Yes, this is our school and its students :) But not typical day in it:) The first day

of spring we spent filming our place in a bit unusual way. We took part in ma-

king sth which is called LipDup. You’ll watch the effects soon.

March

2014, No. 7

Spotlight

W tym numerze:

2

3

4

Must read:

Did you know?

Top 5 sentences

for pickup

Close up on vo-

lunteers from

EuroWeek

Contents:

Language cor-

ner

2

Did you know? 3

Behind closed

doors

3

First class fas-

hionists

4

Top 5 senten-

ces for pickup

5

What to do

with rude stu-

dents

5

Let’s gossip abo-

ut … Marek S.

6

Gossip / Ran-

king

7

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lunteers

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Spotlight

IN CASE YOU NEED IT ...

We asked Natalia

(do you still remem-

ber her?:)) to write

us about her life in

the UK. We hope

she’ll do it regural-

ly. This time some

interesting facts

about London, the

capital of the UK.

Engl ish homonyms

FLOWER - kwiat / FLOUR - mąka

MEAT - mięso / MEET - spotkanie

LIE - kłamać / LYE - leżeć

BUY - kupować / BY - przez /

BYE - cześć, pa

AUNT - ciocia / ANT - mrówka

HOUR - godzina / OUR – nasz/a

HERE - tutaj / HEAR - słyszeć

HOLE - dziura / WHOLE – cały

TWO - dwa / TOO - też

WEAR - ubierać/ nosić / WHERE -

gdzie

KNIGHT - rycerz / NIGHT - noc

PEACE - pokój / PIECE - kawałek

FOR - dla / FOUR - cztery

BE - być / BEE - pszczoła

SON - syn / SUN - słońce

Alinka Pielaszkiewicz

6 facts about London

As your correspondent from the UK,

first I decided to check some inte-

resting facts about London (I hope

it’s just the beginning of our coope-

ration:))

1. London is the largest city in Euro-

pe.

2. It has 43 universities, the largest

concentration of higher education in

Europe.

3. The London Underground is the

oldest underground railway network

in the world.

4. More than 300 languages are

spoken within London.

5. Buckingham Palace has 775 ro-

oms. These include 19 State rooms,

52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188

staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78

bathrooms.

6.Big Ben is not actually the name of

the clock or the tower. It is the 13-

ton bell inside the clock.

Natalia Żaba

Hi! This time we’ll

look closer at words

with the same pro-

nunciation but dif-

ferent spelling and

meaning

(homonyms).We

hope, they’ll be

useful for you :) En-

joy!

interesting website:

https://

www.facebook.com/

EnglishIF

Another school year started …

some time ago :), but we still have-

n’t done another inspection, this

time amongst the newest students.

Sorry, we are making it up now.

1. In our school there are 284 stu-

dents. 156 boys and 128 girls.

2. The most popular name among

boys is Jakub (16 boys) and among

girls Aleksandra (13 girls).

3. There are 43 unique names.

4. In 1998 there were born 97 stu-

dents, in 1999 there were 90 and

in 2000 there were 93. Only 1 per-

son was born in 2001 and 3 in

1997.

5. 32 students were born in Sep-

tember and only 18 in June.

6. In our school there are students

from 22 villages. And although

school is in Stróża-Kolonia most

students are from Kraśnik (69 peo-

ple). I am sure that you didn’t know

that , did you? :). Kinga Michałek

did you know ?

behind c losed doors

GLOSSARY:

making up -

nadrabiać

village - wieś

storage - magazynek

mess - bałagan

equipment - sprzęt

impossible -

niemożliwe

guess - zgadywać

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2014, No. 7

USLESS KNOWLEDGE

(FACTS STRANGE AND

FUNNY)

Have you ever thought what’s hap-

pening behind closed doors in our

school?

We played detectives and discover

two of the secrets here and now…

1. ‘Storage under the stairs’ – there

you can find some table tennis’ ac-

cessories, or things you use on PE.

2. And this mess, it’s the storage,

where some music equipment,

banners, old posters, and thou-

sands of other things:) are kept.

Impossible to tidy up:) Can you

guess where it is?:)

Alinka Pielaszkiewicz, Marta Nowakowska

& Ela Gryta

In this number of Spot-

light we r going to show

u some very interesting

and cool accidental

clothes matching. They

r perfect for school but

not only. U can use

them also for school-

mate’s birthday party,

sally to the city or very

boring party at your

grandparents’ :P

In the role of models -

first grade students:)

Here we can see hip styling pre-

sented by Wiktoria Kasiak.

