Platinum News 2010/11 Christmas Edition

Christmas Edition 2010
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Christmas Edition 2010
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URL: www.pascal.ac.cy
General Coordinator and Editor: Ms Despina Mavrikiou
International Achievements
Journalists and Correspondents: Stavrina Demosthenous, William Ehrhartsmann, Christina Sialouna, Panayiota Raftis, Elena Tambouri, Alexandros Constantinou (6A)
Katerina Nicolaou (5A)
Maya K. Alem (Art Teacher) &
Tina Vryonidou (History Teacher)
Rolando Virardi (3A), Timothea Demetriou (3B)
Nicolas Chrysostomou, Olivia Photiou, Christina Loungridou, Takis Papadopoulos,
Ernesto Sofocleous, Georgia Voniati, Maria Efrem, Maria Vanezi, Melina Theodorou (2A), Thanos Panaretou, Alexander Groutides (2B)
Ioakim Avgousti (1B), Ivi Zari, Elena Petridou (1A)
Parents’ Corner
There are a number of reasons
why we decided to make the
decision to send Georgia to
Pascal English School, one of
which is the fact that we believe
that she will have a head-start
in the race to becoming a successful adult that has much to
offer society.
Discipline: Discipline is one of
the cornerstones of independent
education, and Pascal teachers
make this a part of their daily
curriculum. That is the impression I got from the last parents
meeting as well as during discussions at home.
Level of education: Having
seen the homework that Georgia is set on a daily basis, I am
inclined to believe that the standard of education at Pascal far
outweighs the standard of lots
of other schools. The setting of
tests on a weekly basis serves to
ensure that our children are
monitored in order to make sure
that they are not lacking in any
field.
International recognition /
easy access to UK Universities: We see it as a bonus that
Georgia does not have to attend
“extra afternoon lessons” in
order to gain access to UK
universities. The groundwork
that is done at Pascal ensures
that the students are adequately
well educated and in a position
to make a well informed and
correct decision on which university suits their needs.
Attention to each and every
child individually: Another
aspect of Pascal which played a
large part in our decision to
send Georgia there, was the fact
that she has a large choice of
extra-curriculum activities to
choose from which are lacking
at government schools. A well
rounded child does not only
depend on studies but also on the
ability to communicate and interact with other children.
Family orientated environment: We wish to commend
Pascal on the fact that they are a
family orientated school which
makes parents feel that they can
approach both the teachers and
the principal with any problem
or suggestion which they feel
should be brought to their attention without having to worry that
this will have a negative effect
on their child.
Taking into serious consideration
the above, I feel that I made the
best decision for my child and
her future.
C. & T. Georgiades
Parents of Georgia Georgiades
1B.
Christmas Jokes
- Which of Santa’s reindeers
has bad manners? (Rude—
olph)
- What do monkeys sing at
Christmas? (Jungle Bells, Jungle Bells)
- Mum, can I have a dog for
Christmas? No, you can have
the turkey, like everyone else!
- What is Mum’s favourite
Carol? (Silent Night!)
It was Christmas and the
judge was in merry mood. He
asked the prisoner. ‘What are
you charged with?’ ‘Doing my
Christmas shopping early’,
the prisoner said. ‘That’s no
offence’, the judge said. ‘It is
if you do it before the shop
opens!’
PASCAL English School Lemesos has great pleasure in
announcing that two of its pupils, Theodora Raftis (a graduate) and Maya Athanatou (5A)
have achieved full marks in
Edexcel Examinations.
Theodora Raftis achieved full
marks in both her AS and A2 Art
Examinations.
Theodora has
produced
a m a z i n g
pieces of art
basing
her
work on three
songs; a lullaby, a heavy
rock song and
a song called
‘Spanish Train’
referring
to
God and the Devil playing poker,
hoping to win the souls of the
dead. For her exam she concentrated on ‘love’ and produced
vibrant, dynamic work and stunning canvases. Her sketchbook
was impressive with a selection
of questions, notes, photography,
drawings and 3D pieces.
Maya Athanatou has been
awarded the accolade of Edexcel
High Achiever for the examination series May/June 2010 for
IGCSE History. Maya obtained the
Highest International Subject
Mark for which the focus
of her studies was on the Rise
of Fascism in Germany, the
Rise of Communism in Russia
and the Changing Nature of
Warfare in the Twentieth Century.
Congratulations to both girls as
well as their teachers, Ms
Maya K. Alem (Art Teacher)
and Ms Tina Vryonidou for their
endless efforts and commitment.
We are looking
forward to similar
results.
Maya Athanatou
5A
Left: Two
pieces of
Artwork that
Theodora
Raftis produced
Royal Commonwealth Essay Competition
Every year, the
Commonwealth
Essay CompeMs Jodi N Rigas
tition inspires
PES Senior Mistress
thousands of
young writers
from all over the world.
