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St. Nicholas
NEWSLETTER
www.stnicholas.com.br │ April I - 2008
Upcoming events
ADID
DATES
2nd to 5th April
Inter 8th Nosso Recanto 2
Saturday 5th April
Year 6 PYP - Daniel Rodrigo Exhibition –
Associação dos Pintores com a Boca e os
Pés (at St. Nicholas)
Monday 7th April
Year 10 & 12 Parents’Evening – 3:30pm to
7:30pm
18th and 19th April
Creative Arts Workshop - Caracas
Monday 21st April
Tiradentes Holiday – no school
Tuesday 22nd April
Parents Day— Years 7,8,9,11
TRIPS
Year 5 Trip to Itatiaia
Year 6 PYP Trip to “Museu das Invenções”
Year 3 trip to Toca da Raposa
ASSEMBLIES
Infant
Wednesday 16th April – Kindergarten X
Junior
Thursday 10th April – Year 3X
ODD DAY
Student Council
Ricardo C. Sanchez & Nicolas Gekker
Last Friday March 28th the St. Nicholas
Student Council held an Odd Casual
Clothes Day. We had lots of great
participants that looked really peculiar and
we raised over R$1,500 for our charities
Creche Nova Esperança and Casa do
Zezinho. We really appreciate your kind
contributions! For our next Casual Clothes
Day on Friday, April 25th we will be asking
for donations of blankets, woolly hats and
jumpers to help keep the children of our
charities warm during the coming winter
months.
PYP Exhibition
On the 25th of March, 2008, The PYP
group “In touch with the Arts” went on our
first trip to ADID (Associacao para o
Desenvolvimento Integral do Down).
ADID is a place for people with Down
syndrome to feel accepted in the world by
acting in a play produced by a man
named Leo.
Here are some “quotes” from the people
who went on the trip…
“I was really touched by how they look up
to Leo. He is like their angel or something...” (Jessica van den Brink) / “The trip was
INCREDIBLE! The people felt special there…” (Julia Herzog) / “It was a great feeling to be
there and see how important art is to them” (Stephanie Geller) / “I thought it was a fantastic
experience to go to ADID and ask some questions…” (Sophia Frangoulidis) / I was really
impressed at the way they act and the way they love their work…” (Camila Dacacche) / “I
thought it was amazing, I also liked how creative and hard-working they were…” (Calu
Malta)
Sports 4 All Group
PYP Exhibition
Carina Uchida and Matheus Sodre
For the PYP Exhibition, the Sports 4 All
group, invited Thomas Kirsten to share his
personal experiences racing in the Ironman
Triathlon. He gave the Year 6 pupils a
SUPER demonstration and motivational
speech. We learned a lot about his sport
and had an idea about how not to give up
and believe in ourselves. He brought many
types of equipment to show us (bikes,
running shoes, trophies, wetsuits and race
day foods). Thomas Kirsten proved to us
how difficult and complicated it is to not only
compete but also complete a triathlon. We
thank him for spending his precious time
with us and wish him luck in his future
endeavors!
Saving paper
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sent to your e mail account rather than in
paper format could you please send an email
to [email protected] with
the following information: name of pupil, class
or form, name of parents, e-mail address.
Festa Junina
07 de Junho
11:00 às 15:00 h
YEAR 10 DÁ NÓ NA LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA
Tendências dos Vestibulares
Professor Anderson Costa
O artista plástico Guto Lacaz acertou na
mosca: `Toda língua é um monumento à
criatividade humana, guardando hábitos,
modos de pensar, emoções e formas
específicas de olhar para o mundo”.
Para comprovar esta definição, os
alunos de Português do Year 10
visitaram, no dia 13 de março, a
exposição Nó Na Língua, no SESC 24
de Maio, no centro de São Paulo.
Com várias instalações criativas,
puderam observar e brincar com alguns
conceitos lingüísticos, como os palíndromos – frases ou palavras que, se lidas da
esquerda para a direita ou da direita para a esquerda, mantêm o mesmo sentido. O
mais conhecido é este: SOCORRAM-ME SUBI NO ÔNIBUS EM MARROCOS” (autor
anônimo). Os alunos gostaram também deste, de Rômulo Marinho: “A DROGA DO
DOTE É TODO DA GORDA”.
Assistiram a um vídeo com a presença de pessoas dos cinco cantos do país
conversando e puderam comparar os vários sotaques do português brasileiro, ou seja a
“cara” da língua portuguesa no Brasil. Também “visitaram” figuras de linguagem, que
soavam de alto-falantes e compararam falas de assuntos específicos ditos em
linguagem popular e em jargão técnico. Você seria capaz de entender, por exemplo, “a
tv queimou com a alta voltagem” se esta mensagem fosse dita assim: “o fusível do
televisor incandesceu-se e rompeu com a elevação da tensão elétrica”? Enfim, com
muita criatividade, o Year 10 pôde dar um verdadeiro nó na língua que Cabral plantou
aqui e cujos frutos tentamos, alguns séculos depois, colher também com bom humor.
