Keeping Up With Juliette

Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post, As I'm going to sixth form very soon, I thought it would be a good idea to write a post on the topic of friends as I'm sure I'll be getting to know a whole range of different people when I go back to school.  Although there are a few people that I know who will be going to my new school, not many of my friends have chosen to go to the same sixth form as I have so this can only mean that I will have to make some new friends in the new school term. I'm quite excited because it's a new start and I'm sure I'll meet a lot of people with similar interests to me and I'm sure I'll soon end up with a group of people who I will hang out with the most.  However, after hanging out with a range of different people during my 5 years at secondary school, I've developed a better understanding of the types of people I would want to hang out with. When someone asks me what the best quality you can have in a fr...

  Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post, Today I'm doing something a little bit different and I'm going to be talking about the controversial reality show, Dance Moms.  If you don't know about the show Dance Moms, then it's basically a reality show all about a group of young dancers from the Abby Lee Dance Company, who attend different competitions every week in a bid to win a group dance, solo, duet, or trio. As well as Abby's competitive pyramid where each dancer has to fight to be on the top, the show's main centre-piece, the "dance moms," as well as supporting their children in dance, are also seen fighting amongst each other in nearly every episode to add a bit of drama for the audience. The show was initially aired as a documentary-style program series, based on the life of the dancers at the ALDC, but after it was premiered in July 2011, it hit a huge fan base and the show turned into a popular reality series. When I watch Dance ...

  Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post, Today, I'm going to be doing a back to school post to show you some of the items I've picked up for the beginning of term in September. I know that this is probably going to fill you with dread because it's a reminder that school is going to start soon for you but I really just wanted to put this up now so that you have time to buy some of the things I've bought, if they interest you. The items are from Tesco and Sports Direct so they are really cheap to buy. I've also bought a pair of jeans and some clothing pieces for sixth form so if that's something you would like, you can get it as well. I hope you enjoy! The first thing I bought was this clear, rainbow pencil case. I like this because not only does it look pretty, it is also super practical because it's waterproof so none of your stationary can get damaged. It is also a decent size so it won't take up too much space your bag but it's a al...

Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post, Today, I'm going to be talking about how results day went this year for year elevens. This is going to be my 21st and last post in my 1 Year To Get To College series. Sorry there was a bit of a mix up in the number of posts I was up to because I wasn't really counting after a while but I'm glad this series is ending on a high! I can't believe it's basically been a year since I started this series. You can check out all of my 1 Year To Get To College posts here to see how I've been getting on with my whole GCSE year, with school and Covid-19. There have been a lot of memories made! It was a bit of a stressful time this year because of the outbreak of the Coronavirus. I couldn't do my exams because it was a risk to do that at the time and I had to do homeschooling for most of the exam period so the events that followed from March were certainly unprecedented. It was difficult to get used to the idea of fi...

  Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post, Today, I'm going to be talking about Alyson Stoner for my last All about:____ post and I'm really happy that I get to talk about her today because she is really amazing! Born in Toledo, Ohio, Alyson Stoner is a well-known TV actress, singer, and an amazing dancer who's starred in the movies Camp Rock as Caitlyn Geller, Garfield as Kid Rat, and the Step Up movie franchise as Camille. She released her debut single, Flying Forward, in 2010 and her debut EP, Beat The System, in 2011 and became a popular triple threat artist featuring in Kurt Hugo Schneider's music videos and hosting shows on Disney channel. As a young girl, Alyson studied ballet, tap, and jazz dance at the O'Connell's Dance Studio, where she first embarked on her career in dance. However, Alyson also had a strong passion for modelling and so she also began her training in that sector at the Margaret O'Brien Modelling Studio, where she was ...

Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post,  Now that I kind of have a breadth of knowledge about blogging, after doing it for a few years now, I thought it would be a great time to give you some tips about how to start your own blog because if this is something that you really want to do, you'll find that it's actually quite easy to create your own website. I hope you find these simple and easy tips helpful! Before you go onto doing anything, I think that it's a really good idea to come up with a few ideas about what you want your blog to be about. Do you want it to be about life like mine or do you have other interests that you wish to share? Your blog can be about writing stories, your pets and looking after animals, your favourite sport, books, your favourite films, photography, coding, learning languages etc, etc, etc. Your blog can be about anything just as long as you find your own niche of something you really enjoy doing, the right audience that you want...

  Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post, On Thursday, me and my family decided to go out for a meal to celebrate my sister's A-level results. I haven't asked but I'm sure she won't mind me mentioning that she got distinction*, distinction, distinction for her results in her art diploma and of course everybody was happy. I know that not everybody got what they necessarily wanted this year because of Covid-19 and not being able to actually do the final examinations but results don't always reflect the work someone has actually put in and just because you got below what you expected, it doesn't necessarily mean that you've failed. There is going to be a second chance for those students to prove themselves! However, me and my family decided to go out to eat in a pub in a neighbouring village and the food was really nice. For the first time, we were kind of forced to sit inside because it was raining outside but the staff kept to the protocol and ...

  Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post,  Today I'm going to be talking all about ZooNation and Kate Prince, in continuation with this series. Now, I've actually done a lot of research on Kate Prince's life and the ZooNation dance company when I was completing part of my coursework for BTEC dance. As I found out more about Kate and her company, I felt inspired to tell you guys about her since she isn't very well known and through what she's done, she has changed the way we look at dance and therefore deserves to be talked about today. I hope you enjoy reading about her story and the life of ZooNation! It's really interesting. Kate Prince was born in 1974 in Southampton. She is the founder and artistic director of ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company, an urban, contemporary, and hip hop specialised dance company, based in London. Kate has choreographed many pieces in her own musicals and has a real eye for creative, new, and raw talent. One of her p...

  Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post, A while ago, I watched a good debate on This Morning about whether or not students should be allowed to wear makeup in school. The debate was between a mother and a headteacher and the mother argued that makeup should be allowed in school because her daughter felt more confident with makeup on in school and therefore found it easier to concentrate in lessons with it on. She said that at her last school, her daughter was constantly put in detentions for wearing too much makeup and bullied for her skin and so the mother got her to change school because she didn't agree with their policies. However, the headteacher argued against that and said that only light makeup should be worn if any as it is good for students to feel confident in themselves and in the school environment and they shouldn't waste time on putting it on every morning. She did also say that if students do have skin issues, they should talk to their GP and ge...

  Hello everybody and welcome back to another blog post,  On Wednesday, me and my sister finally cycled into Cambridge. I wasn't exactly prepared for it all as my sister sprung the idea of going when I was in the middle of having my breakfast that morning. However, I said before that this was something that I had wanted to do so after I had finished eating my breakfast, I got dressed and ready, oiled my chain, pumped up my tyres, and packed a few things for the journey. I don't know if anyone else has experienced similar issues with bicycle locks but as soon as I got my bicycle lock a few years ago, I was determined to remember the code and so I wrote it down on a piece of paper and backed it up on my phone. However, it turns out that I threw the piece of paper in the bin and I've changed phones over the years so did I remember it? Absolutely NOT! So now I have a perfectly decent bicycle lock that I can't even remember the code for! It didn't really matter anyway be...