Recent Discoveries at Chedworth Roman Villa

I would like to invite everyone to two events that the Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association are holding in the coming months.

Our first event is a Christmas Social, to be held at the University of Birmingham, on Wednesday 3 December 2014 at 6pm. Professor Simon Esmonde Cleary will be speaking about recent discoveries at Chedworth Roman Villa, and after the talk there will be drinks and canapés, along with a chance to meet other Classics teachers, speak with academic staff and, of course, celebrate Christmas and the end of term!

Tickets for this event will be £8  each and available from Hayley Graham, our publicity officer, at HJG328@student.bham.ac.uk. Please email her to reserve tickets by Friday 21 November, so that we can arrange the catering.

Our second event is a Teachers’ Day to be held at the University of Birmingham on Saturday 7 February 2015. Sessions are planned on how to approach the 8 and 10 mark questions on both the OCR and WJEC GCSE literature papers, how to use material culture in the classroom, including a chance to handle objects from the Classics Department Museum, and strategies for teaching Classics that can be taken from MFL teaching. The day, including lunch, will cost £50. This cost should be covered by your school’s INSET budget and represents excellent value for money!

Spaces will be limited on this day, so please email Hayley, at HJG328@student.bham.ac.uk, to register your interest and reserve a place.

Looking forward to seeing you at our events!

Joanna Johnson

Secretary, BMCA