Balmoral

Balmoral used natural dye to colour their Roman togas including vegatables, fruits, spices, leaves and twigs. It was fascinating to see the end results!

Balmoral practicing writing letters in sand, fantastic work!

Balmoral had a surprise visitor, a local champion boxer. They all loved to ask questions and find out more about him and his sport. We got to see and explore his winning champion belts, they were amazing to see and very heavy. What a fantastic surprise!

Balmoral class have listened and explored the timeline of Queen Boudicca, planning and designing their own freeze frames. We recreated her timeline from when her husband died, meaning the Romans wanted to rule her land, to the destruction of Colchester and London, then to a great battle. The Celts may have overwhelmed the Romans but … Read more

Balmoral carried out experiments to test the absorbency and durability of toilet roll. They learnt how to measure and record their own results, analysing them to find out which was the best.

Balmoral reenacted a visit to the Roman toilet. They explored how and why they were built that way, including discussing Roman inventions including aqueducts and sewer systems. They were surprised that people would go the the Roman toilets to socialise, and also by their lack of privacy.

Balmoral were pretty disgusted to discover that Romans did not have toilet roll. We explored further looking at things they may have used including: twigs, pebbles, leaves and moss. They discussed the properties of the materials and even came up with ideas to make their own inventions. Balmoral are still horrified by this, but had … Read more

Balmoral class have all showed amazing resilience and determination, look at this independent sitting. Fantastic!

Balmoral have explored different Celt hill forts in the UK. We have looked at Ariel photographs and researched the features. We have made some amazing models to represent all the features working together. Fantastic!