Steven Hunt

The three main UK Classical Organizations ( The Classical Association , Classics for All  and the Association for Latin Teaching ) have now published their letters in response to the announcement form Cambridge OCR examinations that it will discontinue the AS Latin and AS Classical Greek qualifications after last exams in June 2027. They hope to persuade the examinations board to change its mind. The letters, which were released on different social media platforms, are collat

At this time of the year, one always starts to think of targets for the period after Easter. How should one tighten up teaching practice with the PGCE student teachers? Here are some ideas that crop up every year. Resist teaching pupils how to form Latin verbs, nouns and adjectives for production when the lesson goal is reading and comprehension. 🎯 Use time spent describing Latin for practising reading  instead. Resist spending 80% of the time on grammar and only 20% on voc

Every so often, an article pops up that tells you far more about the writer’s insecurities than about the subject they claim to be analysing. Harry Mount’s latest piece on Ancient Greek  is a perfect example. He even lifts figures from this blog (without attribution) while somehow managing to miss the actual context that explains why ancient languages are struggling in schools. I am going to start with some basic information. Curriculum Pressure Since the 1988 Baker reforms,