The original periodic table was created by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor. At the time there were only 58 known elements, in comparison to today’s 118, so his exact periodic table varies from the modern day one but Mendeleev adjusted and left gaps for unknown elements. He looked […]
Category: z Cohort 09
Year 9 Charlie Anson blogs a long essay explaining the History of the Berlin Wall
As a result of the End of WWII Germany was left without a leader so the 4 biggest Allied nations quickly swooped to take control. Due to differences on how they thought the country should be run, it was split up. With increasing tensions over the next 40 years, people were separated from families due […]
William blogs the Y9 Battlefield Trip
Stamford School 2019 Y9 battlefields trip By William Johnson The 2019 battlefields tour was a very exciting tour. After a very early start we began our journey to Dover port. The journey was a long one at about 5 hours 30 minutes. During this time, many boys chose to either sit back and relax […]
Samuel Barwise blogs on how Wilfred Owen writes about war
Dulce et Decorum Est ‘How does Wilfred Owen write about war?’ ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ is an extremely well known first world war poem written by Wilfred Owen. The poem was based on his horrifying experiences in the trenches of the ‘Great War’. Owen was an officer in the second Manchester Regiment with a […]
Chinese New Year! Blogged by Evelyn in English + Chinese. All the Boarding Houses of SES celebrate together! Loads of pictures!
An introduction to Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, is the most important and widely celebrated festival of all in China. It traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; The night before the 1st day is called Chinese […]
Sam Hughes blogs a comprehensive report about SES progress in County Cross Country Championship 2019
County Cross Country Championships 2019 On Saturday the 19th January Burghley hosted the County cross country championships. To be eligible to race for Kesteven on Saturday, a district qualifier had been held in December. The results from Saturday would be used to select the Lincolnshire team for Anglian race and English schools. Finishing in the […]
The play’s the thing! Jacob blogs on his experience of being an Assistant Director.
My role as Assistant Director Last term I was privileged to be given the role, after applying in September, of Assistant Director for the two Shakespeare plays Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the year 7-10 SES production that took place in December. In the first few weeks of rehearsals we ran through the […]
THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT RUGBY SHOULD BE BANNED AS A SCHOOL SPORT! The blogged debate.
THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT RUGBY SHOULD BE BANNED AS A SCHOOL SPORT INTRODUCTION Hello, madam chair, opposition, judges and the rest of Year Nine. I am Jamie and this is my colleague, Charles. We are representing Radcliffe and proposing the motion, This house believes rugby should be banned as a school sport. SIGNPOSTING I will […]
James blog a teenage diary.
Dear Diary, It’s totally not fair that my idiot parents banned me from my phone again, after three agonising months surviving without it. I’m gonna miss all the cool memes and stories my friends are posting on insta. My parents just don’t understand the dreadful consequences of missing a single post. I’m gonna lose it, […]
Lewis blogs racing. You won’t believe the pictures!
Hi, my name is Lewis Scotney I’m 13, in Y9 and I race Polaris buggy’s in the British SXS youth championship. The buggies are Polaris 570 Aces, they do around 55 mph from new, however, the ones I race are modified for safety and to comply with racing rules and regulations. […]