How to say Merry

Christmas in 5 Different

Languages:

French - Joyeux Noël

Spanish - Feliz Navidad

German - Frohe Weihnachten

Italien - Buon Natale

Slovak - Veselé Vianoce

Featuring– A Christmas Interview with Mr Heyes - An Article on Learn-ing —Advice on Wellbeing— Brexit latest— A Book Review on “What if?

Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions” - Sixth Form Photos

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5 Steps to better mental health over Christmas

It’s important to take care of yourself, especially when

exams are approaching. Below are 5 practical ways to

look after your mental health this Christmas. Making

simple changes to how you live doesn’t need to cost a

fortune or take up loads of time.

Talk about your feelings - Its important to talk to

someone you trust, whether you’re stressed or just

upset. Talking to someone about it feels a lot better

than keeping things bottled up. Being with friends and

family over Christmas can really help keep your mind

occupied and reduce stress.

Keep active - Regular exercise can boost your self-

esteem and can help you look and feel better, concen-

trate better and sleep better. Exercise keeps the brain

and your other vital organs healthy; it is also a signifi-

cant benefit towards improving your mental health.

Eat well - Your brain needs a mix of nutrients in order

to stay healthy and function well, just like the other

organs in your body. A diet that’s good for your physi-

cal health is also good for your mental health.

Take a break - Taking a break may mean being very

active. It may mean not doing very much at all. Take a

deep breath… and relax. If you’re really tired, give

yourself time to sleep. Without good sleep, our mental

health suffers and our concentration goes downhill.

Sometimes the world can wait. Being with friends and

family over Christmas can really help keep your mind

occupied and reduce stress.

Do something you love - Enjoying yourself can help

beat stress. Doing an activity you enjoy

probably means you’re good at it, and

achieving something boosts your self-esteem

Your present circum-

stances don’t determine

where you go; they

merely determine where

you start”

-Nido Qubien

“What we achieve inwardly

will change outer reality”

-Plutarch

The recent vote of confidence arranged by Theresa May’s own MPs, has enabled her to continue Brexit negotiations in Brussels, despite 117 Tory MPs voting supporting the motion of no confidence.

However, she now believes that her ‘backstop’ plan will regain some of her lost support. This plan refers to the avoidance of a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. However, many critics

say that this plan will inevitably tie the UK into the EU’s rules, and curb its ability to strike trade deals. As well as this, the EU also states that it will not renegotiate the ‘backstop’ plan but it will pro-vide more assurance over its temporary nature. The uncertainty continues. However, to try and keep her Party on side, the Prime Minister has stated that she will not be leading the Conservative Party

into the next general election. This is yet another speedbump on Britain’s road to Brexit.

Q. What is your opinion on Christmas?

A. “It’s Christmassy? I think that it is good to celebrate Christmas at home, but I think it should stay out of school as it distracts children from their work.”

Q. What is your favourite part of Christmas?

A. “I like Christmas Dinner, my favourite part of the Christmas dinner is pigs in blankets.”

Q. What are your favourite Christmas Traditions?

A.“ Shopping on Christmas Eve because there are bigger discounts”

Q. What is your favourite Christmas Film? A. “Love Actually *awkward laughter*, I do have a girlfriend.”

Q. What is your favourite Christmas Memory?

A. “ My first computer in the 1980s, it had 30KB of memory, it could load programs from cassette tapes—loved it! Acorn BBC Cambridge , all in all I was chuffed. Q. Are you doing anything for Christmas with your classes?

A. “Making snow globes with Year 12.”

Christmas Interview With Mr Heyes

BREXIT– Vote Of Confidence

5 Top Tips to Help Your

Learning Over Christmas!

1. Make sure you balance your time between school

work and relaxing.

2. Make your revision festive to keep in the Christmas spirit.

3. Make sure to keep ac-tive over the holidays to keep motivation high.

4.Coffee and dark choco-late are good mind foods

to help you focus.

5. Prioritise, stay organ-ised and reward yourself

festive-style.

Big Fish, Little Fish Cardboard Box - Meme Wall

When the only feeling left inside

is hunger… - Meme Wall

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What if? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

"What if? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" is a book that contemplates complex and meaningful questions. For example, "what would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?" Or "what would happen if you place 1m cubed of eve-ry element of the periodic table next to each other?" The questions proposed in the book are completely impossible to answer with experimentation because:

a) it's physically impossible to achieve the energy required to do anything from the book

b) It’s economically impossible.

The answers that the writer provides the reader with are, most of the time, extremely destructive as shown with the question "what would happen if you place 1m cubed of eve-ry element of the periodic table next to each other?" can be summed up as the table just exploding or just not existing. Alternative questions like building a bridge from London to New York City out of Lego bricks is absurdly expensive and there are not enough Lego bricks to complete this task. What if? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Ques-tions is an interesting book with meaningful questions that make it worth to read.

Book Review

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