Year 3 prepare for battle!

 Art/Design Technology

Today in year 3, we have researched all about Roman shields. We discovered lots of interesting information about things such as: 

• The designs that would often be on the shields.
• What the shields wold be made from.
• How the handles were fastened, including our own research on how we could attach our handles.
• The shape and size of Roman shields.
• Why shields were used and how they could be used in battle.

We used our artist skills to: 

• Created a design based on Roman gods and other traditional designs.
• Practiced upscaling our designs from our practice A4 to our final A3 work.
• Practiced how to hold our paintbrushes and use beautiful long brush strokes in the same direction.
• Used a variety of different brush sizes to create intricate details and make our work stand out. 

We used our design technology skills to: 

• Explore what materials were used for real life Roman shields and why.
  
• Practiced different ways to attach our handles using a range of different materials.
• Using a pinch and snip technique to cut out a boss for the centre of our shield.