Organized by the Royal Commonwealth Society, this international youth writing contest
has been running for over 100
years - the world's oldest and
largest - and is a highly regarded and popular international education project. The
Essay Competition offers young
people the opportunity to make
their voice heard on a global
platform, encouraging students
to engage with issues which are
important to them.
This year we are extremely
proud to announce that the
Council of the Royal Commonwealth Society has awarded
two pupils from PASCAL English School, Lemesos, and two
pupils from PASCAL Greek
School,
Lemesos,
Bronze
Awards for their submissions to
the Commonwealth Essay
Competition.
Congratulations to Rolando
Virardi (Year 3) and Christos
Kaimakkami (Year 4) from
PASCAL English School, Lemesos and Elena Savvidou
(Year 4) and Marios Kyriakou
(Year 2) from PASCAL Greek
School, Lemesos.
From Left to Right: Elena Savvidou,
Rolando Virardi, Christos Kaimakkami
and Marios Kyriakou.
C HRISTMAS EDITION 2010
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Cypriot Pupils in the Seats of
the European Parliament in
Strasbourg
Christina Sialouna vided in groups, Christina Sialouna in
was very lucky this in order to disStrasbourg
year to win three cuss topics that
essay competitions of which the last concerned them as pupils, but also as
one was the best of all. It was with citizens of the European Union. Togreat pleasure to hear that she was wards the end of the day they disone of the ten winners of the essay cussed topics regarding the unemwriting competition organized by ployment in Europe, and more spe“Καθημερινή” newspaper regarding cifically the youth unemployment, the
the world’s economic crisis, during social exclusion, racism, the climate
the past academic year. A tiring but changes, the environment, the preserfull of experiences programme, was vation of energy, the society of the
the programme for the pupils that citizens and how this society can be
travelled to Strasinvolved in a democratic
bourg since in the
Europe. The last day was free.
journey towards the
Pupils visited the Cathedral of
French city they had
Strasbourg, went on a cruise in
the opportunity to
the channels of the city, and of
go past Prague tocourse shopping in the city
wards Frankfurt by
centre. Finally, before returning
airmail and then
back to Cyprus they enjoyed
to Strasbourg by In the Plenary of the Parliament a tour in Frankfurt where
bus. On the way from Frankfurt to they also had the chance to see the
Strasbourg they stopped at the Ger- huge German city from a height of
man city, Heidelberg where they had 200 meters, since they went up the
a two hour tour. The second day was skyscraper where the offices of the
dedicated on the needs of the “Essis” Central Bank are found.
‘’Euroscola’’ programme in the Christina admits that it was one of the
rooms of the European Parliament
best experiences she has had. It was a
and of course in the conference room
journey full of pleasure and
of the Plenary of
enjoyment. Meeting new peothe Parliament. 500
ple from all around Europe,
pupils from member countries of
discussing with them and porEurope were ditraying different opinions,
visiting new countries and
having the chance to discuss
Sightseeing,
with members of the European Parliameeting new
ment was a dream that actually turned
people and
making friends
true.
Christina Sialouna
6A
Studying Medicine in the Czech Republic
On 11th November 2010,
the Upper School Pupils of
PASCAL
English
Elena Tambouri
School Lemesos, had
6A
the honour to attend
a lecture delivered by Dr Petros Afxentiou a representative of the Medicine
Universities in the Czech Republic. Mr
Afxnetiou spoke to the pupils about the
Universities in the Czech Republic which
offer courses on General Medicine and
Dentistry.
General Medicine lasts 6 years, whereas
Dentistry lasts 5 years. One of the best
Universities in the Czech Republic is
Hradec Kralove which is also the most
expensive one. The fees rank between
nine thousand to fourteen thousand euro
per year for the English Class students.
There is also a
Czech Class where
people can study
for free. However,
knowing the language is essential
Dr Petros Afxentiou
and Czech students
have priority.
The Czech Language is also taught,
therefore the foreigners once in a while
find it easy enough to communicate with
their future patients, when they will be
doing their specialization.
Finally, it was also stressed that the
Czech Republic not only is a beautiful
place to study, but it is also safe since
crime is very limited and the environment
in general is very friendly.
Decision Making
A team, composed of four pupils, Michael
Leonida, Christina Sialouna, Stephanie Yioupi
and Stavrina Demosthenous, accompanied by
Ms E. Theodosiou, recently had the
Stavtina Demosthenous chance to attend a conference on
6A
children’s involvement in the decision-making process and complete
the Compasito training, which teaches one about the
importance of giving a voice to children and teens, alike.
