WCN and CA Classical Civilisation CPD Day 2026
We are pleased to announce that the Dept of Classics and Ancient History are hosting the CA Classical Civilisation CPD Day 2026. This event will be in-person at University of Warwick on Wednesday 17th June 2026.
Programme
09:15-09:45: Arrival & welcome (refreshments available)
09:45-10:25: Workshop 1
GCSE: 'Delivering GCSE Classical Civilisation to a mixed ability cohort', Cassidy Philips & Katy Low
GCSE/A Level: 'Enhancing and diversifying the curriculum using tokens', Dr Clare Rowan
A Level: 'Setting up Class Civ A Level in a comprehensive sixth form', Claire Altmann & Emma Blackett
A Level: 'Making Secondary Scholarship simple', Sarah Bell
10:30-11:10: Workshop 2
GCSE: 'Teaching archaeological sources', Laura Aitken-Burt
KS3/GCSE: 'Developing a KS3 curriculum to build strong foundations for GCSE', Rebecca Coe
GCSE/A Level: 'From ancient to modern and back again: using reception in the classics classroom', Katharine Piu San Russell
A Level: 'Essay writing skills for A Level', Sana Van Dal
11:15-11:30: Break (refreshments available)
11:30-12:15: Keynote Lecture, Prof David Fearn: Title TBD
12:15-13:15: Lunch (provided)
13:15-13:55: Workshop 3
GCSE: 'Knowledge retrieval strategies in GCSE Myth & Religion', Gem Adams
GCSE & A Level: 'Modelling appropriate use of AI in the classroom', Eleanor Jenkins
A Level: 'Teaching performance in Greek Theatre', Dr Emmanuela Bakola
A Level: 'Bums on seats: recruitment and retention strategies', Will Dearnley
14:00-14:40: Workshop 4
GCSE: 'Flipped learning at GCSE', Tim Adelani
GCSE: 'Essay writing skills for GCSE', Alastair Thorley
A Level: 'Visual and material culture in Greek Theatre', Ben Tanner
A Level: 'Starters, quizzes and plenaries - oh my! Methods for maximising engagement', Fran Lee & Dr Ed Bragg
14:45-15:00: Break (refreshments available)
15:00-16:00: Classical Association Teaching Board & Cambridge OCR
GCSE redevelopment: assessment design 'hackathon', Rob Hancock-Jones & Alex Orgee
A Level redevelopment: revising prescribed visual sources, Gráinne Cassidy
All sessions will run in the Oculus building. To support your travel arrangements, please find here more information about travelling there by car, taxi and bus.
Classics For All are kindly offering travel bursaries for state school teachers. You can apply for a bursary here: https://forms.office.com/e/ys0awyeuw1
Please follow this link to register for this event, and to indicate which workshops you are most likely to attend through the day. This is not a binding commitment, but will help us arrange appropriate rooms.Further information will be circulated a few weeks prior to the event. If you have any questions, please email Gráinne Cassidy at education@classicalassociation.org.