The Class 4/5 children have just completed their Ancient Persian main lesson as part of their geographical ancient civilisations main lessons.  They began by using a grid mapping technique to accurately draw a map of the original Persian Empire.  We learnt about how powerful and popular the empire was over many years ago and how the Persian Empire in parts became Iran in 1935.  Using a world map the children were able to identify Iran and the neighbouring countries which make up the Middle East.  As a class we looked at population, weather, religion, social structure and finally food. 

To complete the main lesson the children cooked an Iranian vegetable stew, served with Persian baked rice (Tahdig), salad with Persian feta and a Persian love cake for dessert.

As part of our main lesson we studied the traditional story of the Epic of Gilgamesh.  It is one of the oldest stories in the world, and it’s about many things that still matter to us today: friendship, fame, courage and happiness.  The children completed a written exercise about Gilgamesh or one of the other characters in the story.  We have chosen the journey of Gilgamesh as our play to be performed in week 10 of this term.

If you have any sheets or tablecloths, preferably white, sandstone, brown and we will happily take any other colours.   They will be used as material for costumes. 

In Art with Kate the children have been using the mediums of pastels and charcoal to create drawings from well known landmarks around Denmark. 

Robyn

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