The conference commenced with a speech by Ms. Leda
Koursoumba, an advocate for children’s rights and the
Commissioner of Children’s Rights in Cyprus. Ms Koursoumba spoke to the panel about integrating the opinions of
children into the decision-making process, hence helping
them voice their desires and demands. The session continued with speeches by other panel members; Dr. Bantekas of
Brunel University and Mr Ishak, who is the Representative
of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Cyprus.
Both speeches were quite
interesting as they both addressed the importance of
citizens, and especially children, throughout the globe
knowing their human rights.
The panel was, also, joined
by two teachers who
had completed the Pupils from different groups working
in groups; among them two PES
Compasito training and
pupils, Michalis Leonida, Stephanie
they spoke about incorYioupi and Christina Sialouna
porating the knowledge
they gained into their lessons. Afterwards, the session had a
short lunch break followed by a workshop, separated into
two, one group comprised of the pupils and one of the educators attending. Moving on, the pupils took part in an introduction; a name game to help become more acquainted
with each other. They were asked to write down their names
on a piece of paper followed by 3 truths and 1 lie about
themselves. Pupils marvelled and were delighted by the
similarities and differences between them. Subsequently,
the pupils were divided into groups of 3 and were asked to
draw the outline of a person and
write down what they considered as being the qualities of a
‘good’ pupil, some of them
being, ‘diligent’, ‘creative’,
‘inquisitive’, ‘active’ and
‘energetic’. The next task was
one dreaded yet, also, loved by
many, the DEBATE! The topic
of the debate raised quite a
Stavrina Demosthenous in her group
lot of controversy, recently,
in our school: the implementation of the rule that only pupils with an overall average of 85% and above are allowed to be nominated and
elected for Class and Student Council. The actual debate
being about a public school in Lefkosia recently introducing
a new rule that only pupils accumulating an overall average
of 90% and above can run and be elected for Student Council. The debate was very constructive as pupils raised some
interesting points and discovered hidden debating talents.
Pupils were all amazed at the amount of effort the group
given with the task of supporting the policy put into their
defence, they made it seem genuine. Therefore, it was no
surprise that the other group congratulated them at the end
of the debate.
5 o’clock struck the end to a very interesting and constructive session, with many gifts that came from the pupils’
hard work and dedication to the subject.
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First Aid Club
The First Aid
Club is a very
interesting
2A
and enjoyable
club and at the same time
extremely
educational.
Members of this Club learn
how to save people’s lives
and offer them the necessary
help in case of an accident or
in an emergency.
During the first two Club
Days, the members of the
Club watched videos with
scenarios showing what to
do in cases of drowning,
choking, accidents and heart
attacks. They were also
given the opportunity to practise on human figures and
were divided in groups for
workshops.
The Instructor Mr Zenonos is
very patient and gives very
Maria Vanezi
clear instructions and inforOn 3rd Demation and willingly answers Georgia Voniati & cember 2010,
any questions the members Takis Papadopoulos Takis Papadoof the Club might have.
poulos was in
2A
the
plane
At the end of the second Club
heading for Athens. At 3
Day, the pupils were also
o’clock in the afternoon the plane
given a quiz which they had
landed, Takis travelled for about
to solve in groups of four.
two hours by car and reached
They are all looking forward
Tripoli. It was Friday night. The
to the next Club Days to learn
next morning Takis and the other
more and maybe visit the
swimmers arrived at the SwimFirst Aid
ming Pool. At first, the water was
Section
very cold, but then after the
of
a
warm up the swimmers were
Hospiready for the race. Takis ranked
tal.
6th out of 52 swimmers
in the Free Style Swimming.
Louis Leonida (3B)
practising CPR
40 swimmers in the 200 individual medley.
On 5th December Georgia Voniatis and Takis Papadopoulos
travelled to Salonica with their
Swimming Club for Ergometric
Examinations.
The next day Takis
ranked 5th out of 35
swimmers and 4th out of
Practising the
Recovery Position
Drama Club
Horse Riding
On 13th October
the members of
Maria Efrem the Horse Riding
2A
Club had their
first Club Day at
Santa Marina Retreat. The
members learnt how to
clean a horse and also ride a
horse. They rode for about
thirty minutes around the
track and then visited a
small museum that had
information about famous
horses and their horse riders.
The second Club Day was on
23rd November and the
Swimming Champions
The
Drama
Club is a Club
members of the club had
that can help
the opportunity to ride a Ernesto Sofocleous &
express
horse for about 45 min- Thanos Panaretou you
y o u r s e l f ,
utes.
2A & 2B
thoughts
and
The members learnt how to
emotions
in
make a horse
various ways. On the first Club Day
walk and also
Ms Nicola Lefkariti, a Drama
run with the
Teacher, came to the School in order
to offer different approaches to cerhorse.
tain drama activities. The members
Doing Horse
of the Club were split into different
Riding
groups whereby under the guidance
of the Teachers were able to act out
different roles. A particular favourite
was the role of the ‘lazy father sitting
in front of the TV and using the remote control to change the channel’.
