Support for Schools
On this page you will find the following sections:
Application form for grants awarded by the Schools Sub-Committee
Free teaching resources currently being awarded by the Society, current initiatives and opportunities for grant support:
War With Troy: The Story Of Achilles
Copies of Omnibus Omnibus II awarded to schools
Listing of Greece In Schools Activities
Schools Lecture Panel
Materials from The Centre for Acropolis Studies in Athens
Schools Artwork Competition 2007-2008
Report on Schools Artwork Competition 2006-2007 and Artwork Gallery
Report on Schools Artwork Competition 2005-2006 and Artwork GalleryOther ongoing activities and initiatives of interest to schools:
Current EventsGeorge Georgiou: Demonstrations, Materials and Websites on Ancient Greece
IRIS MagazineDownloadable Junior Greek resources and activities for junior pupils:Electras: A Conference For Students Of Greek And Classical Civilisation At A Level
Fun Greek: a downloadable junior Greek course
Tempora Clausenti: downloadable junior activities
The Greeks had a word for it
Websites with Useful Primary Materials, Downloadable Resources and Links
Ancient Greece QuizPast projects supported by the Schools’ 125th Anniversary Appeal Fund:
Copies of “Pegasus And Mendios“ for Schools
Special Event on The Olympic Games in April 2004 and Launch of “The Truce Story“ materials for Schools
125th Anniversary Competition in 2004-2005
JACT and Hellenic Society Greek Pack and Greek Teaching DayOther support for the teaching of Greek:
Learning Ancient Greek On-Line
Summer Schools in Greek and Classical Civilisation
Promotional Leaflets For Greek
Grants awarded by the Schools Sub-Committee
The Hellenic Society Schools Sub-Committee makes grants to schools to assist projects concerned with the teaching of Greek or Greek civilization. Grants are also made to other bodies with programmes directed at, or of interest to, school pupils. Typically, grants are made for:
Applications from schools planning to start courses in Greek are especially welcome.
Applications on behalf of individual pupils or teachers are not normally considered, but a grant may be made to an institution for use as bursaries to individuals at the discretion of that institution.
Most grants are in the range £50-£300, but larger awards are occasionally made. Applicants seeking assistance for large projects should provide a breakdown of costs, since the Committee may consider making an award to a specific aspect of a project for which it cannot provide full support.
The Committee meets throughout the year to consider applications received. Application forms are available from the Secretary.
You can download a Schools Sub-Committee Grant Application Form here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
still available
WAR WITH TROY: THE STORY OF ACHILLES
Told by Daniel Morden and Hugh Lupton
Audio CD set and Teacher’s Guide
This important initiative of the Cambridge School Classics Project, directed by Grant Bage and Bob Lister, was published in autumn 2003. Through the funds of the 125th Anniversary Appeal (and especially through the generosity of a grant from the Classical Association for this particular scheme), the Hellenic Society has been able to form a significant grant fund for junior schools who wish to use War with Troy. We are now operating a scheme to make COPIES FREE TO SCHOOLS.
For further information on War with Troy and the Cambridge School Classics project, click here , and visit the CSCP website: www.CambridgeSCP.com
You can download an application form to apply for a free or subsidised copy of War With Troy here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
COPIES OF OMNIBUS OMNIBUS II AWARDED TO SCHOOLS
This is a special compilation edition of OMNIBUS from 1991 with some of the best articles from early issues. This lively and colourful magazine is for everyone interested in the Greeks and Romans; it is most suitable for school students at GCSE level and above. The Joint Association of Classical Teachers has kindly offered the Hellenic Society 500 of these magazines to donate to schools. The Society is offering these magazine FREE OF CHARGE AND POSTAGE to schools who apply for copies (no more than 3 copies to any school), to aid promotion of Classics in whatever way the school finds useful.
To see the magnificent cover of OMNIBUS OMNIBUS II (the famous vase painting depicting Medea in her chariot) click here, and to find out more on OMNIBUS visit the website: http://www.jact.org/publications/omnibus.htm
You can download an application form to apply for free copies of OMNIBUS OMNIBUS II here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
Listing of Greece in Schools Activities
As well as providing direct funding to schools for books and materials, the Society has always provided funding for Greek days, speakers at school conferences, school Greek plays and other such activities. We are keen to expand the provision and funding of these areas and are particularly keen to support schools who are holding some form of Greek event.
