Rising Stars

№ 9, 2019

Borisov Gymnasia № 3

Net Edition

In this issue:

- My summer holidays

- World Crane Day

Festival "Cranes and cranberries"

- International Peace Day

- Travelling to China

- Safety fair

Daria A., 8 Form student:

Summer is the happiest time of the year. I decided to find out how the students of our gymnasia had spent their summer holidays.

Ivan A., 7 Form student :

I' m a football fan. In summer I played football with my friends. I also visited football matches in Borisov-Arena and Color Fest. I went to a summer camp where I made new friends and did quests. It was cool.

Pavel S., 7 Form Student:

In July I flew to Turkey. Every day I swam in the sea and in the swimming pool. We went on an excursion to the green canyon. I really liked the nature of the country but there was a lot of rubbish in the green canyon.

Milana H., 7 Form student:

My summer holidays were wonderful. In summer I was at home but spent a lot of time with my parents. We swam in the river and went boating. I read a lot and watched interesting films.

Slava Yev. , 7 Form student:

In summer I went to Ukraine with my dad. It was fun. We ate delicious food at the cafe and a lot of fruit. I liked everything. Everything was cool.

Polina P., 7 Form student:

In summer I went camping with my parents and friends. We slept in a tent, swam in the lake, played games, cooked food over the fire and told scary stories. It was very interesting.

Amelia T., 7 form student:

In summer I went to Saint Peterburg. It is the most beautiful city in the world. There are a lot of museums, palaces, picture galleries and churches there. We bought a lot of souvenirs in it.It was fantastic.

Polina Sh., 8 form student:

I'm a member of UNESCO club and in summer I worked as a volunteer. I love my native town and learn its history. In summer I told children about its streets and heroes. It was super.

Yegor M., 8 form student:

In summer I went to UNESCO camp. It was very exciting. I learnt a lot about the UN and UNESCO, global problems and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Vlada P., 6 form student:

In summer I hung out the leaflets with safety rules. I went to the public places and reminded children how it was important to follow safety rules to survive.

World Crane Day

World Crane Day is celebrated on September 8 in 2019. It is dedicated to the most beautiful and graceful bird in the world. The crane population is widespread all over the world. There are 15 species of cranes in the world but only the grey crane inhabits Belarus. It is listed in the Red Book. On this day festivals, events, contests, photo exhibitions dedicated to the cranes are held in different countries.

Eco-festival "Cranes and cranberries"

of Miory District

Eco-festival "Cranes and cranberries" of Miory District, Vitebsk Oblast, was held on September 15. It is dedicated to watching cranes as they fly over local cranberry bogs on their way to the south. The place and time for the ecological event were chosen deliberately because it is the high season for harvesting cranberries and the Yelnia bog has the largest stocks of cranberries in Belarus. Besides, every year the Miory district becomes a “guest house” for more than 4000 cranes and 10000 geese which stop for rest at the Yelnia bog during the autumn migration. Everybody could also watch hundreds of cranes feeding in the daytime in the neighboring fields. The guests of the festival took part in ecological games for kids and adults, elected “Cranberry Princess of Miory” among schoolgirls and sent “crane mail” with warm wishes to their friends and relatives. Every winner got a small souvenir with a picture of a crane and cranberry as a present.

Prepared by Polina Sh., 8 form student

International Peace Day

International Peace Day is celebrated on September 21. The students of our gymnasia composed cinquain poems expressing the concept of peace for our world.


Peace

friendly,amicable

to rejoice,to create,to love

People respect each other

Friendliness

Kirill B., 8 form student

Peace

Mysterious, light

To know, to rejoice, to create

Our life is so beautiful.

Friendliness

Polina Sh., 8 form student

Peace

Big, bright

To unite, to communicate, to save

Life is beautiful without war

Friendship

Lyuba F., 8 form student

Peace

Bright, immeasurable

To live, to love, to smile

Helps people make friends

Happiness

Eva K., 8 form student

The students of our gymnasia had a lesson on human rights dedicated to Peace Day. They made a family budget and compared it with a state budget. The students made a conclusion that it was very important to spend money on peaceful expenses(education, medicine, ecology and others).

Prepared by Lyuba F., 8 form student

Travelling to China

Chinese volunteers conducted workshops on Chinese culture on September 21. Our students drew a bamboo, made a paper lantern and sang a Chinese Happy Birthday song. Our students were happy to socialize with our guests because it helped to master Chinese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGHfPrIYngg Chinese Happy Birthday song

Prepared by Ivan A., 7 form student

Safety Fair

Safety fair was held on September 28. It was in the form of a quest. Students went through 5 stations. They solved puzzles of fire signs, took part in quizzes, a jeopardy game and took pictures in the photo zone.