Do you enjoy our English decade? I do! It shows us that our pupils know English very well, they like it & do their best to emprove it.
On the 4-th of February the 8-th formers had a lesson "My Star Time" We went across our book "Oxford Team-III" We revised vocabulary, grammar & spoke oll the themes we learnt. The best knowlledge was shown by Anna Slaboshpyts'ka, Lidia Chorna, Maxym Sokolov, Maryna Stepanyuk, Olexiy Podayko, Kateryna pogribna & others.
On the 10-th of February the 11- formers had the lesson "Sweet Teens of Elevenformers" You know that "teens" means 16,17 -the time of being a teenager. It's, of course the b
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It'f fun for teachers and students to participate in the Foreign Language Week activities in the gymnasium.
One of them was the intellectual game "English and American Writers", and I was invited as a member of jury.
The game was based on the information taken from the books which had been read by the students before.
The tasks for the students were prepared by their teacher of English Olena Mykolayivna Shatrova who has been teaching them since they were in the 5th form.
- About forty pupils work on our website, - Natalia Ivanivna began. - But today the weather is rainy and cold, children are hungry and tired after school, that's why only the most enthuziastic are present here. - She pointed at us. We six stood in the American House (ETRC) in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
- Well, I'm very glad to see all of them, - Tom Tasker smiled.
Thomas Tasker is a Senior English Language Fellow, a grantee of the U.S. State Department program. He's going to stay in Ukraine for a year. He teaches our Ukrainian teachers of English to use new technologies. By the way, it's he who inspired Natalia Ivanivna, Tetyana Dmytrivna and Tetyana Oleksandrivna to create our website.
On 30 December "Troyeshchyna" gymnasium received wonderful news. The gymnasium got a status oftheexcellent educational establishment!!! Hurrah!!! We did it!!! We? Yes!!! The teachers and the students!!!
The first semester of the school year is over. The students left the gymnasium for their homes.
They are making plans how to better celebrate the New Year and Christmas. The teachers of foreign languages met in a cafe to say thank you to each other for the year spent together
in the gymnasium and to wish all the best in the New Year.
What a joy it was to tell jokes, to make plans for trips in the new year and experi
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We are looking forward to New Year! But do you know about the next holiday which is celebrated on the 1 January? It's the First Foot. The First Foot is the first visitor to enter the house on New Year's morning.He comes as early as possible. He usually brings presents, such as a bunch of eve
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The New Year is one of the oldest festivals of the world, dating back to the pre historic era. The earliest instance of New Year is found in Mesopotamian culture. It was about 2000 BC, when the people of Babylon used to observe New Year celebrations on the day of the Vernal Equinox that is during the middle of March. It was the Romans, who recognized March 1 as New Year Day in their calendar.
Until XV century in Russ a new year was celebrated also on March 1 by the Julian calendar. From XV century, a new year began on September 1. In 1700 by decree of Tsar Peter I the New Year in the Russian Empire is celebrated on January 1.
This is still not the end of the New Year History. Several new calendars were been devised. Julius Caesar implemented
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Approximately twenty years ago children wore strictly school uniform at school. But since the 1990s school uniform has been cancelled. Children chose themselves a school dress. Anyway, many schools nowadays have school uniform. Is it good or had? This question has both advantages and disadvantages.
Now, let`s consider positive aspects.
Firstly, the school uniform has strictness which make children study at school more seriously.
Further more, school uniform makes children more disciplined.
More than that it isn`t very expensive. And every family can afford to buy it.
More over, school uniform removes social inequality because both rich and poor children wear the same clothes.
Further more, there is no such a question what to put on in the morning. Now, let`s pay our attention, to
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Nowadays there are many TV shows on. All they are looking for talented people of all ages. Our student self-government was inspired by them and decided to hold this popular contest in our school.
On November, 2-3, after lessons, any pupil of any form could come and audition. There were four nominations: singing, dancing, instrumental and declamation. The jury (some representatives of student self-government, a teacher-organizer and a head teacher Rohogyna Tetyana Oleksiivna) chose 38 lucky contestants from 60, and they got to the next round. It went off on November, 16.
The final round of contest is going to be held at the beginning of December. Organizers promise it will be a great show!
Wait for the interview with contest directors tonight!
- We chose 13 star items. All they are brilliant, and we are very glad that our gymnasium has got
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We made a survey among pupils of 8-B form. Here are what we got.
Pupils understand that school uniform is necessary. Firstly, it saves our time in the morning, 'cause we don't have much clothes to choose between. It also saves parents' money. Then, school uniform don't separate poor children and rich ones, so that they can feel themselves equal. Secondly, it mobilizes us to study. Pupils aren't distracted by viewing others' clothing. Finally, uniform makes us feel like members of one community.
But all the pupils think gymnasium authority should make school uniform more colourful, comfortable and modern. For example, they should canceal classical jackets and introduse pretty belts, or scarves, or ties. We propose to make different colours for different ages, for example, yellow ties for fift
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Today on 15 November I visited the ETRC(English Teaching Resource Centre) and met with Mr Thomas Tasker, Senior English Language Fellow, a grantee of the U.S. State Department program, and with the teachers - members of the New Technology group.
I told them about the projects that are being created by "Troyeshchyna" gymnasium 7-8 grade students.
The teachers were very interested and impressed by the amount of work done by the students.
I hope you enjoy listening to Mr Thom
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Today there was a meeting in "Troyeshchyna" gymnasium.
Students of 7 and 8 forms greeted war veterans and listened to their stories about the war of 1941-1945.
I was greatly impressed by the presentations which the pupils prepared, by the poems which they dedicated to the war, by the words they found to greet veterans.
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' clothing. Finally, uniform makes us feel like members of one community. 
