Year 4 had a fabulous visit to the Roman Deva Centre in Chester last Friday.

Our Year 4s made the journey across the English Channel to Britannia and found out Britain was under the rule of the Roman Emperor, Claudius! We travelled through a typical Roman town and found out lots about what the Romans ate, the entertainment they watched at the amphitheatres, how they learnt to read numbers and write and what a typical Roman bath and Roman public toilet looked like.

We then got to look at the different armour and weapons a Roman solider would use. Next, we got kitted out with our very own Roman swords and shields. We marched through the streets of Chester shouting a Latin chant. ‘SIN, SIN, SIN, DEX, SIN!’ which means LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT in Latin. We found a safe spot to practice some typical Roman soldier tactics. We learnt about command chants and soldier formations, which was why the Roman army was so successful at invading countries! Lastly, we got to practice everything we learnt with a quick gladiator duel in Chester’s very own amphitheatre … In the battle between teacher vs student … student won!