Teacher Testimonials

“I feel you are almost a member of our department here at UCS!”
“Many thanks for all the work you put in to producing such excellently accurate and formatted texts and vocabulary.”

Adrian McAra

University College School

“Thanks, as ever, for the immeasurably helpful work that you do on these.”

James Branchflower

Head of Classics
Charterhouse School

“I’m also in hearty agreement on the efficacy of RVs — as you say, the act of the students tackling the translation initially is a key component of them interacting with the text, grasping its meaning and how it fits together, which itself feeds into the perhaps higher-order skills of the analysis. The RV aids in making that initial translation as smooth and swift as possible, without spoon-feeding. We’ve always found them invaluable!”

Graham Lodge

Head of Classics
Chelmsford County High School

“Thank you so much — from using your running vocabularies as an A Level pupil to teaching with their assistance now, they are truly an invaluable resource.”

Gabriella Archer

Head of Classics
Dean Close School

“Thank you so much for producing these excellent resources; they make so much difference, both to the accessibility of the material for pupils and to the costs involved. Added to which, we all agree here in the department that they are a first class combination of dictionary and the odd useful note.Many thanks for making our lives easier.”

Siobhan de Souza

Hereford Cathedral School

“Having used Terry Bird’s running vocabularies as both student and teacher I can testify to their usefulness in building up pupils’ confidence and fluency in translation. They are especially valuable when used with set texts.”

Dr Philip Hills

Head of Classics
St. Paul’s School

“My AS group, who have been studying Ovid, Amores 1, wanted me to write to you to say how very useful we have all found your running vocabulary. I have also found it an invaluable tool. Having the text stored electronically has also enabled me to set questions/exams much more easily. No more photocopying of the text-book!

I was so glad that I met you at a teachers’ conference at Colchester RGS. You have put hours of work and a lifetime of experience into your running vocabularies. They are brilliant!Thank you so much.

Yours”

Gill Morrell

Forest School, London E17

“Very many thanks: got the CD this morning. This will make a huge difference to our preparation. This is heroic (forgive me) work for which I am most grateful. We do find these very useful.”

Jim Freeman

Head of Classics
Charterhouse

Dear Terry

“We are most impressed with the Greek texts you sent us, they have been incredibly helpful. We are therefore very keen to purchase from you the text for the Ovid A2 requirement. Please can you let me know if this is available?

In my department’s experience, the time-saving element is the best aspect of the RVs. Teacher preparation time is dramatically cut, as is much of the “dictionary bashing” time you talk about in lessons. The vocabulary is pitched just right, the students find the pointers to the more difficult passages extremely helpful.

Regards”

Julia Thorn

Head of Classics
Tudor Hall School

“As a teacher, I am very grateful for these wonderful learning tools! The students are very fond of your running vocabularies. I heard them, more than once, worshipping your work and unanimously declaring your godlike authority on the matter.”

Caterina Paoli

Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge

“We still love your RVs here at MCS.”

Ben Cole

Magdalen College School, Oxford