Although some schools will have their own ideas for such events and activities and we would wish to support these, it is clear that an effective method will be to provide schools with suggested activities and the contacts for these. Areas such as Greek drama, story-telling, Greek cookery, dance or cultural activities are being encouraged. We are particularly keen to receive suggestions here for other suitable activities to promote and groups or organisations to contact. If you have good ideas for such Greece in Schools activities, or you know speakers or groups who would visit schools to make such presentations- we would be delighted to hear from you.
Teachers may find the following listing of groups who visit schools useful.
Tempus Fugit : Tempus Fugit are based in Harrogate and provide historical costumed workshops and storytelling workshops on all periods - including "Ancient Greek Civilisation", "Ancient Greece" and "Greek Gods and Myths". Contact: Tempus Fugit, 6 Wetherby Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7SA tel'fax: 01423-888178; email: info@tempusfugit.fsnet.co.uk ; website: www.tempusfugit.fsnet.co.uk
Theatre Odyssey : Theatre Odyssey are based in St Andrews (with a new Glasgow branch office) and offer school visits to primary and secondary schools in Scotland , telling their own adaptations of classical myths and stories. Contact: Theatre Odyssey, c/o School of Latin, Greek & Ancient History, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL; tel: 07712-587083; email: education@theatreodyssey.com or enquiries@theatreodyssey.com ; website: www.theatreodyssey.com or www.classicalstudies.co.uk
Actors of Dionysus : AOD offer workshops alongside their productions of Greek drama. Contact: Actors of Dionysus, 44-46 Old Steine, Brighton BN1 1NH; tel: 01273-320-395/6; fax: 01273-220-025; email: info@actorsofdionysus.com ; website: www.actorsofdionysus.com
Trireme Trust : Professor Boris Rankov, the Director of the Trireme Trust in the UK , is happy to visit schools with a presentation on their work featuring slides and a video of the trireme in action. Contact: Dr Boris Rankov, The Trireme Trust, Dept of Classics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX; email: b.rankov@rhul.ac.uk ; website: www.atm.ox.ac.uk/rowing/trireme
Sandis Productions : Sandis Productions offer puppet shows and workshops for younger children on a variety of themes and stories, including Ancient Greek themes by Eugene Trivizas such as Pegasus and Mendios and Despina and the Dove. Contact: Sandis Productions Ltd, Suite 365 , 78 Marylebone High Street , London W1U 5AP ; Tel: 0207-6445912; fax: 0207-2242777; website: www.sandisproductions.com
Legio XIV : Legion XIII provide many types of school visits, which include workshops and enactments with ancient Greek soldiers and hoplites. Contact: Legion XIII, 75 Birdie Way , Hertford, Herts SG13 7SY; tel: 01992-552223 ( UK office); fax: 0711-251105 (mobile); email: legionxiiii@hotmail.com ; website: www.legion-fourteen.com
The Hoplite Association : The Hoplite Association offers school visits covering Ancient Greek warfare and civilian life, including the roles of women and children in society; social class; differences between life in Greece generally, and Sparta in particular; the Olympic Games; Myths and Legends and the Greek Theatre. Teachers may choose to concentrate on specific areas and we will create programmes to match. This has worked very well with schools such as Westminster Cathedral Choir School. We work with Primary and Secondary schools and with History and Classics departments. We can also provide Roman-themed visits.
Contact: Andy Cropper at andy@hoplites.org website: www.hoplites.org and the re-enactment sister site www.4hoplites.comHomeric Story-tellers : Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden present both the Iliad and the Odyssey as story-telling sessions (or their versions of both epics together as The Gate of Horn ) for a range of age groups. Contact: Hugh Lupton,
8 Church Terrace, Aylsham, Norfolk , NR11 6EU email: hughlupton@aol.com or herla32@aol.com website: www.hughlupton.comApollo Greek Mask Theatre: We are a Nottingham based company performing and conducting mask making workshops throughout the Midlands with occasional tours further a field. We present scenes of Tragedy and Comedy around the story of the Trojan Wars, featuring King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. The audience vote for their favourite actor before they, themselves ‘audition’ for next year’s festival. Optional, classroom based mask making then follows. Contact: Melvyn Rawlinson, 34 Cleve Ave, Toton, Nottingham NG9 6JH. Tel: 0115 973 3220; email:melvyn.rawlinson@btinternet.com; website: www.professor-popup-puppets.co.uk
Thiasos Theatre Company: are based in London and have worked on Greek theatre, music and dance, and they can provide school workshops and presentations on their work. Contact: Yana Zarifi, 19 Willoughby Road, London NW3 1RT. Tel: 020 7435 9080; website: www.thiasos.co.uk
If you would like to apply for financial support of a Greece in Schools activity, you can download a Schools Sub-Committee Grant Application Form here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
To read reports and see pictures from schools which have received funding from the SPHS for Greece in Schools activities, please click here.