Cultural Corner—Christmas in Wales
As in many countries throughout the world, Christmas and its celebrations are a favourite time of the year in Wales, and there
Olivia Photiou
are many traditions connected with it. Before Christmas the tra2A
dition was to decorate homes with fresh mistletoe and holly;
mistletoe to protect the home from evil and holly as a symbol of eternal
life. In the days before Christmas a small tree is decorated with lights
and hung with trinkets, and paper decorations in rooms of the house. Gifts
are exchanged on Christmas Day and the main meal
traditionally consists of roast turkey with a range of
vegetables, followed by a Christmas pudding. Christmas
in Wales is a very nice time of year where everyone is
welcoming and happy.
Christmas in Wales
On the second
Club Day, Ms
Effie
Theodosiou and Ms
Electra Geor- Trying out different
drama techniques
giades,
the
Club Leaders,
split the members of the club into
groups of ten and were given the
script of ‘Peter Pan’, the play.
The pupils were given the opportunity to rehearse their roles and
then present it to the rest of the
class with feedback from the
Teachers. At the end the film was
shown to help pupils understand
the plot, settings as well as stage
directions, in order to be prepared for when they have to present it themselves.
Culinary Club
The Culinary Club differs a lot
from all the other clubs. This
is because the members
Panayiota Raftis of the Club themselves
are challenged to be
6A
creative and produce
tasty dishes. Roddy, the owner of the
restaurant ‘Piatakia’ is the Club’s
Chef; he has lots of inspiration and
creates delicious food. Each time he
chooses 3 dishes for the Club’s members to cook and he gives excellent
instructions on how to chop vegetables, mix the ingredients and produce
mouthwatering dishes. Knowing how
to cook is an essential skill and will
help those who will go for studies in a
few months’ time.
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C HRISTMAS EDITION
The pride of ‘OXI’
th
On Wednesday 27 of
October
PASCAL
English School’s pupils assembled in the
Stavrina Demosthenous c a f e t e ria
to
6A
c e l e brate a pivotal moment in
history, the defining and
adamant “ΟΧΙ” of Metaxas
as response to the Italian
dictator Mussolini. However,
that “OXI” should not only be
accounted to Metaxas as it was
his voice representing the
voices of the Greek Nation.
Consequently, struggle, strife
and poverty followed but the
Greek people persevered and
fought for both theirs and the
whole world’s freedom. As
Winston Churchill said,
“Hence, we will not say that
Greeks fight like heroes, but
we will say that heroes fight
like Greeks.”
The Celebration comprised of
poems, WWII era Greek songs
by our School’s choir and a
recount of the events that went
on in Greece during the Second
World War.
The Celebration commenced
with a message by the Minister
of Education and Culture, Mr.
Andreas Demetriou. A poem
recitation followed and the
celebration continued with a
recount of
the events
that took
Pupils presenting the
place, read Chronicle of 28th
by numerOctober 1940
ous pupils
of the School.
The school standard, Greek and
Cypriot flags were handed over
to pupils who achieved exceptionally high grades and had
exemplified excellence both in
academic studies and in conduct. Subsequently, the school
contingent was announced.
Christina Sialouna, the school
standard bearer and Panayiota
Raftis the Cypriot flag bearer
said that they felt honoured and
proud to be representing their
school in the parade. Stavrina
Demosthenous felt honoured to
be representing both the School
and the Greek Nation through
their flag, as a flag is reflective
of a country’s history and legacy.
The following day, pupils from
the Upper School participated
in the parade. The school’s
performance was highly
praised and the pupils exemplified their respect for our ancestors.
Marching
Proudly
Wall Climbing
This year our School gives the opportunity to do
different activities for club days. Some of them take
place at Santa Marina Retreat and Wall
Christina Loungridou
Climbing is one of them. When the members
2A
of the Wall Climbing Club arrive there, they
first listen to the instructions given by the
owner of the park. Then they are divided into two groups.
The one group first does the practical exercise on the walls of
Santa Marina and the other group can have something to eat
or drink and attend the theoretical part. During the theoretical
part, pupils learn about the history of the first climbing walls
and the people that climbed them first. During the practical
part, with the help of the teachers they climb certain walls at
Santa Marina Retreat. They commence with the simple ones
and with more practice they move on to climb more complicated ones.
At the end there is a short quiz on what was learnt on the day.
On the seventh and last
Club Day the pupils that
have performed the best
will receive prizes.
Wall Climbing is very interesting and more and more
people are encouraged to
join the following years.
Members of the Wall Climbing Club
Scuba Diving
Club
Nikolas Chrysostomou
2A
The members of the Scuba Diving
Club are enjoying every moment
spent on Club Days. The children
find it very interesting as it is
something completely different
from what they have done before.
