Exploring the deep questions posed in pop songs

Lots of songs contain questions that are fun and interesting to reflect upon and discuss.

Lately, we've been ransacking our memories, playlists and search engines to find good questions. When students find questions, they write them up in a shared document: Important questions posed by songs

Each student then prepares a short talk (2-5 minutes) based on their question. So far, students have taken different approaches to this, e.g. scientific, philosophical, personal and imaginative. Then we pass the question around the class to get everyone's thoughts.

It's a simple exercise that leads to some surprising insights, memories, good stories, creative thinking and which also points us forward towards new avenues of exploration in the future.

Interesting conference about sustainable development - Tuesday 24th April

Both in English classes and Global profil we've been learning about the UN sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030. In our "Better tomorrow" project, we presented ideas on how to realise these ambitious goals.

Now, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) are organising an exciting conference on this theme.

It'll take place in Stockholm at Meeting Room, Alströmergatan 20, 112 47 Kungsholmen

SEI have planned a full program with over 16 speakers from 4 continents. Read more here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sei-science-forum-2018-innovating-for-a-sustainable-future-tickets-43834457041

A few of us have already got our tickets - it'd be great if you could join us!