WOW! What a day today has been. Today Year 4 visited Layer Marney Tower dressed as… ROMANS! The children arrived at school this morning geared in fantastic costumes ready for their fun filled day.

The children took part in four different sessions:

• Traditional Roman attire including battle protectors & sharp swords
• Roman foods
• Traditional Roman games
• Arts & crafts

Roman attire:

The children were asked to form a semi circle, where they were given the opportunity to try on the different pieces of Armour & weapons. Can you believe they walk at least twenty miles carrying all of it?

Roman foods:

This was a chance for the children to gain understanding of how BASIC their food was. They did not eat the famously known Italian foods in Rome, but ate from natural resources nearby (that they had to grow & produce themselves). This included: bread, oil, cheese & figs!

Traditional Roman games:

Set in a beautiful courtyard was a selection of games for the children to play. The games were made from very basic resources e.g. wood, string etc and the children were required to follow the rules to have a go. This was a fine example of life for children in the Roman times.

Did you notice there was no technology AND you all had so much fun?

Arts & Crafts:

This was an opportunity for the children to get creative. They were each given some mosaic pieces and asked to create some art from it. The colours were very natural and basic and the children produced some beautiful patterns on their designs. I hope you have all taken them home to show your family!

Thank you all for putting in a huge amount of effort with your costumes. I hope you had as much of a brilliant day as we did!

Year 4’s… What was your favourite part about today?