GCSE Intensive Classical Greek – Term 5 (Jan. 2027)

Course Overview

This two-year course is ideal for any linguistically able and ambitious student from about 14 and over (with no upper age limit!) who would like to learn ancient Greek from scratch and work at pace towards a GCSE qualification at the end of two years.

The course follows the OCR specification for GCSE Greek.

Due to the unpredictable nature of my work it may be necessary to reschedule classes from time to time. If a student is unable to attend the rescheduled time, or if they miss a class for any other reason, a recording of the lesson can be made available to them.

Course Method

Students acquire a working knowledge of the language of the New Testament by building their knowledge of vocabulary and linguistic structures and by becoming familiar with the vocabulary in the defined vocabulary list and prescribed syntax and accidence. Students learn about the world of the Early Church by studying prescribed ancient source material covering two themes of civilisation and culture: Athenian Society and the Olympic Games. Students also prepare the verse set text: a selection from Book 10 of Homer’s Odyssey.

Weekly homework is either self-marked or marked by the teacher, depending on the complexity. Students should plan to do 3 hours of homework and study each week.

In addition to the teacher’s own resources, the following textbook is required for the first year:

• John Taylor, Greek to GCSE: Part 1 (Revised edition for OCR GCSE Classical Greek, Bloomsbury, 2016 (ISBN 9781474255172).

In addition to the teacher’s own resources, the following textbooks are required for the second year:

• John Taylor, Greek to GCSE: Part 2 (Revised edition for OCR GCSE Classical Greek, Bloomsbury, 2016 (ISBN 9781474255202).
• Christopher Burnand &  Andy Mylne, OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE 2026-2027, Bloomsbury, 2025 (ISBN 9781350384538) (for Term 3).

Course Details

Term 5 comprises 9 weekly lessons. Each lesson lasts 60 minutes.

This PX Classroom is held on Thursdays at 4pm (London time zone) starting from Thursday, 14th January 2027. There will be no lesson on 18th February due to the half-term break. The last lesson is due to be on 18th March 2027.