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St. Nicholas
Newsletter
www.stnicholas.com.br :: February I :: 2010
Student Council Second Term
Representatives
Upcoming events
February
Fri 26th
Casual Clothes Day
March
Fri 5th
Year 5 and 6 Art Workshop
TRIPS
Year
Year
Year
Year
Year
Year
4
7
7
2
9
9
Trip to Planetário do Ibirapuera
Trip to Museu do Futebol
Life Skills Trip to PETAR
Trip to Estação Ciência
Trip Memorial América Latina
Trip to Denarc
ASSEMBLIES
Infants
No classroom assembly
Juniors
Thu 4th March - Year 5X
Y1X - Carmela Correch, Nicola Stojanovic
Y4X - John Robert Khouri, Beatrice
McMahon
Y1Y - Ana Luisa Frable, John Victor Lin
Y4Y - Lebogang Morifi, Beatriz Fakiani
Y2X - Mauro Uchida, Maria Fernanda
Inojosa
Y5X - Luana Quinn, Luiza Salomão
Infant
Y2Y - Leo Kachanovsky, Ana Luiza Silva
Junior
Y3X - João Pereira, Valentin Bourse
Y5Y - Diana Aguilar Hinojosa, Charlotte
Kennedy
Y6X - Roman Ghambhir, João Suckow,
Mark Chatchnev
Y6Y - Luiza Caramez, Alice Lunardelli,
Y3Y - Ana Stojanovic, Lorenzo Bernardi
Pedro Ariel Camargo
Welcome to the Student Council and good luck this term!
Infants and
of Carnaval
day with a
represented
Carnaval
Juniors enjoyed a fun day
activities. They began the
parade where each class
a different ‘bloco’. A band,
made up of teachers and pupils, played all
their favourite ‘marchinhas’. Classes had
fun dancing and throwing serpentina later
in the day.
5th March
Science Week
Coming soon!
Due to essential maintenance the
Senior School drop off and pick up
gate on Rua Marte will be closed
until the first week of March.
We apologise for any inconvenience
and ask students who normally use
this gate to use the main entrance
on Rua do Emissário until the work
is finished.
II St. Nicholas Interhouse Photography Competition
This is an excellent opportunity for photographers to exhibit their work in school and
develop a critical and technical eye by sharing experiences with other artists.
Theme: International Women's Day
Calendar:
Photographs due............... 10th March 2010
Judges' Evaluation ............ 15th March 2010
For further information find the contest rules on our intranet!
Sports
Mr Moss
Worldwide Recognition
All students of last years Yr6 participated
in a Culture, Education, Sport and Ethics
Programme (CESEP) in their PE lessons. This
was brought to Mr Moss’s attention by no
other than Mr and Mrs Borges. The initiative
was then set up in the Junior PE curricula to
engage students in using their imagination
to discover what sport means to them.
They were asked to draw a picture, create
a piece of art or write an essay/poem on
multifaceted issues such as sportsmanship,
culture, fair play, and the value of drug free
sport.
Donations of
school materials
to the school
support staff
Anna Falsztyn
On February 11th, the Student Council
got together and distributed school
materials for the children of our school’s
support staff. These school materials
and backpacks were donations collected
from last term's Casual Clothes Day
Christmas campaign. Thank you for all
your help and support!
The most creative and best designed pieces of work by year 6 students were then chosen
by Mr Moss and submitted to the CESP Program in Eugene Oregon, USA. Nine of the
students' work were selected this year from over 3000 entries from around the world
and from different children of all ages and cultures. The St Nicholas students' work is
now published in a book by The Foundation for Global Sports Development, that will go
out and be displayed in a special event this year in Vancouver, British Columbia at an
Olympic venue.
Congratulations to Damasia, Aleks, Pietro, Julia, Anna, Aristide, Giovanna, Leopoldo, Lisa
and Rebecca for having their talents and creative energy publicly recognised in such a
worldwide cultural programme.
Instituto Vaga Lume
Mrs Fletcher
Last term, Year 2Y children, together
with the Student Council, raised over
R$700,00 selling second hand books.
As the children were learning about the
Rainforest, we chose the “Associação
Vaga Lume” to donate the money. Vaga
Lume is an organisation that develops
projects in education and culture in
partnership with education departments
and community-based organizations in
20 municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon
region. It creates opportunities for cultural
exchange through reading, writing and
speaking, emphasising the role of people and rural communities in the Brazilian Amazon.
Ana, representing the association, came and spoke about the project to the children and
showed their work, including books and a DVD. It was a lovely morning.Well done!
LANGUAGE CORNER • Tricky Grammar!
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Circle the correct alternative to form accurate sentences. Give your answers to Ms.
Toffoli (ESL) and you may win an R.O.A.!
