Roman Day

We had a great time yesterday during our Roman Day! We all dressed up in Roman clothes - some of us were soldiers, others were Roman goddesses and everyone looked fantastic! We began our day by carefully colouring in some Roman mosaics, then we finished our shields before going outside and getting into the Tortoise formation when we heard the command 'Testudo!" Later, we looked at some examples of Roman mosaics and designed our own. We all enjoyed marching outside wearing our helmets and shields, and having a 'battle' with Oak and Poplar classes. Next was the wax tablets. We melted wax and filled our frames with it on Monday so that they could set. Then we used our tablets to write our name and age using the Latin alphabet and Roman numerals. After lunch it was time to gather in the hall with Oak and Poplar classes to enjoy a Roman banquet! We tried many different types of food such as olives, dates, pitta bread, cheeses, raisins, celery and flamingo tongues (ham!!) We all had a great time travelling back to Roman times.

Our Roman Day

Celebrate and share day - maths

Last Wednesday we had lots of fun playing many different maths games together. We played games with cards, dice, route tiles, board games and some that were online. In the afternoon our parents were invited in to our class so that we could share our games with them and show them how we learn in maths. We hope the adults had just as much fun as we did!

Our trip to Chester

On Monday 16th March we went to Dewa Chester. First we met a Roman lady, she took us inside, there was a wooden boat. She told us the password and we shouted it out. We met a man on the boat, he would beat the drum when he wanted us to change our rowing speed. We were rowing the boat but when we looked at Mrs Gough she was not rowing, luckily she didn't get killed! The lady took us to a door, we went through the door and met another man. He decided if we were friends or enemies. He said we were friends, if we were enemies other soldiers would have come and killed us! We went into a room and the lady told us what the barrels would have been used for, next she chose two volunteers to come up. One of them spread oil on the other one, then scraped all the dirt off them. After lunch we had a walk to a stone circle. At the stone circle we got told how to be scary and how to march. Then Lily came up and the Roman soldier nearly cut her head off! We had a shield and formed the tortoise. Then we walked to an amphitheatre, on the floor it was like sand. The Roman soldier chose Mrs Round to come up, and Mr Morris. They had a battle. The battle was just rock, paper, scissors but Mrs Round won. Mr Morris was going to die but the Emperor put his thumb up so he could live. Then the man talked about the two types of Roman soldiers, one was Samnite, the other was Retiarlus. Then we walked back in the rain. By Isabella

Our 'Go Explore!' session in the Forest Friends area.

At forest friends we planted hedges with Mrs Gough. We also made stick men and ladies with sticks and all sorts of materials.
When we made these there were lots of instructions like : we had to collect sticks for the body. we all thought carefully for the hair some people used daffodils, pine cones , ripped leafs and all sorts. one group used an empty snail shell for a hat!
 Also we used soil to dig up 'Bobby the Beech Tree'. We voted for his name. There was Darwin and Bobby and most people decided on Bobby. We had shovels and we put more mud over the roots of Bobby the Beech. We had to stamp on the soil so that Bobby was stuck in the ground properly.
 When we planted everything we watered the plants so that they wouldn't dry out and could grow.
 By Ella Rose, Maggie, Isabella, Shea and Ruairidh