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Languages department at Northampton High School @NorthamptonHigh

Joined April 2013
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What a week! To celebrate European Day of Languages on 26th September, the faculty and our Language Leaders have been busy bees! Quizzes, scavenger hunts, foreign language karaoke & screening a film have been amongst some of the activities. #europeandayoflanguages #gdstspirit
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Year 7 preparing for the practical part of their Roman chariot racing topic, designing and running a chariot round the spina after team presentations - may fortune favour you! #oracy #creativity #problemsolving #teamwork #experiment #presentations #fun #latin @NorthamptonHigh
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Pardon our French.
Gallomania ˌga-lō-ˈmā-nē-ə noun a strong prejudice in favor of what is French Background Image: an illustration of France

ALT Gallomania ˌga-lō-ˈmā-nē-ə noun a strong prejudice in favor of what is French Background Image: an illustration of France

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BBC News (UK)
@BBCNews12 Feb 2025
Beginnings of Roman London discovered in office basement bbc.in/3EBMKP4

London’s first Roman basilica found under office basement

The discovery has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history in the City of London.

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Year 8 enjoying Hercules the movie (and hopefully noticing how the myth has been changed!) but also experiencing the freedom of the sixth form common room - snacks, sofa, bean bags and drinks too! #latin #reception #myth #classics @NHS6F @NorthamptonHigh
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Great opportunity for scholarship on the Aeneid at A level Latin #latin #classics #scholarship @NorthamptonHigh @NHS6F
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Last week was European Day of Languages week at @NorthamptonHigh! Our students engaged in various activities like flamenco dancing, hieroglyphics, Arabic lessons, croque monsieur making and many more…
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This week, Northampton High School are excited to be celebrating European Languages Week through various extracurricular activities to learn more about different cultures and languages outside of the curriculum. We'll be sharing more throughout the week! 🌍
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A fantastic creative writing opportunity creating a short story inspired by Achilles, hero of the Iliad #classics (especially for sixth form?) @NorthamptonHigh @EnglishDeptNHS Achilles | Call for Submissions blog.flametreepublishing.com…

Achilles | Call for Submissions

We are very excited to open up a call for submissions which is now open! Please read through the details for submissions carefully before submitting your stories and make sure to include the project...

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We're proud to be the new home of the @PrimaryLatin Mythology Competition for young people aged 7-14! Submit your art, animations and creative writing to be in with a chance of winning some fabulous prizes - entries open to all! @classicsforall classicalassociation.org/myt…
An artist's impression of the giant wooden house being pulled into Troy

ALT An artist's impression of the giant wooden house being pulled into Troy

Infants Romulus and Remus suckle their wolf-mother

ALT Infants Romulus and Remus suckle their wolf-mother

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Good opportunity to visit @ChesterHouse_UK over the summer for budding classicists and archaeologists. @StanwickLakes is just down the road and has a small finds museum as well as roundhouse reconstruction @NHS_Historydept #classics #archaeology
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Fantastic opportunity for any students interested in archaeology 8-18 this summer at Chester House estate @ChesterHouse_UK #archaeology #youngarchaeologists #summer @NHS_Historydept
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This looks like a great free online (or in person if you are in Leeds) talk @Royal_Armouries @Classical_Assoc royalarmouries.org/leeds/wha…

What's on

Combat demos, talks, tours, gun firing, horse shows, and more. Exciting events every day, so discover what's on and come along for day out!

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Year 7 #Latin putting theory into action with aquaducts , gradient, gravity and arch support…a closely fought contest! #learningoutside #creativity #collaboration #fun
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The Observer
@ObserverUK6 Jul 2024
Is it time to turn the British Museum into the world’s great lending library? | Tim Adams theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Is it time to turn the British Museum into the world’s great lending library? | Tim Adams

With a new government will come grown-up conversations about our colonial history’s part in the acquiring of artefacts

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'Having a Queer Old Time with Tibullus', an Online Talk theclassicslibrary.com/havin…
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Tu aimes le sport? Y7 were showing their PE skills in French today.
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The Guardian
@guardian18 Jun 2024
Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remains theguardian.com/science/arti…

Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remains

Reddish-brown liquid found in untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine

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Thank you for two great scholarly talks from Jo Poppleton at UEA and Calum Maciver at Edinburgh on Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey #scholarship #seminars #classics #unipreparation #alevel @NHS6F @NorthamptonHigh
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Year 8 learning about British Iron Age roundhouses…then trying to recreate a 3D model in an engineering challenge! #classics #latin #curiosity #collaboration @NorthamptonHigh
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A blue painted shrine is the latest discovery in Pompeii ‘treasure chest’ cnn.com/2024/06/04/science/b… via @romanhistory1

A blue painted shrine is the latest discovery in Pompeii ‘treasure chest’ | CNN

Archaeologists have unearthed an intricately decorated blue room, interpreted as an ancient Roman shrine known as a sacrarium, during recent excavations in central Pompeii in Italy.

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