Key Stage 1
Year 2
Terms 3 & 4
Extraordinary Egyptians
SENSORY IDEAS
Sensory story – Myth of Osiris
Underwater
Materials used for shelter
Food to smell/taste
Dark/light (in coffin)
Sand tray
Textured hieroglyphics
HISTORY
Direct comparison – food, shelter, jobs etc.
Pyramids
Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
10 plagues
Making a timeline
Hieroglyphics
Pharaohs
Mummification
History, Drama and Art
OTHER SUBJECT LINKS
DRAMA
Dress up
Coral reef
Role play e.g. Tutankhamun
Theme day with Madley Brook
Sun dance
Visitor into school
Masks
Camels
Belly dancing
Scarab beetle
Identify key places in Ancient Egypt on a map
COMMUNITY VISITS
River Nile
Museums
Gods in Ancient Egypt
ART
Dress up
Tutankhamun headdress
Mummies
Hieroglyphics
Sand art
Papyrus paper
Canopic jars made from clay
Make a sarcophagus – papier mache and paint
Year 2
Key Stage 1
Terms 3 & 4
Extraordinary Egyptians
During this topic the pupils main focus will be on History, Drama and Art other subjects may be covered as part of cross curricular links.
CLL
Maths
ICT/Computing
Describe Egyptian
clothing/houses etc..
3D shapes – include
pyramid
Researching
information about
Egypt
Writing a message in
hieroglyphics
Pattern and symmetry
with hieroglyphics
Edit text and graphics
– size, font and colour
Making a passport
Timeline
Draw a mummy/pyramid
etc.
Writing instructions
e.g. how to make a
mummy
Egyptian plays
Write a job description
for a pharaoh
Egyptian myth/legend
e.g. Isis and Osiris
Writing postcards
Possible Equals links:
PSHCE
Afterlife
PE
Dance to ‘walk like an
Egyptian’
Sand dancing