Further practice at home or in the computer room

How can I practise at home?

• Free Rice Vocabulary Game
• British Council: Advanced Vocabulary
• Spotify podcasts: Stuff you should know
• CNN 10
• Voice of America: Learning English
• The Guardian
• The Life Scientific Podcasts
• BBC Radio 4
• Scientific American
• TED videos
• Collection on the school's blog

Spotify playlist

This is our Spotify playlist of songs that express our students’ goals, wishes and dreams for the year 2020 and the future, in general. The list is getting bigger and bigger by the day!

https://open.spotify.com/user/11101034598/playlist/7spQBcTE06NsIWLlnMDKxy?si=dcIaKhFWSdqO31kOr4zuVA

You can visit the school’s class blogs to see each student’s message and song of choice.

My 2020 song

David Guerra  ft. Sia is the song that represents my personal goals for 2020.I want to be stronger and to be able to stand out in everyday life's challenges.My swimming routine and my school schedule are the most difficult and maybe the most important things, especially school which I need to keep on working hard for.

https://youtu.be/JRfuAukYTKg

You will excel, as always! Great choice, swimmer! Christina 

My song for 2020

https://uncvrd.co/to/grandsonBW

                            BLOOD WATER-Grandson

         

     This song has influenced me a lot since I heard it first. It makes me understand how other people feel sometimes. The song might be a true story for someone. If you hear it carefully you will understand how real the lyrics and the feelings of the singer are.

That is so true! Great song, Maraki! Christina 💝

FCE writing tips

A song that describes my goals for 2020

                           

                   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pO40TcKa_5U


        This is a song that perfectly describes my goals for 2020 as I want to be stronger and stop feeling anxiety for unimportant things.In addition I want to start following advice that other people want to give to me.

(That will only benefit you, Evridiki! Way to go! Christina 💝)

My favourite song

                                                                                                                                                                             This is the song that I like the most :                                                                                                                                                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtfhZwyrcc                                                                                                                                             This is my favourite one because it describes my goals for this year. It says that you should believe that you can achieve any goal if you want. It describes my new year's attempt to increase my marks at school and to be improved at basketball.  

(Excellent choice, blogger! Christina 💝)

Having a pet is not as easy as you might imagine

                        (Well done, blogger!)                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ηaving a pet is not as easy as you might imagine.Having previously owned a cat, I can confirm that there are many difficulties to confort in your everyday routine, however pets can offer you a large number of memories, and positive things.

First of all one of the worst drawbacks of owning a pet is their death, it is painful because after a while they become a part of your family and daily life.So their death can be truly traumatic experience and change your whole life and feel heartbreaking.Secondly travelling is another problem, as you need someone to keep them, when you are away, and it needs to be a trustworthy person, but it is also the emotional pain that you will get through.

On the other hand, there are many more benefits. For instance, if you live by yourself, it can get lonely at home, but pets make good company, and they make sure that you are not lonely. Moreover,   they help you if you have a mental illness. Pets are a relief from social anxiety or depression.Especially if it is a dog it will make you go out more often and meet new people.

In the view of the above, I think pets can contribute your happiness as they give you emotion support, but you also have many obligations to be awe of, as you need to keep them happy and clean too.

 

Honesty is the best policy

The definition of Honesty is the best policy is used to say that telling the truth is better than lying even when it is hard to do. For instance, someone realizes that honesty is the best policy and tells his parents what really happens with his grades at school. However, In my view we all can sometimes tell white lies, if they do not matter to the other person.

Teens' communication

 Many teens have conversation with their friends by social media or face to face. Here are some advantages and drawbacks of those two types of communication.                                               

Face to face communication is very good because you spend time socializing, talking to people, making friends and not looking all the time at a screen. Face to face communication also has some disadvantages like the fact that it is difficult to meet people who live far away. 

Social media are very good because they are convenient if you are short of time and you can also communicate with humans that are far away. But social media have some drawbacks that should be mentioned. Firstly, it is very easy to get addicted to it so you probably never meet 'real' people.                 

If you are a sociable person, it is probably better to have conversations face to face, but if you are a person that loves chatting, you are better of having conversations via social media.