:: Moonee Ponds Central Ancient Egypt Blog ::

The boys are continuing to work hard! The photo-stories are coming along and should begin to be published next week!!

Here are some Ancient Egypt words and meanings the boys have learned.

Pharoah- A king or queen that was a ruler of Ancient Egypt. There were many. 

Shabti- Server of the dead.

Hieroglyphics- Ancient Egyptian writing.

Sarcophagus- What the mummies were in when they were dead.

Papyrus- Made out of pond reeds and like paper.

Nile- The longest river in the world and runs through Cairo. The Nile helped the Ancient Egyptians in many different ways.

Amulet- A proctive talisman that the Ancient Egyptians believed would help them in the after-life.

Mummy- A dead Pharoah wrapped up in cloth ready to go to the afterlife.

Pyramid- A tomb for dead Pharoah’s shaped like, well, a pyramid! Made of stone.

Scarabs- Beetles that collect poo for food.

Hard at work2!Hard at work!

On Friday 20 July the grade 5 boys at MPCS saw the Mysteries of Egypt Imax movie and visited the Ian Potter Gallery at Melbourne Uni, to view the Egyptian Collection and do some fantastic activities with the some Ancient Egypt experts!

Here are some photos of the day, but these are just to give you a taste, as the boys are all working on photo stories of the day. These will be posted asap.

Hopefully you’ll feel like you were there yourself, after you see the great photos and hear the super sound bites, as you follow the boy’s adventures!!!

The Things We Know About Ancient Egypt

What I Want to Know

How We Are Going to Learn

What a fantastic bunch of students!!! We started off making lists of what we already know about ancient Egypt, what we’d like to know and how we might find out.

Mert Sengul identified the digital voice recorder straight away, which actually messed things up a bit because I thought no one would know what it was!

Timucin Sezai taught everyone how to replace dot points with the groovy little pyramids you’ll see on the lists, which are coming soon.

Until next time ttfn.