Lockdown Diaries

  During this unusual and trying time, we have all been forced to create a new ‘normal’ in an attempt not to succumb to the despair of this generation’s struggles with the coronavirus and find purpose in our day to day lives. The loss of our regular school and after school routines leave many feeling lost and for some, relief. But ever wondered about what our

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Mental Health Week

Now more than ever it is important to talk about our mental health. 2020’s theme is ‘kindness’, which helps reflect this current situation quite well I think. We have been in lockdown for, what seems like, forever. I feel like I’m getting nostalgic for Brexit talks and discussions, that were always so uneventful. But now we face a new challenge. With coronavirus shutting almost every form

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The School System

Most people in today’s society have to go to school. But why has the system not drastically changed in the past century? Everything in this world has changed and improved over time. For example a mobile phone, cars, even laws but it seems that the only thing that hasn’t changed is the way each and every person gets educated. It has been the same for multiple

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Study Tips

Study Tips

Prelims. Exams. Results. Three of the scariest words in the English language, and yet year after year teenagers across the globe must confront this reality. It’s often a terrifying rite of passage. No matter what anybody says there’s no magic key to success, or some amazing trick to help you memorise the whole textbook. If there was, I would’ve spent far fewer nights in my life

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SASB’S S5 Health Day 2018

Success at this year’s S5 Health Day! Yesterday on the 25th September, St. Andrew’s and St. Bride’s held their annual Health Day for S5 pupils. Days like these are held for the upper school because the majority of pupils in these years don’t partake in P.E. anymore, unless they choose to study it. Health days are useful for almost everyone – but particularly so to young adults who

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