The Roman army: Spy!

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The year 5/6 class visited Julius Caesar's camp before he invaded Britain in 55 BC. I wanted the children to get a clear and full picture of what the Roman army was like, before we worked on Caesar's short-lived invasions of 55 and 54 BC and the Claudian conquest of 43 AD.

We moved through time and space, using a magic cauldron and an invisibility cloak, to visit both Caesar's camp and a Roman battlefield. The battlefield was the one shown in the opening scenes of Gladiator.

We had introduced the course three weeks earlier with a Mystery suitcase and continued with an investigation into Celtic Britain, where the children had written travel brochures about Celtic Britain.

by Jon Nichol, edited by Jacqui Dean