Ancient Greece!
We have not covered this topic before so it's exciting for all of us!
We briefly read about the Stone Age and The Bronze Age in Greece, commencing 40 000 years ago. We moved swiftly onto Minoans and Myceaneans before settling on the Classical Period of 500BC -336BC.
Our first point of call was the Acropolis.
The children watched a great documentary about the Parthenon...
(at lunch we discussed the documentary and the children were as amazed as I was to learn that the craftsmanship of the pillars was so extraordinarily well done and airtight that upon separating two parts of a pillar, renovators discovered a wooden peg which was in such perfect condition that it still smelt of fresh wood - 2500 years later!)
...while I made a dough base which was the only thing I could come up with to stand...
...tubes in...
...to make our own Parthenon.
Monkey Girl created the roof.
Ballet Girl made the statue of Athena to whom the Temple was dedicated.
The Boy made The Erechtheum Temple which was made in honour of a mythical Myceanean King
And Panda Girl made Athena's Olive Tree which stands in the courtyard of the Erechtheum Temple
Our Acropolis
Before lunch The Boy became a Greek slave and rinsed and perfumed everyone's feet. Everyone found it tickly and hysterical.
Fresh air and leaves.
After lunch the children worked hard on Poetry...
Monkey Girl chose a poem to analyse. She noted that it was lyrical with a rhyme scheme of A,B,C,B and that A was Trochaic and B,C,B were Iambic.
...Maths...
...and Nature Study and Spanish. We had a phone call to say Trampolining lessons were cancelled which was disappointing but Ballet Girl made dinner and then the two eldest went to Sea Cadets, boots sparkling, ready for their monthly Ceremonial.
