Friday 9th November

Our Roman Day

The day started with a talk from our Roman visitor about the start and the spread of the Roman empire.

We were then taught some more about Roman life and got to hold, touch and ask questions about items which Romans would have used 2000 years ago. 

After this we moved into the classroom and played a Roman game called Delta. In this game players took turns sliding counters into the target area. The target area was labelled with Roman numerals which represented how many points you won if you got your counter to land in that section.

Our second classroom activity was a Roman quiz. We were given a question sheet and our job was to find the answers that were printed on the different boards around the room.

In the afternoon we learnt more about the life of a Roman soldier and got to see some Roman armour and weaponry close up. We also recreated a Roman battle scene and a gladiator fight in an arena with an emperor watching on and deciding the fate of the gladiators.