Isha

During this week Splash took us to a number of places and this is what we did:

Monday we went into the Institute of Archaeology to have a lecture on what is maritime archaeology, and then we walked to the British Museum and looked at the remains of the Sutten Hoo ship burial. After the museum we went to the LAARC (Museum of London's archive) and learnt about the Thames and did object handling, and after we went home.

Tuesday was a very exciting day because it was our first driving experience at the London School of Driving. We had a safety talk to help in the pool and the number 1 rule in driving is always breathe when you are going up and down in the water, or you'll burst your lungs. But no one had any trouble with that! When I got into the pool we first learnt how to clear our mask, clear your regulator (our breathing apparatus), find our regulator if lost and finally how to equalise (pop our ears).

Wednesday was a very draining day, because we went to Portsmouth and our coach was an hour late and everyone was very tired! When we arrived we had a talk about shipwrecks and what maritime archaeologists do when they go diving and find objects underwater. Outside we learnt how to survey - off-setting and trilateration. After we got to see a mock-seabed that had real artefacts.

Thursday was our second dive day. This time we did the surveying UNDERWATER!! We also learnt how to plan (draw) underwater. It was very exciting because everything was new to us and we got to try something that we wouldn't normally be able to do. I enjoyed the experience a lot and when I had completed the tasks I felt very proud of myself and I would love to do it again.

Friday we are writing this blog and going to make a video pod cast - so check it out!