Na hora de escolher uma profissão, há
diversos elementos a serem levados em
consideração, como a situação do
mercado de trabalho, a remuneração da
carreira, a pressão dos pais,
preocupações sociais e, claro, o tão
concorrido vestibular. A convite da Diretora
Brasileira, Alexandra Pfister e do professor
de Física, Levy Anderson, esteve em
nossa escola dia 26/03 o Professor
Agostinho Marques, coordenador do curso
pré-vestibular Stockler, trazendo
informações sobre as tendências dos
vestibulares das principais universidades
brasileiras, tais como: USP, UNESP e
UNICAMP.
Medal Winner!!! By Carina Uchida, year 6X
“When Mr. Bareau called my name during assembly I got really excited but I didn't know
about the special prize and medal. But when announced it my mind started to go wild and
I couldn't think what to think! After that day I learned that I can do whatever I put my mind
to - never give up and you'll make it! I am very honoured to win this prize! :”
Carina was one of very few students from around the world to be awarded a special
medal of achievement for her amazing performance in mental arithmetic during world
maths day. The medal is being sent from Australia, so will hopefully be awarded to Carina some time soon.
Junior and Senior School Prize winners
Carina Uchida and Stephane Jo won the overall Junior School World Maths Day prizes for
the most answers correct in 60 seconds, and the most correct overall. Jackie Kim and
Felipe Daccache won the overall Senior School World Maths Day prizes. The winners
were awarded with a scientific calculator. Classes 6X and 4X were also awarded with a
free trial on the website www.mathletics.com for their excellent participation. Well done to
all Mathletes!
ST NICK'S MAGAZINE
IS OUT
The Editorial Committee
Have you got the latest issue of St. Nick’s
Magazine? How did you like it? We are
looking forward to receiving some
feedback – do send us your opinions and
suggestions! Moreover, everyone in our
community is welcome to submit articles,
stories, poems, pictures and so on. Write
to [email protected], in English or
Portuguese!
Cirque du Soleil Pen pals
A pen pal exchange organised by teachers from the Cirque du Soleil’s
Alegria School and St Nicholas, was an a unique opportunity to
become more open-minded and knowledgeable. In October a group of
our students from Years 3-12 volunteered to establish contact via
email, which allowed the pen pals to find out a little bit about each
other before actually meeting. During a visit to St. Nicholas, the
Alegria School pupils joined us for lunch and then participated in
classes and Science week activities with their pen pals. St. Nicholas
pupils’ visit to the Alegria School was an equally enjoyable
experience.
Meeting my pen pal was a wonderful experience. I got to know how it
is to move around all over the world together with your school. It
seems like its tiring to move cities and countries every seven months.
Their school is very different from ours, the class is very mixed, and there are
children from different age groups in the same class. But the biggest
difference between our school and theirs is the number of students. Their
school has only nine students whilst our school has several hundred
students. (Isabela Januzzi Yr 8)
It was an amazing and unforgettable experience. At first I didn’t know
whether I would like my pen pal or not. I had imagined her in a totally
different way. When we first met I didn’t know what to say, I was so excited. It
was interesting because when she came to school she taught us a game she
had learnt. She is a really sweet and polite girl. I really liked this idea and I
would sure do it again. ( Anna Luiza Ruocco Yr 8)
I enjoyed going to the Cirque du Soleil. It was an amazing opportunity to get to see how our pen pals of the Cirque study, to see their
classrooms and their lunchroom. We had a great lunch with delicious food. We took many pictures with our pen pals and then went to
see the backstage of the circus, where they leave the costumes and have their dressing rooms. We even got the chance to try some
masks on which was hilarious. My pen pal and her best friend do contortion and they posed for us. We also could jump on a type of
‘jumpy floor’ [trampoline] and it was good fun to feel like acrobats … or not. They showed us a slide show of the cities they’ve been to. I
loved going there and I don't want our pen pals to leave! (Yasmin Younes Yr 9)
YEAR 6 VISITS THE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
FAIRY STORIES
Ricardo Sanchez & Yannis Proença
The Year 6 pupils had the opportunity to
visit the Cirque du Soleil. There we met
the Cirque cast and we had the opportunity to have a private tour of the grounds
by Karl Sanft and his family (Kalei’s dad).
We went backstage and saw the costumes, masks, wigs, training area, physical therapy rooms and dining hall. We
spoke with the prop manager and he
made a snow show just for us! We also
had the chance to watch Mr. Karl Sanft’s
act from the show!
Our favourite part of the trip was learning
how to juggle and do the basic spin with
Mr. Sanft. We also met the sons and
daughters of the artists and visited their
school. We had a wonderful time!
How many people can say they have
been backstage at the Cirque du Soleil?
NOT MANY!!! We are truly blessed.
