An Oxford secondary school will host a charity's 10th classics summer school this month, with a focus on tree myths.

The Iris Classics Centre at Cheney School is hosting the annual event, targeted at children aged between seven and 11.

This year's programme celebrates the release of the Iris Project's Telling Tales in Nature series, which explores ancient Greek plant myths.

As a result and fitting with the theme of tree myths, the classes will be named after different trees.

Each day, the groups will take part in beginner's lessons in Latin and ancient Greek, where they will learn new letters, words and grammar.

During their breaks, the children will continue to learn about the myths with a range of craft, creative writing and art-based activities.

There will also be a daily lucky dip with questions and face painting.

A nature-themed costume contest inspired by characters from Greek myth will take place on the final day.

There are still a small number of places available, and interested parents can find out more and book online.

The Iris Project, a charity which promotes learning about the ancient world, is working with Cheney School to grow a community classics centre at the Rumble Museum within the school.

It is first school museum to be awarded full Museum Accreditation by the Arts Council Museum Accreditation Scheme.