On the last day before half term, Miss Cohen’s Latin classes delivered presentations on the seven wonders of the Ancient World. You have probably heard of the seven wonders of the world, but the seven wonders of the ancient world are just more … ancient. They included the: Colossus of Rhodes, Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and Lighthouse of Alexandria. They were magnificent feats of engineering for their time, but they were all sadly destroyed by fires and earthquakes, except for the Pyramids of Giza, of course. Our task was to persuade the rest of the class, in groups of four or five, that one of these wonders should be reconstructed in its full glory.

The day came and a battle redolent of that fought at Actium ensued, with each group taking to the stage to justify why their chosen wonder should be rebuilt. It was tense, with an atmosphere thick with facts, figures and intellect, each group believing that their chosen monument should be restored and ready to do anything to persuade the rest of the class of its superiority. After the dust settled, votes were taken in. It went down to the wire, with there being just a two-vote difference between first and second place. In the end, the winner was …the Temple of Artemis! As the Britton Centre has just been completed, this seems like another excellent construction project we can now begin.