PANEL OF SCHOOL LECTURES IN HELLENIC STUDIES
The Society holds details of lecturers who give public talks on Greek themes (see here). The Society has asked panel members to note specific school-level lectures, and will expand the provision it already makes to local classics groups to fund joint lectures, and will aid schools or groups of schools who wish to bring in such speakers.The Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge compiles details of lectures suitable for schools, please visit: http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/faculty/lectures_offered.asp
To see school activities organised by The Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford, please visit: http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/faculty/schools/index/html
Materials from the Centre for Acropolis Studies in Athens
Following her very successful presentations of some of the Museum Kits and teaching materials on the occasion of the JACT AGM at the Institute of Classical Studies on Saturday 22 May 2004, Mrs Cornelia Hadziaslani and the Centre for Acropolis Studies will be generously donating some of the Museum Kits to the Hellenic Society These Museum Kits (Let’s Got to the Acropolis, A Greek Temple, The Parthenon Frieze) are available on loan to UK schools through a scheme of the Hellenic Society. We intend to use local ACTs and CA branches as a vehicle for local schools to enjoy these materials. If you would like to register your interest for these materials or to borrow a Museum Kit, please contact the Society. If you would like to find out more on the work of the Centre for Acropolis Studies, please visit their website: http://ysma.culture.gr/english/index.html
To see pictures of some of the Museum Kits click here, and here.
2008 Schools Artwork Competition on Ancient Greece
The Society continues to sponsor an annual artwork competition inspired by Ancient Greece for school pupils. The Competition has individual sections for Primary (KS2), Junior (KS3), Intermediate (KS4) and Senior (KS5) pupils. As well as winners and runners-up for each of the four sections, an overall winner of the whole competition will be announced. Generous cash prizes as well as other prizes (videos, games and books on Greece) will again be offered.
The closing date for entries is 31 March 2008.
To read the questions and particulars for the 2008 Schools Art-Work Competition, please click here.
You can download the questions and particulars for the 2007 Schools Art-Work Competition here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
Report on Schools Artwork Competition 2006-2007
The 2007 Competition was another successful year with many stunning artwork entries. The Society continues to award generous cash prizes as well as books, videos and other materials on Greece to the winning students.
REPORT
To read a full report on the 2007 Schools Artwork Competition, giving the full list of prize winners, please click here.
You can download the 2007 Schools Artwork Competition Report document here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
2007 ARTWORK WINNERS
To view a gallery of pictures of some of the winning artwork in 2007. please click here.
The Artwork Competition will continue in 2008. Please see the separate section for the 2008 titles.
Report on Schools Artwork Competition 2005-2006 and Artwork Gallery
The 2006 Competition was another successful year with many stunning artwork entries. The Society continues to award generous cash prizes as well as books, videos and other materials on Greece to the winning students.
REPORT
To read a full report on the 2006 Schools Artwork Competition, giving the full list of prize winners, please click here.
You can download the 2006 Schools Artwork Competition Report document here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
2006 ARTWORK WINNERS
To view a gallery of pictures of some of the winning artwork in 2006, please click here.
The Artwork Competition will continue in 2007. Please see the separate section for the 2007 titles.
George Georgiou: Demonstrations, Materials and Websites on Ancient Greece
Histories & Legends of Greece and Cyprus
This colourful and well-illustrated magazine has been produced by George Georgiou for school students. If you would like to find out more contact George at email: george@pulsegroup.com
The Hoplites
George is actively involved in The Hoplites – who can offer school & museum visits covering all aspects of ancient Greek history and the myths. Past events include
the British Museum and the Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland. www.hoplites.co.uk
Greatest Greek of antiquity?
A website dedicated to learning about the greats of classical Greece and you can also vote for your greatest Greek of antiquity. www.top10greeks.com
Learn Greek
The Greek Parents Association have operated ten schools in North London for children and adults since 1952. www.gpa1952.org
IRIS is a new magazine, which aims to cultivate modern and imaginative responses to the Classics. Submissions of all kinds are welcomed, and school and university students are particularly encouraged to send material. The magazine is part of the Oxford Classics Outreach project and will be distributed to state schools free of charge. See www.irismagazine.org for more details; enquiries and submissions may be sent to Dr Lorna Robinson at lornarobinson@irismagazine.org or IRIS magazine, The Old Boys' School, Classics Centre, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL.
