Regents Review Winter 2021-22

The Regents Review Winter 2021

GENERAL NEWS

Armistice Day

staff and students throughout the week to support ‘The Royal British Legion’. Students were also invited to a hot chocolate morning with Mrs Barnes and received respect ethos badges for their support of our remembrance activities.

On the eleventh hour of Thursday 11th November, staff and students observed a two minute silence. Mr Barron played ‘The Last Post’ to mark the occasion. A group of students arrived to school dressed in their cadet uniforms and took on the role of selling poppies to

Library Old/rare Books Display

Research by the Regents Park librarians uncovered that only a few editions of this title contained what is know as a ‘ghost word’. This is a word that starts in a dictionary as a printing error, then is not picked up in subsequent editions, thereby becoming an actual word entry that survives! The ghost word in our copy is ‘dord’: meaning n. Physics & Chem. Density. (there is actually no such word!)

We have been very fortunate to have some very special old books donated to the Regents Park library by Mrs Heath’s mum. They are now housed, in the glass cabinet in the library. Our students have found them fascinating. Miss Bradley - Librarian, was talking to students about ‘Touch or tactile memory of an object’ and an interesting discussion ensued on whether students had ever seen / touched anything as old. Some said they had touched an older house, tree or even hugged a grandparent near 100 years old! One of the books, ‘Webster’s New International Dictionary, 1934 edition’, is an important copy of this well-printed dictionary.

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