Long, cold, winter evenings are the perfect time to enjoy some Christmas stories. You are going on a winter holiday and I`d like you to read through these two lovely stories in your free time.

STORIES:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/christmas/stories/nutcracker/

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/stories/gingerbread.htm

WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

CINEMAGOING - NEW MOON

Last Wednesday, the 6th and 5th formers went to the cinema in Tartu. We watched the film "New Moon".

Our first impressions:

I liked this film because it was interesting and a bit scary. I liked Bella best because she was a brave and good-hearted girl.

Ljuda

I liked this film because it was full of actions. I liked Alice best because she was helpful and a bit grazy. I think she was the best actress of this film.

Ranor

I liked this film because it was awesome and exciting.

Karl-Erik

I liked Edward best because he was handsome and brave.

Eleri

I liked Jacob best because he was a werewolf. He was very brave and strong.

Tamer

I liked Jacob best because he always helped Bella.

Liis- Mirjam

JOKE OF A DAY.

• Knock, knock!
• Who`s there?
• Mary.
• Mary who?
• MARY CHRISTMAS.

SOMETHING FOR BOYS - CHRISTMAS BEATBOX!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwrG9NUlL3M&feature=player_embedded

Ester, Aveli, Meija and Maria from form 4 wrote about their friends.

Questions to Santa Claus

Children from all around the world wait for Santa Claus every year. What do you know about this best -loved man?
If you click on this link you can find answers to all your questions.
http://www.northpole.com/Den/Q&A/santa.asp

It`s the most exciting time of the year now - CHRISTMAS WAITING TIME!!!

If you want to know much more about Christmas in Britain click this link and study:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/day.html

Read about how English children celebrate Christmas Day:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/kids.htm

NB!NB!NB!
ADVENT CALENDAR 2009

What is "advent"? It is a time of waiting for the arrival of Christmas.

Look at the Advent calendar 2009. Every day you can click on one date and find a lot of interesting activities, things to print out and short funny videos hidden behind this date.

Enjoy your christmas waiting time!

Click!!!

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/advent_calendar_2009.htm

Have you read books written by Stephenie Meyer "Twilight", "New Moon", "Eclipse"(varjutus) yet? Maybe you have seen a film "Twilight"?
It`s a story about the deep friendship between a vampire boy and an ordinary girl.
The Twilight saga goes on and a film "New Moon" is coming to Tartu next week.
You can read more about this film and watch the trailer of this film.
http://www.cinamon.ee/?id=40&detail=CI00000251
http://www.twilightthemovie.com/

GREETINGS FROM PORTUGAL

Our former student, Hanna-Liisa spent a week in Portugal with her schoolmates. She sent us a lovely postcard with warm greetings. If you want to read what Hanna-Liisa wrote, click on the postcard.
Thank you, Hanna.

Some students from for 5 wrote about our homeland-ESTONIA.
I`d like to thank Märt and Kevin. Here are some sentences from their texts.

The capital of Estonia is Tallinn. Estonia is to the south of Finland. Estonia is a very small country. Estonia has many small lakes and rivers but there are no high mountains.. The national bird of Estonia is the swallow.
Written by Kevin

The people in Estonia speak Estonian, so my mother tongue is also Estonian. There are many low hills but no high mountains. The highest hill in Estonia is Suur Munamägi-318 metres high. There are lots of forests in Estonia. Pines, spruces, and birches grow here. Estonia has too few national parks. The Estonian flag is blue, black and white.
Written by Märt

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1. Halloween is traditionally celebrated on the night of 31st
October, the night before All Saint’s Day. TRUE
2. In England Halloween was called ‘All Hallow’s Eve’.TRUE
3. On Halloween night all evil spirits stayed at home. FALSE. ALL THE EVIL SPIRITS WENT OUT TO HAUNT PEOPLE.
4. Halloween is based on an ancient Celtic holiday and the name
‘Halloween’ means ‘Winter’s End’. FLASE. IT MEANS "SUMMER`S END"
5. In past times people put lamps or lanterns outside their houses
to keep away evil spirits.FALSE. THEY WANTED TO BE FRIENDLY TO THE SPIRITS.
6. People believed that witches, ghosts and goblins went around
at night looking for a living body!TRUE.
7. On Halloween people dressed up as ghosts and witches so
that the spirits would not steal their body!TRUE.
8. Nowadays people put pumpkins with faces in their houses.FALSE. THEY PUT PUMPKINS OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSES.
9. The pumpkin is sometimes called the ‘Jack-o-lantern’.TRUE.
10. ‘Trick or treat’ is a game children play at Halloween to play
jokes (trick) or get sweets (treat).TRUE.

