Glimpse at PASCAL 2014/15 Christmas Edition

glimpse@pascal
DECEMBER EDITION 2014
this
Inside
Ev
ents
nts
ore Eve
M
5
014-1
2
s
b
u
l
C
2-3
4-5
6-8
9
tos
lub Pho
C
s
f photo
f
a
t
S
w
Ne
10-12
nts
ng Eve
Upcomi
13
glimpse@events
PAGE 2
LAUNCH OF ATHLETIC SECTION AT
PASCAL ENGLISH
SCHOOL LARNAKA
PASCAL English School
is proud to announce the
launch of its athletic section in Larnaka, following closely in the footsteps of its sister school
of PASCAL English
School
Nicosia.
With the full approval of
the Ministry of Education, Cyprus, the sports
section of PASCAL English School Larnaka has
begun its operation with
daily morning training for
the athletes on the school
premises. Athletes involved in the sports program at PASCAL English
School Larnaka, train in
football,
judo
or
taekwondo and as from
the next academic year,
other sports such as basketball and swimming,
will also operate. Support
is offered by a qualified
Sports Psychologist and
also by means of frequent
ergometric and field testing to ensure the students‟ safe and steady
progress.
GLIMPSE@PASCAL
Reflecting, Rebuilding:
Emerging stronger
8th National Session
European Youth Parliament Cyprus
28 August – 31 August
2014 Larnaka
The
European
Youth Parliament (EYP)
is a non-governmental
organization
(NGO)
which aims to encourage
independent
thinking,
intercultural encounters,
voluntary action and personal initiative amongst
young people in Cyprus.
The National Session is the biggest annual
event organized by EYP
Cyprus. Delegates from
this session are selected
to take part in future international events. The
students, who are divided
into committees comprised
of
different
schools, are given a
unique opportunity to discuss current European
topics and come up with
their own resolutions to
these problems.
Some of the topics of this year‟s General
Assembly – “Reflecting,
rebuilding: Emerging
stronger” ranged from the
attainment of energy independence in light of the
Ukraine crisis, corruption
in the EU, Balkan integration into the EU and
the controversial legalization of single-sex marriages throughout Europe.
This year‟s „Discussing
Europe‟ forum raised the
topic: “Empowering the
Youth: The Workforce of
Tomorrow” with three
speakers: Mr Nicos Marcou, Head of Human Resources, Assistant Director, EY Cyprus, Mr Panayiotis Sentonas, President of the Cyprus Youth
Board and Mr Yiannos
Yiannaki Commissioner
for Volunteering and Non
-Governmental Organisations of Cyprus.
This year‟s delegates
from PASCAL English
School Larnaka were:
Pantelitsa
Stavrou,
Marilena Papachristodoulou, Natalie Redpath,
Lazaros
Hadjiforados,
Stylianos Hadjiforados,
Nicole Costa (journalist)
and Margarita Samouridou (organizer). They
were accompanied by
their teachers Aspasia
Manti and Christiane
Camacho.
PAGE 3
“The Athletic Section of
PASCAL English School
Larnaka along with the
Elite Sporting Club have
taken upon the responsibility to carry out JUDO
demonstrations initiated
by the Cyprus Athletic
Federation in all Primary
Schools aiming at promoting JUDO.
Ms Despina Kaittani, Judo trainer of Pascal‟s
Athletic Section and of
the Elite Sporting Club,
will carry out, along with
her team, 4 demonstrations at the Federation‟s
premises in Nicosia.
More than 1000 pupils
will watch these demonstrations.”
