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Summing Up (2) Ireland

2009-07-27T11:12:00.002+04:00

I have collected all the blog links describing the teacher's work at this Summer Camp at the lessons.

Bye, Mike!

2009-07-18T20:30:00.004+04:00

Mike and his Red Team during Team Time

Today the Access teachers have gathered to say goodbye to Michael F., our dear Fulbrighter.
He managed to survive in our climate. He managed to become irreplaceable.

Dearest Mike, we expect you to come back!

Summing Up (1)

2009-07-11T17:35:00.001+04:00

New features of that Summer Camp

Time Flies

2009-06-30T22:21:00.003+04:00

The clocks in the classrooms helped the teachers, counselors and campers to be on time.
Goodbye, campers!

July Posts will be Summing Up.

Staff Room

2009-06-30T22:13:00.002+04:00

This is our Staff Room that has been the place for meetings and shelter.

Disco and Water Spraying

2009-06-30T21:51:00.003+04:00

After the closing ceremony the counselors organized a disco for the campers. In an hour or so they went to the school yard to water-spray each other.
At that time the teachers and some counselors were carrying all camp stuff to the Staff Room and then to the cars.
Wet Campers and Tamara Z. K. in the background with the university tape recorder.

Closing Ceremony: Thank You!

2009-06-30T21:23:00.002+04:00

The superactive grandmother of one of our campers was happy to thank everybody in the Summer Camp for their wonderful cooperation. The children's open eyes and their laughter showed that the Summer Camp turned out a success.

Closing Ceremony: Certificates of Appreciation

2009-06-30T21:08:00.003+04:00

The Director and the manager presented the cerificates of appreciation - signed by David Fay, English Language Officer (U.S. Embassy Moscow) and Vasiliy K., Director of Institute of Humanities - to the campers.
Each team came out one by one. The campers also received CD with photos depicting sunny moments of their life in the Summer Camp.
Then the counselors,media team, teachers and the school authorities were awarded the cerificates.

Closing Ceremony: Books to Authors

2009-06-30T20:58:00.002+04:00

The Director of the Summer Camp Vassili Ivanovich K.presented the books to their authors.

Closing Ceremony: Blue Bikini Bottom's Travelling

2009-06-30T20:21:00.004+04:00

Blue Bikini Bottom Team also travelled around the world. As Bossia, the camp manager, noticed, there was an enigma that the audience is still trying to decode.

Closing Ceremony: Green Irish Emerald's Lessons

2009-06-30T20:16:00.004+04:00

Green Irish Emerald parodied the teachers and their lessons. That's another me and my huge list of words!
Those are smiles of the parodied authorities.

Closing Ceremony: Yellow Submarine's Legend

2009-06-30T20:12:00.002+04:00

Yellow Submarine discovered a new version of the captain James Cook's story.

Closing Ceremony: Orange Cheetos' Travelling Story

2009-06-30T20:05:00.002+04:00

The Orange Cheetos travelled around the world as the shaman advised them to do so. The King Chester visited all our five English-speaking countries.

Closing Ceremony: Red Brats Travelling Story

2009-06-30T19:53:00.002+04:00

The Red Team started the wonderful talent show.

They produced a fairy tale with Baba Yaga, the dance lezghinca, Kalmyk musical instrument and the unknown tribe.

Closing Ceremony: Words of the Day

2009-06-30T19:42:00.002+04:00

The Powerpoint presentation "Words of the Day" proved once more that our campers are great talents! Only some of the illustrations were shown.

Closing Ceremony: Songs through Pictures

2009-06-30T19:32:00.004+04:00

The Summer Camp listened to three more songs and watched splendid illustrations made by the campers at the lessons "Ireland Through Comps". Just one e-picture from Mergen A. (Yellow Submarine)!
"Molly Malone"

The campers sang along here too. Then the rest of the pictures will be published.

