Year 6 Blog

Thanks to Pauline’s Grandmother, Marie, who came to visit us in Year 6 this afternoon.Marie is an ex-teacher and a student of the Ancient Greek language so came to share some of her knowledge with us.

We learned of the origins of words such as ‘tantalise’ and ‘hippopotamus’ as well as how Nice, in France got a name that derives from the name of Nike, the Greek god of victory.

We also learned how to write some words and phrases in ancient Greek.

So, all that’s left for us to do now is to wish everybody a

Χριστούγεννα ευτυχισμένος