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English Bridge Newsletter

January 2022

A new newsletter from the best place to learn in Osh! Hello, and welcome to the English Bridge Newsletter from KUPUEV ACADEMY. The newsletter is the brainchild of our director Aselia Kupueva, and brought to life by our native speaking English teacher Mr Gideon.

The newsletter is brought together by students and staff to celebrate achievements, to inform, to help, to teach and to entertain.

There are interviews done by students on teachers, so we can get to know them better. There are health tips from our sports teacher, and English learning tips from our Head of English, alongside reviews and recommendations about what to watch, read and listen to from the students who watch, read and listen to it.

Every month we will have our STUDENT OF THE MONTH section, where one student is selected from each grade, so we can get to know them too.

If you would like to comment, ask questions or even submit an article, please contact us.

So from all of the people involved in the making of this newsletter, we say WELCOME! and hope you enjoy it.

Vaccinations for staff at Kupuev Academy On Friday 28th January Staff were invited to come and have the Covid vaccination.

Among those having the vaccination was Ms Shirin.

We asked her why she was getting vaccinated today, she told us "Because I am careful of my health. I am thinking about my future and the future of my children that’s why I'm getting it." She went on to say that in her opinion it made sense to get the vaccination because teachers always work with a lot of students at school.

We then asked her what we can do to help stop the spread of Covid. She said "All students should have masks, and adults should be vaccinated."

When asked if she thought that everyone should be vaccinated she said "I can't say they should do it because it's their choice and no one can tell them to do it."

When we asked our newsletter's Editor-in Chief, Mr Gideon, what his thoughts were on getting vaccinated, he said "I think it just makes simple, logical sense. There is a virus that can affect our health, and there is a vaccine that can protect against it, it just seems illogical not to get the vaccination.

Photo credit: Mr. Gideon

Also, by getting the vaccination, we are helping to protect the children in our care. I think the first priority of every parent, teacher and anybody who deals with children, is to protect them. In my opinion getting the vaccine is one of the simplest and most logical way to do that."

We thenasked the academy director about her thoughts on the subject.

We are a school and we are stewards of the society as we teach kids sciences. If the science has proven that vaccinations save lives, it is our responsibility to get vaccinated. Its important that we protect ourselves, kids and those loved ones around us.

At the same time, I do not believe in mandatory vaccinations as I believe that every person has the right to make their decisions and face consequences from their own decisions. Its a very sensitive subject and difficult to balance individual freedoms and need for public health. However, we at school must provide opportunities to make vaccination process easy for our teachers and staff, English Bridge Newsletter. and we applaud all those Editor-in-Chief – Mr Gideon who got vaccinated this Assistant Editor – Mrs Aisulu week.

As for me personally, I got vaccinated three times (first two times with Sinofarm vaccine and third time with Pfizer booster).

Every time I got vaccinated as soon as the vaccines have become available to me.

Student contributions from: Abdykaimov Alikhan Dzhumabaev Umar Mirajuddin Salma Muralieva Aidana Osmonalieva Aleena Salyganova Gulzada Shafigulline Darika Contact kupuev.newsletter@gmail.com

A STUDENTS LIFE.

UPCOMING EVENTS IN FEBRUARY 2022 Article prepared by Shafigulline Darika

Interview by Abdykaimov Alikhan

1st - CHINESE NEW YEAR

Each month we will look into life through a students eyes, so we can see school life and the world from their perspective. This month we chose a student who came to Kupuev Academy a little later than others, to get his thoughts about the school.

IRELAND - IMBOLC - Imbolc is a Celtic festival celebrating the start of Spring USA - NATIONAL SERPENT DAY 2nd - INTERNATIONAL - WORLD READ ALOUD DAY 4th - UK/USA - WEAR RED DAY INTERNATIONAL - WORLD CANCER DAY

What is your name?

My name is Shambetov Erden.

What grade are you in?

I am in 8th grade.

6th - UK - ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST DAY 9th - USA - NATIONAL PIZZA DAY Photo credit: Mr. Gideon

When did you come to the Kupuev Academy?

I came to the Kupuev Academy on 19 October 2021.

Why Kupuev Academy?

It's a good school, it offers 3 meals a day, it doesn't require a school uniform and there are many friendly pupils.

11th - INTERNATIONAL - DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE 12th - INTERNATIONAL - RED HAND DAY - The International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers 14th - INTERNATIONAL - VALENTINES DAY INTERNATIONAL - LIBRARY LOVERS DAY 17th - USA - RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY

What was your first impression of the school?

I was surprised.

18th - UK - DRINK WINE DAY

Why were you surprised?

Because I met friends of mine who had left my old school and already come here.

22nd - INTERNATIONAL - WORLD THINKING DAY

21th - INTERNATIONAL - MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

What’s your favorite lesson?

It was PE Why “was”?

The PE lesson was removed.

Do you like food in the school canteen?

Yes, I do. It’s really tasty!

What do you think of the other students at Kupuev Academy?

