Platinum News 2009/10 Summer Edition - Pascal Education

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Ms Andria Ioannou
(Greek Teacher)
The pupils of PAS-
CAL English
School Lemesos,
Timothea Demetriou (2B) and Christina
Sialouna (5A) achieved 1st place
in the Pancyprian Award for Lower and
Upper School respectively. This year’s
topic was related to the important
daily problems in our contemporary
societies all over the world, ‘POVERTY
AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION’.
The competition was announced by
the department of ΔΙ.Σ.ΕΥΡΩ and by
the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Pupils will also have the chance to
represent Cyprus in the European
gatherings in Cyprus and in other
countries.
The Senior Mistresses of PASCAL
English School Lemesos, Ms Rigas
Iria Stefani
1A
Pupils’ Achievement
in the 57th Competition of EU
(ΔΙ.Σ.ΕΥΡΩ)
Creative Writing
Competition
On 17th February, all the
pupils from PASCAL Lower
and Upper School in Lemesos,
Larnaka and Le-
fkosia competed to create an original
story based on a picture under the
umbrella of the PASCAL Annual Creative
Writing Competition. Lower School
was given a picture of a dark night and
a full moon and Upper School was
given a picture of a hand holding an old
family photograph. Pupils were inspired
by the picture and wrote a creative
story based on the picture. The
Lemesos, Lower School Winner was
Stephen Cook from 3A and the Upper
School Winner was Maya Athanatou
from 4A. Congratulations to both pupils.
Aristia Philippou
2B
Ten-Bin Bowling
The House of Demetra is in
charge or organizing the
Ten-Bin Bowling Competition
every year. PASCAL
English School pupils
were allocated into teams
according to their respective houses and
competed against other Houses. The Winning
House was Apollo who cheered and
clapped at the end of the day.
Members of
the team of
Apollo at the
Ten-Bin
Bowling
Competition
and Ms Ehrhartsmann congratulated
the pupils for their achievement in a
special ceremony which took place at
school. Additionally, the pupils’ teachers,
Ms Ioannou and Ms Karavella, as
well as the Modern Greek and Classical
Studies Department were praised
for their excellent support.
Although PASCAL English School is an
English medium of instruction institution,
Modern Greek is a major subject
which aims to cultivate moral principles,
critical thinking and a code of
excellence.
Timothea Demetriou and Christina Sialouna
receiving their prizes
On one of the five Club Days offered this year, the
This year our School organised an
Ernesto Sofocleous English Literature / Poetry Competi-
1A tion. Pupils were asked to read a
book of their choice and then complete
a worksheet on its plot, characters, themes and
their personal views. Then, they were required to write a
Quatern poem based on a theme from the book they
read. The competition entries were submitted on the 3rd
of February 2010.
ICT Club gave us the opportunity to visit Intercollege
in Lefkosia, which is now known as the ‘University
of Nicosia’. There, we were informed about ICT
Composing a Quatern poem was quite challenging as the
syllable count had to be accurate but, although challenging,
its great learning new forms of poetry.
The Lower School Winner was Alexandros Karamallis
from 2A and the Upper School Winner was Maya Athanatou
from 4A. Congratulations to both pupils for their hard
work and achievement and we know that they will continue
their hard work and win more competitions in the
future.
Non-Uniform Day and Carnival
Ash Thursday or
Tsiknopempti
was not a normal
day. Pupils
were allowed to
come to school
wearing their own clothes and
there were no lessons for the
last two periods of the day.
Instead, we celebrated Tsiknopempti
by having a meal
offered by the School in the
canteen and there was also a
‘Best Costume Competition’ at
the end of the day. It was a fun
and enjoyable day.
What is more, PASCAL Schools
and Parents’ Associations organized
a Carnival party for the
pupils. The party was held at
‘Atlantica Miramare’ Hotel and
a lot of pupils appeared in
fancy dress. Everyone had a
PASCAL Pupils visit the Intercollege in Lefkosia
courses which are offered and we were also given
an interesting tour of the University.
Literature / Poetry
Competition
The Royal Commonwealth Essay Competition
Every year our School takes part in the Royal Commonwealth Writing Competition.
Our pupils compete against other countries of the Commonwealth with their writing
skills. There are about 6500 entries every year. This year, 12 pupils were selected for
the quality of their writing and their essays were sent to England. The theme of the
Christoforos Competition this year was ‘Science, Technology and Society’ and pupils had a
Georgiou 1A choice of 10 topics. PASCAL English School entries are: Anthony Charalambous,
Olivia Photiou (1A), Rolando Virardi, Alexandros Karamallis (2A), Michael Kazoulis,
Andreas Sazos (2B), Christos Kaimakkami (3A), Maya Athanatou (4A), William Ehrhartsmann,
Stavrina Demosthenous, Harry Nicolaou (5A) and Kyriakos Antoniou (6A). We congratulate them
and hope they win a prize for their school too!
