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Year 3 started the term by exploring dark places during Science and Art week. They read about cave divers and naturalists and discovered what darkness really is. They traced their shadows on the playground to investigate how they move through the day and made shadow puppets.
Then we began our inquiry about how beliefs and cultures can be expressed in different ways. We started off our term by becoming acquainted with Ancient Egypt. We looked at atlases to find out what part of the world Egypt is in and took part in a Google Expedition where we looked at the Pyramids in Giza and learned about why they were built.
From here, we continued looking at the tombs of the kings, more specifically King Tutankhamun whose tomb was discovered by the famous Howard Carter. We became archaeologists and went exploring inside King Tut’s tomb to find all of his treasures that were buried with him.
All of these artefacts taught us lots about the people of ancient Egypt and the different things that they believed in. We explored daily life as an ancient Egyptian by using our Chromebooks for research and writing a diary entry. We also made some ancient Egyptian bread, called Kaak, which the children were not massively keen on!
The main focus of our inquiry was how people express their beliefs, so we spent time discussing our own beliefs about God and exploring those of the ancient Egyptians. Then we started to express these beliefs in different ways. We used calligraphy, poetry and art, in the form of clay cartouches. We also created a dance about ancient Egyptian beliefs inspired by the Royal Opera House’s create and dance programme. The children very much enjoyed this and some now have a newfound interest in dance!
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