Mr Evanthis Constantinou is their
club leader and together with the
two instructors Philip and Claire
they improve their skills and enjoy
the sea. On the first two club days,
13th October and 23rd November
the children accompanied by the
professional instructors swam for
about one-two hours with scuba
diving equipment.
Book Club
This year PASCAL English School offers the
valuable opporChristoforos Georgiou tunity to pupils
to join the Book
2A
Club. It is a
brand new club and its members
can discuss books they have been
reading and express their feelings
and thoughts about them. Pupils
may read their own book or they
can borrow a book from the
School’s Library. St avri na
Demosthenous (6A) and Katerina
Nicolaou (5A) are the leaders of
the club. The Club needs more
members, so whoever is interested could approach either
Stavrina or Katerina, join the club
and have an overall idea of what it
is about.
Nikolas Petrou and Harry
Nicolaou 6A
PASCAL pupils with Mr Evanthis Constantinou
and one of the Instructors
The International Award Club
Katerina Nicolaou 5A &
Timothea Demetriou 3B
The International Award Club,
also known as ‘The Duke of
Edinburgh’ Award is one of the
most exciting clubs to be a
part of as it consists of different kinds of activities.
The International Award is
divided in four parts; Community Service, Skills, Physical
Recreation and the Final Expedition. Its main goal is to create well-rounded people who
are active in their community
and offer something to the
world around them. Until now,
there have been two Club
Days. The first one was only
an Introduction to those doing
the Bronze Award (the first
level) and a review for those
doing the Silver Award
(second level). The members
were divided in groups of five
MEDI.M.U.N
Community Service
One of the Clubs
running this year at
P A S C A L
Olivia Photiou
Schools, Le2A
mesos is the
Community Service Club. Its
main aim is to promote good
will and hopefully manage to
help those in need. On the
first Club Day a lady visited
the School and showed the
members of the Club how to
make handmade jewellery. All
the jewellery was sold and the
money was given to the AntiCancer Association. On the
second Club Day the members of the Club went to different supermarkets and gave
out leaflets. They also sold
Christmas Cards and tickets
for the Anti-Cancer Association. A good amount of money
was raised, therefore the
members of the Club are satisfied with the work they have
done.
Learning how to make handmade
jewellery
Alexandros Constantinou from 6A,
a member of the Community Service Club says: “There are two
rules for this Club, just be kind and
nice. As a member of the club, I’ve
appreciated the importance of
good will that most of us take for
granted and feel that helping the
‘unlucky ones’ is something we all
need to do. Thus, I really enjoyed
the Club days and the fact that we
raised money for a good cause. If
any of you would like to help in any
way (money, clothes, objects that
you don’t need), just contact one
of the Club Leaders, Ms R. Michaelidou, Ms N. Mavromoustakou
and Ms M. Pavlou and we can take
care of the rest”.
Alexandros
Constantinou 6A
Making handmade jewellery
to seven pupils. There is also
the Gold Award which is the
final one and some of the
International Award Club’s
members would be delighted
to acquire. After school the
members of the International
Award Club have to do some
physical recreation, like a
sport. They also have to do
some voluntary service work,
for example assisting at a
kindergarten or an old people’s home.
As far as skills are concerned
all the pupils—members of
the Club—need to learn about
good Art or any musical instrument.
On the second Club Day there
was more focus on the expedition and the use of maps
and compasses. The pupils
learnt how to use the given
references and thus find the
required place on the map.
The final expedition is proba-
On Saturday 13th
of NoStavrina Demosthenous vember,
6A
Pascal
English
School pupils from Years 6
and 5 attended the
MEDI.M.U.N workshop at
the English School Premises
in Lefkosia. This year our
school is lucky to have 4 delegations instead of the normal 3,
so our school is well represented.
After registration, the delegates
were guided to their respective
GAs (General Assemblies) with
the exception of the delegates
participating in the Special
Event and the Security Council,
who were directed to private
rooms of only a small number
of people. The delegates were
briefed on a history of
MEDI.M.U.N, which stands for
Mediterranean Model United
Nations. The first session took
place in 2006 and has since
become an annual event. The
MEDI.M.U.N was initiated by a
group of ex-M.U.N pupils who
were trained in The Hague, The
Netherlands with the sponsorship of THIMUN Youth Network and the World Federation
of UN Associations Youth Section.
Our delegations welcomed the
day with great enthusiasm and
eagerness as they were keen on
learning about all the aspects of
the MEDI.M.U.N and the key to
having a successful session.
It is notable, that despite
MEDI.M.U.N being a serious
conference, the delegates are
sure to enjoy their time there
and have lots of fun. The aforementioned was evident as the
delegates recognised some familiar faces in the plethora of
delegates and were delighted to
reconnect with old friends and
acquaintances.
