Ancient Egypt

Over the first two weeks of Term 3 the Year 4, 5 and 6 students have been going to Splash Palace for swimming in the afternoons.  The Year 3 students have had a great time learning about Ancient Egypt. We had a go at writing using hieroglyphics and learned how to play Senet, even making our own boards and throwing sticks.

We mummified apples, burying half in a natron mixture like the Ancient Egyptians used to mummify the dead and left half to decompose naturally.  This is how they looked a week later.

Next we wrapped the mummified half in gauze.

Then, just for fun, we mummified each other in toilet paper!