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October 31 is Halloween. This festival celebrates the return of the souls of the dead who come back to visit places where they used to live. In America and Britain, people buy pumpkins. They decorate houses with pumpkins with candles put inside. In the evenings there are a lot of Halloween parties, or fancy dress parties. Children dress up as witches, ghosts, devils, cats, bats, or anything scary and go trick-or-treating. They go from house to house and ask „Trick or treat?“ People give them sweets and chocolate. If the children don`t get chocolate and sweets, they play a „trick“ – like squirting water in your face.

Do you know?

At Halloween, Americans buy $ 2 billion of sweets and chocolate for children.

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Results of the survey

The survey was carried out (läbi viima) among the students of Form 6. In Form 6 there are 10 students.
What did we find out?
5 of our students send emails every day, 2 of us never send emails and only 1 student sends an email once a week.
6 of the students send text messages every day, 1 student never sends text messages.
8 of us make phone calls every day, only 1 student makes a phone call once a week.
7 students last sent an email to their friend and 1 student to her aunt.
5 students last made a phone call to their mother, 3 to their friend and 1 to his father.
Our students last wrote a letter last week, a year ago, last year and a couple of weeks ago.
5 students last sent a postcard at Christmas and 1 student in summer.

LETTER TO A NEW FRIEND

October, 7

Estonia

Dear new friend,

I´m an Estonian boy. I`m 12 years old and I live in Annikoru. It is a small village in the South of Estonia. My name is Ranor.

My father works in a company and my mum is at home with my baby sister. I have many friends in Elva. My hobby is riding a BMX bike . I have a cat and some fish. I like my cat very much. Do you have a pet?

Please write soon and tell me about your life.

Best wishes,

Ranor.

07/10/2009
Estonia

Dear new friend,
I am an Estonian boy. I am 12 years old and I live in Elva. It`s a small town not far from Tartu.
My name is Karl-Erik.
My father doesn`t work at the moment, my mother is a teacher. I have one sister, her name is Hanna-Liisa. My hobbies are computer games and all kind of outdoor activities. I don´t have a pet. But I like dogs and lions.
Please write soon and tell me about your life, your family , your pets and your hobbies.

Best wishes ,
Karl-Erik

Letters or emails. Phone calls or text messages.

SURVEY - uurimus

How often do you send emails?
How often do you send text messages?
How often do you make phone calls? Who did you last send an email? Who did you last make a phone call?
When did you last write a letter?
When did you last send a postcard?

To write letters you need .....

Someone to write to
Something to say
Something to write it on
Something to write it with
Something to put it in
Somewhere to send it

Would you like to have a penfriend?

What is a penfriend?

A penfriend is a person from another country or city. He or she wants to be friends with you. You write letters to him or her and he or she writes letters back to you. You tell each other about you lives and your hobbies.

How to write a friendly letter. Try it out!!

http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

BREAKS AT SCHOOL-VAHETUNNID KOOLIS

What do you usually do during your breaks?

• Walk along the corridors with your classmates?


• Play in the school playground?


• Have a chat with your friends?


• Play cards?


• Play hopscotch?


• Read books or magazines?


• Make a noise and disturb (häirid) the others?


• Surf in the Internet?

Watch these videos about English schoolchildren. Maybe you can get some new ideas how to make you breaks more interesting.

Learn these nice tricks to impress (muljet avaldama) your schoolmates.

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/learn-skipping-tricks-video.htm

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/body-popping-tricks-video.htm

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/balloon-modelling-tricks.htm

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/coolest-hula-hoop-tricks.htm

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/learn-how-to-beat-box-video.htm

INTERESTING? ISN`T IT?

The sixth-formers tell about their summer

My summer
written by Ljuda

In July I made a trip to Tallinn.I went shopping and swimming and sunbathed on the beach. I stayed in the countryside for one week. I helped my mother and sister in the village. I went mushrooming. I picked potatoes.I learned to ride a horse. I played tennis and hide-and-seek.I hung around with my friends. I made a lot of friends at a camp. I enjoyed my summer very much.

