TOPIC WEB
YEAR
4
AUTUMN 2013-14
MRS LAMBERT
HISTORY
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GEOGRAPHY
 Locating Egypt in the context of the world and drawing this – map skills
 Looking at the River Nile and the Aswan Dam – The seasons for planting,
growing and flooding
 Understand the importance of the River Nile in the location of Ancient
Egyptian civilisation
Placing Egypt on a timeline and looking at events occurred during 3000BCE
Looking at the first Pharaoh and King of Egypt. Placing on a timeline
Pyramids – researching the famous pyramids and looking into the construction of them
History of the sphinx
Mummies – what were they? How were they formed? Mummification
Looking at Tutankhamun and the discovery of tombs – researching Howard Carter
The 10 Egyptian Gods – who were they? What did they do?
Hieroglyphics – use of papyrus
Daily life of the Ancient Egyptians
Understanding the social structure of Ancient Egypt
SCIENCE
 Pyramid construction – forces and friction: Learn about the
different pyramid-building techniques which may have
been used & relate these to forces
 Mummies- mummification, experimentation on decay
ENGLISH
 Non-fiction – recounts/newspapers in relation to events that
happened in Ancient Egyptian times (discovery of
Tutankhamun)
 Fiction – Historical stories (literacy unit link) using a range of
Egypt related fiction texts. Chn will write own story too
 Finding information through non-fiction books
 Hieroglyphic reading and writing
 Role play and drama – Howard Carter
 Links to Big Write sessions on Fridays
 Diary entry – Howard Carter
 Possibly linking to information texts unit
EGYPT
ART
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D.T
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Making mummies and coffins
Designing and building own Pyramids
Creating deserts for the pyramids
Portraits – Pharaohs
Making death masks – papier mache
Group Tutankhamun collages
Clay work – make own Egyptian
jewellery and pots
Mosaic tiles – hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphic pictures (wax crayons and
watercolours)
ICT
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Chn will use presentation packages (Microsoft
Word, Publisher, Powerpoint) to present ideas
found through research
Use internet search engines to find information
The use of digital camera and camcorder to record
ideas throughout topic
IWB used to deliver and enhance teaching and
learning
Using Espresso to help in our learning of the topic
WOW EXPERIENCES
 School trip to Bagshaw Museum
 Creative topic projects for homework – chn to
present these to class throughout the term
MATHS
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Nets of shapes – Square-based pyramids
Measurements used for building pyramids
Timelines – ordering events