English

Listen to information about the

Romans
Discuss who the Romans were,
where they came from and how they
invaded and changed Britain
Read using a variety of sources
Retell information or stories
Describe life in Roman Britain
Listen to legends of Roman gods and
goddesses
Create plays based on Roman life or
legends
Read and discuss extracts from the
Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary
Sutcliffe
Create a story based on a Roman
object

Mathematics

Understand past, present and future

Learn the months of the year and find out how they got their
names

Learn roman numerals and use them

Learn about tessellation

ICT

Use the internet to find museums with Roman information or

specific Roman objects
Use the web to explore Roman
Silchester www.silchester.rdg.ac.uk
Use the online resources created by Reading Museum
Use Silchester pages created by
Reading Museum

Roman
Life

Excellence and enjoyment

Visit a museum and explore Roman objects

Use a museum loan service and handle real objects from the
period

Visit an archaeological site

History

Learn about Iron Age life and contacts with the Roman world

Learn about the Roman invasion of Briton

Learn about life in a Romano- British town e.g. Silchester

Visit a museum and/or Roman site

Handle real objects from the Roman period

Read a range of fact and fiction books about the Romans

Learn about games that were played

Geography

Use maps to find

out where Italy
and other Roman
colonies were

Plan a journey to
Italy using holiday
brochures

Learn place
names e.g. Rome,
Silchester, London
(Londinium)

Music

Find out about Roman music and

Instruments

Art and Design

Make close observational

drawings of real objects

Illustrate written work

Paint scenes of Roman life

Create scenery for plays

Use clay to make roman pots

Make mosaics using gummed

paper, collage, or ceramic tiles

Design and make a Roman house

Make Roman jewellery

Make a wax tablet

Make costumes using fabric paint to

decorate borders

Make a Roman game