Stress!

How stressful is your life? What factors make you feel stressed? Is it a common phenomenon nowadays? Use the ideas from the videos below or your own ideas and share your answers to the questions.

Teens talk about stress

Teens boiling over

What is your action plan for keeping stress under control?

Donation

Congratulations! 

Today we have taken a kind action - donated money to Chernobyl Children's Project. This way we have given a helping hand to the most vulnerable children in Belarus. Thank you all.

Read their response: 

Thank you for your kind donation, your support is very much appreciated.

Best wishes

Cath

You can read more about this project at: http://www.chernobyl-children.org.uk/

Giving

There are so many inspirational quotes about giving. Let's discuss them. Share one in your comment, explain what it means and write what you think about it.

Winter holidays

No doubt you had a lot of fun in your winter holidays. Please, share you holidays experience.

• What was the most exciting event during your holidays?
• What did you learn to do?
• What new and interesting information did you learn?

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Enjoy this wonderful day and all your winter holidays!

Hope you will find time for the UNESCO project:

http://www.unescousa.org/#!2016-youth-multimedia-contest/c1mbp

Climate and Weather Presentation

We love our country! Welcome to Belarus in any season!

LACK OF TIME

Nowadays many students' problem is lack of time. Are you facing the same problem? Why does it happen? Are there any solutions to this problem? Please, share your ideas and advice

MULTIMEDIA COMPETITION

UNESCO 2016 Worldwide Youth 

UNESCO, the U.N. organization that brings grass roots initiatives in Education, Science, and Culture, invites youth around the world to take part in this year’s Multimedia Competition.  The natural optimism and unparalleled connectivity put youth one of the greatest positions to bring much needed change to the world. UNESCO’s mission is to mobilize youth to purposefully use their talents to serve others now,  ensuring even greater impact on the future to come.

• Participants: Juniors - ages 10-14;  Youth - ages 15-19; and Young Adult - ages 20-24
• Product: A 3-minute video, multimedia presentation, 500-700 written essay, art work or any method that channels a specific passion that answers the prompt
• Dates: The contest starts Nov. 16, 2015 and the final deadline is Jan. 16, 2016. Judging will take place between Jan. 17 and Feb. 17, and final winners will be announced Feb. 18.
• Prompt: Choose one of the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals and develop your solution to accomplish this aim. Click any goal above for details on each goal.  Entrants should respond by making a 3-minute multimedia production, 500-700 word written essay, art work or any method that channels a specific passion in answering the prompt.

See further information at: http://www.unescousa.org/#!2016-youth-multimedia-contest/c1mbp 

Problems of a big city

What are major environmental issues in big cities? Please, share your opinion. Before you write, read the comments of other students, try to comment on them and add a new idea!!!

You could express your own ideas or surf the net or use the links below:

http://thegrio.com/2010/04/22/the-top-ten-environmental-issues-affecting-america/#earth-day-at-40-top-ten-environmental-threats-to-black-americajpg

http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/name-describe-four-major-environmental-issues-473361

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/urban-threats2/

RECYCLING

Share your answers to the following questions. Perhaps, you will need to do some investigation .

• Are there any recycling schemes in Minsk/Belarus?
• Do you think recycling is important? Why?
• How do you deal with rubbish in your family? Give as many examples as possible.