2nd English Edition EUROKIDS 24 NEWS - April 2019

Eurokids 24 News

The European School Newspaper created by students

Number 2

April 2019

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Interview with Mihai

Chirica, Mayor of Iasi

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SCHOOL NEWS

Christmas meetings in our classrooms

Class Eves and various performances are organized in our school every year. My class had a Christmas Eve in the sports hall. We give each other gifts but before all this is a lottery who gives presents to whom. For the Christmas Eve we brought different dishes this year, I brought fruit. At the first hour in the school there was a Nativity play which reminded different traditions. In our school there was even a competition for the best decorated class for Christmas.

Agnieszka, 6th grade

In my school everyone has Christmas Eve on the same day. There is always on a Nativity play in the first lesson. This year our class Christmas Eve was superb. Everyone got presents up to 40 zlotys. I got the ball and sweets. My class has Christmas Eve in the sports hall and always after eating and cleaning we can enter the hall and play the ball and have a good time. This year we played a few hours. Our class Christmas Eve was a very nice day.

Kamil, 6th grade

Women's Day

Women's Day is an annual holiday that has been celebrated since 1910. The first holiday was celebrated on February 28, 1909, established by the Socialist Party of America after the riots and strikes in New York, and the original Women's Day can be celebrated in ancient Rome, Matronalia, a holiday that fell on the first week of March.Nowadays, this holiday takes place on March 8th.Women's Day is currently an official holiday in Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Laos, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Italy and Zambia. We celebrated Women's Day in our school on 11th March when a few students made a performance­ they were dancing, playing the violin and making funny sketches,

We wish all women the best of luck!

Nativity play in our school

Nativity play at our school is an annual tradition organized by student selfgovernment and teachers. This year me and my friend dealt with technical matters. I was responsible for the music and my friend for the sound system and microphones. There were a lot of elderly people who shared a wafer. Everyone won some kind of prize and everyone was happy. I like to go to the nativity play. There is a very nice atmosphere there and this time I could help with the organisation.

Created by students and teachers from Poland

February in our school

VALENTINE'S DAY

On the 14h of February Valentine's Day was celebrated in our school. This is the feast of Valentine, the patron saint of lovers.

In our school everyone coud send a Valentine card. In my opinion, this is a very nice custom. Most of us like this day, everyone gets some gifts, it's very nice.

CARNIVAL PARTY

In the last week of February, a carnival party was organised in our school. There were actually two parties: for younger students during lessons and for older students after lessons. Students from lower classes were wearing various fancy dresses. All the students could buy some snacks and drinks in a shop specially organised for this occasion.

Looking forward to visiting France ...

Here you can find short desciptions and pictures of places that we are going to visit in April 2019. It will take place in France, but Geneve is also included here as this is the place of our arriva and departure. We are looking forward to visiting all these interesting places and meeting amazing people there. :)

Albertville is a commune in the département of Sabaudia in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. According to data for 1990, the municipality was inhabited by 17,411 people, and population density was 993 people / km2 (among 2880 communes of the Rhône-Alpes region Albertville ranks 42nd in terms of population, while in terms of space on the site 622.) Albertville is a great holiday resort in Sabaudia, in the French Alps. In 1992, the Winter Olympics were held in Albertville.

Ugine is a town which is located in France. Near the village there are mountains of the Alps. In ugine there is a school to which I go within the framework of the project. It is a town of 7 042 people. This village is located in the south of France. Ugine is very close to the mountains.

Albertville

Looking forward to visiting France ...

Annecy is a village and municipality in France, in the Auvergne-Rodan-Alpes region, in the department of Upper Sabaudia. In 2013 the population of the municipality was 54,087 inhabitants. The municipality was also a candidate for the organisation of the Olympic Winter Games in 2018, but lost to Munich and later the triumphant, Piongchenko. The city is also known for organising the International Animation Festival since 1976.The first Carrefour hypermarket was opened in the city in June 1960.Annecy also has its own flag and coat of arms.

Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Population: 177,964 The municipality (ville de Genève) has a population of 200,548, and the canton (essentially the city and its inner-ring suburbs) has 495,249 residents. In 2014, Grand Genève had 946,000 inhabitants in 212 communities in both Switzerland and France. Within Swiss territory, the commuter area named "Métropole lémanique" contains a population of 1.26 million. This area is essentially spread east from Geneva towards the Riviera area (Vevey, Montreux) and north-east towards Yverdon-les-Bains.

Annecy

Geneve

St. Nicholas' Day

Santa Claus visited our school on December 6. He came to classes 13. However, other classes went on Santa Claus trips.

Smaller children from school went on a trip to the cinema

School News from CEIP  Marina de Cudeyo, Spain

Visit from Estela Basketball Club to our school and interview in English to the American players:

Our Year 6 A and Year 4 A groups prepared two interviews to the American basketball players in English and enjoyed talking to them about their likes, everyday lives and the differences between the USA and Spain

Our Year 6 A and Year 4 A groups prepared two interviews to the American basketball players in English and enjoyed talking to them about their likes, everyday lives and the differences between the USA and Spain.

CLICK on the picture to see a short video of some of the questions from Year 6 A Interview and to listen to both interviews on our school radio, Eurokids 24 News:

Created by students and teachers from Spain

School News from CEIP  Marina de Cudeyo, Spain

Wall Displays about France, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria created by our students!

Our studentsSpanishhave been designing wall displays at CEIP Marina de Cudeyo to show informationimportant from our partner countries in Eurokids 24 News Erasmus project. Here you can see some examples from Year 5 wall display about France

Created by students and teachers from Spain

Marina de Cudeyo, Spain

Tertulias Dialogicas, Literary Ready Circles:

By Gala, Javier, Diego and Sofia ­ Year 5B

Tertulias Dialogicas, Dialogic Literary Circles, is a reading group at C.E.I.P. Marina de Cudeyo, formed with students, parents and teachers who meet to read the look together one monday at month. Barbara Monar is the teacher coordinator and other teachers participating in it are Gemma, JuanFran and Marian.

During the meetings we choose two paragraphs from the books and we talk what we think about the main ideas. It is fun and educational. We choose two paragraphs and we talk about what we think. This year we are reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. In conclusion we like to attend these Literary Circles because we learn a lot and enjoy reading with others.

Created by students and teachers from Spain

School News from CEIP  Marina de Cudeyo, Spain

Entre Espacios art exhibition created by our students and shown at Botin Centre through Fundacion Botin!

Our Year 5 and 6 students have participated in an Art throughproject Fundacion Botin to create a wall display in our school and show pieces of work at the Centre Botin in Santander

School News from CEIP  Marina de Cudeyo, Spain

Our Year 3 students have designed the cover of a book and described the main characters.

School News from CEIP  Marina de Cudeyo, Spain

Our Year 1 and 2 students (from 6 to 8 years old) have learnt about the solar system. In these pictures we are playing games to practice colours, numbers, the name of the planets and their size.

Created by students and teachers from Spain

School News from CEIP  Marina de Cudeyo, Spain

Our Year 3 students have designed the cover of a book and described the main characters.

... and the winner was: Victor B. from Year 4

Food trucks

We saw a food truck competition organized by an English teacher. We went to an exhibition of food trucks. An English teacher did it with the 4eme . We saw all the food trucks and we chose our favorite food trucks. My favorite food truck was the Spanish one because I love paella. The favorite food truck of the classroom was the ice cream. We think it was original to organize an exhibition like that. We would like to do it next year in English. I like to learn a language with activities and exercises. It's cool and I can remember faster.

Journalists from 5èmes

Winter E Twinning project: let's fly together

We are doing a project with Germany and Poland. The name is "Let's fly together" on E twinning. We take pictures, we write texts and we exchange. it's fun, we love it. We learn grammar and we play.

Journalists from grade 6 p. 19

Biathlon with instructors

Tuesday 19th March, I went to cross country skiing. We did biathlon with instructors and gym teachers. I looked at the mountains, they were very beautiful. It was very hot I put sun cream. My face is redBiathlon is cool you ski and you shoot on a target. You use a rifle. It was in Les Saisies . We loved it.

