From the diary of "Englishland" language summer camp

31 May 2017
Today is the third day of our camp life and we are ready for a challange. Today we have a Word hunt competition.
So my students have got the task to find questions on the topic "Sports" in their school. All the questions were created in QR codes and thoroughly hidden in different places by me:)
But my campers were great in finding, decoding and answering all of them.

This contest helped students not only to revise the words but also to use their favourite mobile devices to move and to learn.

Then all the participants took part in the listening test

and tried their hand in making rhymes with the help of magic leaves

At the end of the competition we summed up our results

Participant	Points	Place
Anastasiya G	24	I
Dasha	13	II
Ruslana	17	II
Kate	17	II
Christina	19	II
Sergiy	23	I
Max	21	I
Nastya Sh	17	II
Arina	19	II
Polly	20	I

Congratulations to all the participants. Today you all have been great!

See you tomorrow!;)

From the diary of "Englishland" language summer camp

30 May 2017
Summer is cool! And today we have decided to express our feelings and emotions.

So we revised the words with the help of Maple leaf learning talking falashcards

Then we played a lexical game "Emotions"

Today's our topic was "At the cinema", that's why we spent the rest of the day watching and dicussing a cool movie about summer rest "Judy Moody and the not bummer summer."

After watching the film we played our favourite game "Cola, Pepsi, Fanta, Sprite" (you can watch the video from our previous season).

 

So, that was the second day in our camp. 

See you tomorrow!;)

From the diary of "Englishland" language summer camp

 29 May 2017
Hello, dear campers! Welcome back to our "Englishland" language summer camp. 
All the campers have gathered in our classroom and are ready for something new, something prepared especially for them. 

And I have tried very hard not to dissapoint my little scouts.
I was happy to admit that all my campers were on their places and moreover we had 4 newcomers. Even a little rat Maxy came to our camp:)
We started our meeting with an Icebreaker.

We played a lot of funny games and enlarged our vocabulary

Then we sealed our friendship with a friendly human knot;)

The first day in our camp finished with funny dances. 

At the end all my campers were happy and went home with smiles on their faces. And one of my little campers even said that everything was cool. And I was really happy to hear it.
So, that was our first day in our camp. 
See you tomorrow!;)

Welcome back to "Englishland" language summer camp - 2017

Hello, my dear friends! I'm happy to inform you that our language summer camp "Englishland" opened on May 29.

The working plan of the camp is based on funny lexical and grammar games, team building and method of projects. This year we are going not only to improve our knowledge of English, but also to show some interesting facts about our native country and home village to the world.

I am happy to greet all my campers again. And I want to congratulate our newcomers Kate, Barbara, Anastasiya and Polly. We all are happy to accept you to our friendly company.

Wish all my campers an amazing summer rest and  new achievements!

School events: "Merry English for the youngest"

On May 23 my youngest learners said goodbye to their first English book and showed that they were ready to go to the second grade.

Here they are - 5 pretty girls and 3 cutie boys, my first graders. 

My little students showed how they could name all the English letters and read short texts.

We also played the funny game "What is in my bag?" and revised all the vocabulary on the topic "School"

Then we watched our favourite cartoon about Gogo's adventures and drew funny pictures.

I am proud of my little students because they have done their best.

I wish you, my dear students, good luck in learning English!

National treasures: Ukrainian embroidered shirts

On May 18 my students have prepared a special project " National treasures", devoted to the Day of Ukrainian embroidered shirts, which we celebrate on the third Thursday of May every year.My girls showed the ornaments of Kharkiv region which are the  polychromatic designs made with half-cross or cross stitches.

An embroidered shirt( we call it 'vyshyvanka') for Ukrainians is more than  just an item of clothes. It's an amulet that brings together all the people who are proud of and respect  rich traditions of our nation.And by the way vyshyvanky are very fashionable today.

In Ukraine everyone could embroider in all regions. Each region had its own unique embroidery techniques.

So, let's have a little excursion into the variety of Ukrainian embroideries.

 

For Lviv region the main element was a flower which symbolized life and prosperity.

For Ivano-Frankivsk region the sign of svarga symbolized happiness.

For Cherkasy region the family tree symbolized family and life.

In Chernigiv region an octagonal star represented god and the sun.

In Vinnytsa region a caduceus represented evolution and involution.

In Kyiv there were hop, stylized grapes  on the embroideries.

Kirovohrad region had a very realistic designs if they embroidered  a bunch of grapes, it had got even shine and vine tendrils.

