YEAR 9 TRIP TO VERULAMIUM
Wednesday 24th June, 2009
Year 9 Classical Civilisation students visited St Albans on Monday 15 June. Kathy Whittingham (9B) reports:
We visited Verulamium, now known as St Albans, to discover more about life in the Roman towns of
Britain.
During our day we visited the Verulamium museum in which there were detailed displays of Roman artefacts, for example: coffins and Roman skeletons, pottery, coins, magnificent mosaics and wall paintings.
We had a detailed tour of the museum where we learnt, amongst other things, about living in a Roman house, the burial of the dead, the uses of animals and their produce, recipes for Roman food (including boiled dormouse!) and how the mosaics were created.
Later, we crossed the road to visit the only surviving ruins of a Roman theatre in
Britain.
It was used for plays, readings and possibly gladiatorial shows.
It is next to
Watling Street, a Roman road leading from
Dover to
Chester.
We were lucky enough to visit the hypocaust (underground heating) and saw how it worked. We saw the mosaic floor which was really beautiful and included a lot of detail.
It was an exciting day and we all learnt a lot.
Year 9 Classical Civilisation with Mrs De Winter
At the Theatre
Fun and games in Museum
Shopping!
Studying the Hypocaust
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