The workshop ran smoothly and
our delegates acquired information on both how to act and
present themselves at
MEDI.M.U.N. The session is
very formal, as it is a simulation
of a real U.N session, that is to
say delegates need to use proper
U.N etiquette as well as vocabulary. For instance, a delegate
cannot refer to himself in the
first person and cannot address
Effective Study
bly the most enjoyable one
On 23rd Novemand at the same time challengber 2010, Mr
ing as a number of hiking pracKostas ProtopaChristoforos
Georgiou
&
tices is required. The expedipas,
Academic
Melina Theodorou
tion for the bronze medal will
Advisor of PASCAL
2A
last two days and will involve
Education visited
finding a campsite by themour School to give a lecture on Effective
selves, covering 24km on foot,
Study and Lecture. Pupils of Years 1
setting up tents for the night
and 2 had the opportunity to attend the
and cooking, to name but a
lecture.
few.
Mr Protopapas offered
Lots of pupils—members of the
valuable advice to puInternational Award—state that
pils on how to achieve
they feel they have become
their goals and gain
better and stronger and look
confidence. He helped
Mr C. Protopapas
forward to the following club
everyone realize that
days to learn more and do
Academic Advisor of
we all have skills and
PASCAL Education
more. It is a Club which is
abilities, therefore it is
extremely interesting, it inup to each and every
volves a lot of action and reone of us if we are finally going to
quires a lot of energy!
achieve and succeed. It is very important according to Mr Protopapas to
Members of the International
Award Club working in groups
always have short breaks while studying, have some fruit, relax and then
continue again. He also mentioned that
the key to success is the effort and
believing in one’s self.
A similar lecture was also given to parents prior to that. It was very successful
and parents were given the opportunity
to ask questions.
Mr Protopapas is always willing to help
anyone by their name; instead the School and his
phrases like “Doesn’t the dele- assistance is always During the lecture
there was Interaction
gate of Brazil think that…?” are valuable.
between the pupils
essential. Every address should
and Mr Protopapas
also be made in the form of a
question.Towards the end of the
session, our delegates felt certain that the upcoming session
of MEDI.M.U.N will be a successful one. They also look
forward to seeing everybody
they met at the workshop again.
Let’s all wish good luck to
Maya Athanatou, Christopher
Clubs are very different this
Berdanis, Marilena Christoyear at PASCAL. There is a
forou, Stavrina Demosthenous,
Ivi Zari variety of different clubs which
William Ehrhartsmann, Maria
1A
offer the opportunity to pupils
Ioannou, Michalis Leonida,
to be creative, energetic, adHarry Nicolaou, Katerina Nicoventurous
or even learn new things
laou, Stephanie Nicolaou, Alexand
acquire
new knowledge. This is
andros Nikitas, Elena Patsali,
very
important
for pupils because lots
Christina Sialouna and Andreas
of them get involved with things and
Soteriou.
activities they may not have had the
chance to deal with in their everyday
life or in the future. One of the Clubs
which are offered this year is the Art
Club that is divided in creative
groups. Members of the Art Club
learn about Art in general, famous
artists and their characteristics and
they will also be involved with props
The PASCAL English School
MEDIMUN Delegation with the MUN
and sets of PASCAL’s events and
Directors Ms D. Mavrikiou and Mr V.
functions.
The Art Club
Antoniou
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C HRISTMAS EDITION 2010
Bowling at Galactica
Apollo MiniFootball
PASCAL offers to AntiCancer Society and
The previous academic year there was a
Class Decoration Competition held at
School. 1A was the Lower School Winner
Olivia Photiou and 4A was the Upper School Winner.
The prize was a game of bowling at Ga2A
lactica, paid by the school, which the
pupils had the opportunity to enjoy at the beginning of this academic year. The pupils had a
great time and it was a nice chance to escape
from the daily routine.
The teachers who accompanied the pupils were
Ms Effie Theodosiou and Ms Despina Mavrikiou.
At the end, the children enjoyed their lunch and
finally went back home to finish homework for
the next day.
William Ehrhartsmann
6A
Elena Petridou On
20th October
2010, the House of
Apollo hosted a Mini
Football Tournament. Both, Lower
and Upper School pupils had the
opportunity to participate. All four
Houses organised their teams in
an excellent
way. The results were the
following:
Upper School:
1. Artemis
Poseidon Lower
School Team
2. Poseidon
3. Apollo
4. Demetra
Lower School:
1. Poseidon
2. Apollo
Artemis Upper School
3. Artemis
Team
4. Demetra
No matter who won, everybody
enjoyed themselves a lot and had
fun but, the winners still had the
right to cheer and celebrate for
their team’s victory. The Tournament was all about cooperation.
All the pupils learnt to cooperate
with their house mates.