Electras: A Conference For Students Of Greek And Classical Civilisation At A Level
Thursday 31st January 2008
Steve Jenkins, Head of Classics at Francis Holland School, writes: “I would like to invite you to a conference for students and teachers of both Classical Civilisation and Classical Greek at A Level this coming January. Sophocles’ Electra appears on the prescriptions of both subjects this year. Moreover, since those students reading the play in the original Greek may well be studying the text in isolation of other tragedies, and since those students reading the play in translation with a slightly broader context may well appreciate the focus on this play and an Electra-related play on their prescription – Aeschylus’ Agamemnon – this seemed a serendipitous moment to bring all of these classicists together. The format of the day is as follows:
9:30 Welcome
10:00 Sophocles’ Electra Simon Goldhill
11:00 Break
11:20 either Staging Electra Edith Hall
or Family and Deception in Electra Simon Goldhill
12:20 Lunch
1:30 Male-Female Relationships and
the Psychology of Revenge Edith Hall
2:30 Close
There is a charge of £10 per student; accompanying teachers are welcome at no additional cost. To book, please could you simply complete the requested details below and return to me with a cheque (payable to ‘Francis Holland Schools Trust’) for the full amount.
Unfortunately we will not be able to provide lunch on the day, but I can wholly recommend the cafés of Baker Street, and especially the surroundings of Regent’s Park, which is no more than a couple of minutes’ walk from the School.
If you would like to join us for this event please send me the information at the bottom of this letter. I hope to hear from you soon, and look forward to seeing you in January.”
Steve Jenkin, Head of Classics, email: steve.jenkin@fhs-nw1.org.uk
Francis Holland School, Clarence Gate London NW1 6XR
Telephone: 020 7723 0176 Facsimile: 020 7706 1522
Junior Greek Resources and Activities for Junior Pupils
Fun Greek is a fully downloadable course designed to introduce the Ancient Greek language to younger pupils. The course is a series of free downloadable sheets of “fun Greek” activities (compiled by Anne Wright, Head of Classics at Westminster Cathedral Choir School). These are illustrated pages introducing some Greek language elements - and they include activities on animal names, Greek gods and goddesses, nationalities, etc. If you have any comments about these sheets, please contact: classics@choirschool.com We are keen to record information on the schools which are using these materials- please contact office@hellenicsociety.org.uk if your school is using these materials.
To see a specimen page of Fun Greek on the Greek Gods and Goddesses, click here, and to see a page on Introducing Adjectives, click here.
You can download the full set of FUN GREEK pages here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format. Files are compressed (.zip).
TABLE OF AVAILABLE DOWNLOADS
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01 - Teachers' Guide |
Download | Download | Download |
| 02 - How to Read Greek |
Download | Download | Download |
| 03 - Alphabet Ref Sheet |
Download | Download | Download |
| 04 - Alphabet part 2 |
Download | Download | Download |
| 05 - Animals |
Download | Download | Download |
| 06 - Gods and Goddesses |
Download | Download | Download |
| 07 - Nationalities and Geography |
Download | Download | Download |
| 08 - Doing Things Verbs and Endings 2 |
Download | Download | Download |
| 09 - Doing Things Verbs and Endings 1 |
Download | Download | Download |
| 10 - Introduction to Adjectives |
Download | Download | Download |
| 11 - What Are You Adjective Work | Download | Download | Download |
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Tempora Clausenti was the successful junior school magazine of the Southampton Branch of the Classical Association. Through kind permission of the Southampton Branch, we reproduce here a selection of articles from past issues available as downloadable pages (games, cross-words, word-searches, quizzes etc on Greek themes for young pupils).
To see a specimen page of Tempora Clausenti with a crossword on the Olympic Games, click here
You can download the full set of TEMPORA CLAUSENTI pages here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format. Files are compressed (.zip).
