On Friday 10th May, we took all of Year 7, except those competing in the FHS Athletics Competition, to the Roman Baths at Bath. Our Year 7 Classics correspondent, Izabele Baniukevic, had this to say about the day…

One of the best school trips I have ever been on was to the Roman Baths, which helped to give us a better understanding of what we are learning about from our Suburani textbooks. Once we arrived we split up into two groups and my group had a teaching session first. We each were handed a booklet with the statement “Aquae Sulis was just an ordinary Roman town”, and below it was “ to what extent do you agree?”. Aquae Sulis is the old Roman name for the city now called Bath: Aquae means water, and Sulis is the goddess that was worshiped there. We slowly but surely filled up the pages of our booklets with the help of real artefacts and source booklets that we could touch! Touching the intricate artefacts made me realise how extraordinarily sophisticated and modern for their time Roman people were.

After that we had a little lunch break, and set off for our second half of the day – the ruins of the Roman Baths. Inside, we were given audio guides that gave us more information about everything we were looking at. I really enjoyed interacting with an actor who was playing a role of a Roman slave! We also were mesmerized to see how fresh hot water from an underground spring is still circulating through the baths to this day.

If you ever get the chance, please go to the Roman Baths and see this historical wonder for yourself, as words simply cannot describe it!