These replica wax tablets are used as part of the Grammaticus KS2 workshop at the National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon. Sometimes teachers would write letters faintly on a wax tablet so the children could trace over the letters. Pupils would use a sharpened stick called a stilus to write in the wax. The non-sharpened end was flat and used for erasure of letters and smoothing the wax.This item is part of the Roman School Teaching Resource for Key Stage 2.