SUMMER TOP 5

The first schoolweek is almost over and now it`s time to remember your summer.
I`d like you to make up TOP 5 of your most exciting summer events.
Add some photos as well.

MY SUMMER TOP 5:

BOATING, SWIMMING AND FISHING BY VÕRTSJÄRV

A TRIP TO SETUMAA AND THE WEST OF ESTONIA WITH MY FAMILY

FIRST STEPS OF LEARNING THE GUITAR

TAKING CARE OF TWO LOVELY RABBITS

WATCHING A SUNSET ON THE LAKE AND FALLING STARS

KEYS TO A HAPPY LIFE.


· COMPLIMENT AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE EVERY DAY!
· WATCH A SUNRISE AND WHY NOT A SUNSET, TOO!
· BE THE FIRST TO SAY “HELLO”!
· BE KINDER THAN YOU HAVE TO BE!
· KEEP YOUR PROMISES!
· TREAT EVERYONE AS YOU WANT TO BE TREATED!
· LEARN TO SHOW CHEERFULLNESS EVEN WHEN YOU DON`T FEEL WELL!
· IF YOU DON`T HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, DON`T SAY IT AT ALL!
· DON`T WORRY, BE HAPPY!
· EVERYBODY HAS A PLACE IN THE WORLD!

Don`t forget English while being on holiday!!
In case you`re bored in summer try to create funny stories and poems. But you have to know parts of speech (sõnaliike).
Let`s remember:

• noun - nimisõna (an apple, a door, a flower etc.)
  
• verb - tegusõna (sing, jump, read etc.)
  
• adjective - omadussõna (big, beautiful, lovely etc.)
  
• adverb - määrsõna (often, slowly, easily, there etc.)
  
• plural - mitmus (cats, mice, children etc.)
  
• singular - ainsus (a house, a cat, a mouse etc.)

For futher help click here:
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/help.html


http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

The English Blog is going on a summer holiday. Have a sunny and busy summer!

See you again in autumn!!!

For Form 6

I'm glad I was your teacher
I've come to love you so.
I can't believe the end is here.
I hate to see you go.
Remember all the fun we had
in all the things we did
But most of all remember...
You're a Very Special Kid.....

Your teacher Katrin

Form 4 illustrated the poem MONTHS OF THE YEAR
Illustrated by Kelli, Margo, Märt, Kevin, Mattias, Silver, Talmo, Tiitus

The sixth-formers are talking about their school.

It`s not always easy to make a video. Here are some funny moments of filming.

The Eurovision Song Contest is over.
Norway won THIS YEAR with a song "Fairytale"(muinasjutt) that means the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 will be held in Norway.
Our beautiful and talented girls came sixth. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Listen to the winning song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8JRtGMBUz0

Read the words of this song:
FAIRYTALE

Years ago, when I was younger
I kind a liked, a girl I knew
She was mine and we were sweet hearts
That was then, but then it's true
I'm in love with a fairytale
Even though it hurts
Cause I don't care if I lose my mind,
I'm already cursed

Every day we started fighting
Every night we fell in love
No one else could make me sadder
But no one else could lift me high above
I don't know what I was doing
When suddenly we fell apart
Nowadays I cannot find her
But when I do we'll get a brand new start
I'm in love with a fairytale
Even though it hurts
Cause I don't care if I lose my mind,
I'm already cursed

She's a fairytale yeah
Even though it hurts
cause I don't care if I lose my mind,
I'm already cursed

The sixth-formers studied English outside!!!
On Wednesday, 13 May we were outside again.
Students were divided into two groups; following the map they had to search (otsima)and solve(lahendama) 8 different tasks.
Especially I`d like to thank Kerli Retter and Mariliis for being so enthusiastic and preparing interesting tasks for their classmates.
THANK YOU!!!

CELEBRITIES - KUULSUSED!!!

Topic „Celebrity(Kuulsus)“ in form 6.
We talked about celebrities and tried to define this word.
Who is celebrity?
Celebrity is a person who
..... is famous and well-known;
......is very rich and lives in a huge villa;
......has a lot of cars;
......we can see in magazines and newspapers;
......we can watch on TV.
Celebrity can be a singer, actor/actress, model, musician, athlete, politician ....
Every student made a slide show in Powerpoint about his/her favourite celebrity and finally had to present it in front of their classmates.

