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Reading Ancient Schoolroom Activities Prices Our materials and space Research Our history Testimonials Curriculum links Our team Volunteer with us The Reading Ancient Schoolroom is an educational charity registration number 1204349 that enables modern students to find out firsthand what the ancient world was really like by attending a recreated ancient school. Following Reading academics meticulous research seehere into schooling in the ancient world we have created a replica ancient school in which all participants wear Roman costumes and use replica ancient writing materials including wax tablets styluses reed pens inkwells ostraca and papyrus for more information seehere. Students practise the type of exercises that were commonly donein ancient schools normally in English though Latin and Greek are also available for the activities seehere and do so in a setting that uses the ancient rather than modern educationalconventions. These conventions include entering the schoolroom one by one and greeting the teacher no lecturing from the teacher and students working individually at their own pace.