on her guard when Osiris traveled around his kingdom, she never felt safe from Seth´s scheming.
One day Osiris held a big banquet for his court and as he was kind and just Seth was also invited. This was the moment he had long waited for. Together with his accomplices he could set his plan in motion. He began to describe a wonderful coffin that he had been given, and soon enough he was asked to have it brought in for people to see. It was indeed beautiful, made of the finest wood and gilded and painted. He promised to give it as a gift to whomever fitted exactly into it. And as he already had acquired Osiris´measures, the king was the only one that fitted into the coffin, and when he was persuaded into taking place in it, Seth´s accomplices quickly nailed the lid to it and while the rest of the court was held back, it was taken away and thrown into the Nile where the current carried it away.
Isis was overcome with grief and cut off a length of her hair, dressed herself in mourning clothes and went on her way to look for the coffin with her husband´s body. She wandered everywhere and searched all over Kemet and beyond without finding a trace, until she heard some children saying that they had seen the golden coffin being thrown into the waters.
The Wonderful Tree
She wandered for a long time, weeping and searching for the casket, and often she heard rumours that a golden casket had been seen floating by some village. So she kept following after until she left Egypt and came into the land of Byblos. Here the rumours spoke about a wonderful tree that suddenly had started to grow on the shore. Isis understood then that the coffin had floated ashore and got stuck in a bush. Nurtured by the divine presence of Osiris´ body, the bush had sprouted and grown into a large tree which the king of Byblos had let cut down and used in the buildings of a palace. When Isis reached the place, she was shown to the palace by the villagers.
The Burning Prince
She waited outside the palace until she met the Queen´s maidens. She told them she was an Egyptian headdresser and plaited their hair and breathed on them so that a divine scent surrounded them. And they brought her before the queen who took a liking to her and asked her to take care of her young son, the prince. Soon enough she found the treetrunk that enclosed her husband´s coffin. Isis stayed there, and every night while the little prince slept, she went into the room where the pillar enclosing the coffin with her husband´s body was and she wept and mourned for him. And every day she looked after the little prince, and shortly she became so fond of him, that she decided to make him immortal.
In the night she brought him to the pillar where the casket was hidden. There she lit a fire and speaking the magic words she laid down the sleeping boy in the flames. The fire started to burn away all that was human in him, but she did not watch over him, she turned herself into a swallow and began to fly around the pillar, wailing and mourning over her dead husband. The queen, who slept nearby, was woken up by the sound of the flames, and hastened to the room. When she saw her child surrounded with flames, she raised a cry of horror and the swallow turned into woman again and the magical fire died. Isis then revealed herself to the queen and told her that now it was impossible for the prince to become immortal. The queen then regretted her ignorance and asked how she could repay Isis. And Isis asked for the pillar with the coffin. She instantly cut it into pieces so that the coffin could be taken out, then she drenched the bits of wood in oil, wrapped them in fine linen and asked the queen to keep them in the temple of Byblos.
Then she left Byblos by boat and headed for Egypt. After a long journey, when she finally could bring the casket ashore by the Nile again, she opened it and embraced Osiris and wept for him. He looked as if he was only sleeping. Then the coffin was closed again and she continued on her way home through the marshlands to bury him.
Lost Again
But that one night Seth and his men were out hunting nearby. When he happened upon the casket, he recognized it, realized his treachery had been found out and feared that Isis would punish him. While she slept he broke into it and tore Osiris´ body into several pieces which he spread out all over the land. Only then did he feel safe that Isis would not be able to find them.
When Isis saw the empty casket, her cry of anguish shook heaven and earth. She called out to her sister Nephtys who came to console her and once more she went on her way, now with Nephtys by her side. For many long, sorrowful years they searched the lands together. Wherever they found a piece of Osiris´ body, they erected an altar, giving thanks to the gods. When at last all the parts had been assembled, Isis made Osiris into the first mummy. She then proceeded to use her powerful magic and breathed new life into Osiris and so she was able to conceive the child Horus. After this Osiris became in time the King of the Land of the Dead, while Horus fought against his uncle Set and won his father´s throne and became the Living King of Egypt.
How do the two versions compare?
Which details are the same?
Which details are different?
http://www.philae.nu/philae/IsisOsiris.html
The Golden Casket
Osiris, the king of Egypt, and Isis, his queen, was beloved by all his people. He was kind and just and taught them to plow the earth, how to honor the gods and he gave them laws to live by. But his brother Seth was jealous and plotted against him to take over the throne. Queen Isis was constantly on her guard when Osiris traveled around his kingdom, she never felt safe from Seth´s scheming.