Year 2
Hanna and the Lost Wolf
Julia Suplicy
Once upon a time there was a loveing and
adventurous girl named Hanna. She lived in a
desert. One day Hanna met a lost wolf. The
wolf went with Hanna to find a forest. So they
found a forest. The wolf was very happy. The
wolf thanked Hanna and dissappered into the
darck forest happaly.
The Sleepy Dragon and the Spy Man
Eduardo Lyrio
Once upon a time there was a crazy dragon.
He was very sleepy. There was a spy man who
was smart fast and bad. One day they went to
a cave to meet. The dragon was too sleepy but
the spy man did not let him sleep. The spy man
pushed the dragon into a tub full of watar. The
dragon did not know how to have a bath.
So the dragon drank a lot of watar until he
was dead.
… more stories in next issue...
FUTSAL RESULTS
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. Acabei de ver o Mr. Eagles.
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2. Cuidado! Você vai cair!
Yr8&9 St Nicholas 5 Escola do Futuro 0
Yr7&8 Home Leg -St Nicholas 9 Escola do Futuro 7 : Away Leg- St Nicholas 7 Escola do Futuro 9
Yr5&6 Home Leg -St Nicholas 2 Escola do Futuro 9 : Away Leg- St Nicholas 5 Escola do Futuro 6
BASKETBALL RESULTS
1st Period
2nd Period
3rd Period
4th Period
Final Score
St Nicks
8
0
6
0
14
Yr7&8 Boys
St Pauls
X
5
X
2
X
5
X
6
18
Senior Girls
St Nicks
2
X
0
X
7
X
0
X
9
St Pauls
11
10
6
6
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Well done to all players who contributed to a successful week of fixtures. The attitude,
spirit and efforts of all squad members were positive and impressive , no matter what
court time they had and against tough competition. Once again the St Nicks support home
and away from parents, teachers and pupils was unrivalled. Thank you. (Mr Moss)
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GUITAR ECA
3. Meu irmão mais velho está
com 15 anos agora.
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Answers to last issue’s quiz:
He scored 3 goals in yesterday’s game/match. 2.
Could I borrow your pen? /Could you lend me
your pen? 3 I am good at English, but terrible at
Maths.
Congratulations to Beatriz, Eduardo and Felipe
(Y2), Nick (Y5) and Lia (Y7)
ECA de Rhythm Guitar: servers, teachers,
parents and pupils can apply to. Wednesday,
16:30 at the Music Room. ECA de Violão
Acompanhamento: funcionários, professores,
pais e alunos podem se inscrever. Quartasfeiras, 16:30, na Sala de Música.
Raimundo (Sodexho), Hermelino (Head of
music), Guiberto (ICT Department), Zélia
(Sodexho), Gilson (Sodexho), João (Porter),
Rafael (Reprographics Room)
Commemorations, celebrations and fun events around the world
Action Committee / International Committee
APRIL
1st
April – April Fool’s Day is marked by playing practical jokes on
friends and neighbors, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of
which is to embarrass the gullible.
2nd April – International Children’s Book Day was chosen to
commemorate the birthday of famous Danish storyteller Hans Christian
Andersen. It is a celebration of children's books around the world.
3rd April – Passover, also known as Pesach, is the Jewish festival of
freedom. It is held every spring to celebrate the exodus of the Jews from
Egypt, where they had been slaves, about 3200 years ago.
4th April – International Day for Landmines Awareness and
Assistance in Mine Action aims to raise people’s awareness about
landmines and unexploded grenades, missiles etc., which kill or maim
over 15 thousand every year. This campaign hopes for the complete
eradication of these dangerous weapons.
– Qingming Festival meaning Clear and Bright Festival, is a
traditional Chinese festival that is usually observed on April 5 except
during leap year when it is on April 4. It is a time when people take care
of the graves of departed loved ones, and also when people go out to
enjoy the greenery of springtime.
7th April – World Health Day is celebrated to raise people's awareness
of specific health themes. These themes change every year as decided
by the World Health Organization (WHO), and this year's theme is
“Protecting health from the adverse affects of climate change.”
21st April – Tiradentes Day commemorates the execution of Brazilian
national hero Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier - a co-conspirator in the
1789 revolt against the Portuguese. Xavier was a dentist by trade, and
so the name "Tiradentes" which means "tooth-puller".
22nd April – Earth Day is a day created to raise people's awareness to
earth matters – how the planet's environment should be cared for, and
how pollution should be fought.
23rd April – World Book Day is observed to celebrate the birth and
death anniversaries of famous authors especially Miguel de Cervantes
and William Shakespeare. This celebration has traces its origin to
Catalonia Spain where men would give roses to their lovers and women
gave a book in exchange.
27th April – Freedom Day is a celebration of freedom in South Africa. It
commemorates the first democratic post-apartheid elections held in
1994 when Nelson Mandela was elected as President.
29th April – International Dance Day (World Dance Day) aims to
promote the importance of dance and for governments to recognize this
importance by providing a proper place for dance in all levels of
education.