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TABLEtalk - Stress Management

Last night we hit a post-covid, we-are-back-in-person record at TABLEtalk  ...  22 students & alumni from Algeria, Belgium, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, India, Iran, Lithuania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, St Kitts, UK and USA 😀😀😀

Our theme for the evening was 'Stress Management' and we began by writing definitions of the word 'stress'; followed by some brainstorming to identify things that cause us stress, and finally the signs and symptoms we can learn to be aware of in our mind, body, emotions and behaviour.

Some of the many stress factors affecting our students ...

It felt like to 'old days' when students didn't seem to want to go home. I eventually turned the lights out and herded them out the door!!  It's a really good problem to have 😀😀😀 

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Oxford trip

On Saturday, January 21st at just after 8am, 69 of us set off from the Medway Campus, for Oxford by coach.  This was a partnership between Chaplaincy and Global Greenwich.

It was cold in Medway and only got colder and foggier the further north-west we travelled 😲😲😲  In Oxford we met up with two more coach-loads of students from the Greenwich and Avery Hill campuses.

Many thanks to all those who have sent photos for our blog.  Written feedback would also be much appreciated.

Chanaka & Jeff

Elroy, Deeksha, Arun, Lynne,
Adenike & Kirsten

Many students explored the Ashmolean Museum which is well worth a visit, and provided a bit of warm respite to the weather.

My colleague, Kirsten, and I went to visit the Story Museum, which we'd never been to before.  We were the only adults there without little children in tow, but we still joined in all of the activities.

  

I attempt to pull the sword from the stone to see if

I'm of Royal blood (the answer was NO!);

whilst Kirsten explores the beautiful land of Narnia,

from The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe.

Celebrating Lunar New Year

Thoroughly enjoyed our Lunar New Year Celebrations at TABLEtalk last Thursday evening.

Anita, Himanshu and John were the winners of our quiz  ...  well done!!!  An, from Vietnam, won the Chopstick Challenge.

In addition to these activities, we also enjoyed a little taster of Chinese food. Many thanks to Jon and Barbara for all their help.

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