AN INTERVIEW WITH

OUR NEW MINISTERS

In September new ministers (priests), Tamás and

Annamária Mikos came to our school. They are husband

and wife.

Student: What was your first impression about the

teachers and students when you came to our school?

Husband: I was very surprised when I came to

Rimaszombat because I did not know I would teach too. I

was afraid of it but both the teachers and students were

very kind.

Wife: The teachers were very friendly and the children

were nice as well.

Student: What were the first lessons like?

Husband: I was very nervous. I can tell you I had never

paid attention so intensively on a lesson before as on

those ones.

Wife: There were many new situations. I had to get

known with all the groups. I think it is the aim of the first

lessons as well.

Student: Have you ever tried teaching earlier?

Husband: No, never. I attended schools as a student so

far.

Wife: I have been teaching only a few lessons. But I was

looking forward to this school.

Student: What is your hobby?

Husband: I like music, cycling and reading.

Wife: I like sticking mosaic from pieces of colourful

glass, mirror and tiles.

Student: Why have you chosen this profession?

Husband: It is a question people ask us very often. The

answer is : I do not know. I think the God has chosen me

to preach.

Wife: It is a good question. We often make decisions but

we do not always know what the result will be. Although,

I have been studying theology because the God was

important for me, I do not know what my mission will be

like.

DANCE LESSONS AND THE

FIRST BALL In January classes Quarto and Quinto started attending

dance lessons. We met on Fridays. We were very excited

when we met for the first time. Our parents have chosen a

very experienced teacher for us. We had a great time

together every week. We gradually got better and better in

various types of dances as we were training a lot.

A week before the first ball we could only talk about the

ball, our dresses, shoes and haircuts.

On Saturday April 21 our grandparents, neighbours,

friends and schoolmates could have a look at us on the

rehearsal two hours before the show. The girls were

wearing beautiful white dresses and they had nice

haircuts. The boys were dressed in elegant dark suits,

white shirts with bowties.

Our first ball started at six in the evening. We showed

about twelve dances in two parts to our parents, siblings,

godparents and teachers. Later we had a parent´s and

a teacher´s dance as well. After the official part the real

ball started for us. We were dancing all night.

The first ball ended in the early morning hours. We had

a very good time together. We were as happy as never

before.

An interview whith our staff

Some of the students have recently conducted an inter-

view with some members of the staff, including teachers,

dining hall personnel and our principal, Ana Sanz.

This interview was only focused on the task of each one

of them, as well as asking if they do like their job and

why they chose it.

All of them share the same opinion concerning the fact

that they like their jobs, but not all of the people chose it

in the same way. The following table summarizes the

answers:

Noel, our Comenius assistant Hello, my name is Noel Christy and I am from Ireland. I

am here in Spain as an English assistant helping the chil-

dren and teachers of Los Olivos to improve their English.

My assistantship is part of the Comenius programme, my

national organisation The British Council works in part-

nership with the Comenius European programme sending

English assistant to different parts of Europe. I decided to

come to Spain because I wanted to improve my Spanish

and it is close to my country (and the weather is better

than my country).

My experiences with this project have been great. I have

been involved in many cultural projects within my school

and i also had the opportunity to travel to Turkey and

take part in the Comenius programme. I think that pro-

jects like this one are very important for a lot of reasons.

It helps people improve their English, meet new people

and gain great knowledge and experience from many dif-

ferent things, the teachers also see and learn new teaching

techniques and ways to improve and encourage the chil-

dren in learning.

This project has allowed me to experience different edu-

cational systems in different countries. Before coming to

Spain I didn’t know what to expect, I was unsure as to

how I should teach English and how the people from dif-

ferent cultures would view me, but when I arrived in

Spain I found that the people were very welcoming and

helpful and the educational system had a lot of similari-

ties to the Irish and UK systems. I also had these feelings

when I travelled to Turkey. This country I knew was a lot

different from Spain or Ireland and I was afraid in case I

didn’t like it. But again like in Spain the people were

wonderful and they made me feel very welcome.

These experiences have really opened my eyes, I have

been emerged in different cultures with different people

and ways of teaching which for many people is a deter-

rent and makes them think that other cultures and meth-

ods are not as good as their own, but in actual fact this is

very untrue! The children, teachers and everyone I had

the opportunity to meet are all different in their own ways

but they are also very much the same!

In Ireland we have a saying “Never judge a book by it´s

cover” this means that you should never judge anyone of

anything until you have had the chance to experience

them and their culture.

Interview with Esma Korubük

The old woman in the picture is Esma Korubük. Esma

learned to reading and writing 3 months ago. She is 45

years old and she is so happy today because she can read

the newspapers.She is only one example from the place

that our school landed.There are so many people

(especially the women) who don’t know reading or

writing.So EUROPEAN LETTTER CRAZE is an

important Project , not only for our school and pupils

but also for our village.In our school,our Turkish

Teacher opened a course for adults to teach reading and

writing.And Esma is one of the students of her.Sefa and

Melek asked some questions to esma about her feelings

after she started to read and write.

