Cairo

In this term in class 9 we have been learning about Egypt with help from a company called Cairo Comes to School. We had to pay three pounds to see and do the two activities. First we had to split our class into two groups of 15. Firstly we learnt Egyptian dance. We had to take our shoes off and it was extremely fun. The other activity was drumming and we had to use our hands and keep our rhythm. We got different sized drums and in the dancing we had to wear red and green hats. At the end of the day everyone did a performance part to the rest of the year group.

By Adil and Shakhil

Art and Crafts

We have started art in class and we wanted to show you some of the things that we have done in the past term.

We have made hats for Egyptian Pharaohs and we had lots of fun. The hats are usually round with some sort of decoration to make the Pharaoh look important and special. The class made very different headdresses. Here are a few of them:

The materials we used included paper, glitter, paint, wool and cardboard. Pharaohs love being noticed and could get angry easily if they were not. Headdresses were meant to show off the faces of the Pharaohs.

By Randeep & Stelina

Picture Frames

In topic we have been learning how to make picture frames. First we had to get a piece of cardboard for the back. Then we had to stick cardboard strips onto the back and we had to do mitred corners. These are corners that had to be cut at forty five degrees and then we had to stick them together and we have ninety degree corners. Then we had to stick the stand on and decorate our frames.