Respect for ALL 

In order to celebrate the International Tolerance Day we announced the "Respect for ALL" competition. All students from our school (except for the seniors) could create compeling projects whose aim was to make us reflect on our attitudes towards “the others”. 

The reponse from the students went beyond our expectations and more than 110 projects were finally submitted. 

The competition consists of three stages: 

Stage ONE 

Each language group selects the best project for the stage two of the competition.

Stage TWO 

The panel of English language teachers select the best projects for the stage three of the competition. 

Stage THREE: 

The entire 7LO community votes online for the best project. 

Now, it is time for you to cast your vote and decide on the winning project. Below you will find all the projects selected for the final stage of the competition.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE 

The numbers of the projects correspond to the numbers you see on the voting list.

OPCJA 1

OPCJA 2

OPCJA 3

OPCJA 4

OPCJA 5

OPCJA 6

OPCJA 7

OPCJA 8

OPCJA 9

OPCJA 10

OPCJA 11

OPCJA 12

Below you will find the link to cast your vote:

CLICK HERE TO VOTE 

Everyone can vote only using their official school gmail account. 

Voting deadline: Tuesday (16th November) 11.00 a.m.

The 46th National English Language Competition

Timetable 

Stage I 

On November 4, 2021 at 9.00AM students sit the school test. Time: 60 min. On December 14, 2021, the decision of the Committee on the number of points admitting a student to the stage II of the Olympiad will be announced online. 

Stage II 

January 10, 2022, the written part of the stage II of the competition will take place. From January 10 to February 12, 2022 students take the oral part of the Competition. 

The Final Stage 

On 4-5 April 2022 the final stage of the competition takes place in Poznań.

Useful information about the Competition: 

Stage I 

The test consists of 60 questions on grammar and vocabulary. The standard techniques used in the test cover: transformation and paraphrasing of sentences or phrases, close gap, multiple choice and translation. In view of the constantly growing number of participants, the competition at this stage is very strong, which means that even a good student may have problems. 

Stage II 

The test is similar in terms of difficulty to the requirements for candidates for studies in English philology. Candidates take two grammar tests (multiple choice and translation), the vocabulary test (inserting words into gaps), the reading test and the global gaps test (cloze test). The last component of the set is the Cultural Test (multiple choice), which is divided into the American and British parts. 

The final stage 

The final stage of the competition consists of a listening comprehension test, a grammar translation test, a vocabulary test, a reading test and a gaps test. Of course, the level of difficulty of the test is much higher than the requirements for enrollment for the English philology studies.

 

"Session in Art Nouveau" - an international project

Since November 15, 2019 our school has been involved in the international project titled: "Session in Art Nouveau" . 

The project is run by: 

Magda Tyczyńska (project coordinator) 

Agnieszka Mach (translator / counselor ) 

Dominika Lewandowicz (cultural animator) 

The project is financed from European Funds and the students who participate in the project take part in: photo workshops, classes on the culture of Croatia as well as Croatian and English language classes.

The classes take place both in Toruń (Poland) and Split (Chroatia). The project will be implemented until May 15, 2020 and the trip to Croatia has been planned for March 2020.

"Breaking cultural barriers"

As part of the language project "Breaking cultural barriers" we host volunteers from Italy and Turkey in our school. 

Our guests run classes for English language students (1B and 2A). During the classes students share with our guests their views on various aspects of life in Poland, Italy and Turkey. 

The classes are conducted entirely in English and give our students the opportunity to test their language skills in both practical and enjoyable way. 

The project will last for several weeks so stay in touch!

Our guest from the United Kingdom

On 12th June our school hosted a meeting with Francis Kelleher, our guest from the United Kingdom.

Our guest gave presentation on life in the Great Britain and he focused on cultural differences between our country and Great Briatin. Also, our guest shared with us his experiences on his almost one-year-long stay in Poland. 

The meeting was held in the English language so our students (form 1 and 2) had an opportunity to test their listening and speaking skills. 

Thank you so much for the visit and we hope to see you next year!

Open Day at 7LO

We would like to invite you to vist our school on 6th April 2019 between 10.00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. 

During the "Open Day" you will enjoy the opportunity to visit our school premises as well as talk to our students and teachers. 

Come and join us! 

Our school's website HERE 

and its location:

International Teacher Training Day

On Saturday, 16 March English teachers 
of 7th LO partcipated in the 

International Teacher Training Day 

organized by the International House, Toruń.

The teachers took part in the workshops conducted by experts in the field of English teaching. 

The workshop aslo provided ample apportunities to socialise and to share experiences and knowledge. 

That was a great day to improve teaching skills.

III Regional Competition on the United States of America - RESULTS

We are pleased to announce that

Jagoda Szymendera (2B) 

achieved the highest score in the Preliminary Test on the USA Competition.

Marta Florkowska (2B)

 took the second position in the Competition.

Congratulations!

III Regional Competition on the United States of America

 III Regional Competition 
on the United States of America 
for students of high schools 
from the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. 

Stage I 

Preliminary Test consisting of 45 multiple-choice questions 

Deadline: February 26, 2019 at 10.30 

Stage II 

Advanced test consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions 

Deadline: March 19, 2019 at 11.30.

Stage III 

Final Test. Type of test: preparation and presentation by the participant of a 5-6 minute multimedia presentation followed by a 5-minute conversation with the members of the competition commission. 

The following will be evaluated: the manner and form of the presentation, argumentation, linguistic and phonetic correctness 

Deadline: the third week of April 2019. 

Submissions: February 8, 2019

Sources:

1. Broomhead, Peter; Life in Modern USA, Longman

2. Crowther, J. (ed.); Oxford Guide to British and American Culture, OUP

3. High, P.B; An Outline of American Literature, OUP

4. Dictionary of the United States, WSziP

5. Gower, R; Past into Present, An Anthology of British and American Literature, Longman

6. O’Callaghan, J; An Illustrated History of the United States, Longman

7. Falk, R; Spotlight on the USA, Longman

8. Newsweek, CNN i inne czasopisma, audycje radiowe, telewizyjne przedstawiające bieżące wydarzenia

 polityczne z udziałem Stanów Zjednoczonych na arenie międzynarodowej.

9 . Przykładowe oficjalne i informacyjne strony internetowe:

 http://www.usatoday.com/

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

 http://www.usa.gov/

 http://wikitravel.org/en/United_States

 http://www.senate.gov/

 http://www.britannica.com/nations/United-States

 http://www.nationalcenter.org/HistoricalDocuments.html

 http://www.teacheroz.com/states.htm

 http://www.whitehouse.gov/

 http://www.house.gov/

43rd National English Language Competition

43rd National English 
Language Competition 
took place in our school 
on Tuesday.

26 students participated in the Competition. 

The contestants sat the grammar and lexical test that covered gap completion, multiple choice and translation tasks. The test obviously much exceeded the extended level stipulated in the Secondary School curriculum. 

Piotr Wojciechowski (3B) achieved the highest score and was the best in our school. 

The honorary mention should also be given to Agata Adler and Mateusz Różański, who also may be proud of their scores. 

Congratulations! 

The organizers of the Competition decided that 30 points (i.e. 50% of the test total score) qualified students to the Regional Stage of the Completion. Unfortunately, no-one in our school qualified to to the next stage.

You may find the Competition Past Papers HERE