1st PANCYPRIAN JIU
JITSU TOURNAMENT
The pupil of the Athletic
Section of PASCAL English School Larnaka and
member of the Elite
Sporting
Central Pupils’ Council
Elections
On 7th Oct 2014, our
Class Presidents met to
elect the Central Pupil
Council. The elections
were carried smoothly
and the Year 6 candidates
that ran for the Presidency of the Central Pupil
Council gave a short
speech in their attempt to
convince others to vote
for them. The results
were as follows:
President: Marina Philippou
Vice-President: Lenos Prodromou
Secretary: Anna Savva
Treasurer: Margarita Christou
Assistant Treasurer: Anastasia
Kounna
Member: Anastasia Kappelou
Member: Georgia Angeliki
Foti
Member: Kyriakos Pittas
Member: Ellie Panoula
Member: Andreas Jiovanni
Honourary Member: Maria
Kagkeli
Honourary Member: Andrea
Rafaella Nicolaidou
THE PASCAL ENGLISH SCHOOL LARNAKA WELFARE
CLUB TAKES PART
IN THE PANCYPRIAN
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
BASKETBALL
GAMES
On Monday 20th October, our pupils in the
Welfare Club were volunteers in the Pan Cyprian Special Olympics. Our
pupils were given the opportunity to meet with the
athletes and play with
them. Our School believes in promoting inclusion of youngsters with
Intellectual Disabilities.
glimpse@moreevents
JUDO DEMONSTRATION FROM PASCAL
ENGLISH SCHOOL &
ELITE SPORTING
CLUB TO
LARNAKA’ S
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Club, Paula Costa, won
Gold Medal at the 1st
Pancyprian Jui Jitsu
Tournament which took
place in Nicosia on Saturday 25 October 2014.
PAGE 4
PASCAL ENGLISH
SCHOOL LARNAKA
PUPIL VOLUNTEERS
AT PANCYPRIAN SPECIAL OLYMPICS
Eighty-five of our pupils
were active volunteers at
the Pancyprian Special
Olympics from Monday
13th October until Friday
31st October. The “Games
of the Heart” were an
amazing experience for all
our volunteers and we are
extremely proud of the maturity, ethos and affection
with which our pupils handled themselves.
Congratulations to all the
athletes from Special Education Schools/Institutions
taking part and to our pupils!
GLIMPSE@PASCAL
PASCAL English
School, Larnaka Annual
Careers Fair
On Wednesday, 19th November 2014, PASCAL
English School Larnaka
successfully hosted its 8th
annual Careers Fair on its
school premises, between 7
pm. till 9 pm.
Professionals from a
range of occupations, along
with officials from various
Cypriot universities were
the honourable guests invited to liaise with students
from years 3, 4, 5, 6 and
parents/guardians.
A presentation was
given by two professionals
in the counseling field,
namely, Mr. Chris Sofroniou and Mr. Nikos Chrisostomou followed by an open
discussion with parents
concerning the different
ways students can choose
their course of study.
Students and parents/ guardians were later
encouraged to speak to professionals about their employment and prior studies
in order to better understand
the academic process and
practical issues related to
each profession. In addition, officials from various
universities of Cyprus informed those interested
about application procedures for entry into their
respective universities.
Euro-quiz 2014
Marilena Papachristodoulou,
a pupil of PASCAL English
School Larnaka, achieved
the highest score amongst
pupils of Year 5 who voluntarily took part in the Euroquiz 2014. The General
knowledge contest with the
European Union as a theme,
was held by the European
Parliament in collaboration
with the Ministry of Education and Culture. Marilena
will be invited to participate
in a Session of the European
Parliament,
known
as
“Euroscola”, as a representative of our school at the
Headquarters of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Congratulations to our student!
PAGE 5
Collection and
Distribution of food
High Achievers International Awards 2014
PASCAL English School
Larnaka has set fundamental objectives towards the
promotion of activities and
charity events that contribute socially to our community and individuals in
need, cultivating a humanitarian and voluntary spirit
within the students.
It is within this spirit that
we once again launched
this campaign in order to
collect as much food as
possible for the Aradippou
Municipal Agora, for the
families in need and in
particular for families who
were literally starving this
year more than ever due to
the economic crisis.
Thirteen pupils of PASCAL English School Larnaka have achieved the
Edexcel High Achievers
International Awards for
Art GCE A level: Fine Art
& International GCSE Art
and Design: Fine Art.
