Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Fishbourne Roman Palace

Year three have spent a wonderful day exploring the Roman Palace at Fishbourne and being experimental archaeologists.
We looked around the mosaic room and saw several mosaics from over 2000 years ago. We looked in the museum and also took part in a workshop.

Exploring the garden
 
 Enjoying the sun in the Triclinium.
 
 Workshop

Looking at a cow tooth that was found on the site.
 
 Trying to write, Roman style!


 
Completing a Roman maths jigsaw


Getting up close to the artefacts

Working hard in the kitchen!



Building a Roman Bridge
 
 Hand spinning wool

Making our own mosaics

Playing Roman Games


A bit of fun!





Thank you to the adults who helped the trip run smoothly and thank you to the staff at Fishbourne for a great day.