Some interesting facts about Egyptian Civilisation

The name Egypt comes from the Greek name for the country: Egyptos.

The Egyptians were the first people known to have separated copper from its ore, about four thousand years ago.

Hypatia (born around 370 AD) was the first woman to make a recorded contribution to mathematics.

The Great Pyramid is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. An estimated 20,000 to 30,000 workers built the Pyramids at Giza over a period of 80 years.

The Pharos of Alexandria, a lighthouse 140 m high, was another of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The history of Egyptian medicine dates back four thousand years.

The final coffin within the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun is of solid gold, weighing 110 kg.

Tutankhamen may have been murdered on the orders of his Chief Minister who married his widow, Ankhesenamen, and became the ruler of Egypt.

For over two thousand years, Egypt was controlled by foreigners. Nasser was the first native Egyptian leader

Pranav Ramesh
Grade V A

My trip to the acropolis

During my summer vacation, I visited Athens and saw the Acropolis - the one historical site you can't miss .
The Parthenon and other main buildings on the Acropolis were built by Pericles in the fifth century BC .



It was very hot and there were tourists every where and the guides were speaking rapidly in englesh , spanish, french , chinese ,hindi , dutch , turkish , german etc. .

While we were there we saw archioligists in action it was amazing !

We had to climb 200 slippery steps all made of marble to get there . The whole area is made from marble!






it was really cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!









......So if you are ever in Athens, don't forget to see the Acropolis!!!!!


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SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GREEK THEATRE

• They actually created drama !!!!!
• At the begining of a play they used to sacrifice a piglet and burn it for the greek god of drama Dionysus.
• Most of their plays were about gods .
  
• Even thousands of years ago they used to have flying machines !
• Their plays took from dawn to dusk , a whole day !!!!!!!!!
• They had the idea of masks
• Their theatres were cleverly designed so that the sounds could be heard in the back
  

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Our New UOI Topic

Our UOI topic "Thanks to the Past", is very interesting as we learn at least three to four new facts in each lesson. We are doing this topic in groups of five or six students. We are researching how we have been helped in different fields by various civilizations such as the Roman, Egyptians, the Greek, Indus Valley, and Chinese civilizations. I have learnt a few strange facts about the Roman civilization. Did you know that the Romans would use cobwebs instead of bandages? Or that the Romans were very good at making medicine?
I will really enjoy this topic.

Ritesh

Grade 5A

First Field Trip

Our first field trip this year was at the Ranga Shankara theatre. We watched a play called "The Ungrateful Man". The whole PYP came with us. The play was about a Brahmin who went into the forest to search for some gold. He searched desperately but found none at all. Then one day he found three animals and one human inside a well. He helped the three animals out. Each animal promised that whenever the Bramin needed them, they would help. They also told him not to let the man inside the well out because he was evil and would never help him. The Brahmin did not heed their advice and helped the man out. The monkey helped the Brahmin by giving him food. The tiger gave the Brahmin a gold necklace . The man rescued by the Brahmin from the well was a gold cutter. The Brahmin went to the gold cutter and asked if the gold cutter would buy the necklace. The gold cutter recognized that the necklace was one that he had made for a prince who had died mysteriously on a hunting trip. The gold cutter also knew that the prince had died of a snake bite. However, he had the Brahmin put in prison for killing the prince. In the end, the evil gold cutter's motive was discovered and he was banished from the town.

Ritesh

Grade 5A

Grade 5

I enjoy grade five, it is a lot tougher than grade four though. It is more interesting as well but we get a lot more homework. I like the different systems in the new class. A few new systems are: we have a class president, vice president and not a prefect and the class pyramid, which encourages the whole class to behave well in order to be rewarded with two free periods.
I am very glad that my teacher from last year, Ms Poonam is my teacher again this year.
I will definitely enjoy the rest of grade five.

Ritesh

Grade5A

My first two weeks in my new school

My first two weeks in my new school was just great. I really enjoyed it. It is far better than my old school. In my old school they used to make the whole day really very busy but here I feel I am really left free & I know that the rest of my schooling over here will be great.



Regards
Tejaswini
Grade 5A