Our Autumn Term 1 Journey
Here you will find our curriculum overview as well as this half term's homework web.
Keep practising your times tables with these fun games:
Times tables games - Learn them all here!
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds
You can sing along too:
Times tables games and songs 1-12 - BBC Bitesize
Sticking with our Egyptian theme, play Funky Mummy to practise your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division:
Watch a video of our new class text Egyptian Cinderella and retell the story at home:
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo | KS2 Kids Stories Read Aloud
Ancient Egyptian Hook Day
Today we stepped back into time to explore the history of the Ancient Egyptians. After we had located Egypt on a map of the world and looked at a time line to discover how long the Ancient Egyptians reigned, we became tomb robbers!
Here, we imagined that we had been hired by Howard Carter to search for ancient treasure within a tomb. We had to break into the tomb entrance and then crawl though a tight, dark tunnel. When we emerged from the tunnel we discovered the ancient sarcophagus of the female Pharoah Hatshepsut. There were hieroglyphs on the walls of the tomb and the remains of Hatshepsut's organs inside of golden canopic jars; however, there was no treasure! What had happened to it? What would we tell Howard Carter?
We sketched what we found inside the tomb, ready to report back to Howard Carter and then learnt about Hatshepsut. We discovered that Hatshepsut was an Egyptian princess, the daughter of Thutmose I. During her marriage to Thutmose II, she was given the position of God’s Wife of Amun – the highest position attainable by a woman after the position of queen.
When her husband died, Hatshepsut helped rule the nation as regent for Thutmose III. She later assumed the title and full powers of pharaoh and ruled jointly with her stepson.
Throughout her reign, Hatshepsut undertook complex building projects, including the temple at Deir el-Bahri. She also set up trade deals with foreign countries, making Egypt a richer nation.
During the afternoon, we created Lego pyramids, built paper sarcophaguses and even made papyrus paper!
We had so much fun today and can't wait to tell you all about the Ancient Egyptians!
Would you like to have a look inside a pyramid? Then take one of these digital tours:
Tomb of Queen Meresankh III (G 7530-7540)
Have you ever wondered how a pyramid was built? How about how Ancient Egyptian mummies were preserved? Then find out here using these links:
Picture News - Awe and Wonder
We went on a walk around the school grounds to find anything that filled us with a sense of awe and wonder. Here are some pictures of the objects and creatures that inspired us the most:
