Chester Trip
Year Three went on an exciting trip to Chester to learn about the Romans.
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| When we arrived we were met by a Roman soldier called Chris. We all marched after him through the streets of Dewa (Chester) with Roman shields. We were led to the Roman Gardens where we were told our new rules as Roman Soldiers. The girls had to pretend to be boys. |
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We had to pretend to fight with our shields and imaginary swords. We had to punch with our shield and stab with swords and let out a war cry. |
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The Romans used two javelins when they fought enemies. |
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The boys really enjoyed themselves playing Romans, especially Michael |
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Luke
put on the roman helmet. The Roman said that the helmet was very strong.
He got his sword and tried to cut Luke’s head and ears off. It was quite
funny. |
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We had to march back
to the museum shouting SIN, SIN, SIN, DEX, SIN (Left, Left, Left, Right,
Left) loudly. We had to march in twos in a long straight line. It was fun
shouting. |
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Here we were going through the streets of Chester. |
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We went to the Roman baths. Kieron and Shania acted a little play about how slaves used a special tool to scrape the dead skin off their master's back. |
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The
guide showed us layers
in the ground from different periods of time, with the Roman layer right
at the bottom. We went to an activity room in the museum. There were many different activities like build a little model bridge, or fire a catapult into a Celtic hill fort. Thomas built a central heating system for the Romans called a hypocaust. |
By Ishbel Rooney-Hamer and Anna Lloyd-Jones
Bl. 3