4th English Poetry Competition

We are happy to announce the 4th English Poetry Competition for secondary schools students is opened.

The competition shall take place on 30th NOVEMBER 2012. Students attending 1st, 2nd and 3rd form of all secondary schools in Torun are welcomed to participate.

This year the competition’s theme is...

„SOUNDS"

The contestants shall present a recitation of one poem of their liking of any of British poets, which shall obviously be associated with the main theme of the Competition. The jury of the competition shall assess the style of recitation and interpretation of the chosen poem.

Do not hesitate!

Enroll now and astonish and amuse us with your actor's skills!

The best contestants shall be rewarded with valuable and attractive prizes

If you are interested please contact us online:

Organizers:

Monika Jurska and Iwona Zakrzewicka

lo7@viilo.torun.pl 

Or send us an application containing all the aforementioned details for the following address:

VII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Wandy Szuman

Ul. Batorego 39B 87-100 Toruń

Halloween 2012

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of "All Hallows' Evening"), also known as All Hallows' Eve is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows (or All Saints).

The countries where Halloween is celebrated include mainly the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia and Ireland. According to many scholars, it was originally influenced by western European harvest festivals and festivals of the dead with possible pagan roots. The festival was introduced in Poland in the early 90s.

Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (also known as "guising"), attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

Summer holidays are here!

Summer is here!

The summer has finally arrived. We worked hard throughout the whole school year so it is time now to unwind, sunbathe and enjoy free time. All of us, both students and teacher alike, deserve to relax and rest.

Unfortunately, we on 29^th June we bid farewell to our foreign Comenius trainee Zoltan Arga who finished cooperation with our school. We got used to his presence in our school and we are going to miss him.

Mr. Arga conducted conversation classes in English, taught photo classes as well as held regular textbook-based classes with students from our school. He provided great assistance in sharing language experiences with our students and making them more aware of cultural differences as well as more sensitive to the need of studying English language.

We would like to thank him from the bottoms of our hearts. All the best and hope to see you sometime in future in our school again.

Regarding holidays... No matter if we are going to spend them at the seaside, in the mountains or by the lake, we should remember to stay safe. Well, enjoy your summer holidays and see you back in school on

1^st September 2012.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Irish Competition

More than 25 students from various secondary schools in Toruń participated in final round of the Irish Competition organized by the International House and Irish Chamber of Commerce.

 

Our two students, Monika Byblewska (1C) and Marta

Umińska (1B) also qualified to the final round of the

Competition.

The competition took place on 16^th June in Dwór

 Mieszczański in Toruń and it comprised knowledge of the

 Irish culture, history, literature and geography. The

competition was conducted entirely in English by native

speakers of English from Ireland.

Two weeks of studying English in Dublin was the

main prize in the competition.  The prizes were sponsored by

International House in Dublin and the Irish Chamber

of  Commerce. Apart from that, our local branch of

 International House in Toruń sponsored books and a

course of English

Monika Byblewska, our contestant, put up a good fight

and scored 21 points, what unfortunately  was not enough to

 win the main prize. However, Monika was rewarded

with books and a certificate of

participation. Regrettably, our second participant,

Monika Umińska, could not take part in the competition due

to personal reasons.

We would like to express our warm gratitude to the organizers and guests from Ireland for the opportunity of participattion in such an interesting event.

Congratulations to all winners!

Irish bonds

On 12th June our students had an opportunity to meet

football fans from Ireland who came to Poland to

support their national team in the Euro 2012

championship.

The guests presented their country, sang their national anthem and shared their views of the world.

 

During the meeting we discussed the issue of Euro 2012 and the odds for Irish and Polish football teams in the forthcoming matches.

 

 

The students enjoyed the event and broadened their horizons. The meeting enabled them to learn about Irish culture and listen to native English speakers.

THANK YOU!

And the winners are…… “My place on Earth” Competition

On 30^th May 2012 four students of our school embarked on a trip to Warsaw to participate in the prize-giving show in the 4^th national competition titled “My place on Earth” and organized by National Geographic and “Nowa Era” publishing house.

More than 150 secondary schools from all over Poland took part in the competition and the jury selected only 17 schools as winners. One the teams which represented our schools was also selected as laureates of the competition.

The members of the winner-team:

Kamila Bejger

Monika Weber

Kamila Śmigiel

Edyta Trawińska

Teacher:  Krzysztof Malinowski

The winner-team presented a 2-minute film titled “One-way ticket”, which told a story of girls trying to win the ticket for one of the Euro 2012 matches.

To view our clip click HERE

The prize-giving show was held in “Atlantic” cinema in the very heart of Warsaw. During the show the jury announced the final winner and awarded the Grand Prix prize. More than 150 people from all over Poland took part in the show.

A clip titled „Bookworms Celebrating Euro 2012” was awarded the Grand Prix prize in the film category. The clip was prepared by the team of students from Gimnzajum No.2 in Skoczów.

To view the Grand Prix clip click HERE

The brochure „The other side of the coin” prepared by the team of students from Zespół Szkół im. S. Staszica in Staszów was awarded the second Grand Prix prize in the multimedia presentation category.

To view the Grand Prix brochure click HERE

Our team was awarded honorary certificates of participation, money-vouchers for Empik shops, books in English, key-strings and a limited edition football with National Geographic and Nowa Era logos.

Once the official part of the show was over, the participants enjoyed their time at a lavish banquet at the foyer of the Atlantic cinema.

And last but not least we ate delicious apple-pies with ice-cream and coffee to make the whole day even sweeter.

Congratulations to all winners!

Our school won a prize in the national competition!

We are delighted to announce that

our school has been awarded a special prize

in the 4th National Competition titled

“My place on Earth”

organized by the National Geographic

and Nowa Era Publishing House.

 

The subject of this year’s competition was:

“How are you going to celebrate Euro 2012 in your place on

Earth?”

The team from our school which has been awarded the prize

prepared a short film titled:

"One-way ticket"

Our film and other prize-winning presentations may be

viewed at the Nowa Era website: WINNERS 2012

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s !

The victorious team was also invited to participate in the

special event on 30th May 2012 during which the main

prize shall be announced.

So, we still stand a chance of winning the main prize!

Keep your fingers crossed!