Question 1: Why did you want to learn reading and

writing?

Answer 1: Because It was a so important problem in my

life. When I go to somewhere , I couldn’t read signs so I

couldn’t find my way. Or I couldn’t read and understand

anything that I see.

Question 2: Do you thing that There is a limit age to

read or write?

Answer 2: No,I don’t thing.I am very happy that I

learned and now I can read what Iwant.Everyone can

learnd and I want to say that,Everyone should learn

reading and writing.It doesn’t bother that how old are

you.

Question 3: What did your family or friends think

about you when you started to course for reading-

writing?

Answer 3: Everyone in my family, especially my son

and daughter , were happy for me.

Sefanur Balcı-Melek Korubük

Our weekly routines or A typical week of a student from L’Aquila

Hi, we are a group of 11-year-old kids from L’Aquila, a

nice town near Rome. Our typical day starts when we

wake up at 7 am and immediately get ready for school to

start a new adventure. We usually have breakfast with

milk and cookies. We go to school by bus or, sometimes,

by car. Lessons start at 8 o’clock and at 10.50 we have a

10-minute break which is an opportunity to rest and re-

fresh ourselves with a sandwich and a fruit juice. School

ends at 2 o’clock but on Mondays and Wednesdays we

have lunch at school with pasta, meat and fruit; then the

school day ends at 4.40 pm when the bell rings.

Our teachers don’t give us lots of homework so we can

do many freetime activities. After school we see our

friends, we play sports (skating, basketball, rugby, foot-

ball) or we watch TV. At 8 pm we usually have dinner

with our family, then we go on the Internet or we listen

to music. We go to bed at 10pm. On Saturdays we don’t

go to school so we have a very long week-end. We love

this life!!!!!!!!!

An interview with the best

student, Kacper Kwidziński-

the winner of the Voivodeship

History Knowledge Olympics.

Redaction: Kacper, how it is to be the best student?

Kacper: It is very pleasant and nice, but I don` t feel bet-

ter than others?

R: Do your schoolmates call you a plodder?

K: Yes, and boys call me a plodder more often than girls.

But I think they are jealous.

R: What competitions did you take part in?

K: I took part in a lot of competitions, but the most im-

portant was the Voivodeship History Knowledge Olym-

pics and other many national competitions from differ-

ent subjects.

R: Do you like helping others?

K: It depends on the situation. If somebody doesn`t do

the homework because of his laziness, I won`t help him.

But when I see that someone tries to do his best but he

can`t do some task on his own, I help him with pleasure.

R: Thank you very much Kacper. All the best!

Interview with Missis

teacher Kamila Vorbová Would you like to have a different job?

No, I wouldn´t. I like to teach children. If I could try

something new, I´d like to teach children in Africa.

What do you teach?

I am a class teacher of 5th A, there I teach Czech, Maths

and English. Then I teach English in 3rd and in 4th class.

Do you think that your class is good?

Yes, I do. I think they could be more better.

What are your hobbies?

I like going to the theatre, I like reading and swimming.

In which country

were you?

I was in France,

Greece, Spain, Italy,

Slovakia. Through

the project

Comenius I´ve been

to Poland in

November and to

Turkey in February

with my colleagues.

MY FAVOURITE:

Colour: blue - turquoise

Books: The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End

by Ken Follet, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis,

Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling, Quo vadis by Henryk

Sienkiewicz, Pupil Kája Mařík

Sport: Swimming

Animal: dog, we have got two dogs Ben and Charlie at

home

Viktorie Pluháčková Lucie Hastíková

Silvie Dufková On 19th April 2012 the

educator from our school

Silvie Dufková received a

festive appreciation from the

town Uherské Hradiště for

her sensitive and friendly

approach to children. She

works at our school as educator in after-school club, she

also teaches Art and Pottery. She creates a calm and safe

environment to work for children. She also cooperates on

the project COMENIUS, for example logo, comics and

decoration of school. She helps

to children and also to her colleagues.

Václav Havel Václav Havel died in 75 years on Sunday 18th December

2011 at 10:15 after a long-term ilness. He died in his

sleep on curcilatory collapse. There was his wife Dagmar

and one of the nun who took care of him last months.

Last months he shunned a public life. He had a rest in his

cottage in Hrádeček near Trutnov. He appeared in public

for the last time one weak before his death when he met

with the Dalai Lama.

He was born on 5th October 1936 in Prague. He studied

the Czech Technical University in Prague, he didn´t

finish his studies here. Then he studied Theatre Arts on

AMU. He was a writer, dramatist, statesman and a

president of Czechoslovakia and also of the Czech

Republic from 1993. His first wife was Olga Šplíchalová,

who died in 1996. His second wife was Dagmar

Veškrnová.

Michaela Tomaštíková and Andrea Vichorcová compiled

this article from Internet.