SNOWFLAKE PATTERNS

Do you know that there are no snowflakes with the same pattern, leading to the popular expression that "no two are alike"?

If you want to make your own snowflake , visit this website:

SNOWFLAKE

CHRISTMAS SCENE

M ade by the 6th-formers: Timmu, Kertu, Jaak, Mats, Kirke, Gerli

Christmas traditions.

How do you celebrate Christmas in your home?

Christmas Eve

We celebrate Christmas Eve on 24 December. On Christmas Eve Estonians usually eat much Christmas food. We dance, listen to Christmas songs and talk about Christmas time. Santa comes to houses and brings presents with.  In our family we put bread for deer. We bring home a spruce: that is our Christmas Tree. We decorate and light candles on our Christmas Tree.

Written by Jaak

WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS - every day you can click on the tree and open a new window.

TRIP TO TALLINN

Trip to Tallinn

We went to Tallinn. We went with students from classes 4 to 6, teachers Kristiina and Karmen. We left at 7 o`clock in the morning. We travelled by bus. 
We went to innovation and business center  MECTORY and  energy discovery center. In MECTORY we saw 3D printers and laboratories. In energy discovery center we saw old machines of electric station and other exponates of energy theme. In  MECTORY we had a lesson with tablets and workshop of 3D printers or Cooltool. In energy discovery center we watched a planetarium film and saw a lightening show.
 We reached home at about 9 pm.
 I liked this trip because I am interested in 3D printing, technology and new ways of getting energy. 
Next time I´d like to go to the Seaplane Harbour in Tallinn.

Written by Jaak Pärtel, class 6

Trip to Tallinn

TASK for the 6th-formers.
The students who went on a tour to Tallinn. I`d like you to write a short summary about this trip.
For help use these questions:
WHERE DID YOU GO?
WHO DID YOU GO WITH?
WHEN DID YOU LEAVE?
HOW DID YOU TRAVEL?
WHAT PLACES DID YOU VISIT?
WHAT DID YOU SEE?
WHAT DID YOU DO?
WHEN DID YOU REACH HOME?
DID YOU LIKE THIS TRIP OR NOT? WHY?
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT?

FOR MORE HELP: Energia Avastuskeskus in English - Energy discovery centre
Innovatsiooni- ja ettevõtluskeskus Mektory - Innovation and business center MEKTORY

Your writings send on my email: katrin.libe@gmail.com

Worth to read

"The Alien School" is a collaborative writing of the 6th graders.
The first paragraph was given and each student had to add his/her own version to continue this mysterios story.
Read and enjoy! Click on the picture.

HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN

History of Halloween

Halloween falls on October 31st each year in North America and other parts of the world. What do you know about Halloween? Do you celebrate it in your country? Here is a little history about it. 

Vocabulary - sõnavara

to evolve (v)- to change little by little
spirit (n)- ghost, some people believe the spirit and body separate when a person dies
holy (adj)- sacred, very good, related to religion. Hallow comes from the word holy.
saint (n)- an honored, holy person
evil (adj)- very, very bad
lantern (n)- lamp or enclosed light that can be carried around
turnip (n)- a purple and white vegetable that grows in the ground

Like many other holidays, Halloween has evolved and changed throughout history. Over 2,000 years ago people called the Celts lived in what is now Ireland, the UK, and parts of Northern France. November 1 was their New Year's Day. They believed that the night before the New Year (October 31) was a time when the living and the dead came together.
More than a thousand years ago the Christian church named November 1 All Saints Day (also called All Hallows.) This was a special holy day to honor the saints and other people who died for their religion. The night before All Hallows was called Hallows Eve. Later the name was changed to Halloween.
Like the Celts, the Europeans of that time also believed that the spirits of the dead would visit the earth on Halloween. They worried that evil spirits would cause problems or hurt them. So on that night people wore costumes that looked like ghosts or other evil creatures. They thought if they dressed like that, the spirits would think they were also dead and not harm them.
The tradition of Halloween was carried to America by the immigrating Europeans. Some of the traditions changed a little, though. For example, on Halloween in Europe some people would carry lanterns made from turnips. In America, pumpkins were more common. So people began putting candles inside them and using them as lanterns. That is why you see Jack 'o lanterns today.
These days Halloween is not usually considered a religious holiday. It is primarily a fun day for children. Children dress up in costumes like people did a thousand years ago. But instead of worrying about evil spirits, they go from house to house. They knock on doors and say "trick or treat." The owner of each house gives candy or something special to each trick or treater.

Happy Halloween!

After finishing reading do a QUIZ

AUTUMN

HAS LASTED FOR A WEEK TILL NOW.
Some thoughts about the autumn come from Timmu - form 6.

 Autumn is the 3rd season of the year.

It’s the start of school.    The first day of autumn is Septemer 21.    The weather is mostly cool.

It rains often and it’s windy so you can fly kites. There is Halloween, Thanksgiving. It’s dark. The leaves start turning orange and yellow, so you have to gather them with the rake. 

   In November it can already snow, sometimes even in October.

                      The clocks will be turned back an hour in October.

BARACK OBAMA

THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA BARACK OBAMA WILL VISIT ESTONIA AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, 2014. HE ARRIVES ON THE 2ND OF SEPTEMBER.

FACTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT

the 44th president of the United States and the first African American president in the USA

• Full name: Barack Hussein Obama II. The name Barack means "one who is blessed" in Swahili.
• Birth date: August 4, 1961
• Birth place: Honolulu, Hawaii
• Children: Natasha (Sasha), June 10, 2001, and Malia, July 4, 1998
• November 4, 2008 - Is elected president of the United States with an estimated 66.7 million popular votes and 365 electoral votes.
• December 17, 2008 - Is named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year."
• October 9, 2009 - Is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.