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Halloween

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HALLOWEEN PARTY

We had a halloween party on the 31t of October. The members of the english club prepare the party for the 5th and 6th form students. There were a lot of songs, chants, poems and of course contests. There were contest with apples, "writers and painters", "Put a tail to the cat", taking Halloween pictures and so on.
It was great! A lot of parents, teachers and children came to watch it.

A ROOM WITH A VIEW

Students and teachers.

Teachers and students had been preparing the Birthday party of the club for some days to make this day a special one.

English Club

Teachers and students of our school organise the work of English speaking club. The name of it is "At the Fireplace". Last Wednesday the ceremony of the presentation of the club took place in the concert hall of the school.

The new School № 3 is opened on September,1.

We moved to the new school!

Summer is over. The new school year started on the 1 of September.

Autumn is a beautiful season! Enjoy Siberian autumn!

First summer flowers.

Summer, oh, Summer!

Hooray! We have fine summer weather! We have summer holidays! Enjoy our summer with us.

Krasnoyarsk

Students recite poems and sing patriotic songs. People put flowers near the monuments for heros of the War.

Victory Day , May, 9

This day is a great event for Russian people. This day is a day of joy and sorrow. Thare are meetings in every town. There are concerts for the veterans of the World War II.

What Easter traditions do you have?

Do you celebrate Easter in your country?

What are the traditions?

People visit a church and greet each other with the words "Jesus is resurrected !"

kulich ( a cake with rasings)

Easter.

Every spring people celebrate Easter.

The symbols of the festival are:

eggs

( The acient custom of dyeing eggs is still very popular.)

Concert.

There is always a lot of singing and dancing this day.

Pancakes

Pancakes are the traditional dish. Some women bake them just here outdoors and sell them.

Farewell winter!

Burning a straw effigy of Winter is a traditional activity.

Shrovetide

In Russia, Shrovetide is an ancient festival dating from pagan times. It is a festival of celebrating the arrival of spring.

Owls.

There are different kinds of owls in our region.
This winter was very severe and we can see them even near our houses eating in "feeding houses" which are made by boys( men). We hang them on the trees and put some food there.
Very beautiful, aren't they?

Birds.

A magpie and a raven. They live near the houses of people.
It's a heron. It lives near the lakes. It likes to eat frogs.
A woodpecker . These birds are often the characters of Russian fairy - tales.

Birds.

a capercaillie or a wood-grouse. It lives in tayga. It eats grass and berries.People hunt them. An adult bird is about 25 kg.
It's a drake.
It's a duck. They fly to our place to have small ducklins. They fly away to warm countries for winter.
These are heath-cocks( black-cocks, black grouses)they live in tayga - forest. Very beautiful birds.

Animals.

a water rat
a chipmunk
a squirrel
a flying squirrel