8.00 – 8.45 | BREAKFAST | 5.00 – 6.00 | Session 3 |
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9.00 – 10.00 | Session 1 | 6.00 – 7.00 | SUPPER |
10.00 – 11.40 | Time for Private Study | 7.00 – 8.00 | Evening Lecture |
11.40 – 12.40 | Session 2 | 10.15 | Curfew (15-16s) |
12.40 – 1.30 | LUNCH | 10.30 | Curfew (17s) |
1.45 – 2.30 | Grammar Clinics (optional) | 11.00 | QUIET IN HOUSES |
2.30 – 5.00 | Time for Private Study |
2023 Clinics, Trips and Speakers
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Mon July 24th | ||
2.00pm | Arrivals begin (staggered over the afternoon by house) | |
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5.40pm | Welcome session / group allocation then supper | |
7.00pm | Introductory teaching session – in classrooms | |
8.00pm | Welcome party | |
Tues July 25th | ||
1.30pm | GCSE and GCE Clinics: getting the most out of your time at Latin Camp | |
2.45pm | Beyond-GCE Clinic: tackling tough texts | |
7.00pm | Dr. Anthony Bowen, Jesus College, Cambridge – The Sound of Latin | |
Wed July 26th | ||
1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: passive and deponent verbs GCE Clinic: subjunctives: focus on mixed constructions | |
2.45pm | Beyond-GCE Clinic: approaching English-into-Latin sentences | |
7.15pm | Quiz Night! | |
Thurs July 27th | ||
1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: participles / ablative absolutes GCE Clinic: conditional clauses | |
2.45pm | Beyond-GCE Clinic: key principles for extended prose composition passages | |
7.00pm | Prof. Costas Panayotakis, University of Glasgow – Witches & Dismemberment in the Tale of Thelyphron in Apuleius | |
Fri July 28th | ||
1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: different purpose constructions GCE Clinic: indirect statement / basic oratio obliqua | |
2.45pm | Beyond-GCE Clinic: advanced oratio obliqua | |
7.00pm | Dr. Ben Kane (novelist) – Military Life on Hadrian’s Wall | |
Sat July 29th | ||
11.00pm | Session start time for all groups | |
12.40pm | Talk for everyone going on the Hadrian’s Wall trip tomorrow | |
1.20pm | Lunch for all those staying on site over the weekend | |
Sun July 30th | ||
9.00am | Breakfast and packed lunch collection | |
6.00am | Coach departs for optional Hadrian’s Wall trip (return c.6.30pm) | |
7.30pm | Dr. Hannah Cornwell, University of Birmingham – How to Build an Empire in the Name of “Peace” | |
Mon July 31st | ||
1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: indirect commands and result GCE Clinic: gerunds and gerundives | |
2.45pm | Beyond-GCE Clinic: Oxbridge applications and interviews (discussion panel with tutors who got in!) | |
7.00pm | Dr. Erica Bexley, Durham University – Clever Slaves in Roman Comedy | |
Tues August 1st | ||
1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: indirect questions and fearing GCE Clinic: scansion (elegiacs) | |
2.45pm | Beyond-GCE Clinic: CAT practice (verse) | |
7.00pm | Prof. Llew Morgan, Brasenose College, Oxford – Aeneid 12: The Tricky Task of Terminating Turnus | |
Wed August 2nd | ||
11.00am | Trip to York – Roman sites and various other attractions | |
Afternoon | Hellenic Book Service | |
Thurs August 3rd | ||
All day | Hellenic Book Service | |
1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: indirect statements GCE Clinic: tackling Ovid unseens | |
2.45pm | Beyond -GCE Clinic: CAT practice (prose) | |
7.00pm | Prof. Caroline Vout, Christ’s College, Cambridge – Roman Sculpture: Plagiarism or Innovation? | |
Fri August 4th | ||
Morning | Hellenic Book Service (closes at lunchtime) | |
1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: mastering GCSE set texts GCE Clinic: tackling Livy unseens | |
2.45pm | Beyond-GCE Clinic: harmony of sound and sense in Vergil | |
7.30pm | Staff production of a Plautus Play followed by Fancy Dress Party (big prizes!!) | |
Sat August 5th | ||
9.00am | Normal teaching session (wind-up of texts if necessary or an unseen!) | |
10.00am | Supervised cleaning, tidying and packing in houses | |
11.00am | Back to classes for questionnaires / certificates | |
11.30am | Plenary session in lecture room | |
12.00pm | End of Latin Camp ☹ |