Egyptian workshop

16th April 2024Emily Ibbotson

We have had a fantastic day today meeting an Egyptian and doing a range of fun activities which have helped us develop our understanding of the Ancient Egyptian Civilisation. First, we watched a demonstration on how to mummify a body. Next, we got to handle and learn about a range of interesting Egyptian artefacts. After that, we had a question and answer session where we got to have all of our burning questions answered. Our favourite session was next where we got to play a couple of Egyptian board games. After lunch, we even got to build and Egyptian city and use ink to draw hieroglyphs on papyrus. As you can tell, it was a jam-packed day but we really enjoyed it and learnt so much in preparation for our next expedition.

Maya Timeline

16th April 2024Laura Hamill

We kicked off hook week by learning what is was to be a historian and the skills people need to research things from the past. We then began learning some information about Maya.

As part of this learning, we worked in mini crews to order key events into a timeline, with a reminder of BC and AD to ensure we ordered them correctly.

Did you know that when you order BC numbers go in descending order but when you order AD numbers they go in ascending order?

Our tower

15th April 2024Lauren Marsh

Today we started our new book in writing called “Our Tower”, the book started with a girl who was walking through a tall, grey and dingy city. She did not feel very happy and it was raining so she was soaked!

We experienced the miserable weather and built our own skyscrapers for our own city. We especially worked on our adjectives in todays lesson to help us to describe what we could see.

Maya Timeline

15th April 2024Ruth Shields

Our hook week started with us learning about the skills needed to be a historian and starting to learn some information about the Maya.

As part of this, we looked at the timeline and ordering key events. We had a reminder about the correct way to order based on BC and AD.

For BC, we order in descending order whereas for AD, we order in ascending order.

First aid course

15th April 2024Hannah McLoughlin

Today, we had a very exciting start to the term with a first aid course. We learnt about how to give CPR, check for dangers, call the emergency services, how to use a defibrillator and an epi-pen. We then discussed in detail about what we had learnt. Here are some pictures of us in action.

Egyptian BBK with parents

15th April 2024Emily Ibbotson

This afternoon, parents came in to support the children in building their background knowledge on the Egyptians. We explored the Ancient Egyptian civilisation through the Children’s University of Manchester’s resources.