The team are of documentary makers are commissioned to make a documentary about the Anglo Saxon invasion and settlement in Britain up to the end of Anglo Saxon rule in 1066. As you will see from the photos camera men, script writers , editors , re-enactment actors and historical researchers are hard at work on the film set! The team re-enacted the famous Battle of Hastings and the tense night before the battle. As you can see , Normans are praying sharpening and preparing weapons and trying to get some rest before the history changing battle ! Read some examples of the fantastic in role writing Roses Children have done -
The Night Before the Battle of Hastings : Cooper Littleford and Alfie Jones I Fought at the Battle of Hastings : Amelia Eccles and Albie Jones
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This afternoon the children in Roses explored the five main faiths of the world; Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and Hinduism. We explored the faiths and looked at the similarities and differences between them. In groups the children created mind maps to share the information they found. We thought about the sorts of locations people visit for holidays in Europe- here are some of the brochure photographs we created.
We became Roman soldiers in our drama and learned some of the important battle formations .....The Wedge...The Repel Cavalry... The Tortoise and The Orb. We are all set for battle!
We thought about how games and toys are marketed for either boys or girls- pink and fluffy for girls - blue and exciting for boys! We didn't think this was right so we designed some of our own posters which challenge the idea that girls have to play with certain toys and boys with others
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a very Happy New Year. We begin this term by being Mantle of the Expert and travelling back in time to Roman Britain. A Roman soldier, stationed on Hadrian’s Wall, sits alone in the barracks of a hill fort carefully carving a small statue of an elephant. As he carves he thinks of his home and his family, remembering his life in Rome and hoping one day to have children of his own… In our drama we become a legion of Roman soldiers our client is: The Emperor of Rome and our commission is: to protect the northern border of the Roman Empire in Britain. In class will find out all about the Ancient Roman Empire and its impact on Britain, focusing on these key concepts: Conflict, Conquest, Empire, Emperor, military, religion, settlement and trade. Our historical research will include investigating archaeological evidence and evaluating primary and secondary source material. As part of our research we hope to visit Wroxeter a Roman archaeological site. Our Literacy work will cover a range of fiction and non fiction reading and writing genres and will be inspired by the Ancient Roman myths and legend our historical and research and our class novel, “The Thieves of Ostia” from the excellent series the Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence. The book is set in Ostia, a port just outside the city of Rome in AD 79. The main character Flavia is the inquisitive daughter of a Roman ship’s captain. She and her friends become self-styled detectives solving Roman crimes. SCIENCE Mrs O’Grady will be teaching “Earth in Space ” in Science children will be looking towards to stars, describing the movement of the earth and other planets and learning about our solar system. We will also be learning about the movement of the moon relative to the earth, they will learn how we have day and night. ART This half term we are going to be learning about mosaics. We will begin by looking at the Roman mosaics that were found in the ruins of Pompeii. We shall practise drawing sea creatures and then use our drawings as a basis for creating our own mosaics. In our new MoE drama, we met two elderly people who's homes were at risk of flooding. We also went on a rainy fact finding field trip to look at the River Morda
The residents at Woodlands Care Home really enjoyed our harvest singing . they have invited us back for Christmas! : )
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AuthorThis is the blog of Roses(Year 4 and 5)
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