Nice blouse Wiki :D It looks

amazing with dark jeans and

white trainers. But it will proba-

bly look better without school

uniform… :) We think your bun is

awesome and match to your

outfit ^_^

f i rs t c lass fashionists

This picture presents two girls from class

1a , Aleksandra T. and Aleksandra S. Ano-

nymity above all, right girls? :P

They show us how to match some patterns

on the clothes. If you have a T–shirt with

printed design, wear leggings in one color.

And the other way round - our leggings

MUST BE CRAZY :D

GLOSSARY:

accidental -

przypadkowy

matching - dobór

sally - wypad,

wycieczka

first grade - piewsza

klasa

hip styling - odjazdowa

stylizacja

bun - kok

outfit - strój

above all - przede

wszystkim

patterns - wzory

printed design -

nadruk

the other way round - I

na odwrót

similarly - podobnie

are welcome - są mile

widziane

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Spotlight

FASHION CORNER

And our (a bit shy) last mod-

els:)

They r dressed very similar-

ly ;) On the left Karolina

Gołoś and Marysia Wilk on

the right. They show us that

SHIRT + SWEATER are al-

ways welcome:) We must

say: great jeans Karo.! :3

And eccentric (in the positive

sense of the word of

course :P ) shoes Maryś ;)

by Paulina Stasiniak

& Kinga Jurek

5 BEST SENTENCES:

1. Do you believe in love at first

sight? If not, I’ll come here in 5 mi-

nutes.

2. Have you got a dictionary? Becau-

se I cannot find a word which can

explain your beauty.

3. Are u a rescuer? I’m drowning in

your eyes.

4. Your name must be Google, be-

cause you have everything what I

look for.

5. Your father must be a thief. He

had stolen all the stars and put

them into your eyes.

5 WORST SENTENCES:

1. I’ve got BMW. Jump in, babe!

2. Your bottom must hurt after this

fall from heaven.

3. I’m new here. Can you show me

the way to your place?

4. Could I pick you up, madam?

5. You look identically like my next

girlfriend.

Kamil Kolasa

1. They can kneel with the flowerpot

on the head.

2. They can eat three spoons of the

cinnamon (even one is enough). For

those who don’t know what I’m talk-

ing about - cinnamon immediately

absorbs all the spit in the mouth

and gets into the respiratory tract,

so each breath is really really … re-

ally painful, sometimes impossible:)

3. They can run around the waste-

paper bin for 45 minutes.

4. They must write five hundred

times: " I like (adore is even better)

my teacher very much".

5. They must eat ten insects

(stupid but can effectively close

their mouth:))

PS. I hope none of the teachers

will read this.

Mateusz Jurek

top 5 sentences for p ickup

what to do wi th rude students (some ideas for teachers)

GLOSSARY:

love at first sight -

miłość od pierwszego

wejrzenia

explain - wyjaśniać

beauty - piękno, uroda

rescuer - ratownik

drown - tonąć

thief - złodziej

bottom - pupa

hurt - ranić, boleć

fall - upadek

pick up - podrywać

kneel - klęczeć

flowerpot - doniczka

spoon - łyzka

cinnamon - cynamon

immediately -

natychmiast

absorb - pochłaniać

spit - ślina

respiratory tract - drogi

oddechowe

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2014, No. 7

MEN’S WORLD

breath - oddech

painful - bolesny

waste-paper bin -

kosz na smieci

adore - uwielbiać

effectively - skutec-

znie

let ’s goss ip about … Marek S.

page 6

Spotlight

SURPRISED ?

GLOSSARY:

archive - archiwum

tough - twardy

weak - słaby

Great Wall of China -

Chiński Mur

dish - danie

cucumber soup - zu-

pa ogórkowa

is based on - jest

oparty na

novel - powieść

fight - walka

evil - zło

eventually - w końcu

inspired - zainspiro-

wany

events - wydarzenia

First World War - I

wojna światowa

Ola Wojciechowska & Oliwia Berdys

Spotlight: Why did you decide to

be a History teacher?

Mr Skrzyński: At first I wanted to

go to the military school, to be a

professional officer, but then I de-

cided to choose

pedagogics at

the UMCS, be-

cause I really li-

ked history, and I

didn’t have fun

sitting by the acts

in the archive.

S: What is your motto?

MS: Motto? Hmm… You have to

be be tough, not weak!

S: What music do you listen to?

MS: A little of everything. Starting

from classical music, through di-

sco polo, to metal. I like ACDC and

Iron Maiden.

