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.