Using examples from Chapters 8 to 10 of Suburani, the session aims to present some practical examples, tested in the classroom, of ways to engage students in reading longer stories while maintaining a focus on existing and new grammatical structures.

When I started teaching, almost all departments used the CLC. With new courses or updates arriving in the last four or five years, departments have had the opportunity to reflect on their Latin courses and, in some cases, switch to another course or use more than one Latin course book. It therefore seemed like a good time to explore the factors influencing the decisions of Heads of Classics and others when making those choices. It is hoped that exploring these experiences, preferences and challenges might help other departments in their decision-making processes in the future.
This is a work in progress so if anyone would like to contribute to my project, please feel free to email me (Aisha Khan-Evans) for the consent form and then complete the questionnaire.

This session will introduce you to the Suburani Latin course. We'll look at its aims, some of its characters, and the language topics it covers. We'll explore the locations in which the storyline is set, the book's approach to myth and history, and the topics included in the civilization sections.

This session will consider the value to Classics departments of domestic and overseas trips as a means of recruiting and retaining students, as well as promoting the subject to SLTs, parents and other stakeholders. We will explore the complex logistics of running trips, including popular destinations, the merits of different trip companies, costs and legal implications. Survey results will be used to identify potential trip pitfalls as well as provide ideas for amazing places and things to do that will inspire and enrich students in a way that cannot be done in the classroom.

Tony Smith from Hands Up Education will demonstrate the extensive digital support for Suburani. Find out about the Activebooks with story explorers for the whole course; interactive exercises that track student progress (vocabulary trainer, verb trainer, sorting, auto-marked translations); and games that are fun while practising Latin forms (Catena, Arepo, word search). There will be plenty of opportunity for questions.

We'll take a passage of original Latin literature, and an (unconnected) spread on Roman culture (from Suburani) to explore methods of approaching and differentiating them to actively engage a wide range of abilities.

How can we get away from AI generic worksheet mentality? Can we make texts and translations more accessible - and what do we gain (or lose) from the practice? How 'personal' is AI - and does that do away with the teacher? There'll be some demonstrations of ideas, but what I really would like is for people to bring their own points to the discussion.

In this session we will demonstrate the first sample chapter of Hands Up's new Introductory Greek Course. Designed to be delivered by specialist and non-specialist teachers alike to students in Key Stage 3, this course offers a fun approach to the linguistic and cultural material. Like Suburani, it will be supported by digital resources. Join us to see what we have developed so far, to hear what is planned for the full course, and to offer your feedback and ideas.

This session is appropriate for schools thinking of introducing Latin. We'll briefly explore what the modern study of Latin involves to help guide thinking on how to shape and position a Latin club, and which students might be most interested in it. We'll consider the age and ability range of students, ideas for combining year groups together, how to pace a course, techniques for motivating students, options for advertising to students and parents, managing expectations around continuation, how to get resources and grants, and a range of other practical issues to help ensure your Latin club gets off to a strong start.

Join Hannah and Sukey to explore some of the fun and creative activities that are available on the Suburani site. We'll discuss how to link these activities to topics in the textbook and share ideas of how to use them in the classroom. Be prepared to be creative!

Laura Thomson-Turnage, of the Museum of London, will lead a hands-on session looking at, and exploring, Roman artefacts from the Museum's collection.

Suburani Book 3 launches in the UK this summer. The book is a themed Latin reader, which is intended to develop students’ ability to read and appreciate Classical Latin literature. The themes of its eight chapters are love, the environment, self-presentation, migration, morality and philosophy, avarice, the city, and imperialism. Each chapter contains about 160-180 lines of unadapted Latin literature (supported by notes, glosses, and questions), language notes, essays on cultural topics, an author, and a literary genre. Those with Suburani digital accounts will find the digital edition becomes available (at no additional charge). In this session we'll investigate the book, its digital support, and discuss ways it may be used in the pre- and post-GCSE classroom.

In this talk Matthew Nicholls will introduce his 3D digital model of Ancient Rome, which has been used extensively in teaching, broadcast, industry collaborations, and public-facing work in ancient history (including in the production of Gladiator II). The talk will explain how Matthew made and used this model, looking at both the research work and the process of digital modelling, an accessible tool which can be used in many teaching contexts.