FRIENDS, Romans, Egloskerrians — lend me your ears!

Roman activity week at Egloskerry Primary School has been a huge success — lots of exciting learning and discovery linked to their summer topic ‘The Romans’.

Children have had new experiences such as being immersed in an archaeology experience on the field, Latin, gods and goddesses, planets, Roman art and performance.

The week culminated in a special community Roman Celebration Day where the school was transformed into a Roman city, welcoming parents, carers, Egloskerry Nursery and members of the wider community.

Pupils and staff spent the day in Roman dress and prepped food for Caesar’s cafe, met ‘Maximus’ the Roman soldier and gathered all of their learning from the term together to display to the community.

A large part of this was to showcase the work that Ms Carol Unwin, Launceston College, has completed with the children as part of Forest Activity e.g. Roman road, aqueduct, mosaics.

A final assembly where Maximus carried out a ‘drill’ where his mini soldiers marched and completed battle formations was an impressive end to the week.

Principal, Mrs Emma Kerr said: “The value of pupils having opportunities to experience this type of role play and ‘flow experience’ in their learning has a profound impact on their engagement and depth of enquiry.”