Typical Daily Routine
| 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 (age 14-16) |
| 12.40 – 1.30 | LUNCH | 10.30 | Curfew (age 17) |
| 1.45 – 2.30 | Grammar Clinics (optional) | 11.00 | QUIET IN HOUSES |
| 2.30 – 5.00 | Time for Private Study |
2026 Clinics, Trips and Speakers
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| Sun July 19th | |||
| 1.00-3.30pm | Registration window then settle into houses | ||
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| 4.00-5.00pm | Meetings in houses then Director’s main briefing | ||
| 5.00-7.00pm | Rotate round various introductory sessions, clinics and supper | ||
| 7.00-8.00pm | Welcome party | ||
| Mon July 20th | |||
| 1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: comparisons of adjectives and adverbs | ||
| 1.30pm | Advanced Clinic: subjunctives 1 – focus on mixed constructions | ||
| 2.45pm | Further Clinic: Livy unseens – tips and tricks | ||
| 7.00pm | Dr. Andrew Sillett, Brasenose College, Oxford – Pro Roscio: Murder at the Bathhouse | ||
| Tuesday July 21st | |||
| 1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: participles / ablative absolutes | ||
| 1.30pm | Advanced Clinic: subjunctives 2 – sequence, purpose, indirect command, fearing | ||
| 2.45pm | Further Clinic: subjunctives 3 – result clauses and indirect questions | ||
| 7.00pm | Dr. Anthony Bowen, Jesus College, Cambridge – The Sound of Latin | ||
| Wednesday July 22nd | |||
| 1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: passive and deponent verbs | ||
| 1.30pm | Advanced Clinic: subjunctives 4 – conditionals | ||
| 2.45pm | Further Clinic: approaching basic English-into-Latin sentences | ||
| 7.15pm | Quiz Night! | ||
| Thurs July 23rd | |||
| 1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: different purpose constructions | ||
| 1.30pm | Advanced Clinic: indirect statements / basic oratio obliqua | ||
| 2.45pm | Further Clinic: advanced oratio obliqua | ||
| 7.00pm | Prof. Costas Panayotakis, University of Glasgow – Bread and Circuses: Spectacles and Imperial Image | ||
| Fri July 24th | |||
| 1.00pm | A visit from Legio VI Victrix | ||
| 7.00pm | Prof. Matthew Leigh, St. Anne’s College, Oxford – Dido, Carthage and Aeneas | ||
| Sat July 25th | |||
| 11.00am | Period 2 start time for all groups (period 1 begins at 9.00am as usual) | ||
| 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 26th | |||
| 7.30am | Coach departs for optional Hadrian’s Wall trip (return c.6.30pm) | ||
| Mon July 27th | |||
| 1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: indirect commands and result clauses | ||
| 1.30pm | Advanced Clinic: scansion (elegiacs) | ||
| 2.45pm | Further Clinic: tbc | ||
| 7.00pm | Prof. Judith Mossman, University of Warwick – Plutarch on the Romans | ||
| Tues July 28th | |||
| 1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: indirect questions and fearing | ||
| 1.30pm | Advanced Clinic: tackling tough verse | ||
| 2.45pm | Further Clinic: tbc | ||
| 7.00pm | Prof. Alison Cooley, University of Warwick – An Encounter with Inscriptions | ||
| Wed July 29th | |||
| 10.00am | Trip to York – Roman sites and various other attractions | ||
| Thurs July 30th | |||
| All day | Hellenic Book Service | ||
| 1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: indirect statements | ||
| 1.30pm | Advanced Clinic: gerunds | ||
| 2.45pm | Further Clinic: tbc | ||
| 7.00pm | Prof. Llew Morgan, Brasenose College, Oxford – A Latin Epic Written in 1890, and How a Classicist Sets about Making Sense of It | ||
| Fri August 31st | |||
| Morning | Hellenic Book Service (closes at lunchtime) | ||
| 1.30pm | GCSE Clinic: mastering GCSE set texts | ||
| 1.30pm | Advanced Clinic: gerundives | ||
| 2.45pm | Further Clinic: Oxbridge and CAT preparation | ||
| 7.30pm | Staff production of a Plautus Play followed by Fancy Dress Party (big prizes!!) | ||
| Sat August 1st | |||
| 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 ☹ | ||
| 1st October – signup opens for next summer’s Latin Camp! 😊 | |||