Latin

Year 8

Students beginning Latin in Year 8 can expect to be taken through Unit 1 of the Cambridge Latin Course. Basic grammatical structures and forms are covered, and practice is given at reading and translating Latin. Students who have studied Latin before are given material appropriate to their experience.

The study of Latin promotes both linguistic skill and cultural awareness. Background areas covered include life in Pompeii, the eruption of Vesuvius and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. At the very end of the year a start is made to the study of Classical Greek.