Our partners

The internet page of our Polish partners:
www.zssrewal.neostrada.pl (eTwinning on the left)

Posters

Posters

Posters

This is a well known children`s dance game "Me lähme rukist lõikama" (We `re going rye-harvesting).

There must be an uneven number of players. Pairs stand in a circle holding hands. The one without a partner stands in the middle of the circle.

1.When the music starts players start walking clockwise, the person in the middle counter-clockwise. All the players are singing at the same time.

2.Everyone starts searching for a new partner. The one who stays alone is the next to stay in the middle. ( repeat)

Me lähme rukist lõikama.

Kes hakkab vihke köitma?

Kas, armas sõber, tahad sa

ka meie seltsi heita?

Mina otsin ja sina otsid,

igaüks otsib oma.

Mina leidsin ja sina leidsid.

Kes hooletu jääb ilma.

(We are going rye-harvesting.

Who is going to make sheaves of rye?

Dear friend, would you like to join us?

I`m searching and you are searching.

Everyone is searching.

I have found and you have found.

The careless is lonely.)

Traditions (the Indipendence Day of Estonia)

The Independence day is on 24th February. Everyone gets a day off from work or school on that day. This day is important for Estonians. On that day people eat national foods and in the evening everyone listens to the speech of the president. In the evening the Estonians watch television where they can follow the president greeting his guests. This year Estonia got 90.

Traditions (Christmas)

One of the most importand holidays in Estonia are Christmas. Preparing for Christmas begins at the beginning of December. The most important day is Christmas Eve. Santa visits families with small children. Families get together and eat Christmas meal.

Estonians don`t go to church very often but at Christmas time many people go to church.

The traditional Christmas meal consists of blood sausages with jam of cranberries or pumpkin salad, sauerkraut, cooked pork and cooked potatoes.

the Estonian Song Festival

One of the traditions that Estonians are proud of is the Estonian Song Festival. It takes place every five years since 1869. Those festivals are held in the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. The aim of the festival is to bring together the best choirs from across the country. Nowadays there are about 25,000 participants.

At the same time there is a dance festival. Mainly folk dances are danced.

Traditions (Midsummer Day)

One of the few important holidays is Midsummer Day. It is celebrated on 23th June - a day before the real holiday. Mostly all people celebrate it the same way. They get together, then all over Estonia there are big fires, which burn throughout the night. People dance, eat, compete for different prizes. There are many different competitions - throwing a rubber boot, holding a heavy crate as long as you can. In my neighbourhood the party takes place near our big pond. Tere`s a small stage where people can dance.

In my family we go to our summer home with relatives and friends. We don`t have any competitions as mentioned before but we make a huge fire in a big quarry nearby.

(Mattias)

Estonian language

Only 1,1 million people speak Estonian as their mother tonque. Our language is rich in vowels. The vowel - consonant rate is 45:55. The legend says that Estonian language is very beautiful language. Times ago it won the second place after Italian in a competition of languages. The sentence that competed was "sõida tasa üle silla" (drive slowly over a bridge).

Some Estonian words and phrases:
Tere! - hello
Tere hommikust! - good morning
Head aega! - bye
Aitäh! - thank you
Palun! - please/here you are
Ma räägin natuke eesti keelt - I speak a little Estonian

(ä sounds like a in "apple")

The text in the video:
Ilusat päeva! - Hello!
Minu nimi on Kairi. - My name is Kairi.
Ma räägin eesti keelt. - I speak Estonian.
Mis keeles sina räägid? - What language do you speak?
Tänan! Head aega! - Thank you! Bye!

Our School

Our school is small and comfy. Here are 212 students and 31 teachers. It is a basic school. Our students spend 9 years here. For us the next year will be the last at this school.

This is a mural decoration on the wall of our school. Our students made it for the 205th anniversary of our school.

My class

There are 22 students in our class. We have been together 8 years by now. Most of us have been together since kindergarden times. We have spent lots of funny and interesting times together. Last year we had a classtrip to Germany. It was really fun and we all liked it. This year we are going to Finland- Sweden trip. We will be there for about 3 days. Our class is unified.
Our class does a lot of sport, art and dancing. All of us have interesting hobbies. We also have a lot of intelligent people in our class.
We always have fun and we support each other. Hopefully we will keep communicating with each other even after Basic school.

2nd April

To present our project we are working on
posters.

A folk song

Here is a folk song called "Laul sai otsa" ("The song ends"). It`s a children`s song. Here we are presenting the song to you.

Laul sai otsa

Laul sai otsa, laul läks metsa,
suure laia lepa otsa,

kahejalgse kase otsa,
kuuejalgse kuuse otsa.

Sealt tema tuleb tagasi

Laksub jälle edasi

Our schoolday

Our schoolday starts at 8 o'clock in the morning. Form 8 usually has between 6 and 7 lessons a day. We have gym lessonss twice a week. We have gym lessons twice a week. We are learning 2 foreign languages: English and Russian. Our other subjects are like in every other school: Geography, Biology, Physics, Art, Music ect. After the 4th lesson we go to eat at the school canteen. Our menu is very varied. After the lessons children can take part in various activities. You can play basketball, volleyball, sing in a choir or do woodwork.

Our schoolyear

Our schoolyear begins on the first of September. Every time a new schoolyear starts, most of us feel tired and sad because the summer ended. We have four terms, each 8-10 weeks long. The first two terms are the shortest and go by faster, but the last two are the busiest. They last for 10 weeks. Altough we have quite a few tests on the first two terms, there are exams for the form eight and nine. This year we are having a physics exam.