Welcome to Y6 B This Autumn our theme is Rotten Romans!

Try these awesome games just click    http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/terrible-treasures-game  As a class we will be learning about Romans and their good and bad adventures too! D&T-We will be making a Roman treasure box. Maths- Roman numerals did it help to understand place value? English- Plenty of Roman Mysteries are available in the class library to read too! Teeth and Eating in Science- with Roman food and how did they clean their teeth?did you know that Roman flour contained a lot of dust and bits. This made bread so coarse that it wore down people's teeth. Gymnastics in PE- how healthy were the Romans did they have Gymnastic?   Find ten Fun Facts about Romans to win my weekly goodie box prize like the one above!                               (Remember FUN is the key word)     How did Rome get its name? Rome is now the capital cityof Italy. 2,000 years ago it was the centre of the Roman Empire. Building started in 753 BC. The Romans had a story to explain how Rome began. Twin boys, Romulus and Remus, were the sons of Mars (the Roman god or war). An evil uncle took them as babies from their mother and threw them into the River Tiber to drown. The babies floated to land, and a mother wolf fed and cared for them. Later a herdsman looked after the twins until they grew up. Years later, Mars told his twin sons to build a city where they had been found. The city was Rome. One day, Remus made fun of the wall Romulus had built around the city. The twins argued, fought, and Romulus killed Remus. Today, historians and archaeologists agree that people were living in Rome long before 753 BC, but the legend is one of the most famous in world history.   Look at this splendid Roman house!     Roman Shield   A Roman Legionnaire's shield was known as a Scutum. The usual shape was a curved rectangle as shown here. It was made from wood with a cloth covering and a brass rim. The emblem on this example is the Labarum, Christ's initials. Just before the battle of the Milvian Bridge in AD312 the Emperor Constantine had a vision in which he saw the symbol in the sky with the words "By this, conquer".       Our currciculum for subjects covered this Autumn

2012-2013 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Topic     NC focus area       Science   Teeth and Eating SC2 1c 3a, 3c, 4a, 4c, 5b, 5d, 5e   Characteristics of materials SC1 1a, 1b, 2a, 2f, 2g, 2j SC2 2b, 5f BoS: 1b, 1a.   ICT   Giving instructions 2b,2c,3a,3b Handling data 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 4b, 4c     Art   Can we change place?   1a, 1b, 1c, 1d 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e     D & T Packaging 3a,3b,3c,2f     Geography     History Romans 2a, 2b, 2d, 4a   Music Music Express Performing as  group Christmas Carols 1a, 1c, 2a, 3c,4d Bos 5a, 5c, 5e   PSHE Life skills (SEAL where needed)   New Beginnings 1a, 2a, 2b, 2e Good to be me 1a, 1c, 1e, 2c, 2d, 2f, 2g, 2j, 5c RE Sikhism Buddhism   PE Gymnastics 4b 5d 10b 2b   Striking/fielding 4b 5d 10b 2b   Dance 4b 5d 10b 2b   Invasion games Hockey 4b 5d 10b 2b     English (Genre linked to topic)   UNIT 1 Fiction genres(4weeks) UNIT 1 The power of imagery (2 weeks)   UNIT 1 Biography and autobiography 3weeks UNIT 2 Argument (3 weeks)