The Roseland Academy
Teenage lockdown Part 2
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By Mia Williams
HIS half term students created a biodegradable poppy wreath, which included messages of thanks and hope by the students of The Roseland Academy. The wreath was proudly displayed at the Remembrance Sunday service in Tregony. Students have also been enjoying quiet reading time in our recently refurbished eLC on allocated tutor days. We celebrated Anti-Bullying Week by having an ‘Odd Socks Day’ as part of the national event all about celebrating what makes someone unique. We also celebrated Christmas Jumper Day to allow staff and students to get in the Christmas spirit.
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F you want to watch something a bit cerebral, you might like The Social Dilemma, currently on Netflix.
This documentary explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with technology experts explaining how they deliberately designed platforms to be addictive and why they certainly don’t let their own kids use them. You are likely to never look at Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat and other similar platforms in the same way again. 18 | Probus News Magazine | Issue 252
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ELLO everybody! I’m back again with part two of ‘my experiences in lockdown’.
It was really nice hearing the feedback from my previous article, I was really shocked as to how many people liked it. So July… I was surprised that we didn’t go back to school before the summer holidays. The Roseland Academy decided to keep the school closed until further notice, with hints that it would reopen in September. But being the stereotypical teenager, I wasn’t complaining, what I had missed the most was seeing my school friends and having a laugh. Moving on to August, the main month to make the most of the Cornish heat! I can’t say it was a hugely different summer, but it wasn’t the same either. Regular activities were going to the beaches. My family’s ‘go-to’ beach is usually Carne or Pendower, near Veryan, because it’s local and overall a lovely beach, especially for walking dogs in the evening. I suppose due to lockdown it was a real opportunity to realise who my real friends were, seeing who would contact me just for a chat every now and then. I was surprised at who of my friends didn’t bother, but I chose not to dwell on it and chose to move on. I made loads of new friends over this summer, and I am very grateful to have them all in my life today! I think at this point COVID-19 was becoming some kind of normality, it was just the ‘new normal’ to wear masks wherever I went. It didn’t come as much of a shock when I found out more locals had got the virus. Obviously, I felt great sympathy for those who had caught the
