Year 9 Life Skills Paraty 2010

St. Nicholas
Newsletter
www.stnicholas.com.br :: December I :: 2010
Upcoming events
December
Tue 14th
Senior House Basketball
Christmas Concert (Hall - 19:00)
Tue 14th to Thu 16th
Years 10 & 12 Mock Exams
Thu 16th
Last Day for TT1, TT2 & Nursery
Junior Rock Band Assembly (8:00 to 9:00)
Fri 17th
Infant Music Assembly (8:00 to 9:00)
Last Day for Infant & Junior (12:00)
Senior Christmas Lunch (12:30 to 14:00)
Last Day for Senior
January
Mon 17th to Mon 24th
Years 10 & 12 Mock Exams
Mon 31th
School Starts for Pupils
House Swimming Gala 2010
Mr Moss
London take the swimming honours twice on the trot... by just six points!
A fine array of swimming talents and abilities were on show in an excellent and hot morning of
House representation and competition in the second solo Junior House Swimming Gala.
The Gala, such a prominent event in the school Sports calendar was well supported by an
impressive number of parents, family members, cameras, Infant/Junior staff and Senior
House representatives contributing to the many successes of the morning.
Over 140 pupils/swimmers from the Junior School in all years competed in 32 races that
included all the recognised stokes, an open house relay and a staff relay, London winning
again. Three records were broken: Ricard Thiegui Yr3 Front Crawl 19.82; Maarten Hagemen
Yr4 Front Crawl 18.98; Luiza Peres Yr5 Front Crawl 16.74. Impressive to say the least.
On behalf of the PE Department, thank you to all members of the St. Nicholas community
and the Head of Houses for their support, time and contribution before and during the
event. Congratulation to London and we look forward to The Senior House Swimming
Gala come April/May.
Overall Results
1 London 252pts
st
2nd Oxford 246pts
3rd Cambridge 187pts
Yr 3 Champions - London
Yr 4 Champions - Oxford
Yr 5 Champions - Oxford
Yr 6 Champions - London
Congratulations to the winner of the
Make a Difference Day logo competition
organised by the Junior Student Council
- MARIA GOMES from Year 6Y. Her logo
will be used in all posters and other items
related to Make a Difference Day.
Christmas Concert
On the 14th of
December
there
will be a christmas
concert in the hall.
You might be aware
that there were some
extremely
serious
floods in Pakistan.
Many people lost
their homes and there
was considerable damage for the country.
We are trying to raise money to help the
victims of the floods and would be very
grateful for any donations. If you donate
any amount on the day you get a bracelet.
Thank you in advance for your support!
December 14th - 19:00
For more photos visit School Life > Sports > Events on our website!
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Last day to borrow items from the library
The last day to borrow books, DVDs, etc. from the Library was Friday December 3rd.
The materials must be returned by Friday December 10th.
The aim of our Visual Arts lessons is to give the pupils the opportunity to develop their
creativity, imagination and confidence. Through various projects, the pupils have had
the experience of using different Art tools and techniques.
This workshop is the result of Years 5 and 6 Visual Arts Lessons from August 2010 to
December 2010, where skills using the following media were developed: watercolours,
oil pastels, carving polystyrene and printing in Year 5, collage using magazines and
newspaper, posters (using different media), tape sculptures and recycling materials
(colour paper, cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, newspaper, wood and
polystyrene) in Year 6.
Year 9 Life Skills Paraty 2010
Carina Uchida & Alex Park
Two weeks ago, the Year 9 group went
to Saco do Mamangua in Paraty for their
Life Skills trip. Everyone showed great
commitment and overcame their goals
whilst hiking, kayaking and working as a
team during cooking and cleaning.
On the first day, we departed early in the
morning for a five hour bus drive, and soon
as we got to Paraty-Mirim, we loaded our
bags to boats and we took off to an island
where we would be camping. The island
was a beautiful forest with high mountains.
We set our tents right in front of the crystal
clear ocean. On the same day, we set off
to climb the Pão de Açucar mountain,
it took us nearly two hours to get on top
and after lots of struggle and muscle pain
we reached our destination. After one
look at the amazing view of the sea with
small valleys, we all felt accomplished and
confident about our success. When the
night fell and we were already back at our
camp site, we took cold showers from a
tree and the cooking team made dinner.
