Year Group/Class: Maple and Hazel class Term: Autumn Term 1 w/c 17.10.

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Homework/
Learning Plenary
Input/Teaching Task
Objectives Assessment/
Resources
Wednesday,
HISTORY

The shield boss was in the centre of the shield and would
19th October
2016 11.45-
help make it stronger and protect the soldiers hand
12.30 pm Make your shield boss out of a square of tin foil (see below).
Can I create
Then stick some scrunched up tin foil to make a dome-
the silver
shaped piece to the middle of the shield boss (see below
shield boss on
my shield? right).

L-R:
how to make a Roman shield boss
Click on the links below to Roman objects from museum
collections, print them out and stick them on your foil shield
boss - like we've done.

We drew the shape lightly with a pencil onto our tin foil shield
boss, then went over it with a permanent black marker pen.

You now have a basic Roman shield.

 Wednesday, You can choose from:

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19th October A statuette of Mars, the god of war from

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2016 1.50-2.30 the British Museum.
pm
A coin from Birmingham Museum and Art
Can I create Gallery showing a victory monument
the silver Pegasus on the Roman intaglio from the
shield boss on Museum of London
my shield?
We copied the picture of Pegasus on the Roman intaglio from
the Museum of London collection.

If you were a Roman legionary you would hold your sword in

one hand to attack the enemy and your shield in your other
hand to protect your body and to push back the enemy.
 Thursday, 20th Now for the straps.

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October 2016

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O Can I make the
straps for my
Roman shield?

A Roman shield only had one strap at the back for the
soldier's hand to go into but you can have two for added
comfort.

1. Cut out two rectangular straps out of cardboard - the top

strap where your hand goes can be shorter than the other
one.

2. Secure the straps with sticky tape, or something stronger

like duck tape if you've got it, to the shield's back.
 Thursday, 20th

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Dont tell chn what the lesson objective is. Hand-out http://www.timea
October 2016 nddate.com/calen
envelopes to

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Most groups should work out that they are the 12 months dar/roman-
Can I order the small groups calendar.html -
of the year because of Oct, Nov and Dec, although some with the
Roman An explanation of
might to choose to put them in alphabetic order. There months of the the Roman
calendar?
may even be other orders, e.g. length of word. Discuss Roman calendar.
the different orders chn have chosen, then establish as a calendar
class that they are the months. typed on
individual
What clues did you use to decide where to put them?
pieces of
How did you decide between June and July or March and paper
May? (session
resources)
Did you know that the calendar we use today is more than and ask the
2,000 years old? chn to put
them in order.
It was started by Julius Caesar, a Roman ruler. It is based Dont give
on the movement of the earth around the sun, and so is them a clue
called the 'solar calendar.' The solar calendar has 365 days as to what it
a year, and 366 days every leap year, or every fourth year. is about.
The names of our months are taken from the names of
Roman gods and rulers and also Roman numbers.

Which 2 months are named after famous Roman When the

Emperors? children have
decided and
you have all
agreed on the
order ask the
children to
write them in
order (with
capital letters
and correct
spelling into
their books).