Myth & Voice
This week saw the culmination of 2 opportunities offered by the Royal Holloway Classics Department, with a visit to the university for a seminar and campus tour.
Year 10 Latin students, following their literary workshop at Winston, led by Dr Efi, and their leadership of the same event with Year 8 students, participated in a seminar discussing Tacitus' presentation of war between the Romans and the Germans, concluding that this ancient text is about far more contemporary issues than it initially appears.
Year 9 students, following their creative writing workshops with Dr Efi, and having written their own pieces inspired by the myth of Orpheus & Eurydice, participated in a seminar led by the RHUL English department exploring perspective and characterisation and how to apply it in their own writing. The pieces they produced throughout the term will be published on the RHUL Classics Department's online gallery in the Autumn.
We're very grateful to Dr. Efi for continuing to provide opportunities for our students to engage with the Classical World, to develop their questioning, reasoning and ingenuity, and to experience university style learning.
Next year we're looking forward to Year 8 & 10 Myth & Voice and Year 9 Creative Writing Workshops.
Mr Fisher, Head of Latin
