newsletter - St. Nicholas School
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newsletter - St. Nicholas School
St. Nicholas NEWSLETTER www.stnicholas.com.br │ September I - 2008 Junior School Student Council 2008 Upcoming events This year we would like to congratulate the new Student Council Representatives of the Junior School. They are: DATES Sunday 7th September Independence Day Friday 26th September Casual Clothes Day TRIPS Year 11 Bowling at Shopping Eldorado Year 9 Life Skills trip to Parati Year 11 Trip to the theatre – “Sargento de Milícias” Year 4 Trip to Campo dos Sonhos ASSEMBLIES Infants Wednesday 17th September – Year 2Y Juniors Thursday 11th September – Year 5Y Thursday 18th September – Year 3Y Saving Paper If you would prefer copies of the newsletter sent to your e mail account rather than in paper format could you please send an e-mail to [email protected]. br with the following information: name of pupil, class or form, name of parents, e-mail address. Year 3X: Arissa Fujiura, Felipe Lorenzi Year 3Y: Felipe Lyrio, Maria Antonia Deos Year 4X: Saketh Sai Vempati, Luana Quinn Year 4Y: Jun Young Park, Francisco Ricci Year 5X: Gabriel de Almeida, João Suckow Year 5Y: Noah Cukiert, Giovanna Pedrinola, Sally Shim Year 6X: Damasia Correch, Julia Santos, Nina Goldman Cavalcanti, Aristide Arnulf Year 6Y: Nicholas Beeby, Ivan Falsztyn, Gabriella Kirsten, Patrick Sewell The Student Council meetings will be on Fridays from 12:00 to 12:35 in Year 6Y. Last year, the Student Council helped raise funds, collect clothes and toys for charity. We also bought school materials for the children of the school’s ancillary staff. This year, we hope to continue helping charity, and organize different activities for the school. Congratulations to all representatives and good luck! Sharing Cultures and Traditions The ECA “Sharing Cultures and Traditions” has given the opportunity to gather all members of the school community - students, teachers, parents, staff and friends - and share various aspects of many cultures. For this term, Argentinian, Brazilian, Chinese, Italian, Korean, Portuguese and Swedish descendents are visiting the children for a brief meeting so that everyone can have fun with multiculturalism. This week Ms. Carla Strafacci (Admissions) had the chance to share her knowledge of the Swedish Culture. The children learned about some customs, history and could sing “Happy Birthday” and “ Twinkle, twinkle little star” in Swedish. Year 1 girls shared their Dutch knowledge and sang “Happy Birthday”. Together we noticed that both Swedish and Dutch “Happy Birthday” songs are much alike!!! It was fun! St Nicks at Nike 10K Human Race NEW DVDs IN THE LIBRARY! Come to the library and check the new DVD titles that have just arrived! Here are some of them… A lenda do tesouro perdido (National treasure) As aventuras de Tintin Bee Movie Cidade de Deus Memórias póstumas O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias O bicho vai pegar A “red wave” of 25 thousand people showed up for the Nike 10K Human Race on Sunday 31st at USP. This global event happened simultaneously in 25 other cities around the world and Infant, Junior and Senior staff and parents from St Nicks were there representing and supporting. (Open Season) O caçador de pipas (The kite runner) Teachers who ran for a cause were: Peter Moss, Marjorie Duprat (Personal Best), Emily Barker, Sarah Philip (2nd ever 10K and PB), Fiona Kemp (1st ever 10K and PB) and Joe Hitch (PB). Ms. Barker, who is St Nick’s race coordinator and 4 time Nike 10K runner said “I recommend this race to people who have never raced before and would like to give it a try. It is definitely a MUST in my calendar, as it gathers many people all around the world running for charity!” All staff were excited and somewhat nervous to participate in a race that was happening all over the world with a million participants. After 10 weeks off, returning to racing after his Ironman exploits in France, Mr. Moss managed a fantastic time of 00:37:56 and Ms Philip was quoted to say: “I hated the last going up hill, it made me feel sick but I knew I had only 2km to go so I kept it up. Right at the end I saw Ms. Kemp and I tried to catch up with her, but when I started to sprint so did she. Anyway I think I finished a minute before 1 hour that made me very proud!!!” Por água abaixo (Flushed away) Putz! A coisa tá feia (The ugly duckling and me) Sociedade dos poetas mortos (Dead Poets’ Society) el - fa Ra Y1 Giov ana - Y1 Congratulations to all and let’s hope we can get as many staff (20) as we have for the Pão de Açucar Marathon, for next year’s Human Race. Learning about Different Types of Governments Ivan Falsztyn and Rebecca de Gois Central idea People can create and change structures of power and government to affect individual rights and society needs. This year in year 6 we have been learning about different types of governments and how they work. In year 6Y we have been doing a role-play about dictatorship where Emperor Julius Caesar (played by Nicholas Beeby) showed how dictatorship is. Soon we will be having a role-play of monarchy where King Ivan F and Queen Gabriella K will organise a team of followers to rebel against Emperor Julius Caesar and throw him out of his power and start ruling Year 6Y under a monarchic government. From the dictatorship role play we learned how to follow orders, and that if the orders were very dreadful and unfair we learned that we could rebel. Yet to come is the establishment of a democratic government. Mr Guiberto speaks to the Year 6 about municipal elections in São Paulo and in Brazil. In Year 6X, Mr. Eagles played the role of a military dictator. He dressed up for his role and ordered the class to practice their times tables! TOCA DA RAPOSA Ana Luiza Bueno O mês de agosto é muito especial, pois é o mês do folclore brasileiro, e para comemorar o year 1 e o year 2 fizeram parte de algumas atividades muito interessantes. No dia 22 recebemos a visita do grupo de teatro de bonecos “Lembrando a Lenda”, que