P1-4 went on a journey through time today as part of their ‘Life Long Ago’ topic. They experienced a History Alive workshop exploring the Roman Era. Kathryn delighted the boys and girls by dressing up as a Roman Centurion. She displayed a range of authentic artefacts and weapons for the children to explore. Our Roman visitor then shared many facts about Roman traditions, culture and lifestyle. The children were given an opportunity to be hands-on by dressing up and engaging in role play. There was much discussion on what life must have been like and how it compares to life today.
Here are some quotes from the girls and boys recounting their experience:
“I asked a lot of questions about lots of different kinds of things. My favourite thing to do was dress up as a rich Roman lady. After dressing up I went to hold a sword and it was really heavy! Ava Lily.
“The Roman visitor brought some Roman weapons like swords and spears and some armour. After that, we got to play because the Roman visitor brought Roman costumes and some Celts costumes. We play- fought with fake spears. It was very fun. We got to try lift very heavy armour.” Finlay Schofield
