Year 4 - Why did the Romans invade Britain?

Date: 7th Sep 2025 @ 10:15pm

To start the lesson, we did our chronology flashback. Then, we went to the hall to look at the timeline. We looked at where topics we have learned about previous are compared to the Romans. 

Next, we started to look at when the Romans invaded Britain. We learned that Caesar tried to invade Britain twice before in 55BC and 54BC, but was unsuccessful. Then in 43AD, Claudius was successful. We looked at why the Romans wanted to invade Britain so desperately and whether we agreed or disagreed with the invasion (from a Roman perspective).

We used our oracy skills throughout the lesson to practice our answers before speaking and we used ABC stem sentences to agree and challenge others’ opinions.