Children at Bratton Primary School showed that with a little imagination it's easy to conjure up the magic of an ancient civilisation on a wet Wednesday afternoon in Wiltshire.

For years three and four, or Kennet and Avebury as they're known, school uniform was out and headdresses and sheets were all the rage, as they spent a day finding out what it was like to be Egyptians.

Egypt is their term topic and had proved so popular that teachers thought a day dressed up as pharaohs and scribes would add to what the children had been learning in the classroom.

In home-made costumes, complete with eye shadow and face paints, they sat down to an authentic Egyptian feast of dates, figs, pomegranates, flat bread and humous.

Nicola Goff, a teacher's assistant at the school, said: "I think they learn more from having a day like that.

"They thoroughly enjoyed it."

Years one and two had already had their own Pirate Day. Other popular events have included Greek and Roman days.