We ate our spaghetti with a great attack of
mosquitos. Soon after, we went to sleep...
the next day was going to be a tiring day.
6:30am we were all getting ready for our
long hike over the mountain and ate our
breakfast. First we got in our kayaks with
pairs. We were going to another beach
before the hike by kayaks, after lots of
struggle to keep the kayaks going forwards,
we got to the beach and had some free
time before hiking. The hiking started
around 11am and this was the hardest
part of the day, as many struggled and
complained, we walked step by step until
we got to the other side of the mountain. It
took us nearly five hours but after taking a
look at the beautiful beach, we all knew it
was all worth it. We had some free time to
play at the beach and eat some food. Soon
after we got our boats to go back to our
camping site. Everyone was exhausted and
hungry so we started to make dinner which
was vegetarian Strogonoff with soy meat.
After dinner we took the cold shower again
and before going to sleep, we gathered
and talked about the hike and people
who stood out by their commitment and
cooperation. We also talked about how we
became more united as group and created
bonds which we would carry to school.
On the third and last day, after breakfast
the guides organized a game with kayaks
and water. The group that won the game
would win a pot of nutella, therefore
everyone was incredibly excited. Soon
after we packed our stuff and took it to
the boats, but before leaving we ate lunch.
Now it was time to go back to São Paulo
so we got in our boats and then in our bus
to another long bus drive of four hours.
This was our Life Skills Trip where we all
learnt something about commitment and
achieving your targets.
Years 7 & 8
Spelling Bee
On November 18th eighteen Spelling Bee
finalists battled it out to be crowned the
best speller of their hous...
All of Year 7 and 8 participated in the first
round of the Spelling Bee which took
place in their English lessons. The English
teachers were very impressed with the
skill and dedication all students showed in
learning a range of difficult words.
The final took place in an assembly,
hosted by Calu Malta and Bontle Moatshe
from Year 9. Each participant showed
confidence and excellent spelling skills!
The three winning spellers were Anna
Falsztyn (London), Yoon Shu (Cambridge)
and the overall winner was Damasia
Correch from Oxford. Congratulations to
Damasia who proved herself to be the best
speller in Year 7 and 8!
2011 USA Football Tour - Sponsorhip Opportunity
After the successes in Scandinavia, St Nicholas will be taking
a representative squad of 19 girls to play in the internationally
renown Disney International Youth Soccer Tournament and
Minneapolis Schwan's USA
Cup in July 2011. We are
hoping to attract company
sponsorship for the girls'
tour training and playing
uniforms. If you would like this
opportunity and exposure as a
Sponsor please don't hesitate
to contact: pmoss@stnicholas.
com.br or mkt@stnicholas.
com.br.
We'll be
there for you!
Mr Cassiano Nogara
Sports
In the Creative Arts department (or MAD, as
we like to be called), we engaged with our
Y8 students in an exciting cross-curricular
project mixing Music, Arts and Drama to
produce a Lip Dub video for the song “I’ll
be there for you” by “The Rembrandts” (Do
you remember the opening of the TV show
“Friends”?). In lessons, our students had
to research how the videos were made and
take care of about everything related to the
production of their own!
During the term, they did a lot of
brainstorming and planning, but spent
most of their time in developing and
practising the sequence of the camera,
creating choreographies, music, costumes
and props. On November 27th, we spent
two hours recording the video in school.
St.Paul’s 0 v St. Nicholas 6
Danielle, Raunack and Ivan were our first
students to go to a recording session
outside school.
Our video is going to be exhibited on the
morning of the Christmas lunch, along
with a making of the project that is at the
moment being edited by Year 8 students. A
web version may be available soon. Don’t
miss our first MAD Lip Dub!
Mr Moss
Year 3 & 4 Football vs St.Paul's
St. Paul’s 2 v St.Nicholas 0
The most characteristic thing about a
Lip Dub is that it is filmed with only one
camera and in a single shot. It was a tiring
process because there were too many
people involved and every time someone
made a mistake we had to start over and
do it again. Now, consider that each of
our students had to appear at two to four
different moments doing different things
in the video, holding a banner, wearing a
different costume or accessories and you
will get a picture of how
difficult it is. It is
definitely a project
A Lip Dub is
that only works
filmed with
out if everyone
only one
is involved and
working together.
camera and
Also, apart from
in a single
others Lip Dubs,
shot!
instead of using the
original recording of the
song,
we decided to record a cover version
of our own. We did takes of some of the
instruments in the music room and took
vocals and guitars to record in a studio.
