Puffins class visited Fishbourne Roman Palace where they sketched examples of patterns they saw on the mosaics as research to make their own back in school from paper and card. We also investigated the plants that the Romans introduced to Britain in the Fishbourne garden, and what they were used for. The children were surprised at how far away a lot of everyday foods originated!
On the Tuesday we had our Roman feast. The children ate carrots, cucumbers, olives and asparagus which they had investigated at Fishbourne, but were most excited about baking the honey cake. The children cooked a simple recipe of spelt flour (they had enjoyed spinning the millstone in the Fishbourne Roman kitchen replica!), eggs and honey.
Photos: the children’s mosaics, sketching herbs in the Fishbourne garden, baking the honey cake at school, eating food introduced to Britain by the Romans while listening to Aulos music, and two of the honey cakes with ingredient amounts varied to investigate what the Romans used each ingredient for.
