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This time we need to be really organised as the Zoom session is supposed to cut out at the 40 minute mark. My plan is: 2pm for greetings 2.10 Victimae Paschali Laudes 2.

As this next piece is a bit long, I’d like to go over some tips on Reading Gregorian Chant. There’s a very good slideshow here. Also there is currently a free colouring book about learning to read Gregorian Chant at Frog Music’s Sacred Music Shelf Space.

This Friday 21st February is down as the first Choir Practice Online! We’re preparing for Easter, learning Missa Cum Jubilo and other Easter Chant. A Link to the Kyrie at Corpus Christi Watershed.

One of the recommendations in Fr William Most’s Teachers’ Guide is to have students construct their own vocabulary lists. There is no printed vocabulary in the back of the first year book: the idea is to require the students make a vocabulary notebook.

Rain is a bit of a novelty sometimes in Australia. Today we managed to mostly get through Lectio Decima, with many diversions along the way. Two parts – A and B – go for it!

Getting back into the swing of things. This morning we tackled Lectio Nova from Latin by the Natural Method Here’s an activity based on the Tapescript.

Lately our family has been going through Fr William Most’s textbook, Latin by the Natural Method. It’s great fun, but presented in a compact, black and white text, which could be greatly elaborated.

I came across LifterLMS and it look much slicker than Namaste! though it doesn’t really do as much. It looks like the more WatuPro quizzes I add here, the slower the website will work.

It’s a funny thing to study – so much misinformation! We have Karl Adam’s Roots of the Reformation plus Cobbet’s book and R H Benson’s historical novels. Also a short life of St Thomas More.

Following Charlotte Yonge’s book on Roman History has been great this term. She strikes a good balance between brevity and interesting detail with a Christian perspective. It is easy enough to cross reference with other websites plus our Historical Atlas.