Please note Plato in the Park has been CANCELLED. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Plato in the Park: Latin, Ancient Greek and Philosophy for Children
Singleton Park, Swansea University
The Department of History and Classics presents its Plato in the Park project in collaboration with the Iris Project and the South West Wales Classical Association.
Dates: 4 June, 11 June, 18 June, 25 June, and 2 July.
Classes will take place on 5 consecutive Saturdays for 1,5 hours.
Time: Classes all take place 2-3.30pm – we meet outside the university library.
The following classes are available:
Fees:
All the funding received will be used to help fund the department’s Literacy through Classics project, through which we teach ancient languages and cultures to local school children (see www.literacythroughclassics.weebly.com). All teachers are DBS-checked.
To register:
You can email the project coordinator, Dr Evelien Bracke (Department of History and Classics, Swansea University), at [email protected] for more information.
For more information, view the flyer below:
Dates: 4 June, 11 June, 18 June, 25 June, and 2 July.
Classes will take place on 5 consecutive Saturdays for 1,5 hours.
Time: Classes all take place 2-3.30pm – we meet outside the university library.
The following classes are available:
- Latin or Greek – a playful introduction to the language and culture. Suitable for ages 5-11.
- Philosophy – Philosophy allows for children to develop key reasoning and argumentative skills and allows them to consider big questions. In five sessions, children ages 8-12 will be invited to think about philosophical questions which have been asked by thinkers throughout the ages. Discussions will take the shape of playful activities, with lots of games, crafts, acting out, and running around. The questions are:
- Who are we?
- What is reality?
- How does language work?
- How can we tell the difference between
good and bad?
- How can we be happy?
The story of the cave, told by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, will be the theme running through the lessons. Suitable for ages 8-12.
Fees:
- £20 for all 5 classes.
- £5 per class (you can turn up on the day)
- Families are welcome. Parents wishing to attend pay the same fee as children.
- Bursaries available. Please email to enquire. We do not wish children to miss out due to financial reasons.
All the funding received will be used to help fund the department’s Literacy through Classics project, through which we teach ancient languages and cultures to local school children (see www.literacythroughclassics.weebly.com). All teachers are DBS-checked.
To register:
- Please fill in the registration form below.
- Then please send a cheque with the participant’s name, address, and email address, to Evelien Bracke (Department of History and Classics, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP), payable to ‘Swansea University’.
You can email the project coordinator, Dr Evelien Bracke (Department of History and Classics, Swansea University), at [email protected] for more information.
For more information, view the flyer below:
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Feedback from previous years
With 1 being unsatisfactory and 4 being excellent, 100% of participants rated the quality of the teaching and the learning experience as 4. Here are some comments from participants in 2014:
- It was friendly and unintimidating.
- Good pace. Lessons were well organised and fun.
- Was done at a nice slow pace to be able to keep up.
- We had a great time – learned loads and had fun. It was very accessible.
- Brought back lots of what I had forgotten over fifty years. I realise the enormous amounts of grammar etc. I need to catch up on and buy myself a book of Latin grammar!
- My daughters found the course stimulating. They had fun, learned many things and wanted to practice. I think that a
very good job is being done. I was not in lectures, but my daughters seem to have liked very much the activities,
especially those where there were antiques and we played with them. The students seemed to like it a lot.
- An excellent and interesting introduction to Latin. It stimulated an interest. A lot was learned in a short time – some
difficulty in retaining all the knowledge acquired, but encouraged to keep at it! Thank you for providing the course.
- I enjoyed learning a little about Roman culture through this brief project.
- I found our coordinator enthusiastic, with a helpful and friendly/cheerful attitude. Thank you. I intend to continue my
study of Latin privately and the classes have given me a good kick start.
With 1 being unsatisfactory and 4 being excellent, 100% of participants rated the quality of the teaching and the learning experience as 4. Here are some comments from participants in 2014:
- It was friendly and unintimidating.
- Good pace. Lessons were well organised and fun.
- Was done at a nice slow pace to be able to keep up.
- We had a great time – learned loads and had fun. It was very accessible.
- Brought back lots of what I had forgotten over fifty years. I realise the enormous amounts of grammar etc. I need to catch up on and buy myself a book of Latin grammar!
- My daughters found the course stimulating. They had fun, learned many things and wanted to practice. I think that a
very good job is being done. I was not in lectures, but my daughters seem to have liked very much the activities,
especially those where there were antiques and we played with them. The students seemed to like it a lot.
- An excellent and interesting introduction to Latin. It stimulated an interest. A lot was learned in a short time – some
difficulty in retaining all the knowledge acquired, but encouraged to keep at it! Thank you for providing the course.
- I enjoyed learning a little about Roman culture through this brief project.
- I found our coordinator enthusiastic, with a helpful and friendly/cheerful attitude. Thank you. I intend to continue my
study of Latin privately and the classes have given me a good kick start.