School News

Message from the Head of School (Mr. Daniel Brace) 

 

Yet another fantastic week in Gorki where we continue to go from strength to strength. The children have been engaged and challenged this week culminating in our anti-bullying session and a visit from the house dogs.  

I finally got my snow, which was amazing, but now it comes with a plea – please ensure your children come to school suitably dressed and equipped for the snow and that they are made aware of their responsibilities regarding ‘joining in’ with snowball fights and snow angels.  I must also remind parents that it may take a little longer to get to school now so please leave a little earlier so the students get to campus on time - I would hate to start sending students home for being incorrectly dressed or for being late too often. 

We have welcomed some new members of staff to the primary team this week and I am sure you will find out from the students just exactly who they are. The new secondary teachers will be joining us in the next few weeks. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our current staff for all the help and support they have given our students where their regular teachers have been away or unable to complete their duties – we are stronger as a team. 

Thank you to those parents who attended the edupage training and please remember Edupage assistance is available tue-fri mornings at main school reception. 

 

Key Dates 

23rd November – Online “zoom” session for parents on “eating disorders in Children” hosted by our psychology team. (Invitation sent separately).  

24th November – Primary school educational trip 

25th November – House dogs visit to lower building 

1st/2nd December – Eyfs & Lower primary trip 

5th December – Winter event rehersal week (whole school) 

12th December – Winter events week  

 

Primary 

 

Message from the Head of Primary (Mr. Paul Curry) 

 

Dear parents and students, 

I can’t believe we are already two weeks into Term 2. Time really does fly when you are having fun, and this has been a fun term so far for our students. This week’s ‘funny socks’ event has seen some really amusing views, and the visit of the House Dogs is always something that the children enjoy. Next week, Upper Primary will be visiting the Dinosaur Museum, which should also be a lot of fun! 

Overcoming unexpected problems is a challenge, but one we should all hit head on. This week, it was a real pleasure to meet with Year 2 parents and discuss educational matters. Having parents who understand and support what everyone at CIS Gorki are striving to achieve for our families is tremendously reassuring, and underlines the shared importance between all who are involved in the development of our students.  

So, a month to go until the winter vacation, and a lot to cram in during that time! I hope we have as many students as possible coming to school every day, because I don’t want them missing out on lots more fun! 

Have a wintry weekend! 

 

Message from the Year 4 teacher (John Veshi) 

 

Hello parents and carers of CIS, 

It has been quite an eventful week here in Year 4. Here’s all the fun we’ve been up to: 

In our English lessons, we have focused on improving our phonics skills with long ‘o’ sounds this term. We incorporate these lessons into our grammar skills that focus on verbs using -Int, following a story about Kit and Jake and their desire to do well on a Spelling Test. We have also spoken about non chronological reports and will be completing them by the end of term. 

Our Maths lessons continued on our new topic for this term: fractions! We have learned the previous week that a fraction is “part of a whole”. We were able to use two different methods to show understanding of this new topic. A great strategy we've begun using is fraction bars and how they can be similar to other fractions, or equivalent. 

In our Project Lessons, both Year 3 and Year 4 are working together to present selected countries during the next few weeks as the FIFA World Cup begins Monday in Qatar! Students are working together to research information and produce a PowerPoint presentation on their country. It is great to see how actively engaged they are in this collaborative project with Year 3. 

I hope to see you all soon on campus! 

Warm regards, 

Mr. V 

 

Secondary 

 

Message from the Head of Secondary (Mr. Christopher Kingshott)   

 

Dear Parents and Guardians,  

I hope that you are all well.  This week has been excellent, and our core focus has been anti-bullying week. Students have been wearing odd socks, and have also rocked funky hairstyles. This is to help promote that people are different and that is ok. All children have different voices in our school and everyone learns and behaves differently, which is integral to education. 

We have also had a visit from our house dogs, and it was great to see all of the fun had by the students. In the future, we have planned to collaborate a lot more with the animal shelter, and I will be making a separate post on this next week. 

 I wish you all a wonderful weekend.  

