Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

To those we love and see each day
and other loved ones far away
To all good friends who mean so much,
and those with whom we are out of touch...
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Terra Australis Incognita

Terra Australis Incognita
15th December 2009

“G’day Sheila!”, “G’day Mate!” – and a magic trip down under to the world created at Dreamtime began. 

A meeting with Professor Waldemar Skrzypczak was a unique opportunity to discover many facts about “dinky-di Aussi”, learn Australian English, sing Waltzing Matilda, watch the panoramas of the Outback and travel (without a swag!) to the land of boomerang, didgeridoo, kookaburra and koala, of course.

Project Australia

Project

Australia 

Participants: 1b, 2a, 2b

Time:         1st – 15th December

Timetable:

30th Nov – 4th Dec – lessons, presentations and discussions about Australia

7th –8th Dec – students prepare a hall display (a topic drawing on 30th Nov)

8th – 15th Dec – the display available for other students

15th Dec – a meeting with an Australia expert, Professor W. Skrzypczak (UMK)  

Venue: classroom 025

Project Leaders: English teachers: Monika Jurska, L. Kamrowski,  B.Wojtkowiak

Translation Contest

JUVENES TRANSLATORES

On 24th November 2009 three students: Joanna Gutowska (2a), Angelina Szuman (2a) and Łukasz Rychłowski (2b), took part in the translation contest Juvenes Translatores.

This year the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) has organised a third edition of a translation contest for schools in 27 member states of the European Union.

The participants could choose to translate from any official language of the European Union into any other official language of the EU. The pupils selected must have been born in 1992 and be citizens of the European Union.

The pupils who produced the winning translations will be invited to the AWARDS CEREMONY in Brussels in 2010, and will meet the Commissioner for Multilingualism.

We keep our fingers crossed for our students!

1st English Poetry Contest “Feelings” 1st December 2009

1st English Poetry Contest “Feelings”
1st December 2009

Seventeen students from different secondary schools in Toruń presented English poetry during the 1st English Poetry Contest “Feelings” in VII Liceum Ogólnokształcące. 

The winner, Tomasz Gąsiorowski from I LO recited “Chimney sweepers” by William Blake. The second position belongs to Marcelina Masłowska (I LO) for “A Birthday” by Ch. Rosetti and Patrycja Słupska (VII LO) for “Funeral Blues” by A.H.Auden; third position: Katarzyna Majewska (II LO) for “The Telephone” by R.Frost. 

CONGRATULATIONS!

The winners were awarded educational software for learning English sponsored by “Learn with Smile” Fundacja na Rzecz Wspierania Nauki Języków Obcych. 

The Grand Opening!

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."--Chinese proverb

According to the Chinese proverb placed above we decided to make an attempt and open an English Blog of VII Liceum Ogólnokształcące in Toruń. The site is going to serve as an interactive notice board to keep all students and teachers of VIILO posted on all English events taking place in our school. All posts are going to be in English so that everyone will have a chance to practice his/her skills. We hope you will take to the idea.