Great news: Princess Kate is pregnant

The Royal Family is looking forward to welcoming another prince or princess into the world.
Their rep confirmed to Fox News that Princess Kate and Prince William are expecting their first child.
"Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby," the rep said in a statement. "The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news."
The rep also confirmed a bit of scary news, saying Princess Kate had been admitted to the hospital.
"The Duchess was admitted this afternoon to King Edward VII Hospital in Central London with Hyperemesis Gravidarum," the rep said. "As the pregnancy is in its very early stages, Her Royal Highness is expected to stay in hospital for several days and will require a period of rest thereafter."
Hyperemesis Gravidarum is very acute morning sickness, which requires supplementary hydration and nutrients.
The rep would not say how far along she is, only that she has not yet reached the 12-week mark.
The confirmation of her pregnancy was greeted with congratulations.
Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Twitter that he was "delighted by the news," saying the royals "will make wonderful parents."
As the first-born to William — who is second in line for the throne after his father, Prince Charles — the couple's child stands an excellent chance of one day becoming monarch.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/12/03/kate-middleton-expecting-first-child-in-hospital-for-pregnancy-related/#ixzz2H27QXKdY

Geography test

GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

G 1. Long, deep or wide? Complete the sentences and read them aloud.

1. Certain trees in rain forests are up to 60 m ____.

2. The Nile is 6 852 km ____.

3. The Earth is about 4.6 billion years ____.

4. The equator is 40 076 km ____.

5. The Mariana Trench is 10 994 ± 40 m ____.

6. The Amazon in the estuary is almost 80 km ____.

7. Poland is 312 679 km2 ____.

8. The biggest geological bore-hole on the Earth is 12 262 m ____.

9. The border between England and Scotland is 154 km ____.

10. The largest goldmine in South Africa is 3.9 km ____.

11. Lake Tanganyika is 673 km __, 50 km __ and has a surface of almost 33 000 km²

G 2. What do these symbols mean?

a. Read the given symbols aloud.

%, ‰, p/km², hPa, ºC, km², km3, mm, cm, $, (€) EUR, km/h, m/s

b. Fill in the gaps and read the sentences aloud.

1. Population density in Poland is 122 people ____.

2. Infant mortality rate in the Third World is about 8____.

3. Population growth in the Third World is over 20____.

4. Illiteracy rate in Niger is 70 ____.

5. The delta of the Nile is 24 000 ____big.

6. Lake Baikal’s capacity is 23 000 ____.

7. Daily temperature amplitude on the desert is 50 ____.

8. The annual rainfall in the equator zone is over 2 000 ____.

9. The afforestation in Poland is ____.

10. Average air pressure on sea level is 1 013.25 ____.

11. The highest peak in the Tatra National Park is Rysy (2 499 ____ above sea level).

12. On a map with a scale of 1:40 000 000, the Chinese Wall is 6.78 ____long.

The trip to the Theatre

On 21.Nov 2012 students of our school watched the performance  "Gulliver's Travels" by J.Swift exhibited on the stage of the Apollo Theatre. For the first time they had a chance to see a professional theater performance in a foreign language.
TNT theatre was founded in 1980 in Britain and since has established itself as one of the most popular international touring theatre companies in the world. Last season alone the company produced seven productions in almost thirty countries worldwide, ranging from Shakespeare classics such as ROMEO & JULIET , J.Swift GULLIVER’s TRAVELS to their own new play HITLER KILLED MY CANARY, from works by contemporary artists such as Paul Auster’s MOON PALACE to the classic seasonal show: Dickens’ CHRISTMAS CAROL.
You can see some short scenes of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoaGj9xI6jo
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS has been called the greatest satirical work ever written – in an age where the world once again seems to have turned upside down Swift’s caustic wit and irreverent honesty have never been more relevant.
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS is often debased as a children’s story, and has never been anything of the sort! TNT will rescue this literary masterpiece from the pygmies who tried to turn it into a juvenile entertainment and create a play that asks us the very mature questions that Swift was posing three hundred years ago: what is the moral basis of government? What is the value of money? What is the aim of science? And finally, when humans behave like vicious animals why should they be valued higher than beasts? Each of these questions is addressed by Swift in his travels to four different lands – not only Lilliput. TNT dramatise each of the four journeys and because satire is only sharp if it is contemporary, we naturally apply Swift’s critique to our own troubled world.

