SHSS WEEKLY ROUNDUP - 1st October 2021

Woohoo, it’s October! The leaves are turning orange and yellow, and the evenings are darker. As W.H. Auden said, ‘Now the leaves are falling fast’. Shakespeare was also inspired by the change of season, ‘That time of year thou mayst in me behold, when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang…’

We can’t forget Keats. ‘Seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness, close bosom-friend of the maturing sun’.

Okay, okay, enough poetry - here’s a roundup of the week at SHSS.

Best day of the week: Last Monday. What a lovely day to be off! No alarm. No snooze. No morning chaos. Just relaxation.

Best news of the week (1) : Only THREE weeks to Midterm! Halloween. Pumpkins. Sweets. Bring it on.

Best news of the week (2) : Halloween Dress Up Friday is on 22nd October for staff and students. There will be GREAT PRIZES! Yippee!

Heroes of the week: For the second week running, it’s the Student Council for organising the Dress Up Friday. It should be great fun. Now, to think of a cool costume...

GAA Leaders of the week: The TYs who helped organise the second year hockey blitz at the astroturf. Well done!

Calamity of the week: The wasps bullying the bees in the SHSS hive. Out of order!

#jesuisSHSSbees

Cutest dog(s) of the week: Stella AND Tilly. Even though the results of the poll were slightly in Tilly’s favour, we all know that Mr Pegler voted over and over again so that she’d win.

We want to wish ‘Let Them Eat Cake - Duh!’ and Ms O’Connell all the luck in the world in the Grand Final of Junk Kouture! Happening as I type. Fingers crossed!

Also, there’s a new Instagram page for German students called @shss_deutsch

Give them a follow.

See you next week for the next instalment of SHSS Weekly Roundup. Have a wonderful weekend!