When a friend left teaching, she gifted me all the lollipop sticks which she had bought on her PGCE year and never used. (If you know you know.) I've put them to good use.

Spent 3 days away with Y10 on my second DofE trip of the year. Glorious weather and so many red kites! Unfortunately I haven't had the capacity to help with DofE for a few years and I didn't realise how much I missed it! 🏕️

You can now read about my conversation with Dr Caroline Musgrove on the cultural background sections in the #CLC5th and the pedagogy that underpins them on the #CSCPblog.

Provisional GCSE & A Level exam entries are out: - GCSE Ancient Languages 📉 -1% - GCSE Classical Civilisation 📈 11.7% - A Level Classical Subjects 📈 9% gov.uk/government/sta…

The CA is hosting a FREE online CPD Day for Classical Languages on Tuesday 2 July. With practical sessions such as modelling and scaffolding, this event is suitable for teachers from KS3-KS5. Find out more and register here: forms.gle/SQCvwpUe2q27i3…

🏺Classics teachers - come and join us at ARLT this summer! 🏛️ Summer school is such a brilliant week and bursaries are available! This year I'll be running an option group on adaptive teaching in Latin and Classics lessons.

The British Council's Language Trends 2024 survey shows positive news for classical languages: 📈Primary: Latin is in the 'top four' primary languages, being taught in 3% of primaries. 📈Secondary: 29 state schools reported Latin as a full curriculum subject compared to 8 in 2023

Our #AncientHistory, #ClassCiv, #Latin and #ClassicalGreek CPD programme for the next year is now being made available. It includes: •FREE 'Starting to Teach' webinars •FREE 'Exam Review' webinars •Paid for 'Exploring the Exam' events Sign up 👇 ow.ly/IUhi50SGUvI

I recently went to the Lake District for a few days. I had to visit the local Roman fortress. #ClassicsTeacher #HistoryTeacher

If you are in a state school and have been lucky enough to study Ancient Greek to GCSE then Classics for All can offer you the chance to continue your studies to AS level, online for free. Only a couple of places left JACTGreekSummerSch JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School The Classical Association Hellenic Society

are you teaching OCR Classics imperial image this year? If so you might find some new resources of use! Warwick Classics Network new videos on #tokens, #coins, #Augustus and #Livia (with ppts) here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… Warwick Arts Impact youtube.com/watch?v=3BIade…

As part of our #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou campaign, we've launched a digital magazine! A celebration of this fantastic subject and a resource for students, inside you'll find interviews, stories and book recommendations. Read it here: bit.ly/4cLYGJL

I was originally quite sceptical of Hands Up Education's decision to introduce the word 'psittacus' (parrot) in Chapter 2 of Suburani. However, when you teach in London and have parakeets constantly chattering outside your classroom window, it's actually a very useful Latin word. 🦜

Interested in teaching Classics? Read this: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/10/… #Classics #pgce

The Classical Association is hosting a FREE in-person CPD day for teachers of Ancient History on 28 Jan 2025 Harrow Classics Travel bursaries are available for state-school teachers from Classics for All - Register and more info: bit.ly/3ZjqBM9