I think they are rich, I also think some of them do not speak Kyrgyz very well. Whilst most of the students are kind and friendly, there are some that seem to be spoiled and arrogant in their attitude.

What don’t you like about Kupuev Academy?

There is not a large area where we can play football.

Also, there seems to be no net for volleyball.

I assume you like sports?

Yes, I love sports. Sports is my life, I love and live with sports.

What do you like about Kupuev Academy?

I like the tasty food, the good treatment of teachers to students, and that there are water coolers on every floor.

I think it's also excellent that the Director communicates with students and listens to their requirements and opinions.

What do you think could be improved at Kupuev Academy?

I think it would be good if our phones would not be taken away from us at the start of the day. I think it needs a big football field, a separate place to play volleyball, am all weather tennis court and some outdoor table tennis tables. I did tell you I love sport! I also can't wait for the school to be bigger.

Photo credit: Academic global school

OLYMPIAD – A STUDENTS VIEW Article written by Salyganova Gulzada

The Olympads are a tough competitions with a large number of students competing. Kupuev Academy sent students to these competitions. In the first round there were 26 students, and amid a fierce competition seven made it through to the second round, with only two making it through to the third.

We asked one of these competitors to describe the competition from a competitiors point of view, a view that not many of us can get or appreciate. This is what she said...

"The second tour of Olympiads took place in one of the Turkish lyceums. It ran over two days.

During the first one we got a maths test ( which contained multiple choice questions), and, on the second day, there were three high complexity tasks.

The first day seemed much easier for me to get through the test successfully. It let me to getting most of my scores, even though I had faced unknown topics during the Olympiad. These included material from the tenth and eleventh grades, but I am only in nineth grade, and haven't covered some of these topics yet.

The second day was such a nightmare!

I went into the classroom, sat down, received my own sheet with tasks and was shocked. I read the question and couldn't come up with any ideas on how to solve them! After a while though, I finally came to myself, and created some options for completing the test.

After the whole process, I felt so much relief. The results were announced rather quickly and it said I managed to be in top 10 students who would participate in the next tour.

Interview with a teacher.

Interview by Abdykaimov Alikhan

Each month we will be looking at some of the students who attend Kupuev Adademy, and take a little peek into their lives to see who they are so we can all get to know them better.

Each month we will sit down with a teacher or staff member and interview them, so that we can get to know A little bit about them.

Photo credit: Abdykaimov Alikhan

This month we sat down with one of the hardest working teachers at Kupuev Academy. He is a man who has to fix things at short notice, and puts in many many hours, both at the academy and at home to make sure everything is running smoothly, and students get the best from their lessons with him.

He is a superhero in his own right, and he is our brilliant IT teacher.

What is your name? - Mirzaakhmedov Arab Muhtarovich Are you married? - Yes, I am.

Do you have children? - Yes, I do. I have five children and I have three grandchildren.

What is your role in the school? - Computer science teacher, responsible for making tests, responsible for Edu Page, all-inall I'm the assistant director of IT. How long have you been teaching? - I have been teaching since 1994.

How long have you been in this school? - I've been teaching in this school since September 2020.

Why Kupuev Academy? - It's a modern School, creative plans, very good condition, friendly teachers and pupils. Also, I have noticed that Kupuev Academy appreciates teachers’ work.

What is the hardest part of the job? - The hardest part of the job is checking and controlling Edu Page and fixing issues.

What do you like best about the job? I like when people are solving problems and become happy when they solve them, and with them, I become happy too.

What do you like to do in your free time/hobbies? - My hobby is watching movies. In my free time, I read books about IT. What would you most like to do in life that you haven't done yet? Come back and correct my mistakes.

For example which mistakes? It is learning English and permitting my oldest son to choose his profession by himself.

What message would you like to send to the students of Kupuev Academy? Read more. Ask yourself "Who I’ll become in the future?".

Salih

Ailin

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH.

Erbol

Aruuke

GRADE 1 – ATAKHANOV SALIH – Salih is 6 years old and is a very lively student of grade 1. He bounces his way into the academy with joy, and is proud to be a student of Kupuev Academy. He likes to play football and he is also very fond of Judo.

GRADE 2 – SHAMSHIEVA AILIN – Ailin Loves music and dancing, and also does gymnastics. She says when she grows up she wants to be a teacher of dance. Now she is just 8 years old and in the Academy's 2nd grade. Ailin says she loves all the staff and teachers at Kupuev Academy, and her favourite lesson is computer science. She has 1 little brother and her ambition is to travel around the world.

GRADE 3 – SAMIDINOV ERBOL – Erbol is one of Kupuev Academy's great grade 3 students. He is 9 years old and has 1 younger sister, whom he describes as a nice sister. Erbol says he likes school and his favourite lesson is computer science.

His favourite hobby is riding his bike.

GRADE 4 – MAKHAMMADSULTANOVA ARUUKE – Aruuke is a 9 year old grade 4 student who thinks Kupuev Academy is "Great superstar cool!" and says that maths is her favourite subject. She loves dancing and is a fan of K-pop and rock music. She has 3 siblings who are all younger than her, 1 brother and 2 sisters. She said when she grows up she wants to be a business woman.