We are cooking

Children from kindergarten "Bratya Grimm" prepared Bulgarian traditional cold soup tarator. Then they enjoyed the taste.

Celebration

Children from the "Little Red Riding   Hood" group greeted their mothers with a traditional celebration for the  International Women's Day ­ 8 March. The children danced, sang songs and gave flowers and handmade gifts.

Visit to TV Shumen

Participation in a television broadcast of Shumen TV. The children told about the radio reports they made on the project "Eurokids24news" in the kindergarten "Bratya Grimm". The forthcoming project activities were also discussed.

We supported people with Down syndrome

Each year the children from the "Brаtya Grimm" Kindergarten planted flowers in the courtyard of the kindergarten

We regularly visit the library and read our favorite stories

We was in the stage of Teatrical festival for children "Kolombina"

We made Easter cards for friends

We jumped over a fire on the Annunciation ­ the day that Mary realizes she will become a mother

LOCAL NEWS

Overview of our town, Marina de Cudeyo, next to the City of Santander and by the Atlantic Ocean:

Towns in Marina de Cudeyo:

Pontejos

Gajano

Rubayo Setien

Elechas

Pedreña

Aguero

What we want to improve in our towns in Marina de Cudeyo:

Dirty parks in Pedreña

By Miguel B

I live in Pedreña

Cantabria. Pedreña has six restaurants, two golf fields, a beach, two peers, two parks, and not a lot of traffic. The parks are dirty, need more person of cleaning. We need more crosswalks and a bike lane, please!

ASTILLERO'S PARK

By Haniel 9 years old

There is a very old spiderweb in Astillero with fat but a little worn strings and it is dangerous because children can jump and break a rope.

The mast when you get up wobbles a bit and it seems that you are going to fall to the ground and it is very scary.

I ask that they put a new spiderweb in the shape of a pyramid because the parents will not let them climb the children for fear of falling.

Created by students and teachers from Spain

Pieces of news written by 9, 10 and 11 years old students about their towns:

Nativity play in our school WINTER SPECIAL

The Ski resort of LES SAISIES

I ski in the mountains, in France in Savoie  and I love the ski resort of  les Saisies.

Where is les Saisies : it's is 30 km kilometres away from Albertville .

In les Saisies it is not very high like in Tignes  and you have a wonderful view on   Mont Blanc.

How is les Saisies :   We can ski ,snowshoe and cross country ski in winter.  There was the Olympics in Les Saisies in 1992.

We climb  on the chair lift , ski lift and gondola . But there is no gondola in Les Saisies .

To ski you must buy a ski pass .

It's more funny to go with your family or with your friends . You can come in the ski resort in summer too.

THE SKI EQUIPMENT :    A ski jacket to stay warm and dry  ,ski pants . When you fall  you must wear  a ski helmet to be well protected . You must wear ,glasses to avoid burning your eyes.  You must wear mittens to stay warm.

HAVE A NICE DAY  p.

a different sport and more FUN

SNOWBOARDING :  a different sport and more FUN

In this article we are going to talk about snowboard equipments. This sport is a little dangerous but it's really fun. To be protected,  it is necessary ski goggles rather than glasses because it's more secured if you fall.  Now , what about pants.?pants must be   a little baggy  and really comfortable. They can be multicolored , flashy  but if you want to take white trousers, it's OK but it can be dirty very fast. HUM ! HUM !  NOT SO GOOD. Let's talk about the  boots,  the snowboard and the gloves. The gloves most using are those of good brand ,hotter and more confortable. For the good quality the best brands are Rossignol (from France) Salomon ( from France of course ...) Scott from the USA and The North Face from  the USA. There are coats and headphones connected by bluetooth.  There are headphones or we can install camera on the helmet.   It's a good ideas for it's fun and practical. We wear more colors and brand clothes, because it brings us more comfort and protection.

The hibernation of the marmots in the mountains.

