maanantai, 5. maaliskuuta 2012

The spring starts with exams

After the hopefully relaxing winter holiday we'll start revising for the coming English exams.

The 4th and 6th grades have their exams on the 12th of March and the 3rd and 5th grades on the following Monday, the 19th of March.

More information about the exams can be found in Wilma as well as in the notebooks.

sunnuntai, 30. lokakuuta 2011

Pauliinalla sijainen 31.10.-4.11.2011

Pauliinan sijaisena toimii Marja-Liisa Mustonen.

tiistai, 16. elokuuta 2011

Opettaja asiaa

Englannin opetus hoituu elokuussa kahden opettajan voimin; maanantait ja molemmat kerhot pitää Tuula Komulainen (Rämälän koulun englannin opettaja) keskiviikon tunnit pitää Marja-Liisa Mustonen.

Tämä järjestely johtuu siitä, että Tuula tarvitsi muutamia tunteja Rahulasta elokuulle, ennen kuin hän siirtyy eläkkeelle. Viime vuoden englannin opettajamme Marja-Liisa pitää elokuussa keskiviikon tunnit.

Syyskuun alusta aloittaa Rämälän ja Rahulan koulujen yhteinen englannin opettaja Pauliina Rahikainen.

lauantai, 2. lokakuuta 2010

Autumn 2010

The school year has started and we have been studying English for several weeks already. The 3rd graders have had their first “real” English lessons. It has been exciting but at the same time, learning a new language has shown its challenges. How can it be that the words are written and pronounced so differently? This has been a question often asked by the children. And this is also one of the big challenges when it comes to studying English. For the other pupils English language is already familiar, but learning a language well, always requires a lot of work, so hopefully we'll have energy for that!

During the first weeks we have been concentrating on the basic issues, we have gone through the texts in the study books, we have had several word tests already and we have revised some grammatical issues during the classes. Now it is time for the first exams. Next week on the 6th of October the 4th, 5th and 6th graders will have their first exam. For the 3rd graders the first bigger exam will be held bit later, on the 11th of October. After the exams, its time for the pupils to hold presentations. And maybe write something to the English blog as well. We’ll see what can can come up with :)

keskiviikko, 24. maaliskuuta 2010

The Newspaper Project

Today we started a newspaper project with the 6th graders. Pupils are divided into pairs and they write an article on the topic of their own choice. We will also make pages for comic strips and jokes. The whole class will decide upon a title for the newspaper, and then we will create a front page and print the whole newspaper for other pupils to read.

WE ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN ALREADY!

keskiviikko, 9. joulukuuta 2009

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maanantai, 30. marraskuuta 2009

New Zealand

Capital: Wellington
Population: 4, 100, 000
Languages: English, Maori, French, Hindi, Yue and Northern Chinese

New Zealand religious beliefs:
Christianity 56 %
no religion 35 %
others 5 %

The main sports in New Zealand are:
Rugby, cricket, horse racing, extreme sports, and adventure tourism.

Maori dances
Haka means "Maori dance". It uses feets, legs, body, voice and tongue.
Originally, it was a kind of war dance. Men still perform it.
Maori women often dance the poi. Poi means ball.

Tekijät: Pauliina, Reetta, Waltteri ja Jarkko
Water sport!
New Zealand can offer a lot to people looking for adventure. It's beaches and rivers are ideal for rafting, kayaking, diving, surfing and windsurfing. You can do just about every water sport in the world.