Welcome to Year 5!

Croeso I Blwyddyn 5

Miss Steel and Mrs Churchill are your teachers.

Miss Barnes helps you too. 

Our topic for learning is Pharaohs

Let’s travel back 5000 years to ancient Egypt, cruising along the Nile and entering a world of mysteries, curses and mummies.

This term, we are going to learn first-hand about the gruesome, yet fascinating, process of mummification. We will write a detailed text to explain this process.  We will visit the Egypt Centre to find out lots of fascinating facts and discover artefacts from this time by exploring a loan box.  We’ll draw some of these Egyptian artefacts and headwear in detail, focusing on symbols and design features. Studying historical sources will help us learn more about the Pharaohs, the Egyptian gods and ancient religious beliefs. We will use different sources to research Tutankhamun and also consider whether it was right to open Tutankhamun’s tomb, or whether it should have been left as it was. We’ll find out about the food that was eaten at the time, make some Egyptian bread and use recycled materials to build model tombs.

At the end of the topic, we’ll think about how the ancient Egyptians contributed to world history, then create and present a guide about ancient Egyptian sites.

Help your child prepare for their project
It’s amazing that a civilisation from 5000 years ago still influences the way we live today, from mathematics to bowling! Why not try a variety of fruits for dessert that the ancient Egyptians would buy from their local market? You could taste juicy cantaloupes, sweet dates or flavoursome plums. You could also visit your local library to learn about the amazing world of ancient Egypt. Alternatively, use online maps to look at famous Egyptian landmarks and track the course of the Nile.

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