The hibernation of the marmots is like a long nap, it lasts for 5 months and the animals that hibernate are mainly bears but also marmots in our mountains. They hibernate in the mountains because it is their places of life, but before they stock food to survive. Once winter arrives, alpine marmots  huddle next to each other and begin hibernation, a process which lowers their heart rate to five beats per minute and breathing to 1­3 breaths per minute. During hibernation their stored fat supplies are used slowly, which usually allows them to survive the winter. Their body temperature will drop to almost the same as the air around them, although their heart and breathing rates will speed up if the environment approaches freezing point. When the heat is back, they wake up and they go outside

Avalanches can kill you...

The dangers of the mountains are important if you go off piste. So how to survive in an avalanche? Wear an airbag. Airbags can save your life by wearing the person's head out of the snow. It allows us to slip to the end of the avalanche. It is expensive but it can save your life!!! p.

Winter in Poland1st graders' drawings

Ski camp in Karpacz

On January 11th my teacher organizes an annual trip to Karpacz. This trip is very popular in my school. Many students go to Karpacz and everyone likes it because you can learn how to ski or snowboard there. I also go to Karpacz and I like it very much. I have been going there for 4 years and we also go on the promenade where you can buy many great things and I can't wait for the next trip.

Winter in Poland 1st graders' drawings

Winter in Poland

When it comes to weather, a New Year began in Poland not really interesting . Strong winds started to blow in our region. The wind blew up to 90 km/h. The Baltic Sea was dominated by a storm and the wind reached even 11 degrees on the Beaufort scale. In some seaside towns, beaches and piers were completely flooded and banned from entering, for example in Gdańsk. Warnings about violent winds, downpours and storms appeared in the media. It wasn't until 3 January that the winds calmed down and it started to snow in the morning. The joy was great, because we were all waiting for it with a desire.

Marie Marchand Arvier,  mother of an almost 2 year old daughter and an ex Champion skier

Marie on the podium, on the left with the great champion Lindsey Vonn

" When did you start skiing ?  I started at 2 years old with my parents in Les Vosges.

" When did you stop competition ? I stopped at the end of the 2015 winter season. " When did you become Vice champion of the world in the super G ?  I became silver medalist in February 2009, 10 years ago.

" How many world cup podiums did you win in your career? ­ I made 5 world cup podiums.

" What other sports do you like ? I love walking, playing tennis, wake surfing, cross country skiing and outdoor sports in general.

" What is your favorite free time activity ? I love cooking, gardening and building some stuff (the Do It Yourself) »

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Liz Harvey : Policewoman with RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)

in the North of Canada.

By Angelina, 3ème 2

Hello Angélina, my name is Liz. Here are some answers to your questions:

What studies have you done? I studied English, History, Russian and Japanese at University.  ­ Have you ever been shot or kicked? I have not been shot. I have been kicked in the chest a number of times, I have also been punched, including twice in the face, I've been spit on, and I've been scratched numerous times

How long have you been working in the police in Canada? I have been a police officer for just shy of 3 years

What outfit do you have all day? I wear Service Order 1 all day. Blue pants with a yellow stripe (not breeches­straight leg), grey shirt, duty belt, and bullet­proof vest, black boots, and a navy blue jacket. It usually weighs about 50 lbs.

What time do you wake up? I work an 8­day week, 5 on 3 off and the times vary. Somedays I get up at 0700 hrs and others closer to 1400 hrs ­ How many gallops do you have? I do not ride. Unless you join the Musical Ride Unit, you do not ride a horse.

Have you had any horse jumping or dressage events?

No. The Musical Ride unit is our Mounted Section. They o all those events. The closest I've come is lethal overwatch for the members

How many languages do you speak? I speak 4 languages, English, French, Russian, and Japanese  ­ Do you have your own horse? No

Have you ever arrested someone? I arrest numerous people daily. I could not speculate on a number, because it changes depending on call volume and the type of complaints I receive

Do you work at night? Yes. 3 out of my 5 shifts

Do you work in the winter snow? I live in the North, I police nearly half the year in snow. The winter in the North allows for ice roads which cut down on driving time. I have also policed in Victoria, where it only snowed one week of the year

Are you armed? Always on shift, it's part of my uniform

Do you wear a bulletproof vest? I do wear a vest, it's part of my uniform p. 42