Copthill Classical Morning 2016-11-15

On Monday Nov.14^th 2016 Year 5 pupils from Copthill welcomed visitors from SGHS to share in a morning of Classical activities.  Working in three groups, pupils moved through a range of activities, designed to enhance and extend their knowledge of Latin and the culture of Ancient Rome.

The first activity, “Myths and Maths”, challenged pupils to tackle a variety of maths problems with a Classical twist.  Year 5 are certainly confident about their Roman numerals now!

In the second activity pupils were shown how to make a door sign which had messages in Latin. For example, if your visitor is not welcome you might turn the dial to “dormio” – I am sleeping; or maybe “scribo” – I am busy writing!  But if you are happy to receive visitors you turn to “intrate” – come on in!  The door signs were then decorated with a range of colourful Roman images.

The third activity invited pupils to explore a range of on-line sites, guided by their Year 10 helpers.  These included bbc primary history/romans and the famous www.mrdonn/romans.

After break we gathered together to watch a Youtube video of the story of Pandora and Prometheus.  Then we split into groups to work out a dramatic scene, based on a section of the story.  What imaginative renditions we saw - look at Zeus thundering down from his mountain top!

After lunch it was time to say goodbye to our visitors.  Thank you very much Mrs. Wilson and Y10 Stamford girls for all your help and input.

Thanks also to Mr.Thomas and Mrs. Croft.

We hope everybody had a super time and has added to their knowledge of Classics in a fun way.

Mrs.Wroblewska