Week 10
Why do people go on holiday to Egypt?
HGSU – Compare and contrast how Egypt has changed
over time. What is it like now? What is available for
tourists?
MU – Plan a holiday working within a budget. Link in
problems ½ price deals, how much for 4 people etc.
CLL/Computing – Use multimedia presentation software to
design a poster to persuade people to holiday in Egypt.
CLL/AD - Role play of aeroplane journey. What could we do
when we are in Egypt? Act out scenarios.
Week 11
REFLECTION – Would you choose to travel back in time to
Ancient Egypt?
CLL – Note-taking (Mind-Maps) and recount: What has been
learnt during the topic;
Computing – Create a multimedia presentation of work and
upload to the school website/Virtual Learning Platform;
AD – Class assembly to share and showcase learning.
Week 3
What was life like in the Ancient Egyptian times?
HGSU/Computing – Look at the lives of a nobleman and a farmer. How did
the living conditions differ? Look at the hierarchy of the Egyptians.
AD – Use role play day to act out different tasks that the two people would
do in their day to day life.
CLL – write a diary entry for the nobleman and farmer. Compare and
contrast. MU– Compare timetables of the different peoples days. Lead on
to problem solving.
Week 9
Plants – farming calendar
HGSU – research how farmers grew crops. What type of land did they
need? Did they need to be in close proximity with the river? Why? Link to
Osiris – the God who gave the gift of barley.
ST – research what plants need in order to stay alive. Set up an experiment
to investigate how water is transported through plants.
Computing – research what the farming calendar was and why the River
Nile flooded. How did this affect the crops?
Week 8
Who really built the pyramids?
HGSU/Computing – Research how the pyramids were built. How did they
move the bricks?
MU – Look at the net of 3D shapes. How could we build a pyramid? Link to
problem solving – how many bricks…?
AD – build own pyramids
CLL/Computing – Hold a class debate on slave labour. Use MINO’s/VADO’s to
record debates and review as a class.
PHWB – Reflections on slave labour. Was it right to use slaves to carry out
manual labour?
HGSU – link with RE to the story of Moses – freeing the Jews and fleeing from
Egypt. What happened?
Week 7
What treasures could a tomb raider discover?
HGSU/Computing – carry out research to find out what tombs were,
why they were used, why they were important, curses etc.
Look at the life of Howard Carter. Was he classed as a tomb raider?
Investigate his mysterious death – was it a curse?
HGSU – What is a tomb raider? What happened if they got caught?
Why do you think people would risk stealing from a tomb?
MU – look at Egyptian money. How much could a tomb raider make
from one robbery? Link to problem solving eg 3 x more
AD – Play Indiana Jones music, act out sneaking into a tomb and
stealing magnificent treasures.
PHWB – Reflections on stealing? Is it ever right to steal?
CLL – News report about Howard Carter’s magnificent discovery
Week 2
Where is Egypt? (Geog)
MU – Put Egypt on a timeline. Order key events
HGSU– Map work to locate different continents. Which continent
is Egypt in? What is its capital city? Is it near the equator? Look at
the location of the towns. Why were they all situated by the River
Nile? What does this tell us?
MU – use co-ordinates to locate key landmarks
CLL – work in groups to solve clues and locate landmarks
Computing – Use Google maps to locate Egypt. Identify key
landmarks like the Pyramids, the Sphinx etc.
How can we
rediscover the
wonders of Ancient
Egypt?
Week 4
How did the Ancient Egyptians stop a body from rotting?
HGSU/Computing – Research the process of mummification. What was it’s
purpose? Why was it important? What did they do with the internal organs?
Did they really pull your brain out through your nose?
HGSU – What did the Egyptians believe about the afterlife? Look at the book
of the dead. Link in the worship of Gods - Onubis
AD – Create clay canopic jars / Create a mummy figure
CLL – Instructional writing on how to mummify a body
Computing – Use photographs to support writing
ST – experiment on mummifying a sausage
MU – measuring equipment – volume, grams, length
Week 6
What would I have been like to be a Pharaoh?
AD/Computing – Research and design Egyptian fashion.
What clothes did the Pharaohs wear?
AD – Create your own jewellery. Necklaces with magnetic
clasps. Wrist / arm cuffs.
Computing – Researching the discovery of Tutankhamen.
Who was he? Why is he such a famous Pharaoh? Where was
he found? What was in his tomb? What do his possessions
tell us about his life? Link to God Horus – Pharaohs were
believed to be a living version of this God.
CLL – Chronological report of the discovery of Tutankhamen.
Week 5
How can I walk like an Egyptian?
HGSU – research Egyptian dancing
Computing – use video clips to see what Egyptian dancing
looks like.
AD – Dance - How can our muscles and joints help us to
move?
ST – functions of muscular and skeletal system
Computing – record dance routines on iPad. Take pictures
of freeze frames and into Shadow Puppet. Voice over of
how our muscles and joints are helping us to move.
MU – Measuring heart rate after exercise
Changes to the Year 3 Curriculum
In preparation for the changes to the Primary Curriculum, the Year 3 curriculum is going to be reorganised into the following areas of learning. The
rationale for this change is,
“To develop a modern, world-class curriculum that will inspire and challenge all learners and prepare them for the future.”
Art and Design
(Art & Design, Dance, Drama and Music)
Communication, Literacy & Languages
Literacy (English)
Including Speaking & Listening; Reading; Writing; and
Drama from the former curriculum for Literacy.
Incorporating Modern Foreign Languages (French) &
Computing.
Physical Health and Well Being
(PSHCE, SRE, PE & Games)
A Curriculum
that
Matters
Historical, Geographical and Social Understanding
(History, Geography, RE and Citizenship)
Mathematical Understanding
Numeracy (Maths)
Including Numbers & the Number System; Number
Operations & Calculations; Money & Financial
Capability; Measures; Geometry; and Statistics.
Science & Technology
(Science, Design Technology & Computing)
† Computing will be embedded throughout the curriculum and will be further developed to include greater use of the Internet, webpage creation,
email, messaging, blogs, wikis, twitter, videos, sound, etc.