Today I was lucky enough to accompany the Year 7-8 History Field Trip to the Khorat Fossil Museum and the Phimai Historical Park with form teachers of Year 7 Miss Annie and Year 8 Mr Peter.
We first went to the Khorat Fossil Museum where the students looked at Petrified Wood, Ancient Elephants and Dinosaurs. Whilst they went round the museums the students were tasked to complete the provided History Field trip worksheets to note the key points during the guided tours.
This picture on the right shows the students looking at one of the largest pieces of Petrified wood in the museum.
This picture on the right shows the students looking at one of the largest pieces of Petrified wood in the museum.
Secondly we went to the Phimai Historical Park after lunch which holds one of the most important Buddhist temples in Thailand dating from 11th-12th Century about 60km from Nakhon Ratchasima Province (That's where we live). Some of the structure were made out of sandstone and red stone which was carefully restored during the 1960's. Even though restorations was carried out on a ancient city dating more than 1000 years old, you could still see a lot the structure was still intact and some of the original craving and lintels were still visible.
The students spent quite a bit of time to observe and draw some of the features of this ancient city after their guided tour, which is more preferable for them than to spend another day in the classroom.
I was just happy to get out of the office/classroom to spend the day with the students and enjoying the views. It was a lovely trip and I was lucky enough to be asked to join them.
