Event: 24 Hour Outdoor Latin Lesson! (Sat 27th August to Sun 28th August 2011)
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Amount raised so far £285.00
Fundraising target £1,000.00
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Page for: Lorna Robinson, Graham Kirby Our Personal Message:
This summer, to raise money for The Iris Project's work promoting Latin and ancient Greek in UK state schools and local communities, project directors Lorna and Graham will be delivering a 24 hour Latin lesson in a public space in Oxford's city centre!
Come rain or shine, we'll teach Latin to anyone who would like to come along from midday on Saturday 27th to midday on Sunday 28th August.
We greatly welcome sponsors for our outdoor event, and we hope to raise upwards of £1000, which we will spend on running our Latin and ancient Greek and theatre projects in London and Oxford state schools.
We are raising money for The Iris Project:
The Iris Project is an educational charity introducing the languages and culture of the ancient world to UK state schools in order to enrich the curriculum. It was founded in the belief that the opportunity to learn about Classical languages, literature, histories and art should be made available to all, regardless of background, and that learning about these fascinating subjects can be a vital tool in promoting learning across the school curriculum in UK state schools. We run a wide range of initiatives in state schools across the country, focusing especially on children in socially excluded inner city regions, and we also run projects which introduce Classics to adults in city communities.
We are the first organisation to design and run a scheme which delivers Latin on the literacy curriculum in state primary schools, as well as to target our project at schools in deprived regions of the UK, where literacy levels are often low and many children are on free school meals. We have worked with thousands of pupils and hundreds of schools to improve literacy, confidence and enjoyment of language through our work. We also believe that wherever possible teaching materials should be freely available to use and share, and as such, we make all our resources available on our website for anyone to use in lessons, clubs or elsewhere. We are always innovating and updating our work and materials, and we welcome ideas and feedback on what we do and provide.
Charity Registration No: 1121868
Donations
6 donations made so far
Display Name
Date
Amount
Gift Aid
Message
Rene Lavanchy
08/08/2011
£20.00
£5.00
This is worth every penny! You won't cut it with any talcum powder, will you?
Tim and Angie Lyddon
03/08/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Good Luck with this venture.
Will
27/07/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Wishing you the best of luck. Have a fantastic 24 hours and i look forward to seeing the pictures.
Liz Gloyn
22/07/2011
£25.00
N/A
Best of luck!
Gregory Wilsdon
20/07/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Best of luck!
Aeneas School Of Classics
20/07/2011
£30.00
N/A
What a unique idea! I wish I could be there to do some teaching. Best of luck with it.
Total online donations £135.00
Total offline donations £150.00
Total raised so far: £285.00
Total Gift Aid: £20.00
This page is not currently accepting new donations.
The Iris Project is an educational charity introducing the languages and culture of the ancient world to UK state schools in order to enrich the curriculum. It was founded in the belief that the opportunity to learn about Classical languages, literature, histories and art should be made available to all, regardless of background, and that learning about these fascinating subjects can be a vital tool in promoting learning across the school curriculum in UK state schools. We run a wide range of initiatives in state schools across the country, focusing especially on children in socially excluded inner city regions, and we also run projects which introduce Classics to adults in city communities.