TABLE OF AVAILABLE DOWNLOADS
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TC 1994 - Greek Vases WordSearch |
Download | Download |
| TC 1995 - Drawing of a Cyclops |
Download | Download |
| TC 1995 - Odysseus Crossword Answers | Download | Download |
| TC 1995 - Odysseus Crossword | Download | Download |
| TC 1996 - Women in Greek Theatre WordSearch Answers | Download | Download |
| TC 1996 - Women in Greek Theatre WordSearch | Download | Download |
| TC 1998 - Olympic Games Crossword Answers | Download | Download |
| TC 1998 - Olympic Games Crossword | Download | Download |
| TC 2003 - Greek & Roman Gods Crossword Answers | Download | Download |
| TC 2003 - Greek & Roman Gods Crossword | Download | Download |
| TC 2003 - Greek Myths & Legends Crossword Answers | Download | Download |
| TC 2003 - Greek Myths & Legends Crossword | Download | Download |
| TC 2003 - Heracles Wordsearch Answers | Download | Download |
| TC 2003 - Heracles Wordsearch | Download | Download |
| TC 2003 - Which God Are You diagram | Download | Download |
| TC 2004 - Ancient Olympics Quiz | Download | Download |
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Here you will find a downloadable chapter from the book Our Greek and Latin Roots (Cambridge University Press, 1990). We acknowledge the kind permission of the authors, James Morwood and Mark Warman, and Cambridge University Press, to reproduce chapter 6 “ The Greeks had a word for it here ”. Latin and Greek are often called “dead” languages, but Our Greek and Latin Roots gives the lie to the myth by taking its readers on a journey of exploration through their own language. It charts the historical spread of the classical languages throughout the English-speaking world and encourages students to take an active role in uncovering jut how central a part they play in giving English the shape it has today. This book is entirely accessible to teachers and students with little or no knowledge of classical languages. For more information on Our Greek and Latin Roots (ISBN 0-521-37841-9), please contact Cambridge University Press, Edinburgh Building , Shaftesbury Road , Cambridge CB2 2RU website www.cambridge.org
To see the front cover of Our Greek and Latin Roots, click here.
You can download the full 12 page chapter on “The Greeks had a word for it” here in Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format. Files are compressed (.zip).
Websites with Useful Primary Materials, Downloadable Resources and Links
www.SchoolHistory.co.uk
This site has a very useful list of primary links on ancient Greece at:
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/primarylinks/ancientgreece.html
Links include Snaith Primary School (with a story set in the Athens/Sparta war, and various teacher notes), the British Museum virtual tour, materials on Greek mythology and worksheets, etc. (There are also some interesting Roman links for Year 7 teaching.)
The site is also starting to post free downloadable worksheets on ancient Greece at:
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/primarylinks/ancientgreece_worksheets.html
These currently include an ancient Greek letter introducing the Greek characters and a worksheet on ancient Greece.
www.primaryresources.co.uk
The site has a number of free downloadable resources and sheets, if you select “Ancient Greece” at:
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/history.htm
These currently include resources on the Greek gods, Greek theatre, Olympic Games, etc.
www.educate.org.uk
The site has free downloadable lesson structures and teacher fact-files on ancient Greece:
on “Who were the ancient Greeks?” at
http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/history/unit14.htm and
on “How do we use ancient Greek ideas today?” at
http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/history/unit15.htm
In Unit 14, children find out about the ancient Greek way of life. There is a structured 8 lesson plan covering: the location of Greece; placing ancient Greek civilisation into a time-scale; Athens and Sparta; Greek warfare; Marathon; Gods and Myths; Greek Theatre; the Olympic Games. There are downloadable teacher fact-files for all these elements and worksheets on such aspects as: daily life, your favourite Greek myth, the Agora, Greek word prefixes, Theseus and the Minotaur, etc.
www.teachingideas.co.uk
The site has free downloadable resources on the Ancient Greeks at:
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/history/contents.htm under the “History” section
These currently include materials on the Greek alphabet, Greek theatre, a Narcissus role-play, a Perseus role-play.
(There is also a wide array of interesting Roman and Roman Britain resources.)
www.tts-group.co.uk
This company sells educational resources for UK schools. In their History catalogue they have a section devoted to “Ancient Greeks” (there is also a similar section for “Roman Settlers”) which includes Greek posters, wall-charts, replica artefacts, coins, costumes, etc)
Contact: TTS Group Ltd, Nunn Brook Road, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2HU. Tel: 01623 447800; fax: 01623 447999; email: sales@tts-group.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/
This BBC page has useful general material for educators on the Greeks, as well as the Romans and Archaeology in general. There are articles by Professor Paul Cartledge on Greek Democracy and Dr Iain Stewart about the myth of Atlantis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/main_menu.shtml
This BBC Schools page has excellent material and information for schools and allows students to find out about Ancient Greece. You can learn about three places that were important in ancient Greece . There are cartoons on the Ancient Olympics, the story of Mytilene and a visit to the Greek Theatre. There are translations of original Greek texts, photographs, and even a taste of ancient music.
