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PAGE 2 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. PAGE 7 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
Neofytos Ioannou 4A PAGE 6 Pupils enjoying the different facilities offered at the Park Upper School pupils enjoying the nice weather and the Ostrich Farm Friends of the Earth On the 20 th of April the Environmental Club visited the ‘Friends of the Earth’, an environmental organisation with many different environmental activities. The ‘Friends of the Earth’ talked to us about renewable energy resources, recycling and composting. We were impressed by the composting bin that they made themselves in which they added dry leaves, fruit and vegetables. They expect to take one of the best fertilisers in 6 months which they will use for their garden. Our visit to the friends of the earth was very pleasant and they gave us new information and ideas for environmental Listening carefully to the given talk Christina Lougkridou 1A On the 4th of March 2010, we had our second school trip. PASCAL English Lower School visited the Camel Park in Mazotos, Larnaka and everybody left with the best impressions. On arrival, all the pupils and teachers were amazed by the scenery and the park in general. Everywhere there were trees, flowers, games and different kinds of animals, like camels, horses, ducks and birds. Some of the pupils also had a camel ride which was fun. There was something for everyone; electronic games, swings, funfair games, lots of greenery, space for boys to play football or just lots of benches and shade to just sit and relax. Towards the Our School does Anna Elia not merely offer 6A knowledge and education but also entertainment . Upper School had its second school trip in Pissouri, in the Ostrich Farm. Accompanied by form tutors, pupils had a delightful time whilst playing games and enjoying the place. Everybody found the tour around Lower School Visits Camel Park in Mazotos Long Jump end of the day we were offered lunch which was delicious and then set off for the School. It was one of the best School trips we could have and we hope we will have more similar ones in the future. Teachers also enjoyed the school trip. Above: Mr Matsas trying to stay on the bull Upper School Visits the Ostrich Farm the farm really informative since the guide provided us with unprecedented information regarding ostriches. Before setting of for Limassol and our School we had lunch at the restaurant which is located on the Ostrich Farm. The trip will be unforgettable for all of us. Ioulia Efthyvoulou 1A Ioanna Georgiou 1A It was Friday morning, the 26th of March, the last day before Easter Holidays when PASCAL Schools of Lemesos, Larnaka and Lefkosia met at ΓΣΖ stadium in Larnaka to enjoy a Sports Day. Lower School Pupils met in the Stadium, while Upper School pupils played football and basketball against other PASCAL Schools. The pupils who took part in A Visit to Paphos On the 20th of April, the ‘Photographers’ of the School visited Paphos and Paphos Port to take some beautiful photos of the scenery. There, we also visited the Castle of Paphos which is next to the port. Paphos Aquarium is also near there and before leaving we had a nice snack at one of the picturesque cafes of the area, taking photographs of the sea, the ships, yachts and fish. Above: Paphos Port and Castle Sports Day the different events were in athletics, track and field while the rest of the pupils stayed on the seats, cheering and encouraging their peers. Despite the fact that it was an extremely hot day, pupils had the chance to chat with their friends, make new friends from other schools and generally enjoy a day away from lessons and homework. SUMMER EDITION 2010 Katerina Nicolaou (5A) Euromath 2010, European StudentConfer- ence in Mathematics took place in the beautiful village of Bad- Goisern in Austria, from 25- 28th of February. I was one of the participants and I have to say that it was an amazing experience! Both PASCAL Greek and English school took part and there were 4 groups that made up a total of 17 pupils. We were accompanied by our three teachers, Ms Zanti, Mr Perdios and Mr Antoniou. We had to prepare a project and present it, which was a challenging task. We had subjects like “Let’s Make a Deal”, “The Relationship Between Two Variables”, “Let’s Draw With Maths” and “The Golden Number Phi and It’s Application”. Kyriakos Antoniou 6A Medimun stands for Mediterrannean Model of the United Nations. When one listens to this long definition they might probably think that this is about those excessively boring and confusing political tasks about who knows what. In fact, you are partially correct, however, the suitable politicians who debate on those subjects are no one else but you, pupils, and the fields which you talk about are not as boring as they may appear at first. Medimun began with the selection of curious pupils who wanted to participate in a strange programme. In this programme each pupil is a part of two groups. The first group is the country-member of the United Nations that each pupil represents, and the second group is the General Assembly where you belong and which was determined by the given subject. Pupils participating undergo, through a number of sessions, a learning process of what Medimun is, various debating skills to be used and the formal language needed in those circumstances. Finally, pupils learn how to form a resolution to be debated in the GA (General Assembly). It is important to use critical thinking, imagination and research skills in order to Euromath 2010 This trip was full of fun moments and an amazing experience. We stayed in a beautiful village, Bad-Goisern, which was covered with snow. We didn’t lose any chance to start a snow fight, that’s for sure! The hotel we stayed in was very suitable and pleasant and the best part was that the places we had to go were always 5 minutes away from the hotel! Moreover, we went on a sight seeing trip and that is when we were all astonished by the beauty of nature that Austria has! All we did was take pictures and admire the incredible sights! Also, we watched some presentations from other participants and this was extremely interesting as they introduced us to new subjects in the world of mathematics! During the Euromath , we met new MEDIMUN come up with original and promising solutions to impress fellow delegates and make them vote for the presented resolution. Before entering the actual debate, the selected pupils attended a seminar in Lefkosia which gave the delegates information on what form a resolution should have, the process of lobbying, debating and voting. This was very helpful as the delegates had a clear idea of what would be happening and at the same time and they met delegates from other schools, with whom they would then cooperate for the formation of the final resolution at the conference. The Conference was held in Lefkosia and lasted three days. On the first day, the delegates were divided, according to the subjects that they were given, and through the process of lobbying they joined their resolutions and formed the final ones that were going to be presented and debated in the GA. However, Medimun does not only consist of delegates dressed in formal suits but also of teenagers. That’s why a disco—rock party was organized for the first night. The next day was the day of the debates. The delegates were gathered into their GAs. There were three GAs and each one had its own auditorium at the University of Nicosia. The resolutions were debated people and made new friends from all over the world which was very exciting! We also had a disco night which was actually the farewell dinner dance Euromath organised for the participants! So we got to dance with the new friends we made from all over Europe, from Italy to Ukraine to Kazakhstan! Euromath was truly a life time experience and we gained so much from it! It is something I would definitely consider doing again and would recommend to other pupils! Thank you to our school for this incredible experience! PAGE 3 Members of the Teams that travelled to Austria for Euromath 2010 accompanied by the Maths Teacher Mr Marios Perdios. and voted for or against, some passed and some others not. Nevertheless, it was an exciting experience due to the heated debates during the whole day. At the end, the resolutions which gathered the most votes were selected to be debated again the following day in front of the delegates of all the GAs. The last day was very inter- The Delegates from PASCAL English esting due to the fact that all School delegates were gathered in an enormous auditorium and were divided into the countries that they represented and therefore they were closer to their friends who could support them and the resolutions that were going to be debated were certainly of a high level. As was expected all the resolutions had been given a lot of thought and the debate was fascinating. At the end of the day, the Chairs, the experienced pupils who were guiding the delegates through the debates, and Medimun organizers gave a conclusion to the conference. Medimun was a memorable experience of maturity, hard work and at the same time acquaintance with new people, expression of ideas and cooperation. Debating takes place in the General Assembly Rooms
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