What makes this accomplishment even more remarkable is that fact that
these students are a year
younger than most art exam candidates doing the
exam and achieving these
high international subject
marks.
Our sincere congratulations to our PASCAL
Engish School Larnaka
students who are:
Art GCE A level: Fine
Art
Loukia Liperi, Lambros
Theodorou, Kyriaki Theodorou, Fotini Stephanou,
Gabriella Soteriou and Katerina Kyriakou.
The photos
themselves!
speak
for
International GCSE Art
and Design: Fine Art
Alexandra Taratynova,
Sofia Papanicolaou, Mikaella Hadjiyianni, Stylianos Hadjiforados,
Thekla Georgiou, Evdokia Efthymiou and Antonia Diakou.
School Halloween
Party
A Halloween party was
organized by the Artemis
House, the Parents Association, the School and
the School council
on Friday 31st October,
between 9:00 pm and
12:00 pm in the School
Cafeteria.
Educational Trip to
Protaras for Forms
1&2
An optional Overnight
School Excursion to Ayia
Napa was organized for
Form 1 and 2 students
which was a great success.
The students had a fantastic time with their friends
and formed a priceless
bond with heir teachers!
PAGE 6
volved
rather
than being re- served.
The main aim of the art
club for this academic year
Wall
Mural Painting.
Basketball is one of the
most popular sports in the
world, which both men and
women play. It‟s fast moving, so there‟s no chance of
getting bored! It has many
benefits,
both
mental and physical: It
burns calories, tones up
your muscles, improves coordination, develops concentration
and
selfdiscipline,
and teaches
you how to
work in a
GLIMPSE@PASCAL
We are planning to invite a
dermatologist to talk to
students about skincare as
well as a fashion stylist to
give advice on what to
wear according to each
body type and style. A nutritionist will be asked to
talk to them about diet and
healthy nutrition and a
personal trainer will be
invited to demonstrate an
exercise regime. We are
also planning to take students to a beauty salon to
show make up application
techniques as well as to a
perfumery to demonstrate
how perfumes are produced.
The aim of the cooking
club is to help students to
learn basic food preparation skills, prepare and
cook healthy, nutritious
meals, understand how to
prepare foods using good
sanitary practices and prevent injuries in the kitchen
by
following
glimpse@thisyear’sclubs
Our aim is to provide our graduating year
with a series of club days
that will combine learning
with having fun. We aim
to treat our 6th Formers in
their final year by exposing
them to new experiences
that they may not have
thought of trying otherwise.
We want to stimulate them
into being more active and
open minded about what
Cyprus has to offer but
more than that, our aim is
to create a thread of activities that they will remember, courtesy of their
school. By participating in
the organized events, we
hope that our members will
see the benefit of being in-
imagination. These activities may include fun craft
activities that involve the
use of exciting material, depending on the season, field
trips to galleries and art exhibition centers, experience
of the concept of drama &
body movement. The students will begin to unlock
channels of communications
and self-expression, group
or individual projects, competition entries organized by
the Ministry of
Education and
glimpse@moreclubs
PAGE 7
The aim of the club is to
develop the dancing skills
of the students in different
types of dances such as
Street dance, Salsa, Latin,
Greek etc. Maria Karapitta, the Mambo Dancing
School teacher, will visit
our school premises to
teach the students different
dances. Every club day,
students will have the
chance to learn the basic
steps of different
dances.
Students who choose to
join the Drama Club develop an understanding
of Drama through the use
of technology, lectures,
discussion and an exploration
of
theatrical
games. They develop a
cohesive sense of team
spirit, through the use of
theatrical games, trust
games, and an exploration of drama. They participate in different ways:
acting, makeup, scenery/
props, script writing, music, or costumes. Students
have the opportunity to
show off their creative
side!
