The End of Roman Britain

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In the previous term the year 3 class had been working upon Roman Britain with their class teacher. The teaching of 'The End of Roman Britain' lasted for two lessons. The teaching focused on how a Roman town might have changed during the fifth century period of Saxon invasion and settlement. The two lessons led into a more detailed study of aspects of Anglo-Saxon England.

Through working on an artist's picture of a bustling Roman market place, the class developed ideas about the Saxon impact upon it from studying a contemporary Saxon poem, The Ruin, a difficult and challenging text. The poem described what had happened to a Roman town during the period of Saxon invasion and settlement. Clues in the poem suggest that it might have been written about Bath.

During the second lesson the focus was upon pupils creating their own poems about the destruction of a Roman town. In the first lesson the children had developed contextualised knowledge of how the Saxon invasion might have affected a Roman town.

by Jon Nichol