S: What is the most important to

you?

MS: Hmm… My family and health.

S: Do you have any dreams?

MS: Yes, I really want to go to Chi-

na one day and see the Great Wall

of China.

S: What do you think about sport?

Do you have any favorites?

MS: Football and handball.

S: Is there anything you've never

done but always wanted to?

MS: Yes, I’ve always wanted to

bungee jumping!

S: What is your favorite dish?

MS: Cucumber soup, tomato soup,

‘schaboszczak’ and kebab.

S: What is your favourite place in

the whole world?

MS: Bieszczady.

S: Why is “Blues Brothers” your

favorite film?

MS: Blues Brothers? No… My favo-

rite film is “ The Lord of the Rings”.

S: Why then?

MS: First of all, it is the classics of

literature, because the film is ba-

sed on Tolkien’s novel. The fight

between good and evil is shown

there in a great way. We all know

that good eventually wins. Tolkien

wrote this novel inspired by the

events of the First World War,

which is, again, what I like – histo-

ry.

S: Ok, thank you for the interview.

MS: You’re welcome.

Love Stories On the top of our ranking are :

Natalia S - Daniel T (couple for medal)

Karina B - Samir S

Karolina J - Kamil K

Dominika J - Kuba G

Kasia P - Bartosz L

Dominika M - Łukasz B

Weronika Sz - mystrious boy (who

knows what his name is?:))

Iza D - Arek N

Ola Sz - Maks G

Ola S - Kamil K

Oliwia B - Mikołaj K

Magda T - Wojtek W

Kamila S - mysterious boy

We haven’t asked you yet about your pref-

erences in this subject :)

100 of you told us what your favourite

subject is. Well, PE wasn’t a big surprise

but Biology and Chemistry… It seems we

grow here future doctors :)

school secrets and scandals

GLOSSARY:

stable relationship -

stały związek

last but not least - i

na końcu, ale nie

mniej ważne

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2014, No. 7

WITH A PINCH OF SALT

favour i te subjects

Broken hearts

Kamila W - Patryk I

Kamila I - Rafał J

Wiktoria Cz - Marcel M

Natalia D - Paweł M

Romance? Why not :D

Maybe it is better than stable rela-

tionship. Do you like love or sad

songs? I have for you some proposi-

tions in this subject:

Mandy Moore - Only Hope

Frank Sinatra - I love you baby

Łukasz Zagrobelny - Nieprawda

What do you think - is this picture

cute or not?:D

And last but not least - Some people

think they don't need anyone but I

think that all of us need somebody

to love.

PE

Biology

History

English

Chemistry

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Alina Pielaszkiewicz & Mateusz Jurek

page 8

1. What’s the worst place you’ve ever

been?

Thuy: Killing field in Cambodia

Emir: I can’t say the worst place I’ve

ever been. Every country has their own

beauty, Countries are different from

each other with their culture, tradition,

way of living.

2. Which of your trips was the most inte-

resting / the worst?

T: My trip to Poland so far has been the

most interesting place I have ever been.

My trip to Killing field in Cambodia was

the worst trip ever

E: Kenya was one of the best trip in my

life. I gained a great experience and

spent wonderful time. Trip to Guatemala

was the worst. Because, my flight de-

layed first and then canceled so I had to

wait for 2 days in Frankfurt.

3. What do your parents think about

your travelling?

T: At the beginning, they didn’t agree

that I did my travelling a lots but since I

insisted on keeping my opinion, they

kinda agreed now

E: They are not happy about this. They

always tried to stop me. They do not

want me to go abroad. I refused them

anytime :D but I am not regret what I

did. One more thing, I know that I can’t

travel forever with this way and I know

that I have to stop it as soon as possible

4. Do they want you to stay at home?

T: Yeah, They want me to stay at home

and have a stable life in Vietnam

E: They do not want me to stay at home,

they want me to settle down in my coun-

try, find a job, have a family. Maybe they

are right because I have been travelling

for so long. And they want me to stop it.

5. Where did you meet the nicest peo-

ple?

T: Poland

E: Poland :D actually, I have met so ma-

ny nice people all around the world but

Polish people are different then the

others for me, they are so friendly, sym-

pathetic and lovely.

6. What do you think about Polish peo-

ple, especially teenagers?