One day Osiris held a big banquet for his court and as he was kind and just Seth was also invited. This was the moment he had long waited for. Together with his accomplices he could set his plan in motion. He began to describe a wonderful coffin that he had been given, and soon enough he was asked to have it brought in for people to see. It was indeed beautiful, made of the finest wood and gilded and painted. He promised to give it as a gift to whomever fitted exactly into it. And as he already had acquired Osiris´measures, the king was the only one that fitted into the coffin, and when he was persuaded into taking place in it, Seth´s accomplices quickly nailed the lid to it and while the rest of the court was held back, it was taken away and thrown into the Nile where the current carried it away.
Isis was overcome with grief and cut off a length of her hair, dressed herself in mourning clothes and went on her way to look for the coffin with her husband´s body. She wandered everywhere and searched all over Kemet and beyond without finding a trace, until she heard some children saying that they had seen the golden coffin being thrown into the waters.
The Wonderful Tree
She wandered for a long time, weeping and searching for the casket, and often she heard rumours that a golden casket had been seen floating by some village. So she kept following after until she left Egypt and came into the land of Byblos. Here the rumours spoke about a wonderful tree that suddenly had started to grow on the shore. Isis understood then that the coffin had floated ashore and got stuck in a bush. Nurtured by the divine presence of Osiris´ body, the bush had sprouted and grown into a large tree which the king of Byblos had let cut down and used in the buildings of a palace. When Isis reached the place, she was shown to the palace by the villagers.
The Burning Prince
She waited outside the palace until she met the Queen´s maidens. She told them she was an Egyptian headdresser and plaited their hair and breathed on them so that a divine scent surrounded them. And they brought her before the queen who took a liking to her and asked her to take care of her young son, the prince. Soon enough she found the treetrunk that enclosed her husband´s coffin. Isis stayed there, and every night while the little prince slept, she went into the room where the pillar enclosing the coffin with her husband´s body was and she wept and mourned for him. And every day she looked after the little prince, and shortly she became so fond of him, that she decided to make him immortal.
In the night she brought him to the pillar where the casket was hidden. There she lit a fire and speaking the magic words she laid down the sleeping boy in the flames. The fire started to burn away all that was human in him, but she did not watch over him, she turned herself into a swallow and began to fly around the pillar, wailing and mourning over her dead husband. The queen, who slept nearby, was woken up by the sound of the flames, and hastened to the room. When she saw her child surrounded with flames, she raised a cry of horror and the swallow turned into woman again and the magical fire died. Isis then revealed herself to the queen and told her that now it was impossible for the prince to become immortal. The queen then regretted her ignorance and asked how she could repay Isis. And Isis asked for the pillar with the coffin. She instantly cut it into pieces so that the coffin could be taken out, then she drenched the bits of wood in oil, wrapped them in fine linen and asked the queen to keep them in the temple of Byblos.
Then she left Byblos by boat and headed for Egypt. After a long journey, when she finally could bring the casket ashore by the Nile again, she opened it and embraced Osiris and wept for him. He looked as if he was only sleeping. Then the coffin was closed again and she continued on her way home through the marshlands to bury him.
Lost Again
But that one night Seth and his men were out hunting nearby. When he happened upon the casket, he recognized it, realized his treachery had been found out and feared that Isis would punish him. While she slept he broke into it and tore Osiris´ body into several pieces which he spread out all over the land. Only then did he feel safe that Isis would not be able to find them.
When Isis saw the empty casket, her cry of anguish shook heaven and earth. She called out to her sister Nephtys who came to console her and once more she went on her way, now with Nephtys by her side. For many long, sorrowful years they searched the lands together. Wherever they found a piece of Osiris´ body, they erected an altar, giving thanks to the gods. When at last all the parts had been assembled, Isis made Osiris into the first mummy. She then proceeded to use her powerful magic and breathed new life into Osiris and so she was able to conceive the child Horus. After this Osiris became in time the King of the Land of the Dead, while Horus fought against his uncle Set and won his father´s throne and became the Living King of Egypt.
How do the two versions compare?
Which details are the same?
Which details are different?
Monday, 22 February 2010
Egyptian explorers
Questions we want to answer
We used kidspiration to help organise our questions using the question words.
How could we answer these questions?
How could we research?
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Another Egyptian powerpoint...by Luc...with timed slide transitions!
Have a good look at this ppt!
Hopefully you can just let the slides change on their own as Luc put in some timed transitions and some animated text.
Let him know what you think by leaving a comment.
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Powerpoint
During the last few weeks of term, ICT lessons are filled with learning how to make powerpoints.
Here's one made by Prabhav about the Ancient Egyptians.
How do you think he did? Remember PMI (plus, minus, interesting)
What do you like about it? (plus)
What do you think he could do better? (minus)
What do you find interesting about his presentation?
Please comment and give him some ideas.
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Egyptian Day
Well done to all of you who have commented on this blog, about Egyptian Day or about another event. Also remember that you can leave comments about events the School Website.
Keep on commenting.
