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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Welcome concert

Today we held a welcome concert to our guests from project partner schools. Classes 1 and 5 to 9 were part of the audience. Kaare-Eerik and Sten helped to host the concert. First children choir performed a song of gratitude. In the background photos of Estonian nature and seasons from autumn to spring were displayed. Our headmaster made his speech next which was followed by another song sung by the choir. It was about the summer. The Spanish told later that its tune reminded them an old spanish folk song. Nine students from form 5 danced a folk dance wearing national costumes. After that form 9 students Regina and Gerda sang a song "Farewell to summer". The counsellor of education and culture from local government made a nice speech and then it was already time to scroll up the screen and make room for faster performances. Aivi, Gerda and Regina showed a modern dance. After that perhaps the hit of the concert - form eight students did an impression of songs in the languages of our partner schools. It caused excitement among our guests, students and teachers. the myth about Estonians who are modest, curbed and lack temperament was busted.

We welcome all the students who helped to organise this concert to take part in after-party on 14th October when we can eat pizza and watch the video of the concert.

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Partner schools

ESTONIA: Kehtna Primary School is situated in the village of 1,200. There are no big towns nearby, although the capital Tallinn is just 60km to the north. We are surrounded by forests, bogs, farmland and therefore paying extra attention to nature studies and the environment is important to us. We are a school of the Green Flag and a Health-Concious school. There are 155 students and 20 teachers in our school. Students are aged 7-17.

ITALY: Liceo Classico "Megara" con sezione scientifica annessa is a secondary school for students aged 14-19. It mainly offers three different courses for classical, scientific and social science studies. The school mainly serves students from Augusta. Our school is located in a very important area for its nature, history, archaeology and tourism. Our suburban town of Augusta is very near to Siracusa, one of the oldest and most important Greek colonies in Sicily. Our students are all members of "Legambiente" which is a national leading environmental organization which offers educational programs in schools. We live by the sea and our area is very rich in waterways, rivers and ponds.

FRANCE: College Claude Bernard is in a suburban city (Grand-Quevilly) with about 30,000 inhabitants. A town with 400,000 people called Rouen is near to us. The area has little industry nowadays following the closure of the chemical factories and the Renault car plant.

TURKEY: Tepeköy Ilkögretim Okulu is a public school serving children aged 7-15, starting from pre-school till the 8th grade. It is a rural school and caters for 226 students and 18 teachers. Our school is in Nevsehir (Cappadocia Region), being situated in agricultural region. Our region does not have sufficient water resources and we need to focus on environmentally-friendly options.

SPAIN: IES Concepcion Arenal is a secondary education centre located in Ferrol, a town with 70,000 inhabitants in the region of Galicia (north-west of Spain). There are 85 teachers and 700 students in compulsory (12-16 years old), post-compulsory (16-18 years) part and in vocational training.