Your guide to Eurovision 2022, brought to you by a fairly non-musical Italian and a slightly more musical Brit (who studies music so really Eurovision counts as revision – right?)
Eurovision 2022: a summary
20th May 2022
Houseplants: starting out and propagating
20th May 2022
Summer seems suitably around the corner in time for the end of the school year. And, whilst we may be boiling like potatoes inside our classrooms, you may want to consider taking a trip to your local garden shop and starting a new hobby – plant parenting. In light of this (or lack thereof, considering this past weekend’s weather), I wanted to share some propagation and protection techniques to grow and care for your very own seedlings.
Getting to Know the 2022-23 SLT: Peer Counsellors
13th May 2022
I decided to sit down with (or, rather, phone) the individual members to get an insight into their thinking, their visions, and their expectations of the year ahead. It was a truly eye-opening experience, and I’m thrilled to present the outcomes of the discussion with the Senior and Junior Peer Counsellors.
Ukraine and its never-ending quest to prove its independent existence
29th April 2022
Ukraine is an exceptionally beautiful country – and you’d have gotten quite familiar with it due to the extensive media coverage of the unforgivable war Putin started on the 24th of February 2022. Yet, I would argue that this conflict began much earlier than that, with the unlawful annexation of Crimea in 2014 being a memorable example of the aggression towards Ukraine.
The origin story of the Easter Bunny
25th March 2022
As the Easter Holidays are coming up, I thought I’d delve into why exactly we associate Easter, a religious celebration, with bunnies and eggs. It just so happens that during my research, I found myself in a (forgive me) rabbit hole of Pagan holidays, German traditions and mountains of curiously decorated chocolate.