 

Message from Alina Zavalnaya (Spanish Teacher) 

 

Dear Parents and Guardians,  

My name is Ms. Alina Zavalnaya and I am Spanish teacher. I am really happy to be part of Gorki team and teach Spanish for Primary and Secondary students. 

To my opinion, It is excellent beginning of the academic year. Both Primary and Secondary students show magnificent power in learning foreign language.  

Year 3 students show bright interest for learning something brand new and they already have got big steps of it. We have learnt a lot of basic vocabulary, questions and also  we are study classroom objects, counting and colors names. I observe every lesson how hard they try and also happy for their first steps. 

Year 4 class is very excited about chants and warming- up activities where teacher can see how their progress and motivation are growing up. Students love cutting and pasting activity, especially making masks regarding to Dia de los Muertos where they could be get into the Spanish and Latin- American culture and traditions deeply.  

Year 5 pupils are very enthusiastic and have already got a big power in Spanish. So than we transform their knowledge into making their vocabulary bigger and bigger, and I enjoy to see how they implement grammar rules with vocabulary and trying to make full sentences, well done! This term we study pets topic where students enjoyed talking about their pets in Spanish. 

Year 6 has one big step before joining secondary and students try all their best. They are best in making dialogues, searching the words in word search and giving out the interview in Spanish from each other. The most exciting things that I notice that they never give up when something goes wrong and so it is very inspiring to watch. 

Secondary school students show their great interest in learning Spanish. For example, Year 7 students with their background from Primary starts their academic year with Viva 1 book where we wide out our grammar knowledge. Also, we are starting to conjugate regular verbs and using them into oral speech. Making projects and presentations are the best part of the class. 

Year 8 has shown their strength in grammar and vocabulary building sentences and doing writing tasks in excellent way. Students can talk in Spanish using basic things but they already know how to talk about ourselves more and interesting.  

Year 9 are trying their best in learning Spanish. Students like doing group task, showing great interest about Spanish culture and music. Additionaly, we practice making dialogues, wordsearches and practice verbs in present tense. 

Year 10 and Year 11 are excited about their IGCSE exam and we preparing a lot than. We challenge students with their reading, listening, writing and speaking skills. Additionally, we often make some projects in the classroom to develop their learning skills. 

I wish all students good luck in learning Spanish and hope that you like an amazing world of this beautiful language. 

Regards, 

Alina Zavalnaya 

Spanish teacher.  

 

Russian Curriculum 

 

Message from the Russian Curriculum Coordinator (Ms Anastasia Marcheva) 

 

Добрый день, уважаемые родители! 

На этой неделе через платформу EduPage был отправлен опрос, который связан с одной из частей нашего учебного плана – российской образовательной программы. Пожалуйста пройдите опрос если ещё не удалось этого сделать. Нам очень важна ваша обратная связь.   Ссылка для прохождения опроса: https://forms.office.com/r/2ZGZA8Dsy4  Хочется, чтобы ученикам было комфортно, качественно и эффективно взаимодействовать с учителями, получать отличные результаты и возможность развиваться. Благодарим за участие!  

Также на этой неделе мне бы очень хотелось поделиться результатами Всероссийской олимпиады школьников. У нас уже есть призёры и победители! 

Поздравляем Полупанову Анастасию, ученицу Y7 (5 класса), ставшую победителем школьного этапа олимпиады по английскогому языку и математике, а также призёром по биологии и экологии. Молодец, так держать!  

Поздравляем Трошанову Алису, ученицу Y10 (8 класс), ставшую победителем школьного этапа олимпиады по английскому языку. Уже на этой неделе Алиса примет участие в муниципальном этапе олимпиады. Желаем удачи и дальнейших побед! 

 

Message from the Learning Assistant Y1 (Ms Yulia Shevchenko) 

 

Добрый день, уважаемые родители и ученики! 

Я с радостью и легким трепетом предвкушаю то, как будет проходить вторая четверть в CIS Gorki! Ученики заметно выросли с начала года, стали более ответственно подходить к выполнению работ в классе, делают свои первые успехи в умении быть дружным классом.  

