ANCIENT EGYPT
Spring Term Year 4
Lead subject skills
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What do we already know about Ancient
Egypt?
What can we learn about Ancient Egypt
from artefacts?
What does the landscape tell us about
what life might have been like in Ancient
Egypt?
What objects survive from the time of the
Ancient Egyptians?
What do objects that have survived tell us
about Ancient Egypt?
What did the Ancient Egyptians believe
about life after death?
Which were the main Gods and
Goddesses during Ancient Egyptian
times?
Demonstrate
knowledge
and
understanding of characteristic features of
life in Ancient Egypt.
Locate Ancient Egypt on a map and place
it on a timeline
Key concepts / assessment
outcomes
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to locate Ancient Egypt in time and place.
to observe and record information about
an object in detail and to make
appropriate inferences and deductions.
to know about Egyptian tombs, pyramids
and burial sites.
Core Subject Links
Literacy
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Stories with imaginary themes,
describing settings & characters, using
paragraphs.
Poetry using imagination and rhyme
Writing to argue
Explanation texts – how to build a
pyramid
Persuasive writing using effective
music & images.
Adjectival & adverbial clauses.
Connectives, punctuation and word
classes.
Speaking & listening & role play.
Neat cursive handwriting
Numeracy
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Egyptian number system
Real life problem solving using
Egyptian examples
ICT
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A-Z of Ancient Egypt (multi-media
application)
Data collection
Core Subject
Maths
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Science
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Materials and their properties (keeping
warm or cold)
Electricity and circuits – insulators and
conductors.
LITERACY
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to produce a structured account about life
in ancient Egypt.
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to work collaboratively in a group.
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to enhance reasoning and inference skills
Count on/back in 10s 100s 1000s, +,1,10,100,1000.
Know numbers between that lie
between larger numbers.
Adding, subtracting, odd/even.
Negative nos.
Halves/doubles ( 2 & 3 digit numbers).
Classify 2D shapes, know symmetry.
Nets of 3D shapes.
Use scales, know standard units.
Read timetables.
Calculate area, perimeter.
Construct, interpret bar graphs.
Add by partitioning, check by
approximating.
Subtract using appropriate wayschoose ways for 2 and 3 digit
numbers.
Addition using formal methods.
Compare and order fractions.
Understand equivalence.
Know multiplication facts.
Use all of the above in real life
problem solving.
Persuasive writing using effective
music & images.
Poetry using effective language and
imagery.
Adjectival & adverbial clauses.
Connectives, punctuation and word
classes.
Speaking & listening & role play.
Letter strings, suffixes & roots.
Neat cursive handwriting
Cross – Curricular Links
Art & DT
 Depicting & making Egyptian
pyramids.
 Sketching artefacts, showing detail
 Egyptian face masks
 Journeys
PSHE & Citizenship
 Living and working together in a
community.
RE
 What do religions think about life after
death?
 Creation stories & Birth rites.
Music & PE
 Egyptian dance.
 Compose using Egyptian instruments