Discover what it was like to be an ancient Roman school child with immersive hands on activities in our Roman villa
Activities free with your admission! Normal entrance prices apply.
Travel back in time with immersive drop-in workshops that bring the Roman world to life! This week, we’re turning part of our villa into a Roman classroom with the experts from the University of Reading’s Ancient Schoolroom project — join us to have a go with wax tablets, discover ancient Latin curses, hear Roman fables, and more!
In these informal, free drop in workshops, kids can explore the way ancient children learned, and try their hand at a range of fun and educational activities including:
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Learn how to read and write the way the Romans did, using a tablet and stylus without word division or punctuation.
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Try doing mathematical calculations in Roman numerals using dried beans and a counting board – discover what multiplication was like before multiplication tables had been invented!
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Read the fables of Phaedrus and think about their morals, like Roman schoolchildren, or try learning Latin the way an ancient British student would have done, with a bilingual textbook and a Latin-speaking teacher!
For more information on the ancient schoolroom, see www.readingancientschoolroom.com.
SUMMER ACTIVITIES
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Follow a free trail around the farm to discover more about ancient life
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Get hands-on and learn an ancient skill like spinning or carving chalk
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Meet our rare-breed sheep, goats and pigs.