Вторую четверть мы начали с «Odd Socks Week» – Недели Разных Носков. Мы все разные, у нас могут отличаться взгляды, культура, поведение, но нам нужно уметь находить общий язык друг с другом. Ученики Year 1 радостно подхватили эту инициативу, и вот уже почти неделю мы ходим в школу в разных носках, показывая, что отличаться друг от друга – это естественно. Удивительно, как эта простая идея сплотила класс. Ребята делятся идеями и вещами, помогают друг другу на игровой площадке, а также приходят на помощь в раздевалке.  

Естественно, это отражается и на учёбе. Во время уроков я часто замечаю, как те ученики, которые закончили задание первыми, приходят на помощь тем, кто еще не завершил работу, помогают и поддерживают, дают советы. На уроках обучения грамоте и развития речи скорость выполнения заданий увеличилась вдвое с начала года. Теперь мы не только успеваем выучить букву за урок, но и определить, где стоит звук в слове, обозначающий эту букву, выполняем задания на логику и мышление, буквенные и обычные лабиринты, развиваем внимательность. Дети воспринимают подобные упражнения как поощрение своего труда, что дает им дополнительную мотивацию на аккуратное и быстрое выполнение основного задания.  

Спасибо вам, дорогие родители, за вашу заботу, поддержку и помощь нам в создании теплой атмосферы взаимопонимания. Ребята спешат в класс, не боятся обратиться к взрослому за помощью, слушают учителя, а также умеют дружить и принимать дружбу в ответ! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message from the Head of School (Mr. Daniel Brace) 

 

Welcome back. It has been great to see most of you back at school this week. The snow that I was promised has yet to appear, but I am sure it will before long! In the meantime, please try to remember that the students really benefit from some outdoor time to burn off their excess energy, platy with their friends and hopefully gain new ones. 

It will not be long until we will be showcasing some of our students amazing abilities with our “winter event’ - this is in the last week of term which ends on. The 16th of December, not before. Please remember that we are still catching up in many subjects as an after effect of the past 2 years disruption, so every day in school is important especially for our senior students. 

The senior years will soon be given an additional responsibility during the school week with access to their own student study space. This will be available for the students on a trial basis allowing us to reward fantastic effort and behaviour further in the future. 

We have had to move the St Petersburg trip to term 3 for logistical reasons but this trip will be going ahead. In the meantime, we will be continuing with curriculum trips which will be used as part of the final assessment and end of term reports. 

One of our staff decided to leave us without notice this week but we assure you the class impacted have not been unduly affected and we will continue to provide the same excellence in education. More details will follow to those most effected. 

Anti-bullying week begins next week, and we encourage all of our students and staff to “dare to be different’ by wearing odd socks (or funny ones) and or funky hair styles Monday to Thursday. Friday 18th will be a non-uniform day and we will be having a visit from our dogs at lunchtime. There will be an anti-bullying event Friday after lunch for students to attend. 

I look forward to seeing some of you for our next parents' coffee morning on the 30th of November, if not sooner at the front door. Have a fantastic weekend. 

 

Key Dates 

 

14th – 18th November Anti Bullying week (see above) 

17th November – Edupage training for parents 

18th November – non-uniform day and visit from ‘our ‘dogs 

30th November – parents coffee morning 

 

Primary 

 

Message from the Head of Primary (Mr. Paul Curry) 

 

Dear parents and students,  

Welcome back to school and to the first winter term of the year, though thankfully we don’t seem to have any wintry weather so far! 

I have spent most of the week in the lower building, working with the youngest of our children, which is always a lot of fun and highly entertaining. Engaging with children still fascinated with many of the small things in life is always a reminder to ourselves to be open-minded to everything. My own children, now teenagers, and with the usual teenage attitudes, remain constantly curious about my adventures across Russia, which keeps me entertained! Being adventurous is a wonderful thing. As a friend of mine once said: You don’t build a boat to sit in a harbour. We are all boats ready to explore the world. 

This leads me on to the topic of this month’s value: Globally-Minded. Our world is a rich and varied place, full of diversity and cultural differences. We look forward to seeing our students engaging with different ideas and experiences over the next few weeks. 

Have a lovely weekend! 