Androniki
Elpidoforou
2B
Nicolas
Chrisostomou 1A
The University of Nicosia
great time and the DJ was
amazing. At the end, there
was even a dance competition
which was won by Stella
Christoforou (6A) and Alexandros
Nikita (5A).
Thank you to the Parents’
Association for all their support.
SUMMER EDITION 2010
On the 3 rd of
March we
honoured the
heroic death
of Afxentiou
who on Macheras, in his
den, fought against hundreds
of armed English
soldiers. The hero, Gregoris
Afxentiou will remain in history
as a brilliant example of
self-sacrifice and faith for the
sake of freedom and justice.
This year we had the honour
to have Mr Avgoustis Efstathiou,
Afxentiou’s companion
at the school.
Mr Efstathiou described the
fight which took place on
Macheras. Afxentiou was
killed on 3 rd Ms Andria Ioannou
(Greek Teacher)
March when the
English soldiers began
searching around his den
and shouted to Afxentiou and
PASCAL organized
a Discovery
Day for the
Stavrina Pieridi second consecutive
year
2B
at the School’s
premises. It’s purpose, was to
offer a fun and entertaining
day to the prospective pupils
of PASCAL. The pupils were
divided in teams of ten to
twelve children and ‘visited’
teachers in different classrooms
to experience the different
subjects in a playful manner.
Teachers were already
allocated in classrooms according
to their subject and
entertained each team of
Gregoris Afxentiou
his men to come out. Afxentiou
ordered his four companions
to get out while he
planned to stay and fight.
Avgoustis and three other
men got out but the English
knew that there were five and
that Afxentiou was still there.
They ordered Avgoustis Efstathiou
to go in and check if
Afxentiou was alive, and
when Avgoustis went in he
shouted to the English: ‘Now
we are two. We’ll stay and
fight’. After hours of fighting,
Afxentiou and Avgoustis
would not surrender. The
English decided to burn them
alive and threw petrol in the
den. Avgoustis managed to
get out with light burns and
the English did not see him.
Afxentiou however remained
in the den fearing nothing. He
Discovery Day
‘new’ pupils for fifteen minutes.
They all gave positive
comments at the end, they
met teachers and older pupils,
played games and
gained confidence as well as
prizes. We are looking forward
to welcoming them in
September!
On the same night, parents
of prospective pupils had the
chance to meet the teachers
and learn about the School
at a pleasant evening organized
by PASCAL Education at
the hotel ‘Holiday Inn’. Mr
Yiannis Kalogerakis also
gave an enlightening semi-
became a tragic hero symbolising
freedom and patriotism
. It was the 3 rd of March
1957. Afxentiou had the
hardest and at the same time
the most glorious death.
Afxentiou’s sacrifice filled
each and every one of us
with pride and self confidence
that with such heroes,
Cyprus will manage to overcome
all the difficulties and
enemies.
Gregoris Afxentiou should
constitute a
model to
inspire
young people.
nar,informing parents
about
PAS-
Mr Avgoustis
Efstathiou
talking to the
pupils of PES
Mr Yiannis Kalogerakis,
Friend and supporter of
PASCAL Education
CAL Education and giving
valuable tips to parents and
teachers on how to raise children
in the best possible way
and at the same time he encouraged
everyone to have
positive thinking. The videos
shown at the seminar were
touching and inspiring and
everyone left the hotel
pleased and satisfied with the
whole organization of the Day.
FRANCE — A Pleasant Place to Stay!
France is the most visited country in the world.. It has everything that
you could ever want to see on your holiday: a great city like Paris, good
beaches, more monuments than any other country, lovely nature, incredible
mountain scenery; need I go on?
France is also a very pleasant place to stay. It has good food, great wine
and people enjoy their lives. And the best thing is, apart from Paris, living
in France does not have to be expensive.
The North of France consists of the flatlands around the town of Lille and
the English Channel. This area will remind visitors in many ways of Belgium
and the Netherlands. The Grand' Place in Lille for example
is a lot like the one in Brussels.
France is the land of good food and wine, of landmarks known
all over the world and hidden landscapes only known by few.
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Above: The den on the mountains of Machera
Below: The tragic hero, Gregoris Afxentiou
KEAN Factory and the Zoo
On 15th March the Environmental
Club visited
the factory of KEAN in
Limassol, where we were
shown how fresh orange
juice is made and
Neofytos Ioannou packed.
4A We learned that there
are many different
types of oranges which are mixed to
take their juice. The juice is pasteurised
and stored to be used when there are
no fresh oranges. The factory machines
are washed and cleaned every day and
the water is recycled and reused. Besides
that, the factory also recycles the
plastic bottles of orange juice. We were
satisfied with
our visit to
Left: KEAN
Factory
KEAN especially
when
we saw that the factory is environmentally
friendly.
After KEAN we visited Limassol Zoo. We
got depressed when we saw all those
wild animals slowly dying in the same
cage every day. Our visit to the Zoo
made us think and we all agreed that it
is inhuman to keep those animals under
these conditions. We would prefer
to have a national park with all the
animals of Cyprus
which are a lot
and we don’t
even know all of
them.
Right: At the Zoo