Minimus the Musical, 2012

After all the hard work, we put on five good performances of 'Minimus the Musical' in London and Monmouth. Over 1000 people saw the show -750 in Monmouth and 250 in London. Several schools were able to come, including a Prep school which has not yet used Minimus. Their dynamic teacher of Latin came to the June training day, was hooked, has persuaded their Head to introduce it in Yr 4 & 5 and brought a group to see the show. (and has written a very complimentary email!) Many of our sponsors such as Peter Wiseman, Anthony Bowen, Christopher Liddle, Jeremy Morse & Belinda - all of whom have been very generous to Minimus - attended one of the performances.

I was very proud of the cast and the orchestra also sounded good. We came up to London in a huge coach complete with all the instruments, costumes and props, including Barates' cart, specially made for this production by a member of our DT department!   

The DVD of the Musical is now available at a cost of £16 plus postage. Click here for an order form.

Primary Latin Project Training Days 2012

This year we are holding two training days in November at James Allen's Girls' School, Dulwich, London.  Details are following:

Sat 10 November 2012: This training course is for all those new to using Minimus. The day will include an overview of the content and principles of the book plus information on how the Primary Latin Project can support you in your teaching. We will explore how to teach Minimus in a club situation as well as on the timetable.

Sat 24 November 2012: This day is designed to help those who have experience in using Minimus. We will look at Minimus as a cross-curricular subject; strategies for helping children to learn vocabulary; the use of games in the classroom etc.

All training days cost £60 per delegate for a full day including lunch and course resources.

If you have any queries or would like an application form, please contact

PLP Administrator:  Nicola Prince:  nicolaprince99@hotmail.com

Cheltenham Literary Festival

Barbara is pleased to announce that she will be running two Minimus workshops at the Cheltenham Literary Festival on Thursday 11th October.

Each workshop will be for up to 60 children and will be taking place either side of Caroline Lawrence’s session. It will be possible to book a slot for Minimus on its own or combined with Caroline’s Lawrence’s workshop.

Check the Cheltenham Festival's page for details in due course.

Minimus the Musical

There's still time to book for the performances in Monmouth & London in July 2012…. ‘Minimus the Musical’ will be performed again in July 2012, in a joint production by the Year 7 girls and boys from Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls and Monmouth School. The musical will be performed in both Monmouth and London by the same cast, so we are one step closer to bringing Minimus to the West End!

Performances will take place on: 

Wednesday 4th July: Monmouth, 1.30pm & 7.00pm 

Friday 6th July : James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich, London. 1.30pm & 6.30pm.

For the Monmouth date, please contact bursar@hmsg.co.uk

For the Dulwich date, please contact nicolaprince99@hotmail.com

We look forward to welcoming you to the show!

A New Development

Welcome to Barbara's News Blog, where you'll find all the up-to-date info and news about Minimus. This will replace the static page on the website (but that will remain up, with all its links and pictures).