{"id":3778,"date":"2016-02-25T17:24:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T17:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/williamstonprimaryschool\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2016-02-25T17:24:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T17:24:52","slug":"roman-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/williamstonprimaryschool\/2016\/02\/25\/roman-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Primary 3a, 3b and 3\/2 had a wonderful time yesterday, spending the day as Romans.<\/p>\n

We had a very special visitor in school! \u00a0Decimus Gaius, a genuine Roman solider came to see us and seriously put us through our paces! \u00a0He spent a lot of time telling us about life as a Roman (even including visits to the public Roman Toilets) and had lots of Roman artefacts with him that we were lucky enough to handle. \u00a0We were then dressed up as Roman soldiers and were taught how to march in formation and in time with each other. \u00a0We were also taught how to form “The Tortoise” – which is a special formation that protected us from incoming arrows (our classmates were throwing balls at us!). \u00a0We absolutely loved our visit from the soldier. \u00a0It brought our topic to life and our teachers noticed how much we enjoyed learning.<\/p>\n

The other half of our day was spent in a little more luxury than when we were soldiers – we were rich Romans, feasting in a triclinium. \u00a0We were served by slaves and lounged around the floor of the classrooms, eating with our fingers. \u00a0We tried lots of foods that were eaten in Roman times, including cheese, grapes, dates, bread and dormice (of the chocolate variety!). \u00a0We also enjoyed some red wine (apple and blackcurrant flavour!). \u00a0At the end of our meal we ate some lettuce and went for a snooze!<\/p>\n

A fantastic day was had by all and we shall remember this for years to come.<\/p>\n

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