FAREWELL AND BEST WISHES

HISTORY DEPARTMENT
and weapons of more recent times as
they visited the Firing Line Museum,
dedicated to the regimental history of
the Royal Welsh Regiment and the
Queen’s Dragoon Guards. They were
invited to speculate about the use of
some strange looking Victorian
artefacts. They found that the castle
walls that they have driven past so
many times once protected the people
of Cardiff during the air raids of the
Second World War, and saw the city
from a new angle as they patrolled
along the battlements. The students
had a wonderful time and their attitude
and interest made them a credit to the
school. In the same month Year 10
and Year 12 students visited the
Imperial War Museum in London.
In July all students in Year
7 visited Cardiff Castle as part of
their local history study. The
objective of the visit is to understand
how important the places that are part
of our everyday lives have been over
thousands of years, and to
appreciate their significance to so
many past generations. Our visit
began with a guided tour of the
castle, where everyone marvelled at
the opulence of this romantic Gothic
revival: they were astonished at the
Arab room, where the ceiling is made
of gold and they were fascinated by
the attention to detail in the nursery.
Students had a taste of the Roman
era as they examined the armour and
weapons of the time. Later they were
able to compare these with the armour
Year 12 students visited the Holocaust Exhibition as
an introduction to their coursework on the causes of
the Holocaust, while Year 10 students focused on
the experience of World War I and World War II,
again as part of their examination studies.
Students were shocked at how small the air
raid shelters were! Again, the
the thoughtfulness and enthusiasm of all students involved made the visit a great
pleasure for all those concerned.