Closing Ceremony: Singing Along

2009-06-30T19:03:00.002+04:00

The closing ceremony started with the mottoes and cheers of the teams. Then the floor was given to Galina V.Z. The campers sang along the songs of Kylie Minogue.

Keeping good memories

2009-06-30T18:07:00.003+04:00

So, our Summer Camp is over. Think, it was a great success, this was my first experience in summer camp and I really enjoyed it. Someone said today at the closing ceremony that the eyes of the kids when they were working together or dramatising something on the stage were worth coming to the Camp. They really were! The kids loved what they were doing. Thank you, Summer Camp!

Debate "How to Make the Summer Camp a Success?"

2009-06-29T19:07:00.003+04:00

Our manager Bossia organized this debate as a valuable feedback on effectiveness of the camp work.
At first the campers, counselors and teachers were given three pieces of paper: 'blue' denoted 'yes', 'pink' - 'no' and 'yellow' - 'not sure'.Bossia and Mike were reading some statements and everybody raised the card with their answer.
During the second part two leaders were chosen inside each team and the discussion started.
The counselors and teachers made a separate group.

Then those leaders reported on the group's suggestions. "Invite exchange students from English-speaking countries", "Going outside to the park", "20-minute Lessons","More communication with other groups", etc. Everything was filmed.

We are proud of our Access graduates speaking fluently while dicsussing and reporting the results!

NATE Impressions

2009-06-29T18:55:00.004+04:00

Our teachers have returned! Having arrived late at night they managed to come to the Summer Camp in the early morning.

On June 25 there was a workshop "Access Microscholarship Program in Russia" under the guidance of V. Shvaiko (Ufa Access).

On June 26and on June 27
Our manager Bossia K. participated in several sections: she reported on
"Lessons in Kindness - Accessing English Through Students' Stories" and "Acquiring English as a Second Language in the USA: Some Practical Implications for Language Teaching".
Bossia K. showed the book of the Access students' stories.

Reading the XV NATE Conference program I met several names of the online course Alumni.
I expect our teachers to share their impressions on Kazan NATE.

Filming

2009-06-29T17:24:00.004+04:00

The centre of the city was greatly impressed by the rainbow of the teens and adults in bright T-shirts. Not only our Media Team, but also some citizens took a lot of pictures of the campers. But only our Media Team is going to film the campers.

Word of the Day (21) Love

2009-06-29T17:17:00.003+04:00

Love

Love

Love

Feelings of love

Love Associations from Blue Bikini Bottom Team

Teen Film

2009-06-27T18:48:00.002+04:00

We watched the film Bring It On: In It to Win It. Ashley Benson as Carson and Michael Copon as Penn were a nice pair.

Revision Lesson

2009-06-27T18:46:00.002+04:00

As there was no Internet connection, the students revised the vocabulary on Ireland.

Compare this peony from the school greenhouse with the peony rose from Ireland.

Word of the Day (20) Proud

2009-06-27T18:03:00.002+04:00

Proud

proud

Beauty Contest With Irish Song

2009-06-26T18:19:00.002+04:00

Today's lesson was devoted to the song "The Rose of Tralee".
After the first listening the students read the story offered by the Rose of Tralee festival. Then they compared this story with the facts at Wikipedia.
Of course, the texts had been shortened.

Word of the Day (19) Dream

2009-06-26T06:11:00.002+04:00

Dream

Dream (Macmillan Dictionary)

Songs on/about Dream

Films tagged with dream

Improving English

2009-06-25T22:37:00.003+04:00

Orange Cheetos Albina is improving her English. She uses one of numerous test books offered by the publishing houses. One of her questions was : "Can I say 'a bit of money'?"

Creativity in Action

2009-06-25T20:58:00.003+04:00

While playing 'volleyball' there was one damage - to the Yellow Submarine Mergen's flip-flop/thong. The side strap flew out of its place and the boy had to use a stick, a stone, a pen and two pencils to put it back.

