ACS Egham MS - York Trip 2012

"During the days 11th of January to 13th, the sixth grade was on a school trip in the beautiful city of York. We had to arrive at school at 7:45am since the bus left approximately at 8. It was a long bus ride! It was 4 ! hours! We arrived in York at about 1:30pm and headed straight to York Minster.

Everyone had their mouths wide open admiring the humongous building. We got to learn more about the Minster when we visited the education center which really brought York and the Minster alive. By the time we were done with the afternoon activities it was getting dark, but that's just when the fun began. After getting settled in at the Racecourse center and having dinner we were scheduled to meet for a Ghost walk around York. Who knew such a small city could have so many ghost stories! The journey was better than I anticipated, and we arrived safely without any problems. All in all bus ride was pretty comfortable, enjoyable and fun!

York was very interesting with all the wonderful activities. In my opinion I found the York minster my very favorite. It was beautiful and the amazing architecture and interior was breath taking. The windows were probably my favorite because there were very colorful and the patterns were absolutely splendid. The York Minster was so fun to learn about. It was probably the biggest minster I've have ever seen, let alone go inside. I also enjoyed the education center and learning even more. We learned about how the Minster was first made and all the changes the Romans, Normans and Anglo & Saxons made to make this magnificent historic building that stands today. I felt the activities were a great learning experience, not only for 6th grade but the teachers that came with us!

There were great moments during the trip but my most memorable was when we went to Murton Park and visited the Roman Fort. As well as learning about the different jobs required, we got to dress up as Roman Soldiers we learned about conquer, control, build and patrol.

My favorite moment was when we were patrolling and to let people in to certain places you had to say the password which was ''Hail Caesar.'' I loved stopping people and saying ''HALT, PASSWORD!'' blocking them with my fake spear. Learning about the Romans was so fascinating especially in the city of York, the capital of Roman Britannia.

Even though I was new and hadn't been studying the Romans for several like the rest of 6th grade, I still really caught up and really connected my new knowledge of the Romans to my old knowledge. Memorable moments were everywhere during the trip, and the excitement really helped everyone get into the mood of learning with a touch of fun.

The York Trip was a great learning experience for everyone not only the students! By going to the once Roman city of York really helped up picture how the city could have looked thousands of years ago. We were so lucky to get this wonderful opportunity to visit the beautiful English city, York."

Written by a Sixth Grade Student