To start our new topic of Emperors and Empires, Cherries read the story, Escape From Pompeii. In the story Mount Vesuvius erupts and this links well with the volcanoes the children constructed last half term. We first annotated the story by things we could see that linked to the Romans and the past. We then demonstrated how a volcano erupts by using water, washing up liquid, bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. The children loved watching the “lava” erupt out of their volcanoes.