Happy birthday CSCP!

In January 1965 a meeting took place in the rooms of one Classics don at Gonville and Caius college Cambridge, during which a proposal - two sides of A4 plus a budget - was drafted for a 3 year long project funded by the Nufffield Foundation. As with many such academic endeavours there followed an awful lot of arguing, but on 1st Jan 1966 the Cambridge School Classics Project was officially founded. Four years later in 1970, the first edition of the Cambridge Latin Course was published.

Now in 2026, we will celebrate 60 years of CSCP with a teachers conference all about the CLC and the impact it has made over the past 60 years. 

Date: Saturday 17th October, 10am to 4pm

Location: Donald McIntyre Building, Faculty of Education, Cambridge

Price: £40

Classics For All are generously offering travel bursaries for state school teachers who offer or wish to offer Classical subjects in their schools.

For speaker details, session abstracts and full timings for the day please see the event programme.

• Explore how cognitive science underpins the CLC

• Follow in Quintus’ footsteps around Britannia

• Consider how best to support dyslexic students

• Learn about the principles which guide the design of CLC’s digital support 

• Take part in a discussion of the CLC’s enduring appeal and the popularity of its characters 

What’s a birthday without friends? We are delighted that archaeologist and professional Pompeii enthusiast, Dr. Sophie Hay, will be joining us. 

From Amarantus to Aulus: Connecting Neighbours and Neighbourhoods in Pompeii

People in Pompeii did not exist in isolation and understanding the city at the level of a neighbourhood community was how I was introduced to the ancient city as part of excavations in a bar in Insula I.9 undertaken by the British School at Rome and the University of Reading. Unearthing the story of Amarantus, the bar owner, soon led to ties within the same insula block and following some of those ties and links between individuals in Pompeii across the city led me to the latest excavations in Pompeii and the stunning new discoveries relating to a man called Aulus.

Sophie was the academic heart and soul behind our ancient history course Amarantus and his Neighbourhood, and also acted as a consultant on the new edition of the CLC. Users of the new edition may also recognise her as the archaeologist from Stage 12. 

There are two ways to book a standard ticket, we can invoice you or your school/organisation or you can pay by card. Click your preferred option below and we look forward to celebrating with you!

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