RGSHWClassics

From the Classics Department at RGS High Wycombe, a boys' state grammar school offering Latin, Greek, Classical Civilisation and Ancient History. My own views.

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We are back after a long hiatus on this platform! Especially looking to connect with past Classics pupils of RGSHW. Please message if you would be happy to be added to our database with who you are, what you studied, what you are doing now.

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More Spartan board games!

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Yr9 Classics made board games to show the trial and tribulations of a Spartan...

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Yr 8 thoroughly enjoyed playing Bellum Latinum. Thanks to @HandsUpEduc for the idea! I think this will be a regular item on the agenda!

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Y10 Classics compose poems about Topic 2 (Hercules)

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This exhibition of black classicists is now on at the university of Bristol

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Playing Latin "Go Fish" with noun declensions to remind Y11 of how nouns decline

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Latin word of the day: labor, labi, lapsus - slide, slip, glide

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Latin word of the day: eo, ire, ivi(ii), itus - go, walk, ride

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Latin word of the day: admoneo, admonere, admonui, admonitus - warn, caution, urge

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Y8 Latin made their own shrines - thanks to
@HandsUpEduc
for the idea and lararium template

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Hestia is quite dull.
Her purpose is largely nul.
She controls hearth and home.
Has a veil instead of a comb.
Under it is her skull.

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More limericks from Y10 Classics who are studying Greek gods:

There once was a god called Poseidon
who had a hippocampus to ride on
all through the seas
at very fast speeds
He was here on minute and the next he was gone

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This poem’s about Apollo,
Who never chose a career path to follow,
Loads of jobs for himself,
Ain’t good for his health,
Cos to just one job he said no.

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Hades lives so deep underground
In his kingdom he is sound
In the land of the dead he is supreme
He has Cerberus on his team
And he kidnapped his wife

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Apollo had lots of jobs
Prophecy, medicine, bits and bobs
He had arrows and bows
Wrote in verse and prose
Renowned among the gods

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Apollo was the god of disease
And many other things if you please:
He towed around the sun
Played music for fun
And was good friends with Hermes