In Year 4 we have decided to try teaching literacy a little bit differently...for our latest topic 'Stories with a Historical Setting', the girls and boys are being taught in different groups. The girls are focussing on a story called 'Osiris' and the boys are focussing on a story called 'The Adventures of Sinuhe'. See some of our role plays of the stories below.

Newspaper Reports

This week we used Purple Mash to create newspaper reports about the discovery of 6 year old mummified fruit in our school field. Have a look.

4B News Reports

This week in Literacy we have been planning and creating news reports on the amazing discovery of 6 year old mummified fruit in our school field.

Watch the videos to find out more.

Ancient Egypt Website

Here is a great website that we have looked at in our topic lessons. Use it to explore Ancient Egypt, look at a timeline of the main events and even make your own mummy.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/history/egypt/egyptiantimeline/

SIX YEAR OLD FRUIT FINALLY FOUND

Last Thursday year 4 went into the field and wildlife area in search of some long lost work. In 2007 some year 4 children at Woodmansterne mummified some fruit as part of their Ancient Egypt topic. When they tried to dig it up a month later it could not be found. We used their original instructions to try to locate and dig up their work. Next we are going to create news reports about what happened.

Did your group find the 'mummies'?
How did you know where to look?
How did you feel?