Today the children had great fun recapping Boudicca’s revolt and analysed her life from her point of view. Was the significant events that happened positive or negative?
Extension: click here to review more about Boudicca and the Roman Invasion.
After the Romans invaded Britain, it was generally peaceful and prosperous and many Britons actually welcomed life under the Romans as they offered protection against other tribes and they could join the army. Most Celtic tribes had surrendered but the Iceni Tribe were allowed to remain – under the rule of King Prasutagus and Queen Boudicca.
Today, Robins learnt about Boudicca and imagined how Boudicca felt when Marcus told her the Romans would be seizing all her land and turning her out of her house.
They also had a go at reading a script and performing it. Below is a glimpse of them practising the reading of the script.
Extension: Click here to learn more about Boudicca and why she revolted against the Romans.
Recently in History Robins have been learning about why the Romans invaded Britain. They have studied about Emperors Ceaser and Claudius.
Robins did very well with their discussions and sorting on why the Romans wanted to invade Britain.
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Today we learnt about the gods and goddesses. Mr Lo gave some background on their importance to the Greeks who were very religious.
Robins in groups and pairs then had to read and discuss 1 of the Gods and report back to the class. Below are some facts about the Gods read out by Andrew (telling us about Apollo), Sammy (Hades), Firas (Zeus), Debra (Artemis) and Daisy (Athene) .
Some also made their own symbols to represent the different Gods.
The Robins in Year 4 are very studious and have been working hard on their homework. One of the tasks last week was to design their own Ancient Greek pot. Here are a few of our designs
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History – 9.11.21
Yesterday, the Robins in year 4 were learning about Ancient Greek artefacts in History. We looked at replica artefacts and photographs of real artefacts and discussed what we could see. Some children wrote sentences about images of Ancient Greek artefacts and some children matched sentences with images.
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Watch the video below to find out more about Greek Vases.
This morning, Robins in year 4 started a new History topic – Ancient Greece.
Mr Lo’s group, read information about Ancient Greece, highlighted important information and answered questions about Ancient Greece.
Miss Knapman’s group, read information together and filled out missing words in the text about Ancient Greece.
This month is Black History Month and during their Topic lessons, Robins have been learning about famous black people throughout History.
As a class we have studied about Harriet Tubman.
During an afternoon Robins carefully created their own fact file or diary entry about Harriet Tubman.
Can you spot your own work?!
Robins have also worked hard to create a display board showing the learning we have done on both Black History and our value of the month Tolerance. To highlight what a wonderful and diverse class we are; we created a map showing where we are from. Doesn’t it look nice?! (don’t forget to leave a comment for encouragement ? )
Extension: At home visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/true-stories-harriet-tubman/zbh8mfr to see how Harriet Tubman tells the story of her life and how she escaped slavery.
Robins highly value the importance of tolerance.
As a class we have been sharing all about ourselves. Many of us have family that come from different countries. This has enriched our learning and increased our understanding of the importance of tolerance and respecting all cultures. During circle time we have been able to enjoy a range of languages including Chinese, Kurdish, Arabic, Punjabi, Urdu, Italian, Spanish and Maori.
Mr Lo has also purchased a book to share with the class. Don’t forget to take a look during our ERIC sessions.
As part of our values and black history month display board we have decided we would like to decorate it with photos of our diverse class. Some of us have already brought in photos. Thanks for sharing!
Furthermore, we have discussed the importance of recognising Black Figures. This week we have recapped on important Black Figures. Can you recognise them?
and finally, we also looked at some local black celebrities.
A big shout out to Jessica for making a table comparing Roman numerals, English and Chinese.
Ryan for taking pride in his football. Well done!