Two Camps Meet

2009-06-25T20:52:00.004+04:00

Our English-speaking campers showed a kind of exercise: 'right hand, left hand...'. The younger campers followed with enthusiasm. Red Counselor Natasha M. was the leader.

Happy Birthday!

2009-06-25T20:32:00.003+04:00

One of the Orange Cheetos campers - Lyuba M. - celebrated her birthday.
Happy Birthday, Lyuba! Many happy returns of the day! Be always a success at English!

No Admittance!

2009-06-25T20:19:00.003+04:00

The campers are rehearsing and they do not allow their teachers to watch their acting.

Sports

2009-06-25T20:07:00.003+04:00

We read some facts about hurling, the world fastest game. But we played 'volleyball' in the school yard. By the way, I did not find the description of this popular type, that is , playing without the net, standing in the circle. I suspect there is a special name of this game?!

Word of the Day (18) Creativity

2009-06-25T06:42:00.005+04:00

Creativity

Creativity (Wikipedia)

Creativity (Solutions to the Problems)

Creativity (Creativity for Life)

Creativity (The European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009)

"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun." Mary Lou Cook

Creativity: Campers' Associations

Twister Playing

2009-06-24T20:16:00.002+04:00

Twister playing is very popular with the campers. The plastic mat is being carried from one team room to the other. The students from different teams play together.

Throwing of Water

2009-06-24T20:11:00.002+04:00

It has been the 'most hottest' day (I insist on this wrong grammar to underline the heat inside and outside!)!
The campers and counselors have been roaming with plastic bottles and throwing water! I hope it helped a little bit.

Preparing Scripts for Closing

2009-06-24T20:07:00.001+04:00

All teams are preparing scripts for the coming Closing Ceremony. It is nice that not only counselors, but also the campers have offered their own ideas.

Ireland Through Video (3)

2009-06-24T19:46:00.003+04:00

The campers were watching the silent - without any comment, accompanied by music - videofilm about Ireland. They were commenting it, using the words and phrases from the previous video. Of course, there wasn't any exact matching, but in most of cases the picture and the comment matched perfectly. For example, enchanting beauty...love for horses...sophisticated shopping...greatest tresure...experience the warmth of the Irish welcome...
Photo

Word of the Day (17) Home

2009-06-24T07:40:00.004+04:00

Home

Each Irish Emerald contributed to this sheet of green paper with associations.

home and its collocations (Cambridge Dictionary)

Karaoke Contest

2009-06-23T18:21:00.005+04:00

So many songs, so much laugh...Our counselors have done their best!

The counselors offered to start with the team singing. After drawing lots:
Red Brats "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Orange Cheetos "YMCA"
Yellow Submarine "Yellow Submarine"
Blue Bikini Bottom "Since you've been gone"
Green Irish Emerald "Oops, I did it again"

Then a solo singing followed.
Orange Luaba M. "Only You"
Yellow Danzan L. "Black or White'
Blue Altana D. "I will always love you"
Green Jenya B. "Waiting For Tonight"
Red Lera B. "Summer Moved On"

The jury - Galina V.Z., Tatiana A., Valentina E. - decided that everybody was a winner.
The Funniest Singer Danzan
The Most Professional Singer Altana
The Most Arttistic Singer Jenya
The Best Dancing Groupe Red

Ireland through Skills: Irish Americans

2009-06-23T18:18:00.002+04:00

Starting again with "Dear Old Donegal" song we went on to discuss hardships of the Irish immigrants in the 19th century. The tasks were very hard.

'Irish-Americans had moved from the position of the despised to the oval office.'
We tried to understand the idea of this final phrase. Only one boy - Danzan L. from Yellow Submarine - knew the exact meaning of the phrase 'the oval office'.

Word of the Day (16) Health

2009-06-23T18:16:00.003+04:00

Health

Оньдин цаhан хаалhта болтн!

2009-06-23T07:22:00.002+04:00

Let the road always be white!

Almost all our teachers are leaving for Kazan / Казань to take part in the NATE conference.

