March your Year 4 class back to Ancient Rome with this fully immersive, “no-prep” maths escape room. This resource perfectly blends a high-stakes historical narrative with rigorous National Curriculum objectives, requiring pupils to use logic and teamwork to restore the Legion’s honour.

The Mission

Pupils work as new recruits to collect a 10-digit Legion Key. They must solve 10 tactical two-step reasoning problems across different areas of the fort—from the Armoury to the Treasury. Each correct answer reveals one specific digit needed to open the final heavy iron gates.

What’s Included?

Immersive PowerPoint Presentation: 14 cinematic slides featuring stone arches, Roman shields, and parchment scrolls. Includes a mission briefing and a final interactive gate screen for code entry.

Pupil Worksheet Pack: A detailed workbook for students to show their calculations for all 10 “locks”.

Legion Key Record Sheet: A tracking tool for teams to log their digits as they progress through the fort.

Teacher’s Mark Scheme: A comprehensive guide with intermediate steps, final answers, and the master code breaker.

Self-Assessment Plenary: A reflection tool for pupils to evaluate their confidence in the maths topics covered.

National Curriculum Mapping (Year 4)

Each challenge is mapped to key Year 4 objectives:

The Armoury: Addition & Subtraction (Thousands)

The Marketplace: Multi-Step Money Problems

The Training Ground: Perimeter Reasoning

The Stables: Multiplication & Subtraction

The Feast Table: Fractions of Amounts

The Guard Post: Time Intervals

The Treasury: Short Division

The Mosaic Hall: Area & Subtraction

The Archery Range: Statistics (Reading Data)

The Fort Gate: Algebra (Missing Numbers)

Recruits, the thief is escaping! Are you ready to restore the honour of the Legion?