nos contou uma história muito envolvente, onde os personagens eram o Saci, Curupira, Boto cor-derosa, Mula-sem-cabeça, Iara, Pedro Malasartes, entre outros. Depois de assistirem à peça, as crianças confeccionaram os “dedoches”, que são os fantoches para os dedos. No dia 26 o Year 1 fez uma viagem muito especial para a Toca da raposa, onde eles tiveram a oportunidade de entrar no mundo do Sítio do Pica Pau amarelo. Comeram comida da fazenda, bolinho de chuva da tia Nastácia, ouviram as incríveis histórias do tio Barnabé, brincaram na casa do Monteiro Lobato com a Emília, o Visconde de Sabugosa, a Narizinho, aprenderam a fazer armadilha para pegar o Saci e também aprenderam como faz para neutralizar os poderes da Cuca. É muito bom poder aprender vivenciando a cultura, principalmente quando o aprendizado é recheado de diversão e fantasia!!! Até a próxima, pessoal!!!! Quiz HOW DO YOU SAY...? English X Portuguenglish Here is your chance to get an R.O.A.! Fill in this quiz with the correct English phrases and sentences that correspond to the ones in Portuguese and hand it in to Mrs. Toffoli (ESL) or Mr. Harrison (Year 5Y). The answer to this quiz will be published in the next issue of the school Newsletter. This quiz is open for Infants, Juniors and Seniors. 1. Que pena, a música acabou! __________________________________________________________________ 2. Passei o fim de semana na casa do meu amigo. __________________________________________________________________ 3. Minha mãe não me deixa comprar nada na tuck shop. __________________________________________________________________ Answers to last issue’s quiz: 1.We have to/must wear a tie in my school. 2. I don’t have/ haven’t got my P.E. kit here. 3. I have nothing to do/I don’t have anything to do. Victoria and Anna (Year 5), Nicholas (Year 6) and Lia, Fernanda and Amanda (Year8) Ganesh Chaturthi Raunak Daswani - Y6 We Hindus keep an idol of Lord Ganesha in our homes. During the festival of Ganesh Chaturti, we keep him in a special place in the house as a guest and offer him fruits and Indian sweets for 10 days. We offer him sweets like Ladoos and Modak, which are his favourite! The date of the festival is not fixed, but it usually happens in the month of September. This year the celebration starts on the 3rd of September. Commemorations, Celebrations And Fun Events Around The World Action Committee / International Committee september 1st September – First Day of Ramadan takes place every ninth month of the Islamic (Hijri) calendar, which has been happening since the year 638 CE. It is the holiest month of the Islamic year, and it is observed with prayers, fasting, charity, and atonement. - Every first Monday of September, the United States celebrate Labour Day compared to the May 1st Labour Day celebrations of most countries including Brazil. It is a day of rest, and many Americans travel to visit friends or family during the long Labour Day weekend. Some cities celebrate it with picnics, barbecues, fireworks and parades. 3rd September – Ganesh Chaturthi is an annual Indian festival that honour Lord Ganesha. It ends after ten days when images of the Hindi god is immersed in a body of water. (See article.) 7th September – Brazilian Independence Day is a day to commemorate Brazil’s independence from Portugal in 1822. It is a public holiday, and is celebrated with local commemorative events. (See related article.) 8th September – International Literacy Day is observed to raise awareness of worldwide literacy needs. More than 780 million of the world’s adults do not know how to read or write, and between 94 and 115 million children lack access to education. On this day, UNESCO awards literacy projects worldwide, and this year’s five winners are China, the United States, Nigeria, Senegal, and the United Republic of Tanzania. 14th September – the Mid-Autumn Festival is an important Chinese festival that dates back over 3,000 years ago. This festival is celebrated every 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar, which is usually around September in our calendar. The moon is at its fullest on this night, and families enjoy it drinking tea and eating mooncakes. 15th of September – Respect for the Aged Day (Keirō no hi) is a national holiday that traces its origins to 1947, when a town proclaimed the day as Old Folks’ Day. Its popularity spread nationwide, and became a national observation in 1966. Every year, the Japanese make this an occasion to feature the elderly in the news. – International Day of Democracy is an affirmation of the principles of democracy, the elements and exercise of democratic government, and the international scope of democracy. 21st of September – Observed every third Tuesday of September, the International Day of Peace was established by the United Nations to be “devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace …” On this day, the “Peace Bell” is rung at UN Headquarters. 22nd September – A Car Free Day is observed with the goal of taking a fair number of cars off the streets in order to give the people who live and work there a chance to consider how their city might look and work with a lot fewer cars. 23rd September – Autumnal Equinox Day (Shūbun no hi) in Japan, this is an official national holiday, and is spent visiting family graves and holding family reunions. 24th September – Heritage Day is a public holiday in South Africa. People regardless of race are encouraged to celebrate their cultural heritage and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions. The day is meant to remember their past and the struggles of Apartheid. 29th September – Rosh Hashanah is when the Jewish celebrate their New Year. This day marks the beginning of the Jewish year 5768 and opens the ten days of Penitence which ends with Yom Kippur. Michaelmas, so called after Archangel Michael, is a Christian holiday especially observed in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This day falls near the equinox, and signals the beginning of autumn and the shortening of days.