High Legh Primary School

 Class 3's Topic Page

Summer Term - Topic 4

Our new topic is...

The Romans

As part of our exciting new topic we will be going on a trip to the Roman city of Chester where we will be Roman soldiers for the day!

We will understand:

• the key dates of the Roman Empire and be able to place them on a timeline
• understand why Emperor Claudius and the Romans chose to invade Britain
• find out why the Romans almost lost control of Britain (war with Boudica)
• understand the significance of Hadrian's wall 
• find out how we know so much about the towns the Romans built in Britain and why they chose these locations
• understand how the Roman invasion changed Britain

English

This term our writing will be based on the book 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes.

We will be writing an approaching threat narrative and an trap explanation.

Maths

This half term we will be covering shape and statistics.