You can download the full set of Ancient Greece Quiz pages here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format. Files are compressed (.zip).
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| Full Set of All Questions | Download | Download |
| Full Set of All Answers | Download | Download |
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COPIES OF “PEGASUS AND MENDIOS" FOR SCHOOLS
This book for schools by the acclaimed story-teller Eugene Trivizas (and with brilliant cartoon illustrations by Stathis) tells the story of Pegasus and Mendios - the amazing adventures of a winged horse and a little donkey. It is wonderfully written, colourful and attractive and introduces much information on ancient Greece and the mythology of ancient Greece. It is particularly valuable for junior level. It was produced by the Ministry for Mass Media, Secretariat General of Information in Athens for Greek schools.
Although this book was never available for purchase, through the generosity of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture UK, the Hellenic Society was able to acquire copies of the English version to award to schools applying in the UK. In 2004 and 2005 the Society operated a scheme to make copies of this available free to schools. Unfortunately there are no more copies of this resource available.
To see the front cover of PEGASUS and MENDIOS, click here, to read some sample pages from the book with Stathis’s cartoon illustrations, click here.
The group Sandis Productions offers puppet shows and workshops for younger children on a variety of themes and stories, including Ancient Greek themes by Eugene Trivizas such as Pegasus and Mendios. For more information, see the section for Greece in Schools activities on this page, and visit their website: www.sandisproductions.com
Launch of "The Truce Story" for Schools
“The Truce Story” was launched on Thursday 29 April 2004 by Mr Stavros Lambrinidis, Ambassador and Director of the International Olympic Truce Foundation (established by the International Olympic Committee).
The Truce Story – a student book and teacher’s guide now available
On the occasion of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Truce Centre has published a book for students, available in English, entitled “ The Truce Story”. (ISBN 960-8389-15-1 - this book has been written by Rachel Howard and is illustrated by Calliope; concept, supervision and editing by Dora Pallis.) A Teacher’s Guide to The Truce Story (ISBN 960-8389-08-9 - compiled by Yangsheng Guo and Deanna Binder) is also available. Under a major international scheme, copies of these books are available to all interested parties, and schools may request copies for their students.
If you would like more information about this resource, please contact the Hellenic Foundation for Culture at email: culture@greekembassy.org.uk; website: www.greeceinbritain.org.uk
To see the front cover of The Truce Story student book, click here; to see a page depicting the Gods of Olympus as they appear in this story, click here; to see a sample page of this entertaining and inspiring cartoon story, click here.
To see the front cover of the Teacher’s Guide to The Truce Story, click here; to read about the aims of the Truce Story and a foreword from Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, Director of the International Olympic Truce Centre, click here; to read about the Plot, Historical Background, Symbolism and Significance of the Truce Story, click here.
You can download these pages here in Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format. Files are compressed (.zip).
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REPORT ON THE 125th ANNIVERSARY SCHOOLS’ COMPETITION
To celebrate the 125th Anniversary and to raise the profile of Hellenic Studies in schools, the Society launched a national Schools Competition on ancient Greece with art themes, factual projects and essays. There were 4 categories: KS2 (Primary); KS3 (Junior); KS4 (Intermediate); and KS5 (Sixth-Form/Senior). The Schools Sub-Committee were delighted to receive 171 entries from 26 different schools. In particular the Society enjoyed the excellent artwork by junior pupils. The Society awarded generous cash prizes as well as books videos and other materials on Greece.
REPORT
To read a full report on the 125th Anniversary Competition, giving the full list of prize winners, please click here.
You can download the 125th Anniversary Competition Report document here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
ARTWORK WINNERS
To view a gallery of pictures of some of the winning artwork, please click here.
COMPETITION WINNER
To read the text of the overall Competition winner (Leo Davidson writing the ostracism speech of Cleon against Aristophanes), please click here.
You can download the text of the overall Competition winner (Leo Davidson writing the ostracism speech of Cleon against Aristophanes) here in either MS Word (.doc) or Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
"PACK" ON PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING GREEK IN SCHOOLS AND GREEK TEACHING INSET EVENT ON 12 FEBRUARY 2005
In conjunction with the JACT Greek Committee, the Society has prepared an information pack on how to introduce Greek in schools; giving information on where grant money is available; what arguments can be used with senior management; ideas for useful resources and materials including software and electronic activities; etc. 500 copies of this Pack were sent out at the end of the Autumn term 2004 to schools all over the UK. Information from the pack is available on the JACT website.