GRADE 5 – ARSLAN ASIYA – Asiya is 10 years old and is in grade 5. She is the only girl in her family as she has 1 older brother and 2 younger brothers, and she likes them all. Her hobbies are rollerblading and art. She says that she likes it here at Kupuev Academy and her favourite subject is P.E. She said her favourite teacher is Mr Gideon.

GRADE 6 – APSATAROV ADILET – Adilet is 12 years old and is currently in Grade 6. He says he is mad about playing football. He has 2 younger siblings, a brother and a sister, and he joked that he likes his brother but his sister beats him. He says he likes it at Kupuev Academy because the school has the best teachers who are teaching him how to improve his language. He likes most of his classmates and thinks they are good.

GRADE 7 – TOICHUEVA SANJIRA – Sanjira is a 12 year old in grade 7. She has 3 brothers, but she is older than them all.

Sanjira says she doesn't have any hobbies as she spends most of her time doing homework. If she does manage to a little bit of free time she plays Roblox. She says school is cool and loves Kupuev Academy. Mathematics is her thing, as she says literature and maths are her favourite subjects, and she goes to a maths club too, GRADE 8 – ABDYKAIMOV ALIKHAN – Alikhan is in grade 8 and is 14 years old with 4 siblings, Alikhan says he likes Kupuev Academy because it gives a lot of opportunities to improve himself. It also has got a lot of interesting clubs. His favorite subjects are IT, algebra, geometry, physics, and chemistry. Alikhan says his dream for the future is to improve himself. His hobby is swimming.

Asiya

Adilet

Sanjira

Alikhan

Health and fitness with Mr Vlad Article by Dzhumabaev Umar

Our P.E. Teacher Mr Vlad loves his health and fitness, and in addition he is a great cook too! So, we asked him if he would give us some health and fitness tips each month so we can maintain a healthy lifestyle.

He told us this...

We should eat a varied menu which contains proteins, fats and carbohydrates, and it is also very important that we calculate the calorie content of the food we consume each day.

If you want to lose weight we should aim to eat about 1500 calories, and the maximim for maintaining shape is about 3000. The important thing to bear in mind is that each body is different and these are the approximate maximums and minimums for an adult man. A larger body type requires more than a smaller one. Children should not consume as many calories as an adult.

It's also important that we drink plenty of clean water. An average adult should be drinking approximately 2 liters per day.

But it's not just about eating and drinking wisely, we also need to have more movement in our daily lives.

A good start would be to do at least 2-3 elementary exercises per day, to help to stay in shape.

These should include things like abs exercises, squats and plank. There are a huge variety of exercises we can do without the need for expensive equipment. So put stop playing your games, log off social media and put down your phone. Lift up your head and move.

Get fit and stay fit!

An idea for a simple meal, and one of the easiest, is grilled fish/meat + vegetable salad or Stewed chicken + garnish to any cereal (buckwheat, brown rice etc), or you can even use whole grain pasta.

The main thing is to take into account is calories, you need to eat fewer calories than the body uses.

That is the secret of being fit

Cartoon by Aleena

ENGLISH CORNER with Ms Shirin One of our most popular teachers, and head of English, Ms Shirin offers up some great advice on how to be more successful when studying English.

10 Tips for Success in Learning English: 1. Set a goal.

2. Find an English course that suits your needs.

3. Take responsibility.

4. Read as much as you can!

5. Watch movies with subtitles.

6. Listen to English.

7. Use the language while you are learning English. (Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.)

8. Practice, practice, practice!

9. Use a variety of resources.

10. Develop the four language skills simultaneously (reading, speaking, listening and writing).

Entertaining Ideas From Salma & Aidana

Hello! We are students of the 9th grade, Salma and Aidana.

Today we want to share with you a selection of our favorite books, films and songs.

Music We think everyone loves to listen to music. For us music is another way to get out of reality and it’s a good way to relax.Here some of our current favorites: “Make it right (feat. Lauv)” by BTS “Adore you” by Harry Styles “Astronaut “ by Simple Plan "Still with you" by Jungkook "Happier" by Ed Sheeran "Life is a lie " by Fabian Secon "Lush life " by Zara Larsson "Riptied" by Vance Joy Books.

We like the fact that you can immerse yourself in a book.

We think that not everyone likes to read books, but believe us, these books are worth your attention: “Cruel prince” “Fahrenheit 451” “The Green Mile” “Harry Potter” book series "Sister Carrie" "The book thief" "The A.B.C murders" "Little prince " Films Finally, to make your weekend cozy and interesting, we share with you a selection of interesting films: “Bridge to Terabithia” “Little women” “Hachi: A Dog's Tale” “Lucy” “The Age of Adaline” "The Chronicles of Narnia" "Part in an envelope" "Secret garden" So now we want you to go and listen to these fantastic songs, watch one of these cool films or maybe read those interesting books.