A BIG THANKYOU to Chai Ling (Grace's mum) for the slideshow of images from yesterday, with music...a great reminder of a very memorable day.
Don't forget that tomorrow is the Y3 interclass football.
Keep on commenting.
A BIG THANKYOU to Chai Ling (Grace's mum) for the slideshow of images from yesterday, with music...a great reminder of a very memorable day.
Don't forget that tomorrow is the Y3 interclass football.
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Egyptian day
Today is Egyptian Day so we all wore fabulous Egyptian clothes. All of 3W wants to say thank you to the people who made the costumes possible.
When we went to see different classes, we experienced different activities: minimummymaking (see here for a great new Mummy website), Egyptian Dance and Drama and Hieroglyphics writing.
We watched the Shadow Play of mummification which was performed by the teachers.
We are now waiting ravenously for our turn to eat food from the banquet.
We also did a parade. Some people walked and danced just like real Ancient Egyptian dancers.
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Goodbye to Daniel and Well done for 300 marbles!
We say goodbye to Daniel today and we'll miss him...especially as we have the football tournament this week.Good luck in Singapore, Daniel, and keep in touch by email or blog comments.
We made 300 marbles today and will be celebrating with a 40 minute session in the computer suite on Tuesday, from 11:30 until 12:10.
It's a busy week this week:
- Egyptian Day on Wednesday - Parents, don't forget you can come and watch, from 8 until 9am. Children will then be doing a selection of activities until past breaktime. The Egyptian feast (remember 3W is responsible for bringing cakes and biscuits) will then take us until lunchtime.
- Interclass football on Friday morning, from 8ish to 10ish (on the fields on the other side of Soi Lasalle.
Thursday, 4 June 2009
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.
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.
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Want to build a pyramid?
Have a look at this BBC game.
I tried it and so far have only got as far as navigating my boat full of sandstone along the Nile. I took 55 days!
See if you can do better and let me know.
Look here for the game.
I tried it and so far have only got as far as navigating my boat full of sandstone along the Nile. I took 55 days!
See if you can do better and let me know.
Look here for the game.
Monday, 25 May 2009
Project Homework - Pharaoh Facts and Gymnastic success.
Homework – Learning Logs in Term 3
What an amazing set of Project homeworks (Learning Logs)!
I am so impressed with the effort which has obviously been put into these. Please let me know a parents' view on these pieces of homework or a view from a student.
The third project this term is Humanities based, exploring the events in a Pharaoh's life. Further details have been sent home with the children this afternoon.
Spellings will still be given each week (not this week because of NCT testing) followed by a test the following week (so our next spelling test will be on Thursday 4th June).
Gymnastic Success
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Riddle
My first is in tiger but never in man,
My second is in some but never in leaf
My next is in main but never in windows ,
My last is in build but never in did,
I am the place where the ancient Egyptians kept mummies.
By: Jessica
My first is in elephant but never in dog,
My second is in grapes but never in race,
My next is in yo yo but never in dough,
My next is in palace but not in Alice,
My last is in ten never in a chicken pen.
I am a hot country sandwiched between Israel and Libya.
By Grace
My second is in some but never in leaf
My next is in main but never in windows ,
My last is in build but never in did,
I am the place where the ancient Egyptians kept mummies.
By: Jessica
My first is in elephant but never in dog,
My second is in grapes but never in race,
My next is in yo yo but never in dough,
My next is in palace but not in Alice,
My last is in ten never in a chicken pen.
I am a hot country sandwiched between Israel and Libya.
By Grace
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Egyptian questions
What are the important events from Ancient Egypt?
When did they build the Great Pyramid?
When did the ancient Egyptians start to mummify?
When was Tutankhamun mummified?
When was the first Egyptian pyramid build?
Here are some other questions we are interested in answering?
What kind of traps were there in the pyramids?
Who was the first person to be mummified?
Who was the first Egyptian king?
How long is the River Nile?
How old is the oldest ancient Egyptian artefact?
Who was the first woman Pharaoh? When did she reign?
How are rivers formed? Where is the source of the river Nile?
How many mummies are there in Egypt?
What was the first pyramid called?
Were the Egyptians the first people to build pyramids?
Are there any famous Thai Egyptologists?
When did they build the Great Pyramid?
When did the ancient Egyptians start to mummify?
When was Tutankhamun mummified?
When was the first Egyptian pyramid build?
Here are some other questions we are interested in answering?
What kind of traps were there in the pyramids?
Who was the first person to be mummified?
Who was the first Egyptian king?
How long is the River Nile?
How old is the oldest ancient Egyptian artefact?
Who was the first woman Pharaoh? When did she reign?
How are rivers formed? Where is the source of the river Nile?
How many mummies are there in Egypt?
What was the first pyramid called?
Were the Egyptians the first people to build pyramids?
Are there any famous Thai Egyptologists?
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