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“The school has a range of effective partnerships with external agencies, including the Iris Project which, by teaching Year 5 pupils Latin, has made a strong contribution to those pupils’ improved writing.

“The workshops were very enjoyable and really fun for everyone. It was very interesting and informative to fund out how Roman mosaics are made” – Lana Pagnier

"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.”

“The school has a range of effective partnerships with external agencies, including the Iris Project which, by teaching Year 5 pupils Latin, has made a strong contribution to those pupils’ improved writing." - OFSTED

“The workshops were very enjoyable and really fun for everyone. It was very interesting and informative to fund out how Roman mosaics are made” – Lana Pagnier

"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."

"The teaching was excellent, based on an exciting programme designed by the Iris Project. In my long career I have not seen children identifying, analysing and discussing grammar at such a high level." - EU Language Label 2013

Iris Classics Centre

The Iris Classics Centre at Cheney is a vibrant Classics learning venue for people of all ages to attend events, workshops, lessons, and exhibitions!

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.

Donate

As a charity run by volunteers and without core funding, we rely entirely on donations and grants to sustain our work. We welcome any support to help us deliver our projects in schools and communities.

Rumble Museum

The Iris Project runs the Rumble Museum at Cheney School. This museum, is unique in embedding collections across the school and using these to enrich learning in all subject areas.

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.

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.

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