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"English My Love" Competition

You can enrol now for a new round of the competition.

Deadline: March 6th
Competition: May 11th
Results: June 15th
Fee: 14 RON

More on http://www.eurojunior.ro/popularizare-EUROJUNIOR.php

Shakespeare School Essay Competition 2012

http://www.shakespeare-school.ro/concurs.html




DEADLINE: March 28th 2012

PRIZES: participation in international camps in the UK, English courses, paid fees for language exams, photo cameras, books, dictionaries, etc.

In order to participate, follow these steps:

1. Post an interesting comment to any article on thr blog. Do not forget to sign your full name.
http://blog.shakespeare-school.ro/

2. Become a friend of Shakespeare School on Facebook

3. Write an essay. Details below or on site.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be an adult?
Have you ever wanted to be in your parents' shoes?
Imagine you could live an extraordinary experience: you would be amazed to find out that, for one day, you could swap places with one of your parents. You would be your mother/father and the parent would become you! This is your chance to tell us about the most out of the ordinary and strangest events!

In your essay you may refer to one or more of the following ideas:

- What funny/interesting/unusual things you would do while being in your parents' shoes
- What changes you would make in your parents' lives and why
- What lessons you would learn at the end of the day from the experience of being a parent
- Looking back, what would you like to be today: an adult or a child?

Write about your amazing experience in an essay of 300-350 words.

If you want to learn more about the competition, follow this link
http://www.shakespeare-school.ro/concurs/11_14_ani.html

Contest: "Discover the Digital World"

The competition is open to all school children. You can participate with a project (drawing, poster, PPT, movies, websites) that illustrates the responsible use of the internet.
More on http://www.sigur.info/index.php?/sid2012/sid2012/safer-internet-day-2012.html
Deadline: January 23rd

Merry Christmas!

For those who share the spirit of Xmas


http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/texte/xmas.htm
http://www.merry-christmas.com/

Decorative Candle Fair

8th through 21st of January

Buy gifts that do a world of good to children with disabilies!


We are waiting for you with items created by children at Special School No. 10.

What's more important: hard work or intelligence?

Both hard work and intelligence can contribute to a successful life, but the question that raises is which is more important.
While intelligence is an inborn ability and can discriminate people from each other, hard work is something developed and applicable to everyone. By looking at what it takes to mold a person, I would say that hard work plays a far more important role in achieving success than intelligence.
1. First hard work requires a lot of patience and commitment.
2. Second a hard working person gets used to challlenges.
3. Finally, a mind set on growth encourages a positive perspective on life. This will build on confidence and boost chances to success.
Reasearch showed that people who rely solely on intelligence are more vulnerable to failure, lack motivation to learn and fear challenges. It is true that in some fields success requires more intellectual talent, but this alone is not enough; one needs the perseverence not only to to complete a task but to go on with another that would come, and here is where commitment comes into place.
So what it pays off in the end is the commitment and hard work, not ranking high in IQ tests.

ThinkQuest: Competition 2012

This international competition challenges students to solve problems using technology. Participate in 3 exciting events:

1. ThinkQuest Projects: Students develop a website in ThinkQuest Projects.

2. Digital Media: Students produce an online journal/blog, a stand-alone website, photo essay, animation, public service announcement, video or some combination of these items.

2. Application Development: Students develop an interactive application or game.

Entry Deadline: April 25, 2012


Prizes


1. 1st and 2nd place team members receive a laptop computer and a trip to ThinkQuest Live, a once-in-a-lifetime educational experience in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
2. 3rd place team members receive a laptop computer.


MORE ON

http://www.thinkquest.org/competition/

Blog Evaluation Coming

Get your blog ready to be evaluated by December 18th.

Grading scale:

1. Design (overall and for each posting) 1 point

2. Extra features (gadgets, members) 1 point

3. Postings: 7 points
5 compulsory:
1. Diary entry
2. Screencast: My experience...
3. Screencast: Comparing 2 photographs
4. Argumentative writing (mini-essay)on a given topic
5. Never again! (In more than 80 words describe something that you did once, but won't do it again.

2 of your choice (Suggestions: poems, game / book reviews)

A productivity blog to check

The Good Habits Blog covers good habits you can follow to help ensure your academic success.
http://www.goodhabitsgoodstudents.com/blog/