1. Everybody on the team is / are going.
2. Of the two brothers, he is the older / oldest.
3. Every girl brought her / their lunch.
Dr Jackie Lunardelli speaks to Year 6
Giovanna Pedrinola & Madalena Ferreira
We the Year 6 students would like to
thank once again Dr. Jackie Lunardelli for
coming and sharing her ideas with us for
our current unit Discovering Me! With loads
of interesting information, we learned a lot
and really appreciated the talk. Her lecture
helped us become more knowledgeable
about puberty and growing up! It was great
to hear an expert speak. Thank you!
Little Gabriel is
among us
4. Each of the boys put on his / their hat.
5. It was she / her who did it!
6. One of the ideas is / are to skip it entirely.
7. He knows anything / nothing about the problem.
8. You never tell me nothing / anything.
Name: ________________________________ Year: _____________
Last issue’s winners: Charlotte, Diana and Se-Yun (5Y), Miki and Sally (6Y)
Congratulations to Cristina Prado on the
birth of Gabriel. He was born at São Camilo
Hospital on Sunday 21st February, weighing
2.950 Kg. Mom and baby are doing well.
Universidade e Carreira
Caiu no vestibular
Biologia (FUVEST) As fontes primárias
dos elementos carbono e nitrogênio que
compõem as moléculas dos seres vivos
são, respectivamente, o gás carbônico e o
gás nitrogênio.
a) Que organismos são capazes de fixar
esses elementos?
b) Por meio de que processo celular se dá
a fixação do carbono?
Um desafio de matemática
Proposta de redação
Encontre os erros
PUC-SP
Jornal da Tarde
“Até que ponto você considera o futuro
deste raro planeta responsabilidade sua?”
É a área da engenharia voltada para o
desenvolvimento de processos industriais
que empregam transformações físicoquímicas. O engenheiro químico cria
técnicas de extração de matériasprimas, bem como de sua utilização ou
transformação em produtos químicos e
petroquímicos, como tintas, plásticos,
têxteis, papel e celulose. Desenvolve
produtos e equipamentos, além de
pesquisar tecnologias mais eficientes.
Projeta e dirige a construção e a
montagem de fábricas, usinas e estações
de tratamento de rejeitos industriais.
Pesquisa e implanta processos industriais
não poluentes, de acordo a normatização
e o desenvolvimento sustentável.
Desenvolvimento
Criar
produtos
e analisar sua viabilidade técnica e
econômica. Aperfeiçoar o processo
de fabricação ou beneficiamento de
produtos, introduzindo novas tecnologias
e adaptando as que estão em operação.
Meio ambiente Definir normas e
métodos de preservação ambiental.
Reciclar e tratar resíduos industriais.
Year 3 – Who We Are
PYP Unit – OUR CULTURES (revisited)
The original, traditional shape of the piñata
is the six pointed star although today
countless forms are in use: animals, plants,
flowers, super hero characters etc. The clay
pot or olla de barro that goes inside contains
the fruit and candies or small toys.
“Várias oportunidades vão ser oferecidas.
Mas só as ganharão quem se preparar.”
Carreira: Engenharia Química
O que você pode fazer
In
Mexico
the
breaking
of a piñata
accompanies
almost
every festive
occasion.
Year 3Y pupil,
Bernardo
Verças, lived
in Mexico for
two years and
loved making
and breaking
piñatas before
moving to Brazil. He was kind enough
to bring back a Darth Vader piñata with
him and share this wonderful and unique
tradition.
by Mr L. Anderson
At our fiesta, the piñata was suspended
from above the tuck shop while children
tried hitting it with a stick. Around the
piñata the children (led by Mr. Carlos)
sang:
Dale, dale, dale,
No pierdas el tino
Porque si lo pierdes
pierdes el camino.
Hit it, hit it, hit it,
Don't loose your aim.
'cause if you lose it
you'll loose your way!
One piñata tradition says you go around
with your eyes covered, trying to find
the good things and working hard to get
them.
Many thanks to the Verças Family for
sharing the beautiful tradition with us!
Processo
industrial
Planejar
e
supervisionar
operações
industriais,
administrando as equipes e as diversas
etapas de produção. Estudar e implantar
métodos para aumentar a produtividade,
reduzir custos e garantir a segurança no
trabalho.
Projetos Projetar fábricas, determinar
processos de produção, instalações
e equipamentos, procedimentos de
segurança e a logística de estocagem e
movimentação de materiais.