INSET Day on “Teaching Greek” held on Saturday 12 February 2005
Linked to the Greek Pack, JACT and the SPHS organised a national INSET day on “Teaching Greek” on Saturday 12 February 2005. The Day was attended by 120+ teachers. The INSET Day was aimed at anyone involved with the teaching of Greek - from primary to A-Level, from Greek Club to fixed time-table - and featured a range of parallel option sessions through the day. The Society supported all the costs of the day so that teachers would not have to pay any registration fee and provided refreshments.
The INSET Day featured the following plenary talks: Dr John Taylor (Tonbridge School) on “Greek in Schools: Progress and Challenge”; Ms Judith Affleck (Harrow School) on “Desperate times and Hesperate measures” analysing the range of initiatives and strategies that go on in Greek teaching outside classroom time; Mr Adrian Barlow (OCR) “Classics under Examination: OCR Greek and Latin” illustrating the approach of OCR to examining Greek at all levels, and its possible future inclusion in AEA, and OCR’s response to AQA’s withdrawal from examining Greek; Mr James Morwood (Wadham College, Oxford) “Back to the Future? Greek language teaching in schools and universities” dealing with the present state of Greek language teaching and the outlook for the future.
The ten Option Groups were as follows: Mrs Barbara Bell (Clifton High School and Primary Latin Project) with Mrs Shona Shahryar (St Hilda’s School, Harpenden) “Greek for the Little Ones” describing the Greek chapter in Minimus Secundus and suggesting ways of using it; Mr Bob Bass (Orwell Park School, Ipswich) “Prep School Greek Experiences”; Mr Tony Payne (Loughborough Grammar School) “EMACT Classical Greek Graded Tests: Broom-Cupboard to GCSE Trial Exam”; Dr John Taylor (Tonbridge School) & Mr James Morwood (Wadham College, Oxford) “Greek Textbooks: Past, Present and Future” giving a practical overview of Greek textbooks; Dr James Robson (Open University) “Greek at the Open University”; Miss Anne Wright (Westminster Cathedral Choir School) “Junior Greek: from the alphabet to alpha-contract verbs” discussing two specific teaching resources, the "Mini-Greek" worksheets on the alphabet and general interest in the language, and a new beginners course, "So You Really Want to Learn Greek"; Mrs Barbara Bell (Clifton High School) “Classics at Clifton: How I teach an integrated Greek and Latin course to GCSE”; Mr David Pritchard (Leeds Grammar School) “eGreek: What on earth is that?” explaining and demonstrating the eGreek Project, using a computer presentation; The Eton College Greek Software Team and Mr Terry Bird (formerly Colchester Grammar School) “Demonstrating Computer Software Programs in Classical Greek”; Dr Chris Burnand (Abingdon School) “Sixth-Form Literary Texts”.
Ms Anna Davey (OCR Subject Officer for Greek) and Mrs Caroline Wilson (OCR Chief Examiner for GCSE Greek) were available for informal consultation with teachers. The Hellenic Bookservice was in attendance with a display of Greek books and materials.
Learning Ancient Greek on-line
MATHOS - LEARNING ANCIENT GREEK ONLINE
The Department of Classics at University of Wales, Lampeter, is pleased to announce the launch of MATHOS, a free website for learning Ancient Greek. The site has a free download Greek font, and topics on elementary Greek grammar and syntax connected with basic verb, noun, adjective and pronoun forms, reinforced with exercises, readings, sound files (to hear the pronunciation), glossary of grammatical terms and Word Lists.
The address is www.lamp.ac.uk/classics/mathos and for any comments or difficulties email: mathos@lamp.ac.uk
OU WEBSITE: Introducing Ancient Greek
Introducing Ancient Greek is a free, open-access site which allows students to to make quick progress when starting out in Classical Greek. The site helps users to learn the alphabet and practise forming words. Its five sections cover: learning the letters of the Greek alphabet; practising recognition of Greek script; getting to grips with Greek alphabetical order; forming Greek words; learning how Greek sentences work.
