Year 9 Classical Civilisation students at Sponne visited the University of Leicester on 6 November for the inaugural Ancient World Student Annual Meeting (AWSAM@Leicester). They attended a series of seminars on topics linked to their course, including the depiction of foreigners on Greek pottery and how Herodotus (known as the ‘first historian’) presents the Athenians during the Persian Wars. This was followed by a hands-on ‘Careers in Archaeology’ workshop. The afternoon finished with a lecture given by Professor Tom Harrison, Keeper of Greece and Rome at the British Museum, entitled, ‘What more can you say about the Parthenon Sculptures?’ This was a wonderful opportunity for our students to experience a university environment and the different styles of teaching there. We are grateful to the Classical Association for a generous grant that covered the travel costs of this trip and to Classics for All for their support in setting up the GCSE Classical Civilisation course, which is available to Sponne students for the first time this year.
