--- title: "Mount Vesuvius" url: "https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2022-11-15-16-35-52-mount-vesuvius" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # Mount Vesuvius ![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/images/blog/IMG_20221115_162832.jpg) 15 November 2022 [Mr Whitcombe](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/author/DavidWhitcombe) [Year 6](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/category/year-6) #### In history, Y6 have examined the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. #### We asked the hinge question: Which two cities were affected by the AD 79 volcanic eruption? Tick one. Vesuvius and Pompeii Herculaneum and Delta Delta and Vesuvius Pompeii and Herculaneum Can you remember the answer? We have used literacy skills to write an observation of the disaster unfolding before our eyes. We looked at how the victims might have died in Pompeii and how the casts of the victims were made. [Year 6](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/year-6) [English](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/english) [History](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/tag/history) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_20221115_162639.jpg)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2022-11-15-16-25-04-plate-tectonics) Previous ### [Plate Tectonics](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2022-11-15-16-25-04-plate-tectonics) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_20221115_162911(1).jpg)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2022-11-15-16-43-49-volcano-computing) Next ### [Volcano - computing](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2022-11-15-16-43-49-volcano-computing) ### School Life - [Brookside Blog ](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog) - [News](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/news) - [Events](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/events) - [Photograph Galleries ](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/photo-galleries) - [School Council](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/school-council) - [After-School Clubs ](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/after-school-clubs) - [KIDZ Club](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/kidz-club) - [Calendar](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/calendar) - [Newsletters](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/information-for-parents/newsletters-2026-2027) - [Mental Health ](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/school-life/mental-health) ##### Location Rostherne Avenue Great Sutton Cheshire CH66 2EE ##### Contact Us 0151 558 1123 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/brooksideprimary/) © Copyright 2014–2026 Brookside Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)