History Challenge
Make a simple game about
Ancient Egypt e.g. snap, Uno,
snakes and ladders etc.
Literacy Challenge
Art/DT Challenge
Create a fact-file on a
famous Ancient Egyptian, for
example Tutankhamun or
Nefertiti.
Build a pyramid, complete with
a hidden tomb, or
create a sarcophagus.
Home Learning Activities
Literacy Challenge
Find out about one of the
Egyptian Gods and then write your
own story about them.
History Challenge
Art/DT Challenge
Sketch or create some
Egyptian jewellery.
Research the Ancient
Egyptian hieroglyphic alphabet and
then write a museum plaque for an
Egyptian artefact in
hieroglyphics.
Year 5 Topic Overview
Spring Term 1
HOOK
Rich Reads
‘Egyptology’ by
Dugald Steer
The ‘Princess
Blankets’ by Carole
Ann Duffy
Learning Experiences
During ‘Hook Day’, Year 5 will learn about the process
of mummification through mummifying tomatoes! We
have also invited in a theatre company to perform
‘The Curse of the Mummy’. During this interactive
performance, the children will join Professor Pinkerton
and his team of expert Egyptologists in the London
Museum of Egyptology, where the world famous
Amulet of Tutankhamun is on display for the first time.
We hope to ‘hook’ them into the topic as they begin
to unravel the ‘Curse of the Mummy’ before it is too
late...
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The children will also be transported to the ancient
civilisations from Ancient Egypt and become
archaeologists by discovering ancient artefacts. From
their findings, the children will then use clay to create
the chosen ancient artefact they have discovered.
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Theatre visit ‘The Curse of the Mummy’
Clay artefacts from Ancient Egypt
Role play
Investigations to separate mixtures
Diary writing as Howard Carter
Writing an Egyptian traditional tale
Mummification
Creating comic strips
Atlas work
Making their own papyrus
Discovering Tutankhamun's tomb.
Writing a Non-Chronological Report
Building a pyramid on the computer
Topic Words
Pyramid Hieroglyphs Sphinx Pharaoh
Tutankhamun Mummification Canopic jars
Ancient Tomb Sarcophagus River Nile
Archaeology Civilization Artefacts
Cleopatra Cartouche Mummy
Main Focus
The topic will focus upon:
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Literacy (Non-chronological reports and traditional tales)
History (discovering the Ancient Egyptian civilization)
Geography (physical characteristics)
Science (separating mixtures)
ICT (podcasts)
If your child
enjoys Egyptology
and Princess Blankets, they may also
like:
Learning Experiences
Having learnt about Ancient Egyptian civilisations, children will become
Egyptologists and transport you back to Ancient Egypt. The children will
present their discoveries to you in an interactive museum.
The outcome will take place during week 7 of this term
(Monday 13th February) but more information will be sent out to you nearer
the time.
Any Home Learning activities can be brought in throughout the topic and will
be displayed in classrooms or in the shared area. We will be sharing Home
Learning as classes in the last week of the half term.