THE eGREEK PROJECT: ONLINE ANCIENT GREEK FOR SCHOOLS AT LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
The Classics Department at Leeds Grammar School has been working for some time now on a project to spread the study of ancient Greek by offering to schools and independent learners materials, a structured course, software for grammar practice and vocabulary testing, tutor support and the use of a website, all aiming at OCR GCSE 1941. It is called eGreek. The first students at Nottingham High School, who undertook to “pilot” this method of studying Greek and started in September 2002, are due to take GCSE in summer 2004. A further four schools enrolled students in September 2003 and we have recently received considerable interest in the course following a very brief mention in the Daily Telegraph; as a result, several independent adult learners have joined us.
The course is organised into 66 weeks over two academic years, based on John Taylor’s “Greek to GCSE", which is our course book. Although most school students will probably start in Year 10 or 12 and take two years to reach GCSE, independent learners can of course work at their own speed. In each week, a school group would be expected to have a class session of about an hour, organised and run by the teacher responsible for eGreek in the school, and to do about an hour's individual work. There are specified tasks each week to be submitted to the tutor, who receives work by email, marks it, congratulates or advises as necessary and then returns it the same way. It is of course possible to guide a student towards extension tasks or further practice if required.
Regular learning of vocabulary is written into the scheme and we are using Grammatikon (Anthony Paul’s Greek software) to provide electronic testing of this. We have created lists of words to place into the program, which cover the OCR prescription. Grammatikon is also useful for grammar practice and contains a valuable library of sentences and stories. Copies can be obtained from: AHPaul@compuserve.com
The eGreek (egreek.co.uk) website is still being built. It will contain grammar tables, exercises for all stages and some stories for practice reading. The great advantage of this is speed-a student can see the answer to a question immediately and access the relevant grammar with only a click or two of the mouse button. It is also through the website that we plan to make available the civilisation and literature elements of the course, although these will not be placed on the web until password access has been implemented. If you visit the site, the Greek will probably not appear legible at first because it is written in Greek Old Face, the font used by Son of Wingreek. If this font is not installed on your computer, the Greek text will show as gobbledygook. We supply this font as part of the course, but anyone wishing to read the website can acquire it from Ralph Hancock at: hancock@dircon.co.uk
Progress so far has been encouraging. There are now over 20 people of various ages using eGreek, the website is developing on schedule, both literature and civilisation modules are complete and we look forward to using them. If you are interested in knowing more about the project, please contact us on: egreek@lgs.leeds.sch.uk Space on the course for September 2004 is likely to be limited, but we should be delighted to hear from schools, especially those where Greek cannot currently be offered within the curriculum.
David Pritchard is Head of Classics at Leeds Grammar School
THE ETON COLLEGE GREEK SOFTWARE PROJECT
The Project, financed by the College's governing body as one of its charitable works, is freely available at the website www.etoncollege.com To reach it, one chooses " Eton in Action" from the first menu offered and "Greek Project" from the second. Vocabulary testers for the OCR GCSE and AS lists, for the AQA GCSE prescription, and for the first eight chapters of Reading Greek are available, as well as a tester of verb forms under the heading of accidence-tester.
A noun-tester has now been added to the drilling programs for vocabulary and verbs. The user can specify what to include in the test: nouns are available from the OCR and AQA GCSE syllabuses, the AQA AS syllabus, the opening chapters of Reading Greek , or the user can devise a customised list. One can also choose whether to test oneself by recognising particular forms or by typing answers using a simple transliteration key, and one is able to control the speed of the test.
We next plan to add a tester on adjectives, numbers and pronouns. We also hope to unify the presentation of different parts of the Project and to rewrite some of the vocabulary programs in Flash to make them run faster. As ever, we are very keen to receive feedback on ways in which the Project might be developed or improved. Please get in touch via the contact links on the website.
Steffan Griffiths, Eton College
Summer Schools in Greek and Classical Civilisation
Details of Summer Schools which teach Greek and Classical Civilisation are compiled by the The Joint Association of Classical Teachers (JACT),Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Please consult JACT’s summer school page: http://www.jact.org/summerschools.htm or e-mail: office@jact.org
Promotional Leaflets for Greek
JACT Greek Leaflet
JACT has produced a leaflet promoting the study of Greek, which is available in multiple numbers free of charge to schools. Schools only have to pay postage. For details contact the The Joint Association of Classical Teachers (JACT), Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU or e-mail: office@jact.org
Friends of Classics Leaflet
The Friends of Classics have produced a leaflet entitled “Taking the Long View: Greeks, Romans and You” which promotes Classics. For details contact: Friends of Classics, 51 Achilles Road, London NW6 1DZ
Home page: http://www.friends-classics.demon.co.uk/index.htm or e-mail: classics@friends-classics.demon.co.uk