Pyramids and percussion!

Topic/music
Today in topic we learnt many facts about the Ancient Egyptian pyramids and used this helpful song to help remind us of those important facts.

In ancient Egypt where the desert sands lay,
The sun beats down and rain stays away,
130 pyramids appear tall,
Even today they stand and don’t fall,
20,000 slaves to build one pyramid by hand,
To make the pyramids appearance regal and grand,
Designed like a stairway aiming up high,
To reach Ra, the sun god, way up in the sky,
The pyramids protected our beloved pharaohs,
Near our Egyptian city of beautiful Cairo.

We used instruments to explore the facts and work out how best to represent different aspects of the song in our groups. After practising with our friends we performed these to our class to put the whole song together for us all to learn and enjoy. 

To explore the pyramids even further we learnt ANOTHER song about the pyramids and the slaves used to construct it. We had a great time understanding rhythm, pace and how we can use actions to help us remember important facts about our learning. A great afternoon of learning and noise, well done year 3!