Mr Moss
The Year 3 team, featuring many pupils
representing our school for the first
time, played with great enthusiasm and
teamwork in a very evenly contested game.
St.Nicholas , superbly led by captain Leo
Kachanovsky, were unlucky not to turn
some great passing and movement into
early goals but were helpless to stop a
great free kick late in the game which
sealed victory for St.Paul’s.
a great team performance. The match
was cut short by the threat of lightening,
but not before St.Nicholas had scored
six great goals from Lorenzo Bernardi,
Maarten Hageman, Damian Hofman, Leo
Kachanovsky and Nicolas Nascimento.
The Year 4 team played excellent football
and the St.Paul’s goalkeeper, his post and
crossbar were kept very busy throughout.
The organisation, communication and
leadership from captain Damian Kofman
and a couple of sweet volleys from
Maarten Hageman were the highlights of
Basketball
Four hard fought games that were punctuated by moments of brilliant offence, enjoyment,
co-operation, satisfaction, and missed opportunities.
U15 Girls St Nicholas 20 vs. St Paul’s 25; U15 boys St Nicholas 15 vs. St Paul’s 32
U18 Boys St Nicholas 25 vs. St Paul’s 32; U18 Girls St Nicholas 25 vs. St Paul’s 17
The matches were largely relevant in the context of teamwork, spirit, performance and
attitude, playing against four quality St Paul teams. The performances demonstrated the
significant and important improvements with the Wednesday afternoon Basketball ECA’s.
Congratulations to all players!
Coluna St. Nicks
A Internet
Ms Nogueria
Os alunos do Year 9 escreveram textos argumentativos expondo suas opiniões sobre algo hoje muito presente em suas vidas: a
internet. Nesses textos, eles discutiram se ela é realmente capaz de promover o encontro de verdadeiras amizades. Leia a seguir o
texto de Nicolas Gekker sobre o assunto.
com pessoas que não conheça, essa
“A internet é uma tecnologia moderna
palavra “encontrar” em seu significado de
amizade só se tornará verdadeira após
que ajuda jovens a encontrar
“criar”, tenho a certeza de que a internet
o teste da realidade. Os amigos virtuais,
verdadeiros amigos.”
não teria esta capacidade. A amizade real
ao se encontrarem na vida real, poderiam
é
cultivada
na
vida
real.
Somente
através
É extremamente dificil dizer se eu
revelar muitos sentimentos, confirmando
de experiencias vividas na realidade é
concordo com esta afirmação por ela ter
ou não se a amizade seria realmente
que
se
criam
laços
fortes
capazes
de
dois possíveis significados.
duradoura e positiva.
construir uma verdadeira amizade.
A chave da questão para mim tem a
Uma verdadeira amizade é uma
As redes sociais como Orkut, Facebook
ver com a palavra encontrar. Na medida
consequência da perseverança do
e Twitter são ferramentas muito úteis
em que consideramos o significado de
sentimento tanto diante de bons como de
para
encontrar
velhos
amigos,
ou
manter
“encontrar” como “manter contato”, vejo
maus momentos.
o contato com os amigos atuais. Se
que a internet é uma ferramenta muito
pessoas
são
separadas
pelas
trapaças
A conclusão que chego é que a internet
poderosa para que verdadeiros amigos
da vida, elas conseguem continuar sendo
complementa a experiência da vida real,
possam se encontrar. Ela possibilita
amigas por meio destas redes.
mas nunca será possível que ela a substitua
que duas pessoas que viveram bons
completamente. Assim como falaram que
momentos e experiências na vida real,
É muito dificil, no entanto, construir uma
um dia a internet substituiria os jornais e
e, por isto, se tornaram verdadeiros
nova amizade do zero usando as redes
vemos que isto até hoje não aconteceu,
amigos, possam se rever e voltar a trocar
sociais disponíveis na internet. Apesar de
acredito que jamais um “rsrsrsrs” substituirá
experiências mesmo à distância.