Good-bye, Professor Leskes and Mr. Ward!

2009-06-22T19:34:00.003+04:00

Dear American guests made a farewell speech in front of the campers. They reminded us of this brilliant opportunity given to each to speak English.They were so persuasive that my Irish Emerald tried to speak English, even though adding from time to time that their English was bad. I liked my speaking English with Ars who is eager to become an Access student. He is so enthusiastic!
So, if there is a possibility, why not organize one more school group?!

Sports Day: Green Win Pink Prize

2009-06-22T18:15:00.004+04:00

Our counselors organized playing volleyball. Green Irish Emerald has won a large cake! The pink cake with the campers around it was being photographed by several photographers as if it were a Final Cup! Green campers felt so proud!

The Previous Week of Our Camplife

2009-06-22T18:09:00.004+04:00

So, the third week of our camplife has begun. It is so fast, guess, because it's so eventful. So was the previous week: Indigenous people's stories dramatised by the kids were, I think, a great success! The actors were fantastic and really enjoyed what they were doing on the stage. Hope that coming events are going to be as colourful as this one. Way to go!

Ireland: E-Painting and Singing

2009-06-22T18:04:00.003+04:00

As I had guessed there was no Internet connection and the students e-painted the characters from the Irish songs learnt earlier.
Blue Bikini Amulya e-drew, then together with Blue Bikini Altana D. sang "Molly Malone".
Red Brats Ghylyana, Vanya O. and Temir K.were the only campers who managed to e-paint a horse from "The Wild Colonial Boy".

Word of the Day (15) Knowledge

2009-06-22T07:22:00.003+04:00

Knowledge

Compare our Word of the Day with one more Word of the Day.

Ireland Through Comps (5), or Let's paint

2009-06-22T07:10:00.005+04:00

On Saturday there were created wonderful illustrations to the Irish songs.
Now I want the campers to use Paint to create e-pictures to the songs.

Follow this route:
Пуск - Все программы - Стандартные - Paint.

Around English-speaking countries... England

2009-06-21T00:10:00.004+04:00

The teams got two tasks. Both tasks had time limitations.

They should put the names of the English counties in the alphabetical order as fast as possoble.
The team should create a story about two pictures. The funnier story is, the better it is.

All the stories were great!
But the story of the Yellow Submarine Team was the funniest and the most interesting!

Professor Leskes and her husband Mr. Ward

2009-06-20T23:38:00.007+04:00

Vivian Leskes Ward attended classes

Frank Ward is a professional photographer.

He gave us some very good lessons.

when we were going around the school yard, he found an american flag:)

Stories of Indigenous people of English-speaking countries

2009-06-20T23:27:00.007+04:00

Prize Goes To...

2009-06-20T21:31:00.003+04:00

Big and smaller pizzas were the delicious prizes! I think everybody got hungry after travelling around five countries for only one hour!

Professor Leskes in Assembly Hall

2009-06-20T21:07:00.002+04:00

Professor Leskes talked with the campers .

Open Lessons. Ireland Through Comps (4)

2009-06-20T20:54:00.005+04:00

Our guest teachers were shown the two blogs of Access School and Summer Camp. We were exploring various gadgets, links, labels and words of the day.

Word of the Day (14) Confident

2009-06-20T20:34:00.002+04:00

Confident

The quotation from the interview with 'Harry Potter' actors and the director of the films:

QUESTION: Does being a movie star help overcome shyness?
RUPERT GRINT: I’ve always been a bit shy, but I do feel more confident now, yeah.

Around English-speaking Countries...Ireland

2009-06-20T20:08:00.005+04:00

The teams were to work together and fulfill five tasks, based on our lessons “Ireland through Music”: Crying Cockles and Mussels and Travelling with Irish Songs.
In some teams their counselors organized the work successfully, though they didn’t attend my lessons, but they asked questions and the campers explained to them what they remembered after my lessons.