Decoupage is a decorative
technique in which a design is made of cut-out
pieces of newspapers,
magazines,
catalogs,
books, printed clip art,
wrapping paper, greeting
cards, fabric, tissue paper,
lace, paper napkin or ribbons
The main aim
is to create a club run by
past EYP alumni to train
new pupils for participation in the European
Youth Parliament and
other similar events.
Team building strategies,
brainstorming, resolution
writing, and discussion
among the activities of the
club. The European Youth
Parliament Cyprus (EYP)
is a non-governmental organization which aims to
encourage
independent
thinking, intercultural encounters and personal initiative amongst young people in Cyprus. The aim of
the club is to introduce students to the organization
and its philosophy. Each
year, 6 students from the
club will be chosen to represent our school in the
EYP National Session.
Conventional wisdom in
the old days stated that
God-given talent was the
be all and end all for a successful career in football.
Training was only a necessary supplement to what
was already imbued within
a particular individual. Today, while the term „talent‟
is still used, developments
in coaching have allowed
youngsters to emulate the
greats with increasing
ease. Indeed, such is the
importance of football
coaching skills club. Futsal
is one of the most quickly
developing sports. Pu-
PAGE 8
The aim of the club is to
enable students to work
out, improving their overall
fitness. The members of the
club will have the chance
to do something that will
take their mind off the
stress of the school and at
the same time they will
manage to improve their
aerobic fitness, flexibility
and strength. During the six
club days, we will go to
Platinum gym in Larnaka
where the instructors will
discuss fitness with club
members,
encouraging
them to continue working
out. Then, girls will follow
a specific program and will
also have the chance to participate in a TRX class.
Paintball is a fun sport that
requires stealth, tactics,
stamina and a high pain
threshold. The Paintball
club aims to allow students
to experience the different
paintball ranges in Eastern
Cyprus, visiting a different
one each club day.
To teach safe and responsible use of firearms including
sound
decisionmaking, self-discipline and
concentration. It aims to
enhance development of
participant's self-concept,
character and personal
growth through safe, educational and socially acceptable involvement in a
shooting activity. It promotes the highest standards
of safety, sportsmanship,
and ethical behavior. It encourages understanding of
natural resource concepts
through participant's interests in shooting and hunting.
GLIMPSE@PASCAL
Students will interact with
specific organizations, who
are active in social welfare.
Students will be motivated
actively, not only through
specific activities during
the club days, but also during the whole academic
year in the internal school
events, to get involved in
different aspects of social
welfare. Particularly, we
are going to visit and cooperate with CHRISTOU
STELIOU
IOANNOU
FOUNDATION: Visit and
be informed about the operation of “Κοινωνικό
Παντοπωλείο Λάρνακας»,
visit UNICEF, and organize Blood Donation. Additionally we will visit the
pediatric department at the
General Hospital of Larnaka and create a pleasant
atmosphere and experience
for the children by playing,
drawing etc., visit “Argos”,
which is an animal shelter
in Ormidia as well as the
Cyprus Red Cross.
glimpse@evenmoreclubs
regulations. They will also
be able to form teams and
compete in and out of
school.
The
Sport
Variety Club offers the
chance to its members to
“get away” from lessons
and school by engaging
themselves in pleasant and
fun activities. The aim of
the club is to combine theory and practice in different activities such as Paintball, Bowling, Go-karting,
Gym and Battlefield gaming.
glimpse@photos
PAGE 9
New Staff Questionnaire
1. If you could describe yourself in three words what would they be?
2. What do you miss most about being a kid?
3. Where do you most want to travel, but have never been and why?
4. What does your perfect day look like?
5. Name your greatest strength.
6. How do you see yourself in ten years’ time?
1. Loud, friend
ly
2. Being carele and sociable.
ss
3. To the USA and happier.
b
a lot of money
ecause you ne
ed
.
4. Being at ho
me with my kid
s.
5. Patience.
6. Older but w
iser.
iendly.
