Amongst the work we did on Romans and inventions, children researched amd created information posters about the Romans:
We looked at some of the key inventions Romans developed which are still with us today including roads, arches, viaducts and bridges. We made up our own questions to test (discussing what makes a testable question) and investigated which material or which shape makes the strongest bridge:
In history we looked at the difference between primary and secondary sources linked to accounts of the eruption of Vesuvius, and in art went on to create our own vocanic explosions to recreate the event:
In design and technology we used some clay and salt dough to make Roman oil lamps and lids: