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KS2 - Romans

How Romans invaded Britain

LO: To understand how and when the Romans invaded Britain.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.
  • To continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.

During this outdoor lesson, your children will be introduced to the Roman invasions into Britain and the impact they had. They will also have an opportunity to take part in large-scale role play within your outdoor space! 

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Constructing Roman towns

LO: To understand how a Roman town was laid out.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.
  • To note connections, contrasts and trends over time.
  • To address historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance. 

Deepen your children’s understanding of Roman life using this outdoor lesson focused on looking at how they designed and built their towns. Your children will have a chance to truly immerse themselves in the time period, as well as look at how settlement planning differed between time periods.

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Building Roman roads

LO: To understand how Romans built roads.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.
  • To note connections, contrasts and trends over time.
  • To devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.

The main activity of this outdoor lesson looks at the impact the Romans had on developing new transport links between towns. Using your outdoor space and a few materials, your children will have lots of fun becoming Roman builders in order to understand their construction methods. 

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How mosaics were used

LO: To understand why and how Romans made mosaics.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.
  • To understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources and that different versions of past events may exist, giving some reasons for this. 

Combine artwork with history in this outdoor lesson focused on Roman mosaics. Through the activities in this lesson, your children will explore and understand how our knowledge of life in the past is constructed and what this means for our interpretations of it.

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How Romans transported water

LO: To understand how the Romans transported water to towns.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.
  • To devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.

During this outdoor lesson, your children will look at the changes the Romans made to water transportation systems. The main practical activity will give children an opportunity to question why things changed and how they were different, looking closely at the impact this had. 

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Creating a timeline of the Roman Empire

LO: To construct a timeline of the Roman Empire.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:
  • History: The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.
  • History: To continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods of study.
  • Maths: Read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C).

Have your children apply all their knowledge they’ve learned over the unit about the Roman Empire in this outdoor lesson that encourages them to piece together the timeline of events in this time period. There’s plenty of active movement involved and a chance to practise using Roman numerals too!

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