English language competition results

The results of the recent English language competition are in!

Joanna (grade 8) came 19th among 49 students.
Mattias (grade 5) shared the 39th-40th place together with a student from Tallinna 32. Keskkool. All together there were 56 participants.

There were students from 28 schools in Tallinn taking part in the event.

Congratulations to both of you, dear Joanna and Mattias! I hope you learned many new things from this experience, both about yourself and the English language!


Are you interested in what were the competition tasks like? Check it out here:

• English language competition paper 5th grade
• English language competition paper 8th grade

What can grown-ups learn from children?

With quite a few of you, we have watched this video. If we haven't, do watch it here. If we have, it's worth watching it again every now and then.

PS You can add subtitles too - either English or Estonian, if you prefer (after hitting the 'Play' button, these options come up).

English language competition

Yesterday there was an English language competition for students from grade 5 and 8 all over Tallinn. The competition was held in Tallinna Õismäe Vene Lütseum and there were two students who represented us: Joanna and Mattias (joined by two other students from our school).

While we are waiting for the results, we are sure they did their best!

What are we learning in our lessons?

Some time back this was the question that we discussed and wrote about in our classroom with 7th and 8th grade students.

Here are some answers.

8a

• I have learned English. Different words and rules. I have learned how to realise our dreams and live a full life. I have learned different stuff about different countries. I come to this class happily. Me gusta.
• Solving problems. I have learned that I can speak English. I have also learned some rules and some words.
• Some words. How to cooperate. Solving problems. Not to eat in the class. 
• Some words. Some rules. Solving problems.
• Words. Rules. Thinking.
• We have learned how to communicate with people.
• I have learned about Reported Speech, London, New York and other stuff. 
• I have learned more about English and how to work.
• I have learned English most of all. But, I have also learned to be competitive, I have learned a lot of quotes which make me enjoy life more and value the people around me who care about me. I have learned to care more.  

7a

• I have learned English and listening to people.
• I have learned about life and English.
• I have studied spelling.
• Living full life.
• I have learned more about my classmates and how to cooperate with them and know their problems.
• I've learned how to understand some people.
• I have learned how to cooperate better with others.
• I have learned how to work with others, consider others and listen to others. I have also learned how to understand others and feel empathetic. I have also got lots of experiences for life.
• I have learned cooperation and grammar.
• I have learned how to co-operate with others and how to work with different people.
• How to be friendly. Think much about life.
• We have learned group work. I want to learn more of it.

7b

• We have been learning what life is.
• We have spoken and practiced verbs.
• We have learned to be happy, rules and verbs, more emotions.
• We have learned to be happy and we have learned to cooperate.
• I have learned how to cooperate. We have watched a lot of films and discussed things. I like that we take different topics and discuss them.
• We have got to know more about ourselves. We have learned more about different nations and cultures. We have learned about different people's reactions and behaviors. 
• We are learning how to cooperate with others and how interesting and fun can learning a subject be.
• To express myself. To share my feelings. Caring. Teamwork. 
• We have learned a lot of things but I cannot remember them right now. It is more like human nature studies, only in English.
• To know what to do with your life and what you really want. To learn to be happy and not worry too much.

New timetable and new times for English

Dear students,

For any further discussions or English-related questions, you are welcome to use the following times starting from the coming week (when possible, make an appointment beforehand):

• Monday. 1st, 5th and 8th lesson.
• Tuesday. 1st, 2nd, 6th and 8th lesson.
• Wednesday. 1st, 4th, 6th and 8th lesson.
• Thursday. 2nd, 6th and 8th lesson.

False friends

In our classroom, outside of the lessons, we all looked for *false friends* - the words which exist in both English and Estonian, but have totally different meanings.

Here is the list of those tricky words that we came up with.. So beware! :)

all         and         arm         head         hell         hunt         keep         king         lame         load         me         mess         mine         mood         moon          must          on         pea         peer         pole         poor         read         rest         ring         road         sea         see          seen         sell         silk         sink         sure         tall         tea         too         tool         torn

Do you know what they all mean?
Can you add even more words? You are welcome to post them here in the comments' field! :)

Have a weekend of Curiosity! :)

Here is the "video of the week" from our last lessons. Now, instead of just listening to it, you can also fully see it :)

Enjoy the weekend!

Happy 2012th Year!

I wish this year will be great for all of us, full of fun, learning, good friends and wonderful moments!

In the class, all of us also wrote down their wishes. Here is the result! :)

In the class we also watched a movie clip about life, and the inspiration to make most of it. 

And here is what it says.