On Monday the Classics Department took all of Year 8 to the British Museum to provide some background and further enrichment for their Latin curriculum, which focuses on the Roman occupation of Britannia.

One of our pupils, Verity B, has this to say about the visit:

Our year 8 Latin trip to the British Museum was very fun, and a great learning experience. We started off by looking at the Pre-Roman Britain gallery, where we saw many different items the people from that time had made, from jewellery to pottery, it was great to learn about what Britain was like before the Romans had invaded. What I found cool in that gallery was some of the pots and bowls they had found were from Gaul, Italy, which shows they were already trading with the Romans at the time. Secondly, we saw the Roman Britain gallery, which was very fun to see the Vindolanda tablets! Finally, we made our way to a gallery our teacher had chosen – for me, we went to see the Parthenon gallery, and saw some incredible sculptures.

We hope all of Year 8 enjoyed seeing real life examples of what they’ve been studying in lessons!

Dr Hayes, Head of Classics