anyone's children doing latin in state primary

[samanthar]

is so is it a club and what age and what book do they do? many thanks

Sam,I would chew your arm off if you offered a Latin club in my kids' school. Actually,I'd attend myself

I'll second that, sam. Great idea!

(Moony - sorry, went off to weep over my non-conclusion for a while.... It's a new edition, most 'recent' translation dates from 1920 and has lots of notes about irregularities in the manuscript tradition and what-not but nothing telling your average modern person what they are actually about!)

most interesting.
Will keep eyes peeled for it.

moondog thanks for that but as i can hardly walk at present don't think i wd be much good with one arm too! :O
might have to have look at mini mus now ...as long as caecilius doesnt feature in it iwd teach anything, having hated all that A.B. form nonsense. canis in via latrat, metella in atrio sedet etc etc ...spooky how i know that and yet cant remember why i went upstairs...maybe when twins go to school i can address short term memory worries!

Why can't you walk?

dodgy lumbar vertebrae and sacrum..actually today was a good day but it has been two and three quarter yrs now with no improvement..need to move to the sun as it is always better on holiday

I take it you have tried physio/chiropractor/osteopath?

I don't think I asked a strange question. I have 4 language O'levels, 2 language A'levels, and a language degree. Fully understand the relevance of Latin. Learnt more from Latin than any other language. Just wanted to understand the motivation of the OP, with specific reference to a primary child. I agree, lots of positive reasons for learning classical languages, but believe me, have come across so many hothousing Mums who think that studying Greek or Latin PROVES that their children are hugely intelligent (rather than using it to stretch already proven intelligent children)that I wanted to ask the question. (Sorry Samanthar, no disrespect, hope you know where I'm coming from but feel mightily put down by some of the other posters so had to respond)

I'd go to latin club
Would love to do A'level too
Hello Ellbell I'm still working on my paper too but have had to put it aside as yet another thing takes over (curriculum preparation now!)
Am feeling the lack of languages for my lo keenly right now
since we're in London I expect they'll be the only ones who aren't fluent in at least 2 languages

at my dd's school they do latin and german from year 4. They start french in kindergarten.

DS has just finished year 7 {1st year senior} He has been learning Latin

He loves it

He would deffo have loved to have done it at primary.

He can do Greek in year 9

I'm surprised at latin club for primary kids too.

I can imagine mums being into it - as some have said here - but not small childrne.

A lot of children from Yr 3 up (Greeks) and Yr 4 (Romans) are interested in Latin pointydog. Caroline Lawrence, Lullingstone Roman Villa, even the cod-Latin in Harry Potter, all appeal to a curious older primary schoolchild. Ds asks, we explain/discuss. Like any other hobby/topic of interest in any family (history is an active interest of ours). We wouldn't make him do Minimus or any other club if he didn't want to

Reviving this to say I put my money where my mouth is finally and have asked about Minimus at the dc's school, with a view to maybe offering to do a club myself if none of the teachers fancies it.
The Head was really keen!
Anyone else involved in Minimus currently? I'd be doing it as a parent volunteer, not a teacher of course.

Marina,
Have been thinking of approaching our head with same idea.
Did Latin to degree level. Have no experience of teaching though. Do you?

good for you. i await progress with interest! feel latin in a catholic school is a birthright ..

No
Am willing to give it a try, I like children, did Latin to O Level and am a librarian, so sort of experienced in literacy/study workshops etc, albeit at HE level
Am a bit of a zealot where access to languages in today's curriculum is concerned, I have to admit!
I know the teachers at the dc's school regularly organise after-school stuff, so I felt honour-bound to offer to run it myself rather than ask for it on the assumption that someone else should do all the work

Will update you BK as am seeing the Head tonight. Keen was an understatement!

oooh good luck!

i think i will start working on the head at our school...

unfortunately am not in a position to volunteer either by virtue of free time or skills!

Oooh, would love to hear how you get on, Marina. Will you keep us posted?

Am similarly zealous about languages. But teachers at my dcs' school not exactly jumping up and down to do after-school clubs (of any sort).

Do you need some sort of training to do Minimus? Or can I crib off website?

I would seriously consider reversing my reputation and credentials to get DS into a Catholic primary if he could be taught Latin there!

my vision for a latin club at primary level is that it would be light on the language side and heavier on the "how the romans lived" and "exciting stories from roman times" with a couple of outings thrown in for good measure.

Julia puella parva est.....

OUtings? Where to? Hadrian's Wall? Colchester? Rome?

The local non-catholic schools could play the Iceni tribe in a schools partnership programme, BK....