Y5 trip to British Museum

On the 17Th June 2010 Year 5 went on a trip to the British museum . First we went downstairs and a lady talked to us about mummification. Then we filled in a little booklet about ancient Egyptian objects that were in the museum. We started on the 1st floor where all the statues were. Then we moved upstairs where all the Ancient Egyptian mummies were. We saw animal mummies, human mummies and baby mummies. The animal mummies were cat, birds, crocodiles, snakes and bulls. Year 5 enjoyed it so much.

Year 5’s last topic was about Mexico and we made maracas. First we had to design our maracas in our art books. Secondly we had to get a balloon and put wet tissue paper around it then we had to do three layers of papier mache and let it dry over half term. Then we sawed twenty five cm of a stick for the handle and put our names on it. Then we had to cut it open with a Stanley knife and put some different seeds in to make the sound. Some were too thin so they had to make it thicker. Then we painted it with one layer of paint for the background and let it dry. Finally we painted our design on to the maracas and let it dry.

Ancient Greek Day

Yesterday,Year 6 had an ancient Greek day. We had to dress up as ancient Greek people. Also the year 6 teachers had to dress up. We learned how to write in Latin and we drew pictures from ancient Greek stories. After,we drew our pictures we went over them using charcoal so it looks Greek. The class had cooked some Greek food so at the end of the day we got to try our food.

We made a berry cheesecake, Greek salad, houmous, tzatziki, dolmades and more.

Everyone seemed to enjoy the Greek food and it was a wonderful day.

Y5 trip to british museum

On the 17Th June 2010 Year 5 went on a trip to the British museum . First we went downstairs and a lady talked to us about mummification. Then we filled in a little booklet about ancient Egyptian objects that were in the museum. We started on the 1st floor where all the statues were. Then we moved upstairs where all the Ancient Egyptian mummies were. We saw animal mummies, human mummies and baby mummies. The animal mummies were cat, birds, crocodiles, snakes and bulls. Year 5 enjoyed it so much.

On Tuesday 15th year six went to a Mosque in Regents Park.
The tour guide taught us all about Islam and what Muslims do in a Mosque.
When we had to go inside the prayer room we had to take our shoes and socks off.
As a sign of respect, we weren’t allowed to take any pictures or videos inside the Mosque. The tour guide told us all about why they have so many arched windows and why the ceiling was in a globe shape. The ceiling was a globe shape so that all the voices could echo and the windows were arched because if you put a coin on a flat piece of paper the paper would bend and if you put a coin on a piece of arched paper it would stay exactly the same therefore an arch window is much more stronger than a squared window. He also told us about why Muslims go to the Mosque and what they do there. In the end we all had alot of fun and enjoyed our time there.