Homework:
Week beginning 15th June 2015
This homework is all due by Friday 19th
June.
Spellings will be tested on Friday .
Mathletics - Please
let us know if your child cannot access Mathletics. Next week we will be working
on Shape
Literacy
This week we will be
starting a new topic on Poetry. To develop your descriptive language in
preparation, please write a detailed paragraph to describe the setting of a
forest. It can be any type of forest you like (scary, bright, exciting, haunted
etc). We will be using these descriptions to compare them to another poem.
Topic (to be completed on the blog)
This week we will be
visiting the remains of a Roman Amphitheatre in London. What facts do you know
about amphitheatres and why they were so important to Roman life? Share them on the blog this week.
Science
This week we will be beginning a new topic about
humans and how bodies change. Please draw a timeline from your birth to Year 5.
How have you changed since then?
Roman Architecture
ReplyDeleteRoman architecture was one of the most complex types in the world. The best example of Roman architecture was the Colosseum, in Rome. It could hold up to 100,000 spectators. They were important to Romans because the wouldn't have many sources of entertainment. Many Gladiator contests and chariot races were held there.
Scary Forest
ReplyDeleteThe gnarled branches twisted into a huge wall filled with millions of thorns. There was no way through. A
wolf howls and the sky turns dark. Up in the sky glows the full moon which reminded me of wolves.
Deciduous trees tower over minute flowers, making them feel tiny. Rotten leaves flood the path and any nomad would never find a way through. The wind, which sounded like a midnight wolf howling, caused leaves to rustle about, emitting a scary sound. Awooh!
There was a small brook at the side which was making a noise. It was just a badger building a dam. Due to the fog, I could barely see the badger. The rippling of the water made even the bravest person tremble because of an eerie noise which was once deafening silence. A fox, which was present, was fluorescent orange in colour, easy to spot, even in the darkness. An owl hooted in the distance. Its beady eyes watching everything that moved like a hawk. Hoot Hoot!
Amphitheatres were a place where Romans could duel and entertain. Gladiators would fight till one of them died. It was awfully blood-thirsty, however the crowd used to love it. The Coliseum was the largest amphitheatre in Roman history!
ReplyDeleteAmphitheatres were important, because they brought joy and happiness to Roman life.
Amphitheaters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete- They could seat up more than 50000 people in one go.
- It was a place were entertainment happened.
- there were fights taking place there as well as entertainment.
These are some of the facts I know about Roman Amphitheaters.
Amphitheaters were important to the Romans because it was kind of television for the Romans.
The Amphitheatre was the center of entertainment in Roman times. It was a place where Roman citizens went to watch fights between gladiators and wild animals, such as bears or lions. The bloodier the battle, the more the crowd cheered. The fighters were slaves or criminals whose punishment was to risk a most grotesque death.
ReplyDeleteThe largest Amphitheatre in the empire was the Colosseum. It could seat up to 50,000 people at once. From the ruins of the Colosseum, archaeologists have put together an idea of what happened at these fights. Ancient Roman amphitheatres were oval or circular in plan, with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, like a modern open-air stadium. In contrast both ancient Greek and ancient Roman theatres were built in a semicircle, with tiered seating rising on one side of the performance area. Modern usage for "amphitheatre" is lax, and does not always respect the ancient usage. As a result, the word can be found describing theatre-style stages with the audience only on one side, theatres in the round, and stadiums. Natural formations shaped like man-made theatres are sometimes known as natural amphitheatres.
Darkness fell upon the spooky dark sky. The luminous moon shone brightly in the night sky but the howl of wolves pierces through the night, and creates horror to the forest. The gloomy mist makes everything obscure and the lightning strikes so fiercely that even the woods itself trembles by the vibrations. The crunching sound of leaves scare people when they step on them, and the branches from naked trees cackle like witches on their brooms, making the woods a horrible place. Bats hang upside-down, their teeth shining in the moonlight and the big beady eyes of a night owl, glows in the dark.
ReplyDeleteWhat facts do you know about amphitheatres and why they were so important to Roman life?
