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"I find Latin interesting, and it helps me understand English words better"

“They are really excited about it. There are brilliant stories in the Classics which really engage children, and underlying that is the teaching of grammar.”

"It was really fun and interesting, and I would love to have more talks like this!”

“Having an understanding of history and how it relates to our world today can only be a good thing. To understand our lives and language today we do have to look to the past.”

"I think Latin helps me most with writing in literacy lessons."

"The children love these lessons. They look forward to them beforehand, they talk about them afterwards and they find them extremely valuable in terms of improving their English grammar."

"I really liked learning about the Greek alphabet and about the ancient Olympics."

“The powerpoints were excellent and really clear and useful. The children really enjoyed the transliteration aspect, and it really appealed to some of the class who might usually be hard to engage."

"Everyone had a part and no-one was left out. I also liked performing the play at the theatre, although I was nervous."

“It has been rewarding working with The Iris Project. The children have been exposed to the ancient world.”

Love Latin Scheme

Love Latin is a brand new Mayoral initiative run by The Iris Project which will bring Latin and Classics to state schools across London through a team of volunteers.

Literacy through Latin

We are the first organisation to run a scheme delivering Latin as part of the national literacy curriculum, and to focus especially on schools in deprived urban regions.

Ancient Theatre

So many elements of theatre today have been informed by the theatre of the ancient world, and exploring the roots of drama is a revealing and extraordinary process of historical, cultural and literary discovery.

Greek in Schools

We believe that learning Greek can promote the learning of languages, as children are learning an entirely new alphabet and hence developing their experience of language.

Resources

We believe that wherever possible teaching materials should be freely available to use and share, and as such, we make all our resources available on our website for anyone to use in lessons, clubs or elsewhere.

East Oxford Community Classics Centre

The East Oxford Community Classics Centre, hosted at Cheney School, will be a vibrant new Classics learning venue for people of all ages to attend events, workshops, lessons, and exhibitions!

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