In some teams ( Yellow Submarine and Blue Team) the campers managed to do everything by themselves.
Green (Irish Emerald) surprised me by their Gaelic greeting Fáilte!
Among the song characters Molly Malone was Number One. The Wild Colonial Boy was Number Two. That’s why, most teams mimed their meeting. Orange Canada Cheetos remembered the lucky immigrant from Dear Old Donegal.

Red Team received the highest marks in this ‘Irish’ contest.

The tasks were performed in different ways. Look through my Photo Album!
All the teams were accompanied by our guest teachers, sometimes being outnumbered by the guests. The teachers were enthusiastic like our campers, some gave some advice.
Everybody did their best!

Around the English Speaking Countries in One Hour- USA

2009-06-20T16:38:00.004+04:00

The activity 'Around the English Speaking Countries in One Hour' concluded our week which was full of events for both teachers and students. Each group was given ten minutes with each teacher who asked them to fulfill a certain task. Teams who visited the station on the USA were tasked with remembering Native American sign language. They first had to work together to determine what they thought different pictures were depicting. To provide a few examples, students had to try and decide on the signs for peace, war, to lie, chief, and a woman. Then as a group, ranging in size from 6-12 today, had to imitate the signs. All the groups were terrific and were so enthusiastic throughout the activity!

Poster Contest

2009-06-19T22:25:00.001+04:00

The teams presented their posters with their countries profiles.

Stories of Indigenous People

2009-06-19T21:44:00.003+04:00

All five teams presented their dramatizations of stories of indigenous people from their respective countries. The guest teachers were the jury.

No Russian!

2009-06-19T21:41:00.003+04:00

The article was published in the newspaper "Elistinskaya Panorama".

Green Certificate From Green Team

2009-06-19T21:26:00.002+04:00

Alta K.,a girl from Green Team, has been succesful in the secondary school, in the Access school and in the Summer Camp. She has managed to find time for everything. She has just received the Green Certificate (=Excellent marks)after finishing the ninth form.Congratulations!

Professor Leskes and Her Workshops

2009-06-19T21:19:00.002+04:00

Professor Vivian Leskes Ward from Holyoke Community College (HCC), Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA has led two workshops for the teachers of English today.

American Professor with Campers

2009-06-19T21:15:00.001+04:00

Professor Leskes met the students during their Team Time.

Travelling With Irish Songs

2009-06-19T19:25:00.002+04:00

One more lesson of "Ireland through Music". The campers were offered to listen three songs, one by one, without the lyrics. The Big Question was written on the board: "What is the general idea of the three songs?"

"Dear Old Donegal"

"The Wild Colonial Boy"

"If We Only Had Old Ireland Over Here"

The students' suggestions were the following: love for Ireland, travelling, English-speaking countries,love.
Then the lyrics were read and discussed. The lucky and unlucky fates were mentioned.

Word of the Day (13)

2009-06-19T19:20:00.001+04:00

Attitude

attitude

Seminar Photo Report

2009-06-19T00:04:00.006+04:00

some photos from the Seminar

Our Media Team

2009-06-18T23:37:00.000+04:00

Our Media Team was doing a great job.

Open Lessons

2009-06-18T23:35:00.003+04:00

Our guest teachers attended our lessons.
Mine was Sports.

Summer Camp Open Days

2009-06-18T23:34:00.003+04:00

Professional Development Seminar Programme

One more great project! The Summer Camp opens the doors to the school and university teachers of English from the whole republic!

Word of the Day (12)

2009-06-18T23:30:00.004+04:00

Talent

Read about "Britain's Got Talent" television contest.
The Final Talent Show

Rehearsals Again

2009-06-18T23:30:00.003+04:00

All teams are rehearsing.

Word of the Day (11)

2009-06-17T22:27:00.001+04:00

Inspiration

What Legends to Choose?!

2009-06-17T20:16:00.002+04:00

We went on preparing for the next activity. We needed something to dramatize. The campers rejected various fairy tales and legends. But then everybody agreed. I am keeping it secret!