Os melhores cursos são oferecidos
pelas seguintes instituições:
●● USP (Universidade de São Paulo)
●● IME (Instituo Militar de Engenharia)
●● UNICAMP (Universidade Estadual de
Campinas)
●● Escola Superior de Química
Faculdades Oswaldo Cruz
nas
●● EEM (Escola de Engenharia Mauá)
●● FEI
(Faculdade
Industrial)
de
Engenharia
St Nicholas welcomes
new students and staff
Infant School
André Rosa Castro e Silva, Nicholas Woods
Garcez, Catarina S. Boechat, Valentina G.
de Macedo, Lara M. Abduni, Ian Goldfeld,
Young Jin Tong, Nikola Stojanovic, Ricardo
S. Tieghi, Gabriel Klonowski, Jun Ha Paik.
Junior School
Chiara Haberer, Damian Kofman, Ana
Stojanovic, Matias Goldfeld, John Robert
Khouri, Jinsuke Morita, Maria Julia Rolim
Senior School
Lucila Goldfeld, Ye Jin Chang, Alessio
Haberer, Isabella Porchia, João Lucca
Rolim, Nanami Okazaki, Andres Kofman
Staff
Maiara Terra – TT2Y Class assistant
Aline Costa – Year 1X Class assistant
Anna Fitzpatrick – Year 2X Class assistant
Zilton Salgado – Filosofia
Jackeline Gonçalves Silva - Nurse
Think Green
Mrs Vassellucci
Recycling can be fun and it can help you get a whole new look!!
Top tips for recycling your
clothes
Recycle your wardrobe
Getting tired of wearing the same old outfit
or looking like everyone else? Or remember
that skirt you bought ages ago but never
wear? You don’t have to spend a fortune
or shop till you drop to get a whole new
wardrobe. Instead of getting new clothes
or throwing your old ones out, why not try
recycling?
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The School Raises
Money for Haiti
Just two days into
the second term, we
had a very important
Casual Clothes Day
campaign
raising
money
for
the
earthquake victims
of Haiti. Everyone offered
generous support, and
we were able to collect a
record of over R$3500. The
money was immediately
donated to International
Red Cross. Thank you!
You don’t need to be able to sew.
Using techniques such as cutting, ripping
and dyeing it’s easy to update clothing
even if you’ve never been near a sewing
machine.
Look at damaged clothes with fresh
eyes. Got a cardigan with holes in the
sleeve? The short-sleeved cardie is huge, so
cut off the sleeves and edge in contrasting
wool.
Slash a dated turtleneck into a plunging
one.
Transform a maxi skirt into a mini or
pencil by raising the hem.
Cut off trousers to make into culottes
or ankle skimmers.
That boring cream shirt can easily be
dyed in the washing machine into this
season’s vibrant purples and reds.
Embellishment is an easy way to
update: try sequinned flowers and stars.
More is more. Add a fur collar or cuffs.
Think feathers, buttons and bows.
Add jewels to cheap plain flats.
Update last season’s tunic dress or
long-line cardie with a wide belt. Try one
over that chunky knit of your gran’s for a
folk look.
Cheap fashion fixes like coloured tights
and bright gloves and scarves will give
dated outfits a lift.
Take the best bit – eg, the image on an
old T-shirt and sew it on to a plain jumper.
Hats are the quickest winter update.
Use corsages, feathers and, wait for it,
pompoms
Be creative, use your imagination and
make your clothes represent who you are!
Have fun!!
A different look at rocks
Among amazing samples of rocks and tools used to understand stones better, the Year
2 children had the geologist Manuel Correa from Companhia Vale do Rio Doce explaining
to them all about the layers of our planet, shapes of rocks and earthquakes.
Let’s see what children liked the most about it.
“I liked it when Manuel told us about a machine that goes really deep into the ground to
pick the rocks up.” - Tanisha and Laura
“I liked it when he said that one big rock is formed by many little rocks, one on top of the
other. I liked it because I didn´t know it before.”
- Guilherme Cunha
“I found interesting that the earth can move and the
plates go towards each other and when they go apart
lava comes out.” - Lizzie
“I liked the rocks he brought because they are nice
rocks.” - Caio
“And because they are beautiful and a little bit shiny.” Giovanna Chen
“I liked the hammer he uses to collect samples of rocks.”
- Lara
Commemorations, celebrations and fun events around the world
Action Committee / International Committee
March
1 March – St. David’s Day is National Day for Welsh
people, and is celebrated storytelling, singing and banquets.
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3rd March – Hina Matsuri or Doll Festival or Girl’s Festival
is a Japanese festival. Families wish their daughters success
and happiness, and dolls are displayed in the house together
with peach blossoms. On Hina Matsuri, sweet sake is drunk and
chirashi sushi is eaten.
4th March – World Maths Day brings together all mathletes
around the world to participate in Maths competitions online
during a 48-hour period. It aims to raise everyone’s interest for
Maths in a fun and interesting way.
8th March – International Women’s Day is observed
around the world to celebrate the economic, political and social
achievements of women.
17th March – St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated by the Irish world
over using shamrocks and the colour green. Shamrocks are used
because they symbolize the Christian idea of the Holy Trinity:
God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.