 

Secondary 

 

Message from the Head of Secondary (Mr. Christopher Kingshott)   

 

Dear Parents and Guardians,   

I hope that you are all well and rested after the holidays. 

It is great to see so many of our community using Edupage, with all teachers, students and parents having accounts. Please remember it is our primary method of communication, and if you are having problems accessing, it is necessary to contact myself.  Next Thursday, I will be running a session for Parents on Edupage, so that I can show some of the new and old features that we have implemented into the system. It will run from 3:40 until 16:25. I am also available to help via emails or every morning at the reception between 08:10 and 08:50, if you are having technical issues with the application. Thank you to those that attended the last meeting.  

Next week is anti-bullying week, and there will be activities taking place to help raise awareness and prevent. Students can wear odd socks and different hair for the week, which will be linked into our activities. Uniform must still be worn, except for Friday, which will be a non-uniform day.  I hope that you all have a restful weekend.  Regards 

 

Message from the Mr. John Pedersen (Humanities Teacher and Phase Leader) 

 

Dear CIS Community,  

On behalf of all the teachers and staff I would like to welcome you all back for Term 2! 

I hope you are all well-rested as we are jumping right back in this week as this is quite a short term. For example, this week we had our house table tennis competition, with the finals to be contested later today! 

Next week will be the first of this term’s charity events when our House Dogs will again visit the school. For our new students this will be the first opportunity to meet the dogs and permission slips will be sent home shortly. 

Our next two house events were voted on by students this week and we will see a Quiz Gameshow hosted by Mr Chris R, and the term will end with the Great Gorki Bake Off, hosted by Mr Brad P, when our students will compete to produce the best gourmet pizzas in the school! Instructions and guidelines for these events will be sent out over the coming weeks. 

In other charity news, the winter clothing drive for the Constanta Charity will be taking place over the course of this term also. In the next week the Charity boxes will again be placed near the theatre, and we would like to ask that if you have winter clothing in good condition (or any other items!) that you may have outgrown and would like to give a second life, then please be generous and donate them to our charity.  We have held this event the last two years and have been extremely proud of our families and the help they have provided to those less fortunate. 

Last year I accompanied the delivery of the charitable donations and can safely assure you that your donations were thankfully received by the families we help. 

I am sorry to inform you that the planned trip to St Petersburg for the Secondary students has had to be postponed due to logistical reasons. We hope to sort this out quite quickly and plan to be able to do a similar extended excursion in the Spring when the weather warms up a bit. 

As always, we are here for you, so please feel free to contact us with any questions or queries you have on any aspect of the school experience. 

 

Russian Curriculum 

 

Message from the Russian Maths teacher Y7-Y11 (Mr. Arthur Sibgatullin) 

 

Рад приветствовать вас, уважаемые родители и ученики СIS!  

Очень быстро пролетела первая четверть. Кажется, только недавно мы вернулись с летних каникул, но вот уже пролетели первые месяцы осени и мы уже начали следующую четверть. За это время в школьной жизни произошло немало событий.  

Но самыми главными достижениями для меня являются интерес ребят к математике и успехи в ее изучении. С первых уроков я стараюсь привить интерес к своему предмету, показать значимость математики для жизни и окружающего мира. В Y7 и Y8 проводились уроки с элементами игровой формы: онлайн игры на тему логики и действий с дробями. Для учащихся Y9 - Y11 более интересны уроки с применением технологии проблемного обучения. Проблемная ситуация поднятая в течение урока и решенная учениками собственными силами под руководством учителя, с помощью анализа проблемы, обработки изучаемой информации ведет к возникновению у них внутренней мотивации, развитию учебных умений и, самое главное, приобретению навыков самостоятельного достижения правильных выводов и результатов. С учащимися Y10 и Y11 всю четверть мы вели подготовку к ОГЭ, решая тренировочные тесты.  

У проделанной нами работы за эту четверть отличный результат. Почти все ученики успешно справились с аттестационными работами! Желаю всем ученикам и родителям удачи во второй четверти! Надеюсь, что осенние каникулы у ребят прошли весело и интересно, и они вернулись к занятиям в ноябре с новыми силами и в хорошем настроении, крепкими, здоровыми, красивыми, готовыми к новым вызовам. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message from the Head of School (Mr. Daniel Brace) 

 

A slightly wetter and windier week here at Gorky campus but there were still many opportunities for some excellent learning throughout the school, from ICT using models to Science “Cellular cakes” it has been very productive. 