ReplyDeleteFACTS ABOUT AMPHITHEATERS
The amphitheater was the centre of entertainment in Roman times. It was a place where Roman citizens went to watch fights between gladiators and wild animals, such as bears or lions. The bloodier the battle, the more the crowd roared. The fighters were slaves or criminals whose punishment was to risk a most deadly death.
These fights were so popular that schools were set up to train ordinary men as special fighters known as gladiators.
The largest amphitheater in the empire was the Colosseum.
It could seat up to 50,000 people at once.
From the ruins of the Colosseum, archaeologists have put together an idea of what happened at these fights.
why they were so important to Roman life?
All Ancient Romans had free entry to the Colosseum for events, and was also fed throughout the show.
Festivals as well as games could last up to 100 days in the Coliseum.
The Ancient Romans would sometimes flood the Colosseum and have miniature ship naval battles inside as a way of entertainment.
Over one thousand (up to six thousand) people watched wild animal fights, public executions and gladiator fights in an amphitheatre, but there is only one left in London. Horrible things happened in amphitheatres, manly killing, but everyone loved to watch the horrific things happen.
ReplyDeleteAmphitheatres were important to the romans because it was their fun activities. Only strong men were allowed to fight and women weren’t allowed in the buildings until 90BC. The men were the people to get the animals from different countries to see fight.
Roman amphitheatres
ReplyDeleteThey amphitheatre was a place full of violent entertainment.It would host many people to watch fights between wild animals and gladiators.The more violence,the more the the crowd cheered and shouted with excitement.The fighters were slaves and criminals whose punishment was to risk a most gruesome death.These amphitheatres were so popular that schools were set up to train ordinary men.The largest of them was the Colosseum,it could hold 50,000 people at once!!!!!!!
I've grown more taller from when I was born.My behaviour has changed from then.
ReplyDeleteLots of bones in my body have changed.More bones will come into place.New teeth will grow.Your ability of doing something will improve.Brain will develop its functionality.You can think more you will get more advanced in subjects.You can speak better and express more feelings.
The tropical, exotic, colourful trees gracefully swished side to side. The sun shined brightly on my sweaty forehead while I was having a picnic in the summer breeze.
ReplyDeleteThe clouds smiled satisfyingly while the birds sang sweetly on the golden brownish branches. There were toucans, animals of all kind. I smiled. I was ecstatic. Suddenly, I woke up and remembered where I was. I had just dreamed of what paradise was like in a forest full of amazing creaures
Roman amphitheatres
ReplyDeleteMost people have heard of the Colosseum in Rome, but there were many other amphitheaters all over the Roman Empire. The first gladiatorial fights, in Etruscan times, were held anywhere that there was a flat place near a hill, so that people could sit on the hillside and watch the fights being held down on the flat area. But there isn't always a convenient hill like that, so before long, around 300 BC, rich men and city governments started to build temporary wooden amphitheaters for people to sit in, like artificial hills, or like the seating for events at county fairs or festivals today. They were called amphitheaters because they were built like two theaters facing each other.
The first stone amphitheater in Rome was the Colosseum, built in the 70s AD by the Roman emperor Vespasian. In the time of the Roman Empire, nearly every town of more than a few thousand people had its own stone amphitheater, all over the Roman Empire from Syria to Spain, and from England to Tunisia. Many of these are still standing (at least part of them is still standing) even today, and you can go visit them.
They are important because in the roman times they were the main source of entertainment. They were big and round but they could only fit about 500 people in It at a time. People would come and perform or rich people would rent the out for a night. Normally people would pay money equivalent to £1. If you were lucky you might of gotten away paying 50 pence.
ReplyDeleteInto the snow
ReplyDeleteThe sunset glimmered through the fur and pine trees, cutting through the dark aromas of resin. Although the sun scintillated magically before her eyes, thick, dry snow crackled and crumbled under her cosy feet. Arctic foxes scavenged through these endless woods, sniffing the crisp air out of greedy pleasure.
