Which of these words do you recognize:    borage, bugloss, ragwort, teasel, tutsan?  If the answer is none, you shouldn’t feel a failure.  Most British adults probably wouldn’t know them either.  Here’s a clue. They belong to one of these categories.

A early musical instruments  

B Shakespearean insults

C wild flowers of Britain and western Europe

D tools and materials used in hat making

E architectural features of  Saxon churches

Puzzles may be fun ….

Καλοκαίρι 2015 και στην Ελλάδα οι δραστηριότητες και οι επιχειρήσεις, δέχονται πολλαπλά πλήγματα από πολλαπλά μέτωπα.

Παρόμοιες οι συνθήκες και για τους μαθητές και τις μαθήτριές μας, τους γονείς, καθώς και για τους συναδέλφους μας στον κλάδο.

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