Mr Marius has been hard at work preparing the school football teams for our first ever inter-campus tournament, we are looking pretty good so far just don’t tell Skolkovo. Ms Amanda is also getting busy with preparations for our ‘Winter concert” event at the end of December, first call for auditions went out this week.  

Thank you to those parents that attended the coffee morning on the 28th it was lovely to see you and to hear your suggestions. There will be some changes in upper primary next week which are being taken to reflect suggestions and improvements that we can facilitate throughout the year groups. We are sorry to say that we have to say goodbye to one of our teachers already due to personal issues – we wish them all the best and will be contacting the year group directly to introduce the new teacher replacing them. 

I wish you all the best for the weekend and look forward to seeing many of you next week or in the upcoming “parent teacher consultations”. 

 

Key Dates 

Wednesday October 5th – “Heads up” coffee morning 0900 - 1000 

Wednesday October 5th - Teachers' appreciation day 

Friday 7th October – International Space Day 

 

Primary 

 

Message from the Head of Primary (Mr. Paul Curry) 

 

We have reached the halfway point of Term 1 – the longest term of the year, but also for many reasons the most important, as students, teachers and indeed parents all get used to being back in school and forging new routines and relationships.  I have been delighted with the positive vibes I get from walking around both buildings and diving into lessons that are full of variety and enthusiasm.  I’ve taught a few lessons of English myself this week, and there really is nothing better than engaging with our students in educationally exciting topics, such as writing fantasy stories with Year 5. 

 

We start our Monthly Value 2 from Monday, which is ‘Innovation’.  For the first month of the year, we were focused on ‘ambition’, with students setting out on the long year ahead with hopefully ambitious ideas of what they want to achieve both in and out of school.  One way of showing ambition is to be innovative, and I look forward to seeing our young people displaying and developing their innovative skills across many lessons. 

 

Next week, we will have our second Primary House Event, linked with ‘innovation’.  The challenge will be to create a new invention that will change the world!  Credit will be given to imagination and unique ideas – no flying cars and no robot helpers because that’s what everyone usually comes up with!!  In House Event 1, Tchaikovsky enjoyed the greatest success and claimed the 4 points across school, with Pushkin second, Yashin third, and Gagarin fourth.  Better luck to Gagarin next week! 

 

Finally, most of our students are wearing their uniforms with pride on a daily basis, but I am still seeing too many trainers (especially of non-dark colours) being worn by older children.  Black or brown smart shoes is what we expect – our school looks great, so we want our children to look just as great too! 

 

I wish you all a lovely Autumnal weekend! 

 

Message from the Year 6 Teacher (Ms. Marna Greyling) 

 

After the first month in Year 6 it seems that the children are starting to settle down. They are starting to get used to the new environment and to their new teacher. The academic standards in Year 6 are high due to the fact that they will be writing the Primary Progression Tests at the end of the year. We have nine months to prepare them for these tests, and for Secondary School.   

We started to use 20 minutes in the beginning of each day with D.E.A.R. time – Drop.Everything.And.Read. Although the children didn’t like it at the beginning, I can see a remarkable improvement in their reading skills. Well done everyone!   

During our English lessons we started to read the exciting book “Friend or Foe” by Michael Morpurgo. This is the delightful story of the adventures of two boys during WW2. I place a lot of emphasis on Spelling and Grammar as the children need to read and write well in order to excel in the Cambridge system. Therefor we will be writing a Spelling Test every Friday, and will complete many written tasks. During our Grammar lessons we are currently focusing on Punctuation and Past Tense. We write a lot, and we are slowly upgrading from pencil to pen.   

Although the Math is more difficult than it was last year, in reality it is merely an extension of the work covered in Year 5. Having said that, all the children love Math and some of them show a real talent for the subject.    