1A
Recently, PASCAL Schools Lemesos, gave a helping hand to
non-profitable organisations,
namely Anti-Cancer and Radiomarathon. Money was raised by
our Non-Uniform Day and by the
Community Service Club. This
money, was then given to these
two organisations.
The Anti-Cancer Organisation
has been functional since 1993
in Cyprus. This well known establishment offers medical care,
nursing treatments as well as
social and psychological support
to those in need. The Radiomarathon on the other hand is a
charitable organisation which
raises money for children with
special needs. Radiomarathon
was established in 1990 in Cyprus and since then they have
accomplished a lot.
As School President I am glad
that we, the pupils of PASCAL
were able to help these organisations and thus in turn have the
opportunity to help those less
fortunate than us.
The School Presidents of PES and ΕΣΠ
offering money to Radiomarathon
On 2nd December 2010, PASCAL English School and
PASCAL Greek School Lemesos held their
Rolando Virardi
annual Track and Field Sports Day at Tsirio
3A
Stadium. There were lots of sports to do and
there were even more winners. So, at least, we have to congratulate them and wish them good luck for the Finals which
are going to be held in Larnaka. The pupils who ranked 1st or
2nd will represent our schools in a common Sports Day in Larnaka.
House
teams trying to win the trophy
‘Chatroom’
On 8th December 2010, a
group of actors from the
Georgia Voniati &
Theatre Company ‘Quintos’
Christina Loungridou
visited our School and pre2A
sented a short production,
‘Chatroom’. The aim of the play was to understand
the dangers of chatting on the Internet and make
sure we know the people we chat to. We should
never give out personal information. The play was
very relevant to teenagers’ daily lives nowadays,
since almost everyone uses the Internet, Facebook
and chatrooms. Some pupils found the ending of the
play quite shocking, since a teenager actually tried
to kill himself. However, this was prevented due to
a caring friend. Chatrooms, Internet and human
weaknesses are part of our daily lives and reality.
The actors’ performance was amazing and PASCAL English School pupils look forward to enjoying them again.
Christina Sialouna
& Ioakim Avgousti
6A & 1B
On November 10,
2010
PASCAL
English
School
Lemesos had its
first
trip
at
Eleouthkia
Park
which is located in
Anarita village near Paphos.
‘Eleouthkia’ is a themed garden park that recreates a Cyprus village from over 200
years ago, complete with
authentic Cyprus architecture
and
carefully
selected flowering gardens. The
park aims to
Everyone was having fun
Book Exhibition
Eleouthkia Park
present the Cyprus nature as by an old
well as the culture and cus- w o m a n
Tasting ‘loukoumades’
toms of Cyprus. Upon arrival d r e s s e d
one could find himself or in a Cypriot traditional cosherself travelling to the past: tume. They also had the
watching the park villagers chance to take part in various
either dressed in traditional traditional games organized
costumes or demonstrating by members of the stuff. Puthe crafts and life of those pils also had the opportunity
days. As soon as the pupils to learn how to make clay
arrived there they were given pottery. The trip was a day off
a talk by one of the members school filled with pleasure
of the stuff that gave offered and fun. Everyone enjoyed
some information
the day and had a
about the park. Aftervery good time away
wards, the pupils of
from the daily rouPASCAL English
tine.
School had the pleasure to taste the tradi- Above: making
clay pottery.
tional Cypriot desert Right: 6A pupils—
“loukoumades” cooked one of their last
school trips
EYP!!!
Attending
a
PASCAL English School’s
Parents’ Associa- Stavrina Demosthenous session
Nikolas Chrysostomou
of the
6A
tion organized a
EYP is
2A
very successful
one of the best academic
Book Exhibition at the School from experiences a pupil can
7th –10th December. ‘Bibliohora’ have.
Bookshop brought a large selection
of books of various genres and Firstly, a general explanation
as to what EYP is will clarify
tastes. There was a large selection of
some enquiries or confusion.
novels, story books, books related to
EYP stands for European
Art and Architecture as well as Sci- Youth Parliament and it is a
ence and Religion.
Non-Governmental OrganisaEveryone agreed that it was the per- tion. The EYP’s main
fect way to buy nice Christmas gifts focus is internationalfor their beloved ones or even them- ism and sensitisation
towards problems
selves.
Induction Day
Healthy mind, Healthy Spirit
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Before school commenced
in September, the pupils of
6A, 1A and 1B
William Ehrhartsmann came to school in
6A
order to engage
in many fun icebreaking games. Throughout the day
many fun activities such as a version of
musical chairs, but instead of having
music we had different variations of
fruit! Also a poster competition was held
where the house that could come up with
the best house poster would win, thus the
1A-1B pupils worked hard trying to
come up with creative ideas. Along with
this, the new pupils played games which
helped them learn everyone’s name.
