This year’s Summer School was directed jointly by Alison Henshaw, Helen Lowe, Laura Beech and Margaret Baird

   I became aware of the ARLT summer school through Twitter. My main reason for coming for the first time was that, as is common amongst classics teachers, I do not often meet other classics teachers in real life and I thought the idea of over 50 classics teachers in one room all talking about classics was rather thrilling. I knew no one prior to attending however from the moment I arrived to the moment I left I was made to feel welcome. Everybody without exception was inclusive, kind and treated me as though I had been coming for 20 years. The options groups were well structured and provided practical teaching resources and genuinely useful discussions about the set texts. The lectures were interesting and informative, the entertainment entertaining, the opportunities for informal discussions with other classics teachers invaluable. I had numerous conversations with others about challenges they had faced which were very similar to the challenges I was facing in my own school and this made me feel as though I was part of a wider campaign for classical justice rather than a lone soldier. In summary, I cannot believe that I have been a classics teacher for six years and have never come before.  

Rebecca Casson, The Queens School, Chester        

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