Egyptian Day in Primary 5
12th November 2026
Primary 5 have been learning all about Ancient Egypt in Term 1 and their greatly anticipated Egyptian Dress Up Day final arrived! We transported ourselves to Ancient Egyptian times, decked out as Tutankhamen, pharaohs, archaeologists and Cleopatra herself even made an appearance. Everyone looked fabulous.
Children got the opportunity to complete five fantastic activities throughout the day. They made a clay cartouche, personalised with their own name carved in hieroglyphics. Next up, we split into two teams of archaeologists, trying to complete the Great Tomb Escape challenge. Children competed against each other to race through the dark tomb, collecting pieces of the map of Egypt and working systematically to crack the hieroglyphics code crackers. We can really appreciate now how hard it was for the Ancient Egyptians when they were trying to work in dark conditions.
All groups were then challenged to use a range of different construction materials to build The Valley of Kings, scenes from Ancient Egypt and even the Great Pyramid of Giza! We used Sphero to code our way to uncover some Egyptian artefacts. Finally, they put their problem solving skills in Numeracy to the test by creating mathematical pyramids.
A fabulous day of teamwork, cooperation, problem solving and fun!
Thank you to the parents for ensuring that each child was able to fully embrace our Egyptian Dress Up Day.
We had a wonderful day.
The P5 Team
(Naimh, Barbara, Louise, Mrs O’Mullan and Mrs Duffin)
