Summer 2025
History
To launch our Romans topic we explored an aspect of Roman art work – mosaic. We used strips of paper to decorate our initials in this style. We have been considering the Roman legacy in Britain. We were amazed to discovered that it was the Romans who taught us how to make glass into shapes like bowls and glasses. We enjoyed exploring some artefacts to see what else we could learn about the time period and learnt more about how to use primary and secondary sources to learn about the past. We used quotes from Caesar (a primary source) and explanation texts (a secondary source) to answer the enquiry question “What kind of a person was Julius Caesar?”
On our Roman day at Bestwood Park we became Roman soldiers, in full armour and learned how to control our shields and swords. We had already learnt a little about the armour and how it helped a soldier become a successful warrior. We learnt about marching and the formations that they used in battle. We had fun trying to build a catapult – it wasn’t as easy as it looked!
To link back to our Stone age to Iron age topic we looked at the changes that took place when the Romans began to build settlements in Britain. We carefully observed images to help us draw out the similarities and differences.
Emperor Hadrian presented us with a problem – he wanted to keep the Picts from invading Briatannia. So we worked to design a solution. We came up with the idea of a wall, which is exactly the same solution as he had all those years ago.
Finally, to share everything we have learnt about the legacy of the Romans we made posters to present our findings while deciding what we felt were the most significant changes form the time of the Romans.