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Refresher Day - INSET 2009


A very good value INSET day

Director: Russell Lord

Saturday March 7th, 10.30 - 4

Cambridge



The annual INSET Day (Refresher Day) will be held on Saturday 7th March at Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, home of the Cambridge International School, beginning at 10.30am. The director is Russell Lord, and the course secretary is Tracey Headland.

The cost, including lunch and all refreshments, is just £25.

There will be one keynote address, and the rest of the day will be taken up with discussion groups on topics that are relevant to practising teachers. Follow the link below for an application form, and for an invitation to introduce a group discussion on a topic you feel is important.

See the details here.




To find out what to expect from an ARLT Refresher Day, see last year's programme, below.



Refresher Day - INSET 2008


Director: Sarah Parnaby

Secretary: Emma Taylor

Saturday 1st March 2008

The Senate House, 1 Malet Street, London


Download full programme and application form here.

Programme

9.30 Arrival – coffee

10.00 Welcome and introduction

10.05 Option 1

10.50 Coffee

11.15 BOB LISTER On Teaching Classics

12.15 Option 2

1.00 Lunch

2.15 Educational Entertainment and Website Update

2.45 Option 3

3.30 RICHARD WOFF Friezes, Fragments, Cups and Cuckolds: Greek Art in the British Museum.

4.30 Tea; ARLT Committee Meeting.

A display of books and teaching resources is planned by the Hellenic Bookservice (tel 0207 267 9499; e-mail: hellenicbooks@btinternet.com - advance orders are welcome).

Option Groups

First Session Second Session Third Session
  1. Tacitus Annals 1: Focussing on style and themes

  2. Classroom Games

  3. Practical ideas for dealing with your NQT year.

  4. Ideas for teaching 'Women in the Agamemnon'

  5. Learning Styles and Emotional Intelligence

  1. Aeneid 12 and the influence of Homer

  2. Greek Pronunciation

  3. Fast track GCSE Latin for the Gifted and Talented

  4. Revising Greek and Roman Epic

  5. Life and Times in fifth century Athens
  1. Read it Right! Latin pronunciation made easy

  2. Euripides: What gets lost in translation?

  3. Satire and Society at A Level: a sharing session.

  4. Latin in Next to No Time

  5. School trips with a focus on Roman Britain