T: Polish people are very friendly and

lovely, especially teenagers who I met in

Euroweek

E: I have a lot of Polish friend. I have

been working with polish teenagers for

more than 3 years. Therefore i can easi-

ly say that they are Educated, Friendly,

Smart and Respectful. In short, they are

awesome. I can’t say that for elder peo-

ple. They are not really friendly (not all

but most of them). I do not know why

but I did not have good relation with

them :D

7. What is the strangest, the funniest,

the best and the worst thing about us?

T: Strangest is about the weather.

Funniest is your eating a lot of Potatoes.

Best is about your hospitality.

Worst thing is your drink volka a lots :-P

8. What do you think about our country?

T: Amazing:)

E: Poland is different than the other EU

countries. If I compare with the others.

9. What do you think about our school?

T: Wonderful :)

c lose up on volunteers f rom EuroWeek

With a considerable

delay (sorry!) we are

printing the interview

with two volunteers

who visited our school

at the end of

November.

Emir (from Turkey)

and Thuy (from

Vietnam) carried out

very interesting

workshops for several

classes.

We asked them about

their impressions

about our school, the

students and our

country in general.

Here are their original

answers :)

Spotlight

LIFE AROUND

E: Modern, equipped and the most im-

portant good teacher-student relations-

hips.

10. Do you like being treated like a

star? :)

T: Yes :) it is funny for me

E: I do not feel like a star.

14. What’s the strangest question /

thing you were asked (to do) in your

life?

T: About dog meat :-P

E: How many wife do you have? :D

11. You are a volunteer – does it mean

that you dreams came truth? Maybe

you have some others? Can you give

some examples (at least one:))?

T: My dream is about volunteering abo-

ard because I like to discover new cul-

ture as well as learning a new things.

So I made it to Europe-Poland, it can be

said that I made my dream come truth.

E: Being a volunteer wasn’t dream. I ve

been volunteering since I started 2007.

First, local level and then international

level. I will continue this until I die. Be-

cause volunteering should be forever.

I haven’t got any dreams. I did eve-

rything what I dreamt.

12. Do you think that following your

dreams has got sense?

T: Yeah, because if you have dreams

and you are following them..That me-

ans you have a faith in your live.. In my

opinion, “Faith” is very important in

your life. So, “Live your dreams, don’t

dream your live” :)

E: I do not want to become a Superman

or Spiderman :D

13. Could you describe your life in 3

words?

T: Adventurous, Amazing, Awesome.

E: Ambitious, Responsible, Indepen-

dent

14. What’s your favourite dish (Polish

and in general)?

T: Pierogi, Pasta, Mc Donald, Noodle.

E: Pierogi is the best dish in Poland.

Generally, I do not like Polish food be-

cause of pork. I do not eat pork and

most of Polish food consists of pork.

Therefore I couldn’t have chance to try

real Polish food.

My favourite cuisine is Turkish Cuisine.

I love Turkish dishes. Especially Ke-

bap :D

15. How many countries did you visit?

T: 11 countries.

E: I have been 46 countries on 5 conti-

nents.

16. In what are you good/the best at,

and in what are you bad / the worst at?

T: I am good at doing the work with tee-

nagers, social work.

I am bad at making decision.

E: I believe that I am good at human

affairs, I can easily communicate and

convince someone who I do not know.

I am good listener, I am learning by li-

stening, not reading.

I am really bad at reading :( I can’t read

anything, even 1 page. When I start I

get bored and just stop reading.

Oliwia Berdys

& Kamila Igras

GLOSSARY:

killing field - pola śmierci

insisted on - nalegać na

gain - zyskiwać

delayed - opóźniony

canceled - odwołany

kinda - coś w rodzaju

refuse - odmawiać

regret - żałować

stable - stabilny

settle down - osiąść

smart - mądry

respectful - pełen

szacunku

hospitality - gościnność

compare with - w

porównaniu z

equipped - wyposażony

volunteering -

wolontariat

faith - wiara

responsible -

odpowiedzialny

independent -

niezależny

dish - danie

pork - wieprzowina

consist of - składać się z

therefore - dlatego

cuisine - kuchnia

human affairs - ludzkie

sprawy

convince - przekonywać

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2014, No. 7

OUR SPONSOR

This magazin can exist thanks to: sponsored by:

EDITORS:

Oliwia Berdys, Kamila Igras, Kinga Jurek, Mateusz Jurek, Kamil Kolasa, Kinga Michałek,

Marta Nowakowska, Kamila Oleszko, Alina Pielaszkiewicz, Paulina Stasiniak, Kamila Wiechnik,

Aleksandra Wojciechowska, Natalia Żaba

TUTOR:

Kamila Berdys