Kerli`s favourite band is „Paramore“;
Mariliis`s favourite actress is Keira Knightley
Ahto`s favourite singer is JustinTimberlake;
Tom`s favourite footballer is Cristiano Ronaldo
Gerda`s favourite singer is AvrilLavigne;
Aleksander`s favourite singer is Jonas Erik Altberg
Kerli`s favourite singer is Amy McDonald

ENGLISH LESSON IN THE SCHOOLYARD.
On Monday the fifth-formers had a lesson outside. We talked about the weather, learned weather symbols, cardinal points (ilmakaared) and read the weather forecast (ilmateade) about the UK.
The weather was sunny and quite warm, so we enjoyed being in the fresh air very much.
In the afternoon we had a class party. Girls made fruit salad and boys grilled sausages. We played and had a lot of fun together

INTERESTING TO KNOW:
Queen Elisabeth II has two birthdays.It is every boy and girl's dream to have two birthdays in one year;
well, Queen Elisabeth II is very lucky because she has two birthdays, one in April and one in June.The Queen's actual birthday is on 21 April, she was born on 21 April 1926, but it is celebrated officially (ametlikult) in June.Facts about Queen Elisabeth II:
· The Queen favourite pet are Corgis (a dog breed-KOERATÕUG).The Queen has had more than 30 corgis.Her first corgi dog was Susan who was a present for her 18th birthday in 1944. Her Majesty has five corgis now - Monty, Willow, Holly, Emma and Linnet.
· The Queen is 160 cm tall.

WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY?

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DOG BREED?

The EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (Eurovisiooni lauluvõistlus)2009 will be held in Russia, Moscow between 12 and 16 May. This contest is already the 54th.
Urban Symphony is representing Estonia this year with a beautiful song „Rändajad". (NB! Pay attention to the musical instruments played in this song)
Listen to this song by clicking here:
http://www.eurovision.tv/event/artistdetail?song=24705&event=1481

Meet the other 41 participants. Click on the country and you`ll hear the song of this country. Choose your favourite one.
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/moscow2009/the-participants

Let`s vote!!! Who is you favourite performer(esineja)?

Our first attempts. Meie õpilaste esimesed katsetused inglise keele kirjapildis.

My favourite season.


Written by Märt Mäemees ,form 4
My favourite season is winter because I like snow and Christmas. I like skiing very much. Skating is intresting, too. I like building snowcastles. I like spring, too because my birthday is in April but my favourite season is still winter.


POEMS OF OUR STUDENTS

FRIEND

written by Ahto, form 6

Once lived a mouse
she had her own house,
but the mouse wasn`t happy
because she was lonely.

One day the mouse met a cat
who was scared and wore a hat.
The cat was friendly
but a bit lonely.

Now they are the best friends,
forever to the end...

PEACE POEM

Written by our former students

Fire is a light that gives warmth
Home- that`s a creator of warm and peace
Peace is like sunshine-
Makes people merry and happy
Peace is luck that shines like the sun
Peace is silence and a rest
The pride of each nation
Peace is enjoyable, peace is a light
Peace is the beginning of love and life
Peace is our future and a case of need
Peace ist that when you have a home
And nothing to worry about
The sun is shining above you
At home your family`s waiting for you
Peace is fragile, so good and nice
If nobody battles it`s good to live
The beauty of nature, silence and peace-
Nobody is cross
But we all know
We must keep the peace
Peace could always be around us
No wars, no screams
Peace is always in our hearts
Like beautiful thoughts in your head
Peace is the goodness around us
Sunshine and a wavy sea
It isn´t difficult to find the peace
More difficult to keep it
Peace gives us luck
War- just disaster
Because of that
Sow the seed of peace
Sow it from you heart!

A RABBIT SWAM IN THE LAKE

Written by Mariliis, form 6

A Rabbit swam in the lake,
after that she ate up a cake.
Next morning the rabbit was sick,
only thing she thought was picnic.
Then came a vet,
and he said to the pet:
"You have to stay in bed!"
The Rabbit almost cried and hold her head..
Few days later, she felt better!
She knew she is healthy,
and then she said:"Malthy!"

LITTLE LARK

Written by Kerli Retter, form 6

It was dark
I saw a lark
The lark was lovely,
but very hungry.
It flew so high,
so high in the sky.

Spring
written by Mariliis, form6

The snow is melting,I hear it.
The sun is shining,I feel it.
The nature is awaking,I touch it.
The kids are playing,I see it.
This is spring...