This week in year 6 we have been learning about the place where the ancient Greeks lived – Greece!

We started by making geographical  and historical inferences about the landscape of Greece and considered what this may tell us about how the ancient Greeks lived.

We made historical inferences about the ancient Greeks  simply by looking at maps of where they lived.

We were then instructed by a disillusioned prince of a Greek city state to explore the landscape and find a location that would be ideal to found his own city.

We used topographical  and satellite maps to find a site that may be a good place to build a new city. We then explored the advantages and disadvantages of the site and began to write a balanced report to the prince outlining the benefits and dangers of building his new city at this location.

Here is an overview of the maths that we will be completing in the next few weeks in Year 6 (click the link below to download)

Theme 1 Year 6

This week Year 6 launched their new topic for the spring term: Wisdom begins wonder. Over the next term, Year 6 will be learning about the hugely influential and fascinating golden age of Ancient Greece.

We launched our topic by  re-enacting the trial of Socrates, who was an Ancient Greek philosopher that  had been been accused of ‘corrupting the youth’ and denying the the city gods.

Unfortunately, the citizens in our Heliaia (law court) followed the course of  history and voted to have the old philosopher drink the hemlock.

Woman were not allowed to be jurors in the law courts of ancient Athens, so we had to ‘beard-up’ to make sure none had snuck in.