This worksheet provides opportunities for cross-curricular writing! Choose from a fact file, a diary entry or a newspaper and get your children writing creatively.

Develop children's understanding of the ancient Egyptians' afterlife beliefs with this LKS2 Why Were the Pyramids Important? writing activity. It features three different worksheets that children can complete including writing a diary entry as a worker in Deir el-Medina, writing a newspaper article detailing the building of a new pyramid or creating a fact file all about the pyramids.

An example answer is included for each which could be used as a model text to support pupils. Download today!