Science in Year 6 is an exciting journey where we will explore the Human Body, Electricity, Light, Magnetism and many other interesting topics. I will incorporate as many practical sessions as possible – I agree with the children that Science is the best subject in school! During this week we downloaded a Cellphone App to measure our Heartbeats, and the excitement ran high as we saw how fast our hearts were beating after jumping up and down for 2 minutes.  

I believe that school offers so much more that academics. School shapes children’s personalities in a way that no amount of homeschooling or tutoring can achieve. School is the platform where they learn how to interact with peers, how to accept norms, and how to be tolerant to members of all groups. I love to see how my Year 6’s formed friendships in class as well as on the playground. They are beginning to show empathy towards others, and I watch with amazement how they develop into the socially responsible persons they are meant to be. 

 

Secondary 

 

Message from the Head of Secondary (Mr. Christopher Kingshott)  

 

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students 

I hope that you are all well,   Walking around the school, it has been great to see our walls in the classrooms and corridors of Secondary school taking shape. Teachers and students have been working tirelessly to make sure that the best of what our children have produced is displayed for everyone to see. It also helps makes our school environment a pleasant place to be. Some photos are attached. 

 

I have been teaching some Mathematics this year to Year 8 and Year 9, and I just want to say what a pleasure it is to teach them, and I really commend them in terms of their eagerness to learn and overcome and solve problems. With the general dedication that they are showing currently, they can do anything.  I wish you all a pleasant weekend. 

 

 Message from the Humanities and Science Teacher (Mr. Bradley Parker) 

 

This week in class:  

Global perspectives year 10 we are exploring culture. How do we define this word? What is culture? Is it the food we eat, the music we listen to? How about the clothes we wear? In short, YES it is all of those things. We will explore what this word means in detail and various types of culture. What does it mean to be Russian? Or Canadian? Do we have cultural differences? In this class we will dive into these topics and find out. 

 

• Year 11: We will be finishing our religion studies and presenting our findings with our slide presentations. So far the work I have seen has been nothing short of brilliant! After that we will be moving onto the subject of Power, Authority, & Governance. What is the difference between these three positions? Would a teacher be in a governance position? Perhaps one of authority? This class will break down what all three of these roles mean and how they fit into the world around us. We will finish this unit with a Ted-talk, looking forward to learning from my students! 

In all science classes we will be preparing for international space day on October 7th. 

 

Year 7- Posters and clay models on celestial objects. With a special presentation on the Parker Solar Probe. 

Year 8- 3D map of the surface of Mars with a fully operational Mars Rover, additional posters and slides on Space-X. 

Year 9- Two slide presentations. The first will be on the “Dear-moon project”...... What is it? You will find out! The second will be on the future of space travel, the space-X “starship and falcon 9 heavy rocket”.... These vehicles will be the future of mankind and you will have an opportunity to get an inside look and learn all about them in this presentation. 

 

I am excited to show off all the amazing work my classes have been doing. I hope everyone has a great week! 

#ITTAKESALLOFUS 

 

Russian Curriculum 

 

Message from the Primary Russian Curriculum teacher (Ms.Alyona Sherbakova) 

 

Осень глазами учащихся Y4 (2 класса) 

 

Здравствуйте, уважаемые родители! 

 

Много образовательных событий и открытий происходит в школьной жизни наших учеников , и в математике и в литературе, но сегодня особенно хочется поделиться успехами и талантом наших учащихся в русском языке.  

 

На минувшей неделе у учеников Y4 случилась проба пера, учились писать сочинение по картине. Прорабатывали литературные приемы, продумывали как исключить повторение и подобрать синонимы, обсуждали, что можно написать о полотнах художников, которые так трепетно и реалистично преподнесли своё видение осеннего мира природы.  

 

Описывать творения живописцев, несомненно, всегда сложно, а особенно юному писателю, но результат превзошел все ожидания. Ребята составляли текст-описание по холсту Ильи Семёновича Остроухова «Золотая осень», а также  составляли свободный текст об осенней природе.  

 

Искренность созданных учениками строк вдохновляет, ниже представлены цитаты из детских работ, отрывки о «Золотой осени» И.С. Остроухова: 

     «У нас перед глