Term 1
We kicked off our year with a topic about Pharaohs. We have been researching Howard Carter and have been exploring mummification looking at instructions  and looking at explanation texts. We began by following instructions and reading an explanation text of how to mummify a dead Pharaoh. The children were particularly interested in the removal of the organs and brain.





To explain how the Egyptians were able to preserve their Pharaohs, we investigated how to “mummify” tomatoes. Initially, the children scooped out the insides of the tomato before embalming the tomato in a mixture of salt and bicarbonate of soda.