Summing up Day

We travelled around the world in 14 days through the power of the web!

1.    Summer is Fun. Summing up

2.    Tea Party

3.    Awarding ceremony

Summer Is Fun

  We have varied interests, preferences, learning profile and talents. 

We worked using all the ways we could express our understanding.

Sometimes we asked our teachers for help!

"Just know that it is enough sometimes to know 

that it is difficult."

Sometimes it was really hard for us to answer the questions!

We had opportunities for socialization and interaction!

We were real participants in the activities our teachers prepared for us! 

Around the World in 14 Days: Project

1.     Discussion club: Across Cultures

2.     Time for Singing

3.     Quiz Show “Around the World”

4.     Time for Dancing

5.     Project Work

Our Dancing Break

The number of students taking part in dance classes world wide is increasing, with dance allowing people to be more active, and develop creative skills.

The confidence gained through achievements in dance helps to build social skills, increase self esteem and the ability to communicate well in a group. These skills once built up through partaking in dance can lead to a variety of career routes.

Quiz Show “Around the World”

Quiz Show is not an easy task!

It can only be solved by an experienced quiz master.

Visit to Brazil

 1    Video Tour “Around Brazil”

2.  Interesting Facts about Brazil.

3.  Quest “Don't Forget the Lyrics” 

4.  Dancing Master Class

5.  Comparing Cultures. Small Group Discussion

You want to reduce the energy! Do the quest!

We were fully engaged into the process and were deeply impressed by this kind of activity.

Doing quests, we learnt by taking on the behaviors and practices of the people in real – life knowledge domains.

We learnt to be good English speakers instead of learning about English language. 

You want to reduce the energy! 

Do the quest! 

Our Carnival

Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil.

During our Carnival, the atmosphere was full of laugh, smiles and joy.

Incredible India

1.    Interesting Facts about India

2.  Video Tour “Around the Country”

3.    Dancing Master Class

4.   Creative Workshop: Painting Mehndi

5.    Watching Famous Indian Film

Our Creative Workshop

Mehndi is the traditional art of henna painting in India and the Middle East.  You may see it written as mehandi, mehendi, mendhi, henna, al-henna, and a myriad other names and spellings.  All of these words describe the same timeless art form, body painting for festive occasions. 

You can see our timeless art form!

What a Wonderful World. China

   What a Wonderful World. China

 

     1.  Warming up. Singing a camp song
2.     Acquaintance with China
3.     Video Tour “Across China”
4.     Customs and Traditions: Tea Ceremony
5.     Creative Workshop: Making Chinese Dragons
6.     Summing up

Chinese Culture. Our Workshop

The Chinese Dragon: a Symbol of Strength and Power

In Chinese lore, the dragon was a benevolent creature with powers to bring rain, floods, and even hurricanes to a land. Along with this ability, the dragon signified power, strength, and good luck. Starting in the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), Emperors took on the symbolism of the Dragon as they hoped to bring good fortune to their lands.

New Zealand: Habitats and Homeland

New Zealand: Habitats and Homeland

1. 1.     Warming up. Singing a camp song
2. 2.     How ready you are. Grammar Test
3. 3.     Video Tour “Around New Zealand”
4. 4.     Twenty Interesting Facts about New Zealand
5. 5.     Creative Workshop: Wood Carving
6. 6.     Relaxation. Dancing Minutes
7. 7.     A visit to the Cinema “ The Lord of the Rings”
8. 8.     Time for Fun
9. 9.     Summing up

Wood Carving Workshop

Wood has long been used as an artistic medium.

We tried to discover some images!

A Visit to Japan

A Visit to Japan

 1. Interesting Facts about Japan

 2. Video Trip around Tokyo

 3. Japanese Tragedy.

 4. National Symbols and Famous Traditions

 5. Creative Workshop: Origami.

 6. Summing up

The Land of the Rising Sun

This fairy tale land combines rich culture, jaw-dropping landscapes and extraordinary people with an incredible sense of progression into one civilization that has amazed the world.

The diversity of this land is fascinating.

Japan is one of the few places where you can truly see the glimpse of past generations .

Japan's maintained its traditions while becoming one of the most technologically-advanced countries in the world 

Japanese Art of Flower Arrangement

Ikebana

 It is more than simply putting flowers in a container. It is a disciplined art form in which the arrangement is a living thing where nature and humanity are brought together. It is steeped in the philosophy of developing a closeness with nature.

It helped us to live "in the moment" and to appreciate things in nature that previously had seemed insignificant.

Origami Workshop

According to Japanese legend, if you fold 1000 origami cranes, you will be granted a wish. But lets start with just one!

Most people know of the 1000 cranes tradition through the tragic story of the little girl Sadako, who developed Leukaemia from the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima in World War II. She began making her 1000 cranes in her hospital bed, but sadly died before completing them. But her classmates finished the 1000 for her after her death at age 12. This sad story has made the 1000 cranes a symbol for world peace. 

Japan Guide: Chopsticks

Chopsticks are used to eat most kinds of Japanese foods, with some exceptions. Today we tried to remember some of the most important rules when dining with chopsticks.

It is not easy to use chopsticks so keep heart while learning how to.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

 

1. Scotland: the Land of Legends and Myths. Leisure, traditions, cultural life

2. Northern Ireland: the Land of Shamrock and Leprechauns. Cultural Peculiarities

3. England: "Land of Hope and Glory". London - Mod and Trad

4. Wales: the Land of Song

5. Ukraine: the Land of Exciting Diversity

 7. Summing up

SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSIONS

 It was an excellent way to give each student an opportunity to speak English free without any fair. 

We created!

We developed our talents!

Discussion helped us to develop our cognitive activity, our culture of the language.

 It generated our awareness to solve the problem, created a culture of creative operational thinking, created conditions for the use of personal experience and knowledge obtained earlier for learning new ones. 

We also learnt to listen to the speaker without interruption, to share our ideas and thoughts with a whole class.

Welcome to the Crufts 2016

 Crufts is an umbrella term for an international canine event held annually in the UK. 

 Crufts consists of several competitions occurring at the same time. The main competition is for the Best in Show award, which is hotly contested by dogs and their owners throughout the world.

We had a great time at our "Crufts 2016"

In 2016 we commemorate 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare. 

This special anniversary year was a truly unique opportunity to visit his home town Stratford-upon-Avon 

Why does the Queen have two birthdays?

Where did the tradition come from? How is the Queen’s birthday celebrated? Today we answered the questions!