End of exam season cartoon
End of exam season
28th June 2024
The Power of Belief: Self-fulfilling prophecies in education
28th June 2024
A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that, through just being predicted, causes itself to be true. The term was first used by Robert K Merton in 1948 – he defined it as to describe ‘a false definition of the situation, evoking a behaviour which makes the originally false conception true’. This means that our psychological responses to fears about the future actually have the power to make a false reality become true.
What Taylor Swift Era you are based on your star sign
28th June 2024
In honour of our queen Taylor Swift coming to London last weekend for the Eras Tour, I thought it would only be right to pay her homage through thinking about how we really connect with her albums, or should I say, Eras. Not that I’m bitter about not getting tickets… totally not…
Types of people on sports day
14th June 2024
I don’t know about you, but this Sports Day has been the best yet for me. Shout out to Emma and the House Captains for that. And to Ms Lewis and the whole PE Department, as well as the brilliant catering team. In honour of this splendid day, I thought it only right to reflect on the types of students we all see every year.
Sports day dilemmas
14th June 2024
Sports day dilemmas