Suddenly, the sun faded away and it began to snow. Thick frost started coating Opal's eyelashes like icing on a cake. Her ermine fur-rimmed boots were now heavy with snow, desperately hanging onto them as if it was there only chance of not melting. Opal struggled to see the map in my bag, for the sky's dead grey blocked all possibility of sight. Eventually she gave up on the map. So Opal went down the path, not caring where she went. Anyway, it didn't matter now, it was too late. And she did not want to go back. Not after what had just happened at home. The snow pattered down, making a crackling sensation. Without warning, a twig snapped. But this time it wasn't Opal's foot that caused the eerie sound. She froze. There was plenty of hiding places in the dense cloaks of darkness. Consequently, if she moved she would make a din of a sound. The trees rocked gently in the unsettlingly chilly breeze, making a creak of distaste every time. A low growl gathered up behind the trees a few feet away from her, or was it the wind? Mabye it was, for a storm that was building up was so fierce and cold it would make you shiver just thinking about it. Opal ran, not caring whether the growling was a beast or the weather nor what direction she was going in. Alarmingly, a low rumble gathered and seemed to lift the trees of their stumps. It happened all in the blink of a eye: a flash of lightning, a soft fur tree falling, Opal's desperate screams. And then ther she lay, her honey coloured hair spread out like a bouquet, dead.
Roman amphitheatres
ReplyDeleteAmphitheatres were the centre of entertainment. Amphitheatres were a place where Roman people went to watch fights between gladiators and fierce, wild animals. The people who were fighting were usually either slaves or criminals that risked a horrible death.
The largest amphitheatre was the Colosseum, it could hold up to a staggering fifty-thousand people.
The battles and fights were a big part of the Roman culture and entertainment, the amphitheatres were very important to the Romans as this is where the spectacular events were held.
A few years ago I went to a Roman amphitheatre in Martigny, Switzerland. I don’t think it was as big and old as the colosseum but it still looked quite old and you could even go in it!
Facts about Amphitheatres
ReplyDeleteThe amphitheatre was the centre of entertainment in Roman times. It was a place where Roman citizens went to watch fights between gladiators and wild animals for example bears or lions. The largest amphitheatre in the empire was the Colosseum. There is no Greek prototype of amphitheatres, which were primarily Roman and were built in many cities. The typical amphitheatre was elliptical in shape, with seats, supported on vaults and rising in many tears around an arena. Until the erection of the Colosseum (AD 80), all amphitheatres were made of wood. The word amphitheatre is now applied to modern structures which may still have little resemblance to ancient prototypes.
By Tanraj
Literacy Homework-
ReplyDeleteWailing winds recklessly conquer skys as drooping trees whimper in desperate fear.Caught in the storm, careless leaves are swirled harshly into distant lands. Malicious waterfalls- which are only ventured through by the immaculately courageous- rush down stream both tediously and ferociously before being brutally obliterated into minuscule droplets.Withering, dead plant suffer countless attacks and ambushes by the ruthless rainy storm as dead leaves whisper darkly.
Amphitheatres were built to entertain people in the Roman times. They are a circular shape. Normally gladiators would fight in the arena of the amphitheatre, or one beast and one gladiator would fight. The fighting was gruesome so often people would tend to throw up and be sick. There were food places next to the amphitheatre because if people were hungry they would be able to have food, like when it is half time at a football match people would eat food because they would be hungry. Because Romans were clever even today we use some of their old ideas.
ReplyDeleteMost people have heard of the Colosseum in Rome, but there were many other amphitheaters all over the Roman Empire. The first gladiatorial fights, in Etruscan times, were held anywhere that there was a flat place near a hill, so that people could sit on the hillside and watch the fights being held down on the flat arena.
ReplyDeleteAmphitheatres were important to Roman life because this was one of the main ways they entertained themselves. Slaves would fight animals and even others to the death! Big fights would bring many spectators. People selling souvenirs and food would probably make a lot of money because people would want to buy their goods.
The Roman amphitheater in London was designed for stage plays and performances. Some of the stagy plays involved gladiators fighting and wild animals.
ReplyDeleteThe Romans did lots of dramas. It included comedy,tragedy,Plautus. In the plays one person would speak aloud and the other would be an actor and mime. Amazingly, they used props such as swords,daggers,torches,stools,armor,helmets,jewels etc.
COSTUMES:
- A purple costume identified a rich man.
- Boys wore stripped togas.
- Soldiers wore short cloaks.
- Red costumes identified a poor man.
- Yellow robes meant the character was a woman.
- Short tunics indicated a slave.
- A yellow tassel meant the character was g-d or God.