Description

ABOUT THIS COURSE

We are delighted to offer our GCSE Latin Conference; this course offers all GCSE Latin teachers an opportunity to invigorate their teaching practice, catering for teachers preparing for the NEW 2025 OCR or Eduqas GCSE specification. The conference will offer new teachers the chance to develop their understanding of how to facilitate best outcomes; it will also offer experienced teachers the chance to explore new approaches and enhance their practice.

The conference will take a fresh look at ways to maximise the attainment of all students, focusing on effective ways to boost grades in the language papers. It will also offer an in- depth exploration of how to enable strong outcomes in the literature papers, whatever your choice of set texts.

The conference sessions will be presented by Katharine Radice Parkside Community College, Cambridge and Angela Cheetham Bedford Modern School. Katharine and Angela have experience teaching in a wide range of contexts, spanning independent and maintained sector schools, on-timetable and off-timetable teaching. They are both authors of the de Romanis Latin course.

ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE

• Take away proven strategies, approaches and methods for teaching the NEW set texts to motivate and inspire students
• Take away reinvigorated and refreshed approaches to teaching GCSE Language
• Explore ways of building a stimulating and inspiring Latin pathway from KS3 through GCSE and beyond to A level
• Enhance your exam tactics approaches

PROGRAMME

Reflections on the Previous Years GCSE Exams

10.00am

• Unpicking the examiners’ reports: key difficulties and opportunities for improvement
• Taking stock of current teaching focus and priorities
• Identifying opportunities for development

Katharine Radice, Parkside Community College

Break

10.40am

Focus on the Language Paper 1: Inspiring and Effective Approaches

11.00am

• Building knowledge, motivation and confidence each week
• How to vary the approaches and methods to support student needs
• Priorities in the classroom: how to allocate lesson time in a way that delivers the best outcomes

Katharine Radice, Parkside Community College

Focus on the Language paper 2: A Practical Workshop

11.45am

• Using past papers effectively as a tool for learning, not just assessment
• Reinvigorating approaches to vocab acquisition
• Practise, practise, practise: how to unlock fluency by focussed practice exercises

Angela Cheetham, Bedford Modern School

Lunch

12.45pm

Focus on the 2025 Literature Papers 1: Building knowledge, Deepening Understanding

1.45pm

• What do pupils really need to know and what needs most time in the classroom
• Exploring how to develop literary analysis
• Using literature as a way to inspire recruitment for A Level

Katharine Radice, Parkside Community College

Break

2.45pm

Focus on the 2025 Literature Papers 2: How to unlock top grades in the exam papers

3.00pm

• How and when to focus on exam technique
• Exam practice: a targeted approach
• Motivating and enabling students to revise effectively

Angela Cheetham, Bedford Modern School

Depart

3.45pm