The Ancient Greeks

This half term Sycamore class have been working for Regina Flowerton.  Her wonderful museum was beginning an exhibition on the Groovy Greeks and she asked us for some help. 

One problem she was having was cleaning Ancient Greek coins dug up on an archaeological dig around the Acropolis in Athens.  We undertook the scientific challenge of finding a solution which would clean the coins successfully. 

Amazingly Sycamore class discovered that tomato sauce was the best cleaning solution.  In English they wrote some exciting Greek myths which have also been sent to Regina.  Sycamore class have looked into how the Ancient Greeks have influenced modern day society including education, the Olympics, mathematics, architecture and democracy.

In art the children have created their own version of Greek pottery. They used art materials of their choice including water colour, poster paint and crayon.  Sycamore class enjoyed studying the Greek gods and finding out about their powers and history.