1. patient, kind, fr
2. Being carefree.
in primary
as
w
I
ce
n
si
an
ap
J
sit
3. I've wanted to vi
think it was afI
t
u
b
,
w
o
n
o
ag
while
school. That was a
about it!
ct
je
ro
p
l
o
o
h
sc
a
ter I did
d and children.
an
sb
u
h
y
m
h
it
w
t
u
4. A family day o
ills!
5. My teaching sk
more grey
w
fe
a
h
it
Pascal, w
6. Teaching at
hairs!!!
GLIMPSE@PASCAL
glimpse@newstaff
PAGE 10
1. Patient, polite, responsible!
PAGE 11
2. I mostly miss the freedom you have as a kid, acting like an idiot
without being embarrassed; things are so much simpler when you’re just
a kid. You don’t appreciate all that until it’s gone.
3.In the USA of course to travel to all these dream places we see on
television.
4. A sunny Sunday with friends on the beach.
5. Setting and achieving goals.
6. Married with children and a successful career hopefully!
ganized.
1. Caring, meticulous, or
anything.
t
ou
ab
y
rr
wo
to
ng
vi
ha
2. Not
it’s a German
3. To Austria, because
speaking country.
resting book.
te
in
an
g
in
ad
re
d
an
e
m
4. Sitting at ho
students.
to
e
dg
le
ow
kn
it
sm
an
tr
5. My ability to
ys.
6. Working hard as alwa
1. Dynamic, passionate
, optimistic
2. The fact that I had
no doubts
3. Morocco for surfing,
I love the sea and all
kind
of watersports.
4. A day full of love.
5. My patience.
6. Anywhere but happ
y.
d enthusiastic.
1. Open-minded, diplomatic an
on fairground rides!
g
in
go
of
d
fie
rri
te
ing
be
t
No
2.
. It is such a beautiful
lia
ra
st
Au
to
go
to
e
lov
d
I’
3.
to Scuba dive around the
place and it would be amazing
Great Barrier Reef…
the beach in the
on
y
da
g
lon
a
be
ly
ite
fin
de
4. It would
summer.
ets.
5. Keeping other people’s secr
6. Better
PAGE 12
y and be
tical.
c
la
a
p
r
p
d
n
,
a
ic
t
d
s
a
have to re
g, enthusia
1.Easy-goin free time I used to worries.
the
from every
t
out any
n
h
e
r
it
e
w
f
2. I miss
if
y
d
a
d
oy each
alia. It is
able to enj e to travel to Austr
lik
ing, readx
la
e
r
,
h
3. I would e ever been to!
c
a
e
y at the b
hav
a
d
I
a
y
r
t
e
n
b
u
o
ld
c
u
e
ect day wo ting with friends.
f
r
e
p
e
rding to th
o
h
c
T
c
a
t
4.
t
a
p
h
a
c
d
how to a
book and
ing a good xible person. I know fails me!
fle
ce and
ver
5. I am a positive attitude ne husiastic about Scien est
y
nt
eb
situation. M will be even more e I’ m driven to be th
eI
.
6. I believ share my knowledge
to
still trying
do.
at what I
1. Motivated, Selfish, Cooperative.
2. Playing football in the yard of the school.
3. To Australia, because I didn’t have the time.
4. Wake up and spend time with my daughter .
5. Patience.
6. The same as today but ten years older.
entimental.
s
,
c
li
o
h
a
k
r
o
w
about
1. Reliable, my friends without worrying
ith
2. Playing w ills.
ld be a reu
o
w
t
a
paying the b
h
t
d
n
a
. I love winter
a
ic
t
c
r
a
t
n
A
3.
g journey.
ally challengin rything is covered with snow
and eve
p
u
g
in
s by the firek
e
a
m
a
W
g
le
b
4.
a
t
g
en playin
outside and th all day long.
nds
place with frie
5. Patience. mily in our own home.
ig fa
6. With a b
GLIMPSE@PASCAL
PAGE 13
glimpse@upcomingevents