May 4th the marked Star Wars Day and to celebrate we chose Star Wars as this month’s Word for Wednesday theme. The date of this commemorative celebration comes from the pun on the Star Wars catchphrase ‘May the Force be with you’. Though the first recorded use of ‘May the 4th be with you’ dates to 1979, the first organised commemorative event for Star Wars Day wasn’t until 2011 when an event was hosted at the Toronto Underground Cinema. Today, Star Wars Day is observed by fans all over the world. Over the last few weeks, we’ve looked at the words force, Jedi, and droid. Our final Star-Wars-them...
all sweetness and light – harmonious, benevolent in light of something – with something taken into consideration in the cold light of day – after one has had the time to properly consider a situation in the limelight/spotlight – in the centre of attention leading light – an influential person light at the end of the tunnel – a signal that a long period of hardship is coming to an end the light of one’s life – someone who is deeply loved to go out like a light – to fall asleep quickly or suddenly to bring something to light – to make something known, to expose something to come to li...
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One of the students has put in a huge amount of effort in completing Spellzone at least 3 times a week since his arrival with us in January. Looking at his scores after the latest GL testing, his standardised score has risen from 99 to 131. This is a truly phenomenal result. I just wanted to share the best result I have ever seen.
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