Halloween Party

Nobody was hungry!

We have found that...

Trick-or-Treat” for UNICEF has become a common sight during Halloween in North America. Started as a local event in a Philadelphia suburb in 1950, and expanded nationally in 1952, the program involves the distribution of small boxes by schools (or in modern times, corporate sponsors like Hallmark at their licensed stores) to trick-or-treaters, in which they can solicit small change donations from the houses they visit. It is estimated that children have collected more than $119 million (US) for UNICEF since its inception.


We played a funny game: "Catch a bun!"
Sometimes it wasn't easy to catch "a treat'(a tasty bun).

We have found that...

There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween parties. The most common is apple bobbing, in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water; the participants must use their teeth to remove an apple from the basin.

We also tried to play this funny game and enjoyed it greatly!

We have found that...

Halloween costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Costumes are also based on themes other than traditional horror, such as those of characters from television shows and movies.

We dramatized some funny tales.

We have found that….

Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses", carving Jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories and watching horror movies. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several countries of the Western world, most commonly in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia.

A jack-o'-lantern (sometimes also spelled Jack O'Lantern) is typically a carved pumpkin. It is associated with the holiday Halloween, and was named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs - jack-o'-lantern. In a jack-o'-lantern, typically the top is cut off, and the inside flesh then scooped out; an image, usually a monstrous face, is carved onto the outside surface. At night a light is placed inside to illuminate the effect.

We cut horrible faces in the pumpkins and put candles inside.

Halloween at Our School!

Today is the 31st of October. It's the last school day before our holidays. And what is more - we have had a good time at our Halloween party. We have prepared funny costumes and pretended we have been witches ("Baba Yaga" and "Leshi'-Russian pronunciation of the characters).

Hello to Our Partners of the Project!

Our names are Olesya, Masha and Ksenia. We are in class 10. You can see the cards we have bought in the shop. Now there are few Christmas cards in the shops and some studens made them by hand.

We are in class 11 and finish the school this year. It's the second time when we take part in Christmas Card Exchange Project but it's really a great fun!

The Firsf Snow

Winter has come to our town. You can see the first snow on the ground. Everything is gloomy.

Making Christmas Cards

Hello to all teachers and students in our group!

We are so excited taking part in the Christmas Card Exchange Project. We are getting out maps to find your locations and looking for information about your traditions in the Forum. Some of us bought Xmas cards and some others decided to make them by hand. We are going to send the cards in the mid of November.

Our Christmas cards are on the way.

This is what we have to say.

We wish you all a lot of cheer.

Not only for the holidays but for the whole year!

Siberian Winter

The way to school. The school is on the right.

We have warm coats on and enjoy winter weather.

There is so much snow!

Last winter was snowy. You can see the central square in the picture.

Siberian Frosts

Siberian frosts are an object of discussion. At times they reach 40-50 C . And "just" 25-30 C is quite a normal winter temperature for the local inhabitants, they do not notice it. But summer in the south of Siberia is rather hot, up to +30 C. It is possible to swim, though the water in rivers frequently remains cool: even in July it gets warmed only to 17-18 degrees.

The Map of Russia

The place where we live is marked with the flag.

Siberia

We live in Siberia. Siberia is a part of Asian territory of Russia. Before 1917 all territories extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific were called as Siberia in official documents and scientific literature. Siberian territory was divided into two regions : Siberian Region and Far Eastern Region. Since that time the term “Siberia” has two meanings. In one case it means all territory eastwards the Ural Mountains, in another case it means the territory only of western and eastern Siberia without Far East. Siberia (with Far East) occupies 12 765 900 sq.km. The development of such vast territory set the grand geographical tasks the solution of which belongs to the Russian science. The most important discoveries in this part of the Earth have been recorded on maps in the period from the middle of the 17th century, after the campaign of Semen Dezhnev, to the middle of the 18th century, when the Great Siberian-Pacific expedition has finished. The Northern and Eastern boarders of Asian continent were defined and mapped, the correlation between Asian continent and North America was established, the sea routes from Okhotsk to Kamchatka and from Kamchatka to Japan were laid during that century. The astronomical determination of a number of points in Siberia (considering Siberia and Far East) were made, “Baikal Sea” and the most important Siberian rivers were mapped. Apparently, Russian geographical discoveries and investigations of Siberia and Far East in the 17th and 18th centuries made a significant contribution in the world science.

Camping

In September we usually go on a trip to the nearby ferest which is beautiful in Autumn with green, yellow and brown coloures. This Autumn was cool and we made a fire to get warm and to make lunch (meat soup and tea). After lunch we had a great fun playing football in a birch forest. Birch is a symbol of Russia.

Teachers' Day at school

The Teachers' day is celedrated in Russia on the first Sunday in October. We have a concert for our teachers on this day.

Ecological Centre

We have an Ecological centre in our school. It is well known in our town and even children from other schools come to see animals and plants. We take care of them every day.
Small rabbits and guinea-pigs are our favourite animals. We often play with them. In summer we let them walk in the school yard. Small hens and a cock are very nice. You can see big cages for parrots. They are of different coloures. One day a hunter brought an owl. It was small and week. He found it in the forest. It is big now and very serious. It doesn’t like to play. We also have different fishes.

School Introduction

Address: Secondary School №4,
74, Shkolnaya Street,
Bogotol (662060),
Krasnoyarsk Region,
Russia



Our school is a Secondary school with musical education. It consists of a Primary school and a Secondary school. Primary education starts at the age of six or seven and continues for four years. The Primary school curriculum includes Russian, Maths, Reading, Drawing, PT and Music.
After four years of Primary school classes pupils go on to Secondary school, where they study a variety of subjects: Russian, Literature, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, English or other foreign languages, History, Geography, Biology, PE and music.
Our school is co-educational and takes pupils of all abilities. There are different clubs in the school. The “School Forestry” and the Ecological Centre are environmental clubs for students who protect the wildlife. Many students study music, play different musical instruments and take part in concerts.