Years 3 - 6 were treated to an exciting presentation by a Westbourne House family, who made many exciting discoveries in their field using metal detectors.
The haul of amazing historical artefacts astounded pupils, who saw and held rare Roman coins and rings, Victorian coins, Napoleonic buttons and musket balls from the time of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Mr Sutcliffe, history teacher, told the pupils:
“The beauty of these finds is that they are one hundred percent reliable and real. As you continue your history journey through the school you will look at the reliability of sources and whether something is opinion or fact. With finds like these we are sure that they genuinely existed and this informs us about history.
There were two gold Roman rings, one of which still has its precious stone intact. Arthur, whose family found the special haul, explained: “The rings found were slotted together like this.”
The Roman coins caused much excitement especially as one of them was from the Theodosius I era. Emperor Theodosius ruled only for three years and not many coins from this age have ever been found making them extremely precious. In fact, there is only one other in the UK in the British Museum.
The sling shot was unbelievably heavy
Pupil, age 9
