As part of their learning on the everyday lives of Tudors, Year 4 held a fashion show to consolidate key vocabulary learnt about Tudor clothing including: ruff, doublet, breeches, hose, kirtle, chemise farthingdale and gown. Grab your sunglasses and vip ticket, Tudor Fashion week is the hottest event in town!

We had a brilliant Roman Day dressed in our Roman finery! In the morning, we created Roman shields and marvellous mosaics; in the afternoon, we enjoyed a carousel of activities including gladiator stage combat, legionnaire training and an aqueduct challenge! We finished off the day by watching our gladiator friends perform in the Coleham Colosseum and ended proceedings with a rousing chorus of the Latin marching song ‘Legio Aeterna Victrix’.

Watch the exhilarating spectacle here:

We had a brilliant time in the city of Deva learning all about life as a Roman!

We became legionnaires of Chester under the strict command of Lupis, the Roman centurion. We marched through the city to the Roman gardens and practised drills including stabbing with our (foam) gladiuses and making a tortoise formation with our scutums! 🛡️

We also travelled back in time on a ship from Roma to Deva, rowing in time to a drum. When we landed, we explored the interesting food at the market (dormice, milk-fattened slugs and flamingo tongues!). We also visited the bathhouse where we learned that Romans cleaned with oil and strigils and we know all about what the sponges on sticks were used for! 😳 We watched a virtual fight between a murmillo and a gladiator with an unfortunate end. Then we just had time to visit the real life amphitheatre and see its ruins. 🎭

Watch us descend on Deva below: