Invade, Invasion, Conquer, Julius Caesar, Boudicca, Army, Soldiers

Year 4 Project Medium Term Learning Journey

Autumn 2020

Project title Rampaging Romans Educational visits/visitors Virtual tour of Roman Baths and Colosseum Key vocabulary D&T: precise, precision, cm, mm, cutting, edge, accurate, Key vocabulary History: invade, invasion, conquer, Julius Caesar, Boudicca, army, soldiers, Londinium, rolling, curling, folding empire, aqueduct, chariot, sewer, villa, amphitheatre, Septimius Severus Art: collage, layering, cutting, texture, crinkle, smooth, layers Geography: map, Europe, capital city, Rome, Roma, compass, north, south, east, west Focus Kurt Schwitters – considered one of the first collage Links with other subjects English text and focus for writing this term – Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans artists/designer artists Megan Coyle – landscape collage artist

Week 1 Outcomes Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 28th September D&T Technique:  Observe  Design Outcome:  Create  Evaluate

Art & Design Technique:  What is a collage? What are the skills  Continue work on collage  Observe Collage needed to make a good collage?  Ensure focus on taught skills –  Design Outcome:  Introduce artists and critique their layering, special awareness,  Create Collage – work. What is good/bad? cutting  Evaluate showing the  Are the collage skills being used?  Collage – show the evolution of evolution of the the Romans. Romans.  Evaluate

Geography  Map work  Identify countries invaded by the Romans

History  Roman Empire  How did the Romans successfully  Roman Empire and the army.  Roman architecture  Timeline to show history in invade Britain?  What was life like for a Roman  Roads context  Look into the events leading up to it. soldier?  Aqueducts  Timeline of their own lives  How did the Romans benefit Britain?  How powerful were they?  General roman buildings  Greenwich over time  Children to write reflection based on  DEBATE STYLE WORKSHEET – SHOULD  VIRTUAL TOUR OF A ROMAN their opinion of invasion. WOMEN BE ABLE TO JOIN THE ROMAN BUILDING ARMY?  Queen Boudicca  Inspirational woman  Julius Caesar  Fact file – bit of an English lesson.

Week 2 Outcomes Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 30th November D&T Technique: What are the key elements of Planning our Roman Villa Part 1: Building Day Evaluate building  Observe Materials Roman architecture? - What materials will we need? Cutting and measuring lesson - Children to construct their villa - Children to revisit their planning  Design - Cutting - Look again at Roman - What will it look like? - Children to cut their right angle - Decide what we will be sticking document and evaluate  Create - Measure to buildings - How will we know it is a Roman triangles and create the roof elements together with (glue, tape, - If you were to do this again, would  Evaluate nearest cm Villa? aspect of their villa glue gun) you do anything differently? - Tearing, folding, - Cut and measure the floor. curling and Explain that we will be making Children to complete a planning sheet. shaping Roman Villa’s. Finishing touches Part 2: - Create the outside First attempt at Roman Columns Painting the parts - Roman garden aspects

Look at a range of examples - Tearing, folding and curling - Children to paint the different - Roman writing Outcome: - Peer feedback and then make elements - Window outlines using black pen Create a Roman inspired necessary changes - Look at Roman images to help building – take inspiration children decide on colours from virtual tour Art & Design Technique:  Observe Outcome:  Design .  Create  Evaluate

Geography

History Key Historical Figure: Septimius Severus Roman Quiz - Big Fat Roman Quiz Septimius Severus - Watch small section - Children to work in small teams of Alison Hammonds - Questions based on all aspects of ITV show learning from Rampaging Romans To describe the social, - Are children shocked Topic ethnic, cultural or religious that there was an diversity of past society. African Roman Empire? - Create a leaflet/poster