Ireland Through Video (2)

2009-06-17T20:10:00.002+04:00

The second part of the video was devoted to the enchanting beauty of Ireland. We discussed love of song, dance and laughter and compared it with love for horses.

Natural Wonders of America

2009-06-16T23:08:00.004+04:00

It was a fun-filled day at the camp thanks largely in part to 'mismatch color day.' Students started getting ready when they first arrived. We still had regular lessons and today students had an opportunity to learn about seven natural wonders of America. They read a text and saw a presentation which included 'Old Faithful,' 'Niagara Falls,' and the giant redwood trees of California.

Updated Links

2009-06-16T20:58:00.004+04:00

The links to the English Language Office Programs have been updated! Pink acacia in one of the central streets

Mismatch Colour Day from the USA

2009-06-16T20:11:00.004+04:00

"Michelle Versace' and Tamara Z. K. (teachers with a huge sense of humour!) with the symbol of their Red team Brats

Photo by Kema I., Paparazzi Team

Mismatch Colour Day = Grand Talent Show

2009-06-16T19:32:00.006+04:00

Mismatch Colour Day is getting better and better. All teams have demonstrated that every member is talented! The teachers and councelors joined too. It was almost impossible for the jury to decide a winner. The host was great! The school vice-principal (the man of all missions!)encouraged the students while we were waiting for the results. The councelors were singing and dancing.
I am looking forward to the posts and comments from the participants! There were 11 nominations. I am so proud that three 'Irish Emeralds' have been awarded!

The jury with 'Michelle Versace'! The fashion show

Local Press Visits

2009-06-16T19:27:00.004+04:00

Journalist Victoria from the local newspaper "Elistinskaya Panorama" talks with our councelors, FLEX alumni. An article about the Summer Camp is expected.

Mismatch Color Day

2009-06-16T19:24:00.006+04:00

the most colourful day in my life :)

Ireland Through Symbols

2009-06-16T18:54:00.005+04:00

The students read and discussed the ancient Irish symbols. When we touched upon 'the deer being the oldest creature...', I got surprised to hear that the boy from "Ireland' had read about the Celtic mythology. The board shows the words that the students were eager to put down. One boy tried to come out several times!
Do you know the Irish symbols? What is the most fascinating for you?

Word of the Day (10)

2009-06-16T18:38:00.003+04:00

Glory (Merriam-Webster)

glory (Cambridge Dictionary Online)

glory (Oxford Dictionary Online)

glory (Collins English Dictionary Online)

glory (Longman English Dictionary Online)

What definitions did you like best? What examples did you remember?

Bikini Bottom - talented team

2009-06-16T01:52:00.005+04:00

During the work in our summer camp I have noticed that ´Bikini Bottom´ is rather active and creative team. They draw, sing, dance very well. Some students have acting technique.

SPORTS CLASSES

2009-06-15T22:17:00.004+04:00

Summer camp is in full swing and all the students as well as teachers are literally "bursting" with ideas of making our camp a better place.
Here's something I came up with during my sports lessons: to jazz up your lessons you don't neccessarily need to reinvent a bicycle- you may combine and mix the existing ideas and get something new and fresh.
That's exactly how we got "FREEBALL" (combined version of frisbee and football) and "FREELING" (frisbee + bowling). Full description is viewable here.

Cafeteria

2009-06-15T17:34:00.003+04:00

Today's sacred History EGE [Unified National Exam] prevented us from having our regular classes. And the cafeteria has become our large room for tasty lunch,Team Work and a small birthday party.

Word of the Day (9)

2009-06-15T17:19:00.002+04:00

Tolerance

Helping Kids and Teens Learn Tolerance and Understanding

Teaching tolerance is important not just because it is part of our American heritage, but because the person who learns to be open to differences will have more opportunities in education, business, and many other aspects of life.

