Year Six Autumn Term 2006 - Class Teacher Mrs T Kaunhoven

Y6 class history trip to Caerleon - Roman Fortress Isca

Towards the end of Term 2 we all got up very early to catch a coach to Wales. We spent the day at Caerleon, a small town just outside Newport, which stands on the remains of one of only three Roman Legionary fortresses built in Britain. It was an action-packed day that involved lots of looking, listening, questioning and getting hands-on.Find out what we thought of the day and what we learnt by following the links below:

Caerleon - our personal highlights
Amphitheatre
Keeping Clean and Healthy
Life in Barracks
Museum artefacts
Roman festivals and gods

These are really useful websites that we will be using in class to help with our research:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/
• http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/
• http://www.show.me.uk/topicpage/Romans.html
• http://www.salariya.com/web_books/gladiator/index.html
• http://www.brims.co.uk/romans/index.html

We have had a busy start to the year, and have settled in to working routines quickly. Our first term’s work has had a geography and PSHE focus on Clothing and Footwear. We have learnt about how we are connected to the rest of the world through our clothing, finding out how clothes are made and what life is like for the people who make them. To tie in with this work, we have gained hands-on experience of being footwear manufacturers! We have designed and made slippers for DT and are busy at the moment creating Powerpoint presentations in ICT to showcase our work.

Chloe's sewing	Peter cutting a pattern
Ashley’s tiger feet	Rebecca sewing
Ollie’s matching pair!

As part of our link with our school in France, we all created pastel self-portraits, designed to show our character and interest. We sent the originals to France and are looking forward to receiving their portraits soon. Katie's self portrait is on the right.