The geometric plants and geometric patterns were dominated in Luhansk region.

The traditional embroidered shirt in my native Poltava was usually embroidered with white thread surface technology.

In Chernivtsi region they embroidered especially flowered shirts.

A Rough thread in the technique of cross was used in Khmelnytsky region.

Shirts richly embroidered with floral ornaments in read and black colors were created in Kherson region.

The distinctive embossed pattern - these were embroidered shirts in Ternopil region.

Increadible black and white embroidered shirts were created in Sumy.
In Rivne they embroidered on a linen white canvas and there was a white main thread pattern.
Traditional Odessa Puhlyk shirts made from white cotton fabric.
Mykolaiv embroidered shirts were with specific collars.
In Zaporizhya  the shirts were usually adorned with embroidered floral motifs - flowers, viburnum and others.
People embroidered zigzag forms, so called "Doodles" in Zacarpatya.
Embroideries of  Zhytomyrwere small cross and rhythmic repetition patterns.
In  Donetsk region the shirt was decorated with openwork.
Sealing sleeves and neckline blouses embroidered with colored threads and black fleece in Dnipropetrovsk region.

So here it is, our beautiful, embroidered Ukraine!

Music in our life: Eurovision - 2017

This year Eurovision contest 2017 has taken  place in Ukraine and our country got a great opportunity to present its culture to the world. 

And I'm very proud of my country, because Ukraine really managed to present its culture and uniqueness to the world in a very high level.

Most of all I liked the hosts of the show opened the second Semi-Final with a medley of Eurovision songs in the Ukrainian way. It was really gorgeous.

If you like Eurovision songs, you may learn them with uaspeaking

The English contest "Greenwich-2016": summing up.

As you remember, my dear friends, on November 24 2016 we were answering the questions of the English contest "Greenwich-2016". This year the number of participants in our school has greatly increased (29 participants). And I'm very happy to admit this fact.

We all have been waiting for the results of this contest. And now I am happy to announce them.

We have won 4 golden certificates, 6 silver certificates and 2 bronze certificates.

Read more information about the results in this table:

 2 клас

№	П.І. учасника	Бали	Приз
1.	Лубянко Валерія	80	Золотий сертифікат
2.	Ягнюк Анна	75	Срібний сертифікат
3.	Шеховцов Артем	75	Срібний сертифікат
4.	Овчаренко Софія	75	Срібний сертифікат
5.	Маніло Богдан	35	Сертифікат учасника
6.	Білаш Ігор	35	Сертифікат учасника

 4 клас

№	П.І. учасника	Бали	Приз
1.	Хайло Ірина	80	Золотий сертифікат
2.	Соколов Ярослав	80	Золотий сертифікат
3.	Ратов Сергій	80	Золотий сертифікат
4.	Овчаренко Анна	72	Бронзовий сертифікат
5.	Бондар Сергій	55	Сертифікат учасника
6.	Полозюк Анна	52	Сертифікат учасника
7.	Шевченко Юрій	50	Сертифікат учасника
8.	Широкорад Вікторія	47	Сертифікат учасника
9.	Попсуліс Тетяна	35	Сертифікат учасника

5 клас

№	П.І. учасника	Бали	Приз
1.	Шевченко Анастасія	75	Срібний сертифікат
2.	Широкорад Анна	68	Сертифікат учасника
3.	Лимар Максим	56	Сертифікат учасника
4.	Воропаєв Олександр	54	Сертифікат учасника

6 клас

№	П.І. учасника	Бали	Приз
1.	Кузніченко Максим	64	Сертифікат учасника
2.	Попсуліс Катерина	50	Сертифікат учасника
3.	Галушко Орина	43	Сертифікат учасника

7 клас

№	П.І. учасника	Бали	Приз
1.	Юрченко Анастасія	75	Срібний сертифікат
2.	Горозій Анастасія	75	Срібний сертифікат
3.	Рогачова Діана	54	Сертифікат учасника

8 клас

№	П.І. учасника	Бали	Приз
1.	Воробєй Кристина	72	Бронзовий сертифікат
2.	Маніло Юлія	66	Сертифікат учасника

11 клас

№	П.І. учасника	Бали	Приз
1.	Фархадова Есміра	61	Сертифікат учасника
2.	Шевченко Катерина	61	Сертифікат учасника

I want to congratulate all the participants of the contest with their victories and wish all of you all the best in your study. I am very proud of all my students and happy to see how they get success in learning English.

I want to share our happy moments with all of my readers.

Our friendly team

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