29 Apr 2015
On Easter Saturday, 27 History students departed for Rome for the biennial tour taking in the sights of Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum and Paestum.
A tour to complement the Stage 6 Ancient History course, students gained first-hand experience in what they have learned, or in the case of Year 11 students, will learn in class.
Ms Julie Page's organisation and knowledge of what the students needed to see and learn was astonishing. Our tour guide, Ms Angela Pollocino, was invaluable with her local knowledge and her ability to speak fluent Italian.
One of the most telling moments of the tour came during our time at Pompeii. On this day we had booked Dr Estelle Lazar from Sydney University, and an expert on Pompeii, for a 3 hour session where she was to give a lecture followed by a short tour of the site. Dr Lazar ended up staying with us for the full day, sharing her expertise. Her reason for doing this: our students where totally engaged in what she was saying and what they were seeing, and in her words "they were asking questions that I don't get from my university students". She went on to say that she just couldn't leave them without finishing her story and sharing her knowledge.
Our students showed this same dedication to everything they saw and did – including the shopping.