Around English-speaking Countries

2009-06-15T11:55:00.006+04:00

Dear kids and teens,
Be active and careful at any lesson! Learn as much as possible! Get ready to the game "Around the English-speaking countries"!
By the way, what does this rose remind you of?

Ireland Through Comps (3)

2009-06-15T07:52:00.008+04:00

Today we are going to explore one of the Irish cities - Cork.

Click the green link, Go and watch the images. Choose the image you like, read the caption, answer the questions and publish your comment.
1. Choose 1 image to learn about the river in Cork. What kind of river is it?
2. Choose 1 image of President Kennedy in Cork. Which one did you select?
3. Choose 1 image of St.Finbarr. What or Who is it?
4. Choose 1 image of the Blarney castle. Why did you find it the most exciting?
5. Choose 1 image of the stone circle. How old is it?
6. Choose 1 image to learn about a bridge. Would you like to walk there?
7. Choose 1 image of Maguire. What did you read about him?
8. Choose 1 image of Famine Pot. What does it symbolise?
9. Choose 1 image of the marsh. What is its name?
10. Choose 1 image of the ferry. Which did you like best of all?

How many tasks did you cope with?

Music: Old and New

2009-06-14T09:33:00.003+04:00

On Saturday students had a relaxing day listening to some old and new American music. They learned the famous African-American spiritual 'We shall overcome' in addition to 'Listen to your heart' and 'the YMCA.' While learning and singing the YMCA, the students performed the dance that accompanies the song!

Afternoon Snack

2009-06-13T18:43:00.002+04:00

Oranges, nectarines (smooth peaches), ice-cream, corn sticks... vary from day to day.

Movie Theatre

2009-06-13T18:19:00.002+04:00

"Dead Poets Society" (with subtitles) is a touching American film. We watched it with great interest.

Preparing For Activities

2009-06-13T18:09:00.003+04:00

During Team Work the students discussed what stories to choose for drama next week.
'Canada' were enthusiastic, indeed.

Ireland Through Comps (2)

2009-06-13T17:58:00.004+04:00

Three groups ( a short day on Saturday)explored the Irish symbols. The wolfhound is the most fascinatiing.

Word of the Day (8)

2009-06-13T17:50:00.003+04:00

'Irish Emerald' present their 'care'.

D...P...S... a Peter Weir Film

2009-06-12T20:35:00.004+04:00

Tomorrow it is Cinema Day. The Summer Camp will be watching the American film.

These words and phrases are the key ones to understand the ideas.

Look up in the dictionary below.

four pillars of…
dedication
replacement disappoint roommate homework assignment
invincible to be destined rip off passion
may contribute a verse encourage old annual
sorrow stop chattering = shut up
tired exhausted morose
Strive to find your own voice
Desperation Compose your own poem Good effort
Revelation Worthless Embarrassing
Maintain own beliefs Your own walk
Guilty person Avoid expulsion
Unauthorized methods of Courtyard clapping in unison
Time for caution
Deliberately deceive sacrifice Distract from…
Dutiful son a whim Promise Swear
Infuriating Opportunities
Trustees A scapegoat Expelled
Victim Responsible A source of inspiration reckless

From Door To Door = Talent Show 2

2009-06-12T09:54:00.006+04:00

Look what has been done during Team Work! With and without our councelors and teachers!

No Lessons (3)

2009-06-12T09:28:00.002+04:00

Russia Day

Compare:

Australia Day

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St.Patrick's Day
(Ireland)

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Getting Acquainted = Talent Show

2009-06-11T21:31:00.002+04:00

Our cultural event today was Getting Acquainted. Each team demonstrated their talents in dancing, singing, playing dombras and guitars, wrestling and fluent English.
Each team proved to be friendly and high-spirited.

Independent. Absolutely Independent

2009-06-11T21:20:00.002+04:00

My 'Ireland' team worked absolutely independent today.
No councelor (fell ill), no teacher (exam at University).
But they managed to design and make the flag of the team.
The title is also their invention.
I am so proud of them!