Signpost 40 (1 February)

REFLECT

• The Church of England offers a new prayer every day, available on their website. You can find the most recent prayer here and join in with thousands of others reciting the same words of worship.

CONNECT

• Have you heard people talking about QR codes? It has become a term well used this year as the government used them to encourage people to check in to restaurants and bars, but what are they? You may have seen them without knowing. They are everywhere - from restaurants and shops, to on the side of supermarket products and in magazines. These little squares filled with a seemingly random pattern of black and white shapes are like barcodes but can hold so much more information. You can find out more about them through this article in The Telegraph and you can read about how the inventor of the QR code feels about their use in tackling COVID-19 here.

LEARN

• Each year, the Royal Institution hosts the Christmas lecture which focusses on different areas of science. This year the theme was “Planet Earth: A User's Guide” and it featured separate lectures from geologist, Chris Jackson, physicist and oceanographer, Helen Czerski and environmental scientist, Tara Shine. You can read about the lectures here and you can watch them on BBC iPlayer here.

• Did you know that Barbie is 62 this year? She has changed so much over the last 6 decades, and you can see Barbie through the ages here. Did you also know that Barbie had a secret older sister called Bild-Lilli? You can read Bild-Lilli’s story here.

DO

• It’s National Storytelling Week and if you have always wanted to stand in front of people and share a tale, then why not read this article which tells you how to become a storyteller.

FUN

• Neal Agarwal is a website designer who likes to create interesting and beautiful websites for fun! His Deep-Sea website allows you to travel to the bottom of the ocean and see the types of life you will see on your way. Just scroll your mouse, drag your finger or press down on your keyboard to explore the depths.