Many other fun and interesting games
were played and there were many laughs
and jokes going around. The last task
that was given to the pupils was to create
a cheer for their House; when presenting
these cheers the Houses were enthralled
in the heat of the moment and the atmosphere was blazing. To end off day, the
6As along with the 1As and 1Bs did the
last ice-breaker, ‘Alele Tika Tonka’; this
was a very funny
game and the
result was pupils
bursting out with
laughter. All in all,
it was a fabulous
day, one which
they all had a lot
of fun and which
offered unforgettable memories to
everyone present.
Having fun with
team building
games during the
Induction Day
named €YPress).
During the first day and first half
of the second day delegates are
split into their, respective, committees and engage in teambuilding games to help become more
acquainted with each other; by the
end they actually form friendships. Some games include the oh
-so-vengeful ‘Kiss the Bunny’.
One of the most challenging,
tough, perplexing and probably
the most fun game is the spiderweb game where
strings are tied
together between
two poles, made to
resemble a spideraffecting and menacing
web; the rules are
our society. A National
that each delegate
Session of the EYP is
generally composed Michalis Leonida and William member of a
of four days, where Ehrhartsmann, two of the PES p a r t i c u l a r
delegates
committee
pupils from all parts
must
pass
of Cyprus are split
into committees according to through a hole in the web, but
the topic they have been they can’t pass through a hole
assigned to. The best and twice! However, the EYP is not
most petrifying thing about only fun and games. Once teams
EYP is that you’ll never find are formed and fellow delegates
yourself in the same group as are united, the real work starts.
one of your schoolmates; This involves writing a resolution
basically, you’re a stranger on a particular topic, which, alamongst strangers, which is most, always addresses a real
quite exciting and new. Con- concern and topic of the actual
sequently, you get to sleep in European Parliament. The resoluthe same room with people tion should include ‘Introductory
from your committee, to clauses’, which are basically facts
become more acquainted with revolving around the subject, and
them. Mostly, a committee is ‘Operative clauses’, which sugcomprised of 9-10 delegates, gest a solution to the problem.
1-2 chairpersons one journo The resolution-writing process is
(which stands for journalist). conducted for one and a half days,
The role of the chairs is to during which much debating is
coordinate and guide the done amongst
delegates into composing c o m m i t t e e s
their resolution. The journo c o n c e r n i n g
takes pictures (which one can whether or not
later take and upload onto they
should
Facebook) and reports about include or rethe committee they have been move some
Stavrina Demosthenous,
assigned to on the EYP news- ideas.
in the General Assembly
paper (this year playfully
The
final
day arrives
and all are At the ‘Inside Out’ Party
ready for
the dreaded, and much loved,
‘General Assembly’. This is
where the real work, passion,
impulsiveness, spontaneity and
that elusive ingenious thought
that might change the whole
course of the debate are conveyed. Each resolution is debated for a certain period of
time; durations are not predetermined as some resolutions
require more debating than
others. PASCAL pupils managed to make their own personal marks on this year’s
General Assembly; most
prominent were Michalis
Leonidas’ affinity for attack
speeches, Alexandros Constantinou’s mispronouncing of the
word poverty (i.e. ‘Pooverty’),
Stavrina Demosthenous’ love
for the open debate and Paris
Makris’ excellent rebuttal to
the attack speech against his
committee, one that secured
him a place in this year’s EYP
International Session in Norway. The EYP is a wonderful
experience one must not refuse
when given the chance to participate. Congratulations are
also in order for the PASCAL
team that was chosen for an
EYP Regional Session,
Alexandros Constantinou,
Stavrina Demosthenous,
William Ehrhartsmann,
Michalis Leonida, Paris
Makris, Panayiota Raftis
and Andreas Soteriou.
International Karting Competition
Alexander
Groutides had
an
amazing
opportuAlexander Groutides
nity
to
2B
travel to
Italy and
represent Cyprus in an International Karting Competition from 10th until 18th
November 2010. This is an
International race in which
only qualified drivers are allowed to take part. On 12th
November the contestants
started practising. It was quite
difficult for Alexander to have
good communication with his
mechanic, as he was Italian and
spoke little English. Nevertheless, he was finally qualified to
go through to the Final Competition on the 16th of November.
The Final Competition took place
on 18th November. According to
the weather forecast it would be
raining on the day. This meant
that special equipment was necessary for a so-called ‘wet race’;
new equipment, new gear, new
suits and car settings. The big
day came and Alexander was
extremely focused on the race,
without letting his mind wander.
He really wanted to get the
prize. It was extremely slippery.
Alexander did his best and finished in the 12th place.
This was an experience of a
lifetime. Alexander Groutides
earned a lot, enjoyed it and will
continue training hoping to be
qualified to also take part in the
competition in 2011.