Elm Class - Y4

AUTUMN 2

Ancient Egyptians

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Welcome back!

We hope you have all had a really enjoyable half term and are excited about our new Topic the Ancient Egyptians. We have another busy half term ahead of us and we are looking forward to the Ancient Egyptian Day by Partake Theatre and then going to the Pantomime in December.

The Ancient Egyptians are fascinating and there is lots of information on the internet about them for you to independently discover. Here are some websites that may help you find out more! If you want to create a poster or fact sheet we can put them up on the wall in class!

To find out more SCROLL DOWN to the Egyptians below!

Termly Newsletter and Topic Webs:

Our Weekly Timetable:

Day:	What's on every week?	What do I need to bring to school? *	After school clubs available?
Monday - Mrs Jenner-Dyer	Science and Art!		Football Magazine club (by invite)
Tuesday - Miss Shackleton	Swimming (Autumn Term)	Swimming Kit
Wednesday - Miss Shackleton	Topic work
Thursday - Miss Shackleton	Music and P.E	P.E Kit	Music lessons - please see the office for which instruments are available this term
Friday - Miss Shackleton	P.S.H.E

* Please bring reading diaries and books EVERY DAY, along with with spelling cards

Autumn Term 1 -

George's Marvellous Medicine

For the first half of term we are learning about the author Roald Dahl and his book 'George's Marvellous Medicine'. We shall be using the text in guided reading, discovering some fantastic vocabulary and drawing in the style of Quentin Blake, the illustrator of many Roald Dahl books. Our science topic is 'digestion and teeth' where we shall be looking in detail about how each part of the system works, and planning some experiments and observations on the effects of food on enamel and the body.

Here are some website links for our topic:

Draw like Quentin Blake:

https://medium.com/@TigerBayBooks/3-ways-to-draw-like-quentin-blake-and-to-live-a-good-life-2ebe508bad08

https://www.quentinblake.com/

Roald Dahl:

https://www.roalddahl.com/home/kids

Science - digestion and teeth

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z27kng8

Autumn Term 2 - Egyptians

After half term we shall be delving into the world of the Egyptians! Can you find out some interesting facts before we start by using the websites below?

BBC Bitesize - Egyptians

More BBC Bitesize - Egyptians

King Tut Murder Mystery Websites

Tutankhamun’s Life
http://www.kingtutone.com/tutankhamun/life/

Who Killed King Tut?
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/killtut.htm

Journals of Howard Carter (This journal is the most difficult to read because it was written almost 100 years ago. If you have trouble getting through it, at least read the highlighted portions.)
http://www.caitlinbarry.com/uploads/7/4/3/1/7431420/howard_carter_journal_adapted_1922.pdf

King Tut's Curse
http://www.kingtutone.com/tutankhamun/curse/

The rea1 King Tut?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2799418/king-tut-girlish-hips-club-foot-buck-teeth-according-virtual-autopsy.html

Tut's Room
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tut.htm

Life about King Tut
http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/tutankhamun.html

Video- King Tut: Murder & Legend
http://www.natgeotv.com/za/king_tut/videos/king-tut

Mysteries of Egypt
http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/egtut01e.shtml

King Tut Death by Chariot? Not So Fast
http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt/king-tut-death-by-chariot-not-so-fast-131112.htm

Autumn 2 - Telling the time

In Maths, we will start off this half term learning about time. The website below will really help you with this and it would be great if you could go onto this at home. If you get an adult to write in your home school diary that you have been practising on this website then you will get 3 smiley faces.