Today, we had to investigate who the Roman skeletons may have been! We were given real photos from an archaeological find in York, 2013, and had to think about their injuries, how they may have died and what life they might have had.
Roman amphitheatres and the Colosseum
We’ve been so busy learning about the Romans, we have forgotten to post about it!
Roman life, baths and the legend of Romulus and Remus have all been explored and yesterday we started looking at gladiators!
Here is the link to explore different amphitheatres across the empire and even stand in the middle of them! https://www.triphistoric.com/amphitheatres-roman-amphitheatre-list/fr256
Then, we watched part of a documentary about the Colosseum and practised our note taking. I’ll add it into the post when we have finished watching it!
New London Architecture
Today, we had a task set by Cooper Construction Ltd. We needed to create modern, iconic buildings to add to the already popular London Skyline.
To generate ideas, we explored iconic buildings around the world including the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and a range of skyscrapers in Japan and China. We were amazed with some of the shapes that have been constructed and how buildings can appear twisted, layered and curved.
Using the London skyline, we designed and sketched a range of buildings and came together in small groups to construct models of our ideas.
Be an MP for a Week!
Linking to our ‘Why is London Cool?’ topic and our British Values, we have played the online Government game, Be an MP for a week.
We have all really enjoyed this and realised how many meetings, emails and jobs our local MP’s have and that they can’t possibly respond to every single concern.
Click http://www.parliamentgames.co.uk/mp-for-a-week/ to start!
General Election
After looking at how Government works, we looked https://live.firstnews.co.uk/general-election-2017/profiles/ that explains main party policies for children.
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Live Streams of London!
Whilst we were researching different London buildings today, Mr C found live stream videos via Transport for London’s ‘traffic cams’. We were amazed to see live film of Parliament Square and Westminster bridge! The traffic is unbelievable and there are so many people around!
Getting around London
Today, we have felt like tourists trying to get around London! This morning, we used the tube map to get to different parts of London and think about where would could change lines if needed.
Then, in the afternoon, we were given a map of London with a coordinate grid over the top. We used Google Maps to try and locate places of interest. The team with the closest coordinates won points.
Transport for London adverts
This week, in literacy, we have looked at persuasive language and how adverts persuade us to buy something or visit somewhere. Some of the features we saw included a catchy song, appealing language like free or exclusive, a question at the start and positive information about the product.
Linking to our London topic, we had to launch an advertising campaign for Transport for London and promote buses, bikes, the underground and river buses. We researched facts that you might need to know such as prices, times and where they go.
Below are 2 from each transport that we voted were very eye catching and used effective persuasive features (in order: EH2, PH and BL, WC and JW, MO and GR, LS and LH, HL and KR, OR and HM and EM and LRM).