Here is a ahort student’s review:

I think a trip to see the  performance was an amazing experience. What is more,
it is not obvious if would choose it  when I had the possibility to go somewhere out with my friends .. This is another way in which we practice the language  and listen to it .. The native speakers - actors speak it every day, and we  waatch and listen to them and pick it up more and more. It is  Nicer to participate in it than we can practice it during everyday lessons.
It is a pity, such trips cannot be held more often.I hope that such diversification in learning will be available at least once in a school year.

Oliwia Lebiedź  class 3b

Trip to the theatre

„ Wyobraź sobie ,że wchodzisz na lekcję języka angielskiego, a za biurkiem siedzi ciemnoskóry nauczyciel i wita cię  bez słowa po polsku. Spędzenie 45 minut w sali na lekcji z nauczycielem mówiącym tylko w języku, którego się dopiero uczysz, nie jest zadaniem łatwym. Jednak, gdy pierwsze lody zostaną przełamane , wszystko już idzie jak z płatka. Lekcja z Mosesem była dla mnie bardzo pozytywnym doświadczeniem.”

W.Taisner kl.3d

 „Dzięki  Mosesowi mieliśmy styczność z naturalnym  angielskim . Nauczyciel poprawiał nasze błędy, a my im dłużej z nim rozmawialiśmy, tym bardziej się otwieraliśmy. Opowiedział nam wiele ciekawostek w swoim rodzimym języku i dzięki temu mamy inne spojrzenie na angielski…”

O.Lebiedź kl.3b

„Spotkanie z  gościem wywarło na mnie bardzo pozytywne wrażenie. Lekcja była atrakcyjna, a czas mijał szybko w miłej atmosferze. Sposób mówienia i fakt możliwości porozumiewania się ze spikerem zmotywował mnie do nauki języka angielskiego”

K.Janusz kl 3b

„…Mogliśmy wypróbować, co umiemy w praktyce i dało nam to obraz naszych umiejętności.”

M.Wąsowicz kl.3b

„Bardzo podobały mi się zajęcia, ponieważ dostrzegłyśmy jak ważna jest nauka języków obcych.  Na lekcji niektóre osoby porozumiewały się z nauczycielem swobodnie, a niektóre no cóż.. trudniej...”

M.Gogołkiewicz, A.Mińska kl. 3a

„Lekcja była prowadzona w ciekawy i wesoły sposób.  Było to niemałe przeżycie, gdyż nie na co dzień mamy
 w szkole styczność z obcokrajowcami, z którymi rozmawiamy i którzy poprawiają nasze błędy”

M.Strózik kl.3b

                                                                                                                             Komentarze opracowała  M.Szymankiewicz

Native speaker's project

DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?

Last week our students from the third classes had an opportunity to attend at the lessons with native speaker Mr. Moses Molongo. He is a teacher and for many years he has been teaching students in different parts of Europe. He has just come to our school from London. He is from Cameroon and that's why he could also tell our students a lot of facts about his country, traditions and customs. The main aim of these lessons was to activate our students' ability of speaking English. Mr. Molongo , his enthusiasm, friendly behaviour, cheerful way of teaching and optimism encouraged students to use their second language. I hope our students don't forget so easily about motivating power that was given to them by Moses
I am waiting for their comments.
                                                   

St. Martin's croissants

The recipe for St. Martin’s croissants.
We know how to bake them!!!!!!!!!      

                               

CAKE

     1 kg of wheat flour
     6 eggs
     0.5 cube of butter
     2 tablespoons of sugar
     50 g of  yeast
     1 cup of milk

FILLING

     1.5 cups of powdered sugar
     200 g almonds and walnuts
     100 g of white poppy
     sour cream

Disssolve yeast  in a small quantity of milk. Whip eggs and sugar and stir with melted butter. Beating altogether  add portions of sieved flour, milk and yeast previously prepared. Make pastry  until bubbles begin to show up and then leave in a warm place to rise. Almonds, walnuts and poppy brew, grind, grate with sugar and cream until thick paste. When the pastry-dough is ready, roll it out and cut into squares. Put a portion of the prepared mass for each of them, shape croissants and leave in
a warm place to rise. Put into the hot oven and bake at 220-250 degrees until golden brown.

BON APPETIT!!!

WOW, YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!