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We visited Chedworth Roman Villa on Wednesday 21st March. We explored what life was like in Roman Britain... and had a few laughs along the way
 
Chedworth Roman Villa is the remains of one of the largest Romano-British villas in the country. It houses several fine mosaics, two bathhouses, hypocausts, a water shrine and latrine.
 
Chedworth Villa was discovered in 1864 - according to local legend 2 men were out rabbit poaching in the woods.
 
They sent their ferret down the rabbit hole but it got stuck so they had to dig him out.
As they dug they came across many pieces of small cube-shaped tiles. On further investigation it was discovered that these pieces formed a mosaic pavement and once it had been brought to the attention of the Master, the excavation of Chedworth began in July 1864.
We are assured the ferret escaped and lived a long and happy life!
 
Here are just two of the impressive floor mosaics to be found at Chedworth. The one on the left is probably the most famous, it shows the character of Winter and was part of a larger mosaic found in the dining room.
During our visit we categorised Roman artefacts including mosaic tiles, pottery and bone. Our guide told us all about the different uses for each material and taught us Latin words and names.
 
Later we had a go at making our own Roman cold remedy. We were given some herbs including a bay leaf, cumin, mustard seeds and coriander. We then took it in turns to grind the ingredients into a fine powder using a pestle and mortarium. This was hard work but the mixture smelt lovely. To make it more authentic we dressed as Roman slaves.
 
We had a great time at Chedworth and think it is well worth a visit. If Gloucestershire is too far away, why not check out this website
http://www.chedworthromanvilla.com/
Something Erupts in 3M
We had great fun making our own erupting volcanoes.
 
 
 
Our Class Assembly
3M Visit Chedworth Roman Villa
Peter, our guide showed us around the Villa. We learnt interesting facts about Roman Life.
 
Our first stop was the Chemist Shop. Peter showed us some pots that had pointed bottoms. The reason they were like this was so they could be shipped to other places and could be stored so they didnt bang into each other and break.
 
We dressed as slaves then took it in turns to grind a combination of herbs using a pestle and mortar. Our end product was a very smelly powder which the Romans used as a medicine for many different illnesses.
 
 
 
We each had our own little pouch of medicine just in case anyone felt sick on the journey back to school !
 
The bath house had some very interesting mosaic floors.
 
Peter showed us a tool that the Romans would have used to help clean themselves. They didn't use soap like we do, they used oil, the tool was used as a scrapper to scrape and collect the oil and dead skin from their bodies. We didn't like the sound of this.
The Romans built a water shrine with a small stone alter where they made offerings to the goddess of the spring.
 
We got our hands on some real Roman artefacts. The mosaic tiles were smooth on the top with rough edges. We tried to work out which parts of pots the broken pieces came from.
 
If you would like to find out more about the Roman Villa visit http://www.chedworthromanvilla.com/
DINOSAURS INVADE 3M
We used Anthony's super hints to make super dinosaur models.
 
 
 
 
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