ser possível iniciar um relacionamento pela
uma boa e gostosa gargalhada.
internet no qual alguém tenha afinidades
Por outro lado, se considerarmos a
Fernando Pessoa - Plural como o Universo
Ms Nogueria
Os alunos do Year 11 assistiram, no dia 26 de Novembro, à exposição Fernando Pessoa - Plural como o Universo, que estará no
Museu da Língua Portuguesa até o dia 30 de janeiro de 2011. A exposição pretende apresentar um pouco sobre o grande poeta
português e provocar o visitante, fazendo-o refletir sobre a pluralidade de cada um, tanto de Fernando Pessoa, quanto daquele que
se aventura por seu universo. Leia o texto a seguir sobre as impressões de Bruna Cunha a respeito da exposição.
escrito por Fernando Pessoa. É mesmo
Você consegue definir exatamente quem é
escrevia. Portanto, achei incrível quando
genial! Uma das coisas mais legais da
você, o que vai fazer na vida e qual é a sua
descobri o quão especiais eram suas
exposição é que ela usa uma tecnologia
personalidade? Isso é muito difícil, pois
obras: Fernando Pessoa escreve usando
muito moderna que torna tudo mais
na verdade não somos apenas uma coisa,
heterônimos, que são personalidades
interativo e divertido. Por exemplo, cada
agimos diferentemente com os amigos,
literárias (pessoas imaginárias que ele
heterônimo tem seu próprio cubículo com
pais, professores, crianças etc. Cada um
cria e que escrevem os poemas dele).
as projeções dos poemas, e para mudar
de nós tem várias “personalidades”, e
Cada heterônimo tem a sua biografia,
de poema, o visitante levanta a mão e
sem perceber, somos pessoas plurais.
caligrafia e estilo de escrita, e Fernando
sensores captam seu movimento. Além
Pessoa
criou
mais
de
72!
“Plural como o universo.” Esse foi o tema
disso, tem uma caixa de areia onde outro
da exposição que o Year 11 viu na sextaO museu foca em quatro heterônimos
poema é projetado, e, quando, se levanta
feira, dia 26 de Novembro, no Museu da
principais do autor, Álvaro de Campos,
a mão, uma projeção de mar leva as letras
Língua Portuguesa.
Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis e Bernardo
da areia embora. É muito interessante!
Soares, cada um completamente diferente
Eu, pessoalmente, já havia ouvido falar
Eu realmente saí inspirada da exposição
do outro. As poesias apresentadas pelo
de Fernando Pessoa, mas não sabia nada
e acho que todo mundo que foi comigo
museu
parecem
feitas
por
pessoas
sobre ele, muito menos que tipo de obras
se divertiu, portanto, recomendo!
diferentes, e é difícil aceitar que tudo foi
Year 4 Trip to Campo dos Sonhos
Year 4 went on their first residential trip
to an environmentally friendly hotel called
Campo dos Sonhos. The unit they are
studying is called ‘What’s in the Bin’ and
has a focus on how our lifestyles have
an impact on the world’s resources. At
the hotel they were able to see how a
recycling centre works and its importance
to our environment. They also saw how a
real water wheel can produce energy and
they followed step-by –step how to make
coffee and organic fertilizers. They also
visited a plastic bottle factory to see how
the bottles are made and recycled.
During free time they enjoyed the swimming
pools, horse riding, paddling boats, riding
bikes, playing ping-pong, tiroleza and
feeding farm animals.
It was a fantastic experience for everyone
and the students have to be congratulated
on their behaviour and organisation. Their
rooms were ever so tidy. Well done, Year 4!
LAHC Conference to Mexico 2010
The Lancaster School
of Mexico City along
with the LAHC hosted
the
conference,
Opening Opportunities
Celebrating Diversity,
from October 14th to
16th in Mexico City.
The conference focused on inclusion and
learning. I would to share some ideas from
both of the key note presentations by Tony
Booth and Todd Rose.
Tony Booth, researcher and professor of
inclusive education at Canterbury Christ
University, views inclusion as ‘putting
values into action where everyone is
included rather than a concern for one
group of children’. Inclusion is not about
educating students with special needs
but educating all students. Indicators in
his publication The Index for Inclusion:
Developing Learning and Participation
in Schools promote reflection and
dialogue about inclusion within the school
community. Two examples of these
indicators are Is the school welcoming to
all children in its local communities? and
Do children learn what it means to be a
good citizen just by being at school? From
this dialogue, values of the community
are confirmed and challenged which can
lead to change. Values are essential to a
school community and should be lived and
Jeanne Bouvier
practised everyday within the community
and classroom by how teachers teach, how
students learn, as well as what teachers
teach and what the students learn.
Todd Rose, professor at the Harvard
Graduate School for Education and a
research scientist for the Center for Applied
Special Technology (CAST), believes that
perception, attention and working memory
interact to shape learning. Since these three
things vary for each student, it is important
that teachers follow the Universal Design
for Learning (UDL) to maximize learning
for all students. The UDL stresses the
importance of providing:
●● multiple and flexible methods of
presentation to give students with diverse
learning styles various ways of acquiring
information and knowledge.
Kenji Fuse
On Saturday 4th December Year 10,
Ms.Pare, Mr.Rodolffi, and Mr.McCombe
undertook a fieldtrip to Ibirapuera Park.
The group were split into three groups;
each group had its designated area to do
their own surveys and collect information.
The weather was incredibly hot and dry.
However, this didn’t stop us from doing
our job. In no particular order we had to
interview local residents, check how eroded
was the grass, count the litter around the
park and complete a table which asked us
about the environment. All this data would
provide evidence to see if Ibirapuera Park
is affected by humans or not. Each group
had to repeat this research in three different
sites in the groups' designated area. The
trip turned out to be very productive, and
we came back before the time expected.
●● multiple and flexible means of
expression to provide diverse students
with alternatives for demonstrating what
they have learned, and
●● multiple and flexible means of
engagement to tap into diverse learners'
interests, challenge them appropriately,
and motivate them to learn.
This information and more (including
examples and lessons) can be found at
these websites: www.advocacyinstitute.
org/UDL and www.cast.org
IB Andes Course - Lagunillas, Chile
In late October, Bruna Cunha and Anna Luiza Ruocco (Year 11) and Alexis Sogl and Ariel
Forner (Year 12) travelled to the Chilean Andes for an unforgettable experience. The
following reflections about the trip were written by Bruna and Anna Luiza.
In the first days the trip was harder than
we expected, since we walked a lot and
it wasn't easy to make friends because
people mostly spoke Spanish (there were
three other IB schools, from Argentina,
Uruguay and Chile). The stamina we had
to possess was huge and we were not
sure we would make it. However, as the
days went by, we got used to the trails
and started knowing people better, so
we completely fell in love with the place
and the trip. We didn't want to leave, no
matter how cold it was, how dirty we felt
and how tired we had become because we
realized that the cold didn't last long, the
dirt showed endurance and the tiredness
was easily forgotten.
fun people. It was WOW that we managed
to learn so much and come back fresh
after only one week. It is WOW that we
didn't have liquid water for three days and
managed to survive with newfound friends,
smiling and laughing at our own mistakes.
It is WOW that after all that went wrong, we
want to go back to all that went right and
have the same wrong experiences again.
We had to spend days without showers
and brushing teeth because we had no
liquid water, and we had to melt snow to
cook and clean. This made us see water
very differently than we used to, because
it is one thing hearing people tell you that
it is important and that people around
the world are dying of thirst, and another
thing actually being without water yourself
and having to deal with the difficulties this
brings. This trip opened our eyes to the
reality outside the St Nicholas bubble, and
it felt remarkable.
Another amazing experience was being
with sight-handicapped (blind and semiblind) teenagers in the mountains for a
day. We spent most of the morning and
afternoon showing them around and
talking about everything…But we will not
tell you anything else, so we won’t spoil
the absolute fun this was! It completely
changed our perspective of life to be
with blind people who ‘see’ a completely
different world...
Wow. Just... wow. Maybe that is the best
word to describe this trip. It is WOW that
we climbed up to one of the summits of the
Andes Mountain range. It is WOW that we
were lucky as to go on a trip with so many
IGCSE Fieldtrip Report
We were very lucky (yes, it was fun!) to
face a snowstorm in the mountains even
though it was spring. It was extremely
cold, but completely worth it as we woke
up to the mesmerising view of a white
landscape surrounding our tents. We felt
like we were in a movie and we even had
snowball fights!
Even after all the trouble we faced in this
trip, we came back feeling like new, thirsting
for life. We recommend this trip to everyone!
And it is not only because you also gain CAS
and TOK hours, but because it is the most
incredible experience anyone could have.
BM&F BOVESPA Trip Report
Mr Soukup
As part of the IB Business and Management
course, Year 11 and 12 students ventured
forth into the wild business environment of
São Paulo. They were met at the entrance
to the stock exchange by their hosts and
ushered into what was the trading floor
until last year. After the initial greetings the
hopeful leaders of industry were shown
a 3D video describing the stages of the
recent events leading up to the creation of
BM&FBOVESPA as it is today: the merging
of two organisations, the commodities and
futures market and the stock exchange.
It is the largest stock market in Latin
America and ranks tenth in the world. The
next item was a lecture that described
the various operations that take place in
BM&FBOVESPA including the investment
products that are available. Some of the Year
11’s found these technically complicated
as they are though they do provide plenty
of scope for further research. After a short
coffee break there were a number of short
videos showing how business developed in
São Paulo over the last hundred years and
the people associated with its progress.
This was followed by a buying and selling
of equities simulation that demonstrated
the ease with which these trades can now
be made. While a number of students
wanted to make a deal it seems they
had forgotten their cheque books! At the
end of the tour the group waited to see
the ‘quadrangle’ or ‘ticker board’ go into
action showing the change in share prices
as trades are made. Mostly a lot of green
numbers showing a move into positive
territory, BM&FBOVEASP does not start
trading until 11 am when Wall Street
opens for business. The expedition into
the financial jungle was completed from
the dizzy heights of the BANESPA building
that gives a 360° panoramic view of the
city from 35 floors up.
House Logo Competition Winners
Mr Pearcy
Well Done to the winners of the House logo Competition and thank you to all those students who submitted entries. Now that the Logos
have been chosen, Kabelo Tolong will be creating new Logos based on the two winners for each House.
Oxford
Damasia Correch (Year 8)
Liliana de Paiva (Year 9)
Cambridge
London
Juan Chavarro (Year 9)
Julia Fantoni (Year 12)
Jinsuke, Junsei, Moica, Marcela, Micaek
(Year 6)
Kabelo Tolong (Year 10)
TT2 had a very colourful week!
Fair Trade Visitors
For a whole week, the children celebrated one colour per day by coming to school
wearing specific clothes according to the colour chosen. They painted and mixed primary
colours and also made different shades using black and white. It was a busy week and
the parents were also involved. The children had loads of fun!
Year 5 are enjoying their unit on Fair Trade
and we invited two parents, Julie Gattaz
and Luciano Deos to speak to us about
their jobs in marketing.
Carolina Gattaz & Maria Antonia Deos (Year 5)
When Julie Gattaz came in, she talked
about the 4 Ps of marketing: product,
price, placement and promotion. Luciano
Deos talked about his company gad
and how his company helped market
different products.
We all learned a lot from both parents
to help us market our own Fair Trade
product and thank them for coming to
speak to us.
Commemorations, celebrations and fun events around the world
Action Committee / International Committee
December
24 - Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas Day, is observed
by Christians around the world with special meals with family or
friends, gift-giving, and for Catholics, a midnight mass.
countries have different ways of celebrating this holiday, but
many of them observe the day with post-Christmas sales and
various sporting events.
25th - Christmas Day is a commemoration of the birth of Jesus
Christ, and modern traditions include the display of Nativity
scenes, Holly and Christmas trees, the exchange of gifts and
cards, and the arrival of Father Christmas or Santa Claus on
Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Popular Christmas themes
include the promotion of goodwill and peace.
26th December to 1st January - Kwanzaa is a week-long PanAfrican festival primarily honouring African-American heritage,
observed almost exclusively in the United States of America.
Activities for the occasion include candle-lighting, pouring of
libations, and a feast and gift-giving on the last day.
th
26 - Boxing Day is a public holiday celebrated in the United
Kingdom, Canada and most other Commonwealth countries,
or alternatively on the next weekday after Christmas. Different
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31st - New Year’s Eve is celebrated with family gatherings and
parties to mark the end of the year and to welcome the new one.
Many cultures use fireworks and other forms of noise making as
part of the celebration.