Term 1
Author Visit – Stuart Heritage
On Tuesday 1st October, Equality Class were lucky to have a workshop with Stuart Heritage, an author of some very exciting children’s books. We spoke about his most recent book, ‘Attack of Aunty Enchanty’, as well as considering some of our own ideas for his future stories. We worked with him to create our own class monster, considering all the elements to make them a great character for a story. We had such a wonderful time.
Art – Marvellous Mosaics
As part of our Roman topic lessons, we explored how the Romans created mosaics as well as the purpose and designs they used. We used these ideas to design and create our own mosaics. This included using pencil to colour squares, then using mosaic foam squares before finalising our designs using real mosaic tiles. We worked together as a team to support each other with our designs and we are very impressed with the outcomes
Yoga
This week we were lucky enough to have a yoga session. In the yoga session we looked at what we could remember from year 3. We focused on poses and breathing exercises to keep us calm.
Mosaics
What impact did the Romans coming to Britain have on our lives today? Historians suggest that the, ‘Roman invasion of Britain was the most significant event ever to happen to the British Isles. It affected our language, our culture, our geography, our architecture and even the way we think’. How can we prove this? Nearly 2000 years ago, the Romans came to Britain and changed our country. Throughout our topic, we will explore what life was like in Ancient Rome and investigate how the Roman Empire spread and eventually conquered Britain in 43AD. We will look for evidence of the Romans all around us and consider life in Britain before and after the arrival of the Romans.
In topic, we are looking at the Romans. We looked at architecture and mosaics. We have started to investigate what mosaics are and have started to design what our mosaic will look like!
Richborough Fort Trip
On Friday 13th September, Equality Class visited Richborough Roman Fort. We were very lucky with the weather as we toured the ruins that had been left from when the Romans used the fort. We spent time looking at real artefacts from the Roman era and also being able to hold replica items created to resemble items the Romans would have used. We had an amazing day and all the adults commented on our respectful attitude.
English
In English we have been looking at Kenning poems. We discovered that they had to have 2 words per line. We then created our own ones about Boudicca who we have been learning about in topic.
