Latin (lingua latina)

Junior classes (years 9 & 10)

  • Discover they already speak 100 + Latin words
  • Find out that it helps you with English and other languages
  • Grammar program is based on the Oxford Latin Course
  • Speak and write in Latin
  • Learn about Roman and Greek history, culture and mythology
  • Are the 2011 winners of the Otago Junior Classics Cup & Latin reading
  • Experience Roman dining

Senior classes (years 11 – 13)

  • Work towards NCEA Levels 1 – 3
  • Include many international students
  • Work on personalized, individual programs based on their level of Latin
  • Extend grammatical knowledge into more complex structures
  • Translate Latin text into English
  • Read and analyse a variety of Latin literary texts and views of writers of the Roman world
  • Use linguistic and cultural knowledge to understand Latin literary text

per ardua ad astra (no pan, no gain)

Course Outlines

2012 Latin Level 1

2012 Latin Level 2

 

 

Teacher Contact

Name Role email
Barbara Fitzsimons Head of Dept. and Teacher in Charge of French bmf@lphs.school.nz
Christine Beck Teacher in Charge of Latin cmb@lphs.school.nz
Tipene Winiata Teacher in Charge of te reo Maori thw@lphs.school.nz