18
Worcesterian | 2020/21
Worcesterian | 2020/21
H UM ANITIES FACU LT Y
At the end of this year we bade farewell to Miss Binner, who has made an indelible mark on the Classics Department and the wider life of the School over the last seven
CL A SSICS
years, and whom staff and students will miss greatly. Miss Binner revolutionised the teaching of Latin in the Lower School, inspired hundreds of students, produced
In a year of continued social restrictions and school closures, the Classics Department has reflected upon the opportunities
some of the strongest academic results
created by teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic to refine and develop our physical, online, and blended teaching
the Department has seen, and made
practices in exciting ways.
significant impacts in the co-curricular
Remote learning saw our Latinists make extensive use of
widespread use of apps like ‘Quizlet’ to continue collaborative
online materials such as ‘Explain Everything’ to create living
group work even while some students were not present in the
commentaries on the prescribed texts. Indeed, we found that
classroom. For all the exciting pedagogical developments of the
being a Department in an Apple Distinguished School paid
lockdown, we are very much looking forward to returning to our
real dividends during the second national lockdown, where
usual full co-curricular offering and are planning trips to Greece,
commentary on texts could proceed without missing a beat and
Bath, and the British Museum once restrictions have ended.
life of the School as House captain. Miss Green also came to teach Classics and Latin in the course of the year and she inspired many students in her time here. We wish them both all the very best of luck for the future.
students at home and in the classroom were able to receive the
As pioneers of the digital universe, we
same experience simultaneously. Similarly, our Classicists made
remain popular in the Twitterverse; @ RGSClassics and the Department now reaches over 1,600 followers. With large
Sixth Form Classicists
numbers of students at all levels throughout the School, we remain very busy, and as we move past the Covid-19 pandemic into a period of hopefully reduced restrictions, continue to look towards an exciting future while keeping alive our classical heritage.
Sixth Form Classicists
19
