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Monthly Archives: February 2025
The NHS and Its Costs
By Aishani Balakumar The costs of the NHS have consistently risen over the past decade due to the ageing UK population and the increasing demand for various medicines and treatments. To this day, many people in the UK struggle to afford medicines, treatments, and NHS appointments due to the high costs charged by the NHS. […]
Were You Born in the Wrong Decade? A Journey Through the UK’s Most Defining Eras
By Esinam Asima The question of which decade you were born in can spark debates, nostalgia, and even a touch of regret. Were you lucky enough to witness the golden years of the 1960s or the technological boom of the 1990s? Or were you born during a time of social upheaval or global crises? Let’s […]
St Augustine’s Year 8 Students and Musicians Explore Paris
By Lucia McQuillan-Puccetti On Wednesday 29th January Year 8 students, alongside our music group, set off for an exciting adventure in Paris. After arriving on the Eurostar, they were warmly welcomed by their penpals at Sainte Marie de Neuilly, the sister school of St Augustine’s. The students spent the afternoon getting to know their penpals […]
First Mouse with Male Same-Sex Parents Survives to Adulthood
By Natalie Hartley On the 28th of January 2025, the first mouse with male same-sex parents survived to adulthood. Previously in 2018, mice pups with same-sex female parents were born. The researchers took embryonic stem cells from a female mouse and edited the gene to remove the maternal imprinting from three parts of the DNA, […]
Get To Know Ms. Heer!
By Milly Saber It’s time for another teacher interview! On Wednesday 29th January, I interviewed Ms. Heer, the Head of Biology at our school. Read on to find out which song would get Ms. Heer on the dance floor, or who her celebrity crush as a teenager apparently was… “Hi, I’m Ms. Heer, and I’m […]