Opportunities for Greater Depth/Challenge
Are health foods actually better for us?
Instructions for mummification
Debate the removal of artefacts from Egypt
Summer 1
TASC wheel/Blooms questions/Opportunities for Mantle of the Expert
TASC wheel: Design and make own bread (compare, prepare, create, appraise)
TASC wheel: Toothpaste experiment (predict, test, conclude)
Overview
Mantle of the Expert: A team of expert transporters – with a successful history of
removing, transporting and returning objects of great value and historical importance.
They must transport artefacts from a recently discovered tomb to London for an
exhibition.
In depth study of Ancient Egypt: geography, beliefs and customs, artefacts
Eng
Egyptian myths
Instructions for bread making
Newspaper report—The discovery of Tutankhamun
Maths
Outcomes and Impact
Place value using Egyptian number hieroglyphics and timelines
Reading scales and measures through baking
Pricing for different breads
Distances and times
Computing
Programming and control—following and modifying instructions to create shapes
History
Art
Music
 Where Ancient Egypt comes on a
timeline
Art 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Mu 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
 Paper Mache Egyptian masks
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 What can we find out from what has
been left behind?
 Headdress for an Egyptian god
 What did Ancient Egyptians believe
about life after death?
 Who were the Egyptian gods?
 Design a cartouche
Geography
 Where is Egypt?
 Why was the Nile important?
 What did the settlements look
like?
RE
PSHE & Citizenship
PE
Science
Animals including humans
 What do we know about food?
 Where does food go inside our
bodies?
 What sort of teeth do we have?
 Why do we have different teeth?
 What do animals eat?
 What do animals teeth tell us?
 How is food broken down?
 Can we make good toothpaste?
Design Technology
 Research the different types of
bread available
 Design and make their own bread
 Evaluate their own and others
products
 Write the recipe
Visitors/Visits
Great North Museum
Language
human digestive system, mouth, teeth, saliva, tongue, incisors, canines, molars,
carnivore, herbivore, mix, bake, taste, evaluate, compare, weigh, Ancient civilisation,
Egypt, sarcophagus, cartouche, mythology, pharaohs, tomb, artefacts