ARLT INSET in Cambridge

The annual INSET Day (Refresher Day) will be held on Saturday 7th March at Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, home of the Cambridge International School, beginning at 10.30am. The director is Russell Lord, and the course secretary is Tracey Headland.
The cost, including lunch and all refreshments, is just £25.
There will be one keynote address, and the [...]

Yorkshire Museum refurbishment

The Press
YORK’S oldest museum is to get a £2 million makeover.
When it reopens on August 1 next year, following a nine-month refurb, visitors to the Yorkshire Museum will be able to walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs, “swim” with the Loch Ness Monster, and come face to face with “real” Romans.
Virtually the whole interior [...]

‘Learning me your language’ conference

I have been sent a notice and programme for a 2-day conference at Yale, March 20-21.
Bob Lister is among the speakers.
The theme is teaching Latin and Greek as second languages, first in antiquity, secondly in the middle ages, and finally today.
The idea of crossing the Atlantic for a short visit reminds me of [...]

CICERO competition 2009

News from Anne Dicks:
This year’s European CICERO competition will take place on Saturday March 21st at Cranleigh School in Surrey, with the usual glittering array of prizes. There is an advertising flyer and an entry form to download on the UK page of the competition’s website

Golden Sponge Stick Award – the results

The Bath Royal High School competition for Roman-based fiction s now been judged.
See the full report here.

Primary school Roman Day report

Littlehampton Gazette (with picture)
Published Date: 26 January 2009
A FUN-FILLED day as roaming Romans was experienced by youngsters at West Park First and Middle School.
Pupils in years two and three at the school in Marlborough Road, Goring, spent the day learning what life would have been like in the Roman army.
They made their own [...]

‘Latinum’ and ‘Schola’ websites flourishing

Evan Millner has clearly found a winning formula with his podcast version of an existing Latin course. The figures he reports make you wonder how many commuters with their mp3 players are not listening to their favourite pop singers but are actually absorbing the ablative absolute on their way home from work.
Anyway, congratulations to Evan [...]

Nice big photo of Etruscan gold diadem

Here’s the link. It’s from Art Daily, and the diadem is part of an Etruscan exhibition touring the USA.

Centurion at the Colosseum – a cautionary tale

A warning for anyone taking a school party to visit the Colosseum, from the Glasgow Herald
A funny thing happened on the way to the Colosseum. My 11-year-old son and I are on a guys’ long weekend in Rome. It’s just the two of us, getting away from all the make-up, girly soap operas, reality TV [...]

Mick Jagger and Latin

Sunday Telegraph
Sir Mick Jagger’s interest in Latin is generally thought to be confined to his choice of women – who have included Bianca Jagger, a Nicaraguan; Luciana Morad, a Brazilian; and Vanessa Neumann, from Venezuela. The 65-year-old Rolling Stones singer has now revealed a fascination for Latin, the ancient language.
Sir Mick was looking around [...]