Year 4- Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

This half term, the children have been learning all about Ancient Egypt! 

We were very lucky and we had the chance to work with a drama company, Alive and Kicking. Through our drama work, we met a pharaoh who demanded a pyramid was built for his father. The children became Canaanites who were given the job of building the pyramid. They investigated how people traded in the past, made a human timeline to show how long ago these events happened and acted out the building of a huge pyramid!

We also looked at Egyptian Gods and made masks to represent some of the Gods. The Canaanites then gave the pharaoh a nightmare so he would let them return to their home!

In other lessons, we learnt about the mummification process and had a go and mummifying a tomato. The children had to scoop out the ‘organs’, wash the ‘body,  and then fill it full of natron and leave it. 

What The Student Says

“Ancient Egypt has been my favourite topic in history!” -4EB pupil

“Ancient Egypt has been really fun to learn about and has inspired me to learn more about it at home.” 4EB pupil

“I really liked learning about mummification and how they pulled the brain out through the nose.”- 4LB pupil

What skills were developed?

The children used lots of important history skills during this topic.

-They evaluated sources of information and discussed how some things may not actually be true.

-They looked at timelines and drew their own to show when events happened and developed their knowledge of chronology.

-They learnt lots of information about Ancient Egypt and used this to answer questions.

 

What The Teacher Says

“This has been such a fun topic to teach! The children have really loved it and have been so engaged for the whole half term. They have all asked really interesting questions and have really thought about how life was different in the past compared to now.

I think my favourite part was definitely when the children mummified the tomatoes.”  -Miss Buxton, Year 4 teacher.

What The Student Says

What knowledge and skills have been developed?

What the Teacher says

Privacy Policy

We regard your privacy as important and any personal information you give to us will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulations.

We do not store personal information about individuals who visit this site except where they provide contact information via our contact us page and contact forms available on various pages throughout the website.

Any information you provide will only be used for the reasons specified and it will not be shared with any third party without your consent, unless required by law.

Your contact details are kept securely and are only accessed by authorised members of staff as part of the provision of school services. If you do not wish us to keep this contact information please tell us.

This website uses Google Analytics which provides statistical data about the usage of the site. This information is not used to identify individuals, but is collected to provide us with an understanding of the areas of interest on our site and how our site is being used.

If you are connected to the internet you will have an IP Address. This may take the form of a figure, such as 333.333.22.1. The address will be automatically collected and logged as part of the connection of your computer to our web server and may be used to determine the total number of visits to each part of the site. This data is not collected and used for other purposes.

This website contains links to other websites. The School is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites or organisations and recommends you consult the privacy information on those sites.

This policy will be reviewed and updated versions will be posted on the website.

If you have any questions about the use of your personal information, the Information Commissioner is the independent regulator for both Data Protection and Freedom of Information.