This week we have been learning a little more about the Ancient Egyptian practices for death. They believed that the soul went to the Afterlife and the body would meet it there so it needed preserved.  They preserved the bodies using a process called mummification. This process involved removing internal organ and placing them into 4 special jars, called Canopic Jars.  The body was then wrapped up in cloths to make the mummy.  The final part in this process was to make a death mask originally these were made of wood.  The rich kings’ ones were made out of gold.

Carlos: ‘I enjoyed designing my death mask.’

Brooke: ‘I enjoyed colouring in my death mask.’

Zoe: ‘I liked writing in my topic jotter about death masks.’

We also made Pharaoh head dresses, we were all Pharaoh’s for the afternoon!

Isabel: ‘I liked making my head dress.’

Ryan: ‘I enjoyed cutting out my head dress.’

Today we are wearing yellow for Fairtrade’s ‘Go Bananas’ Day. Isabel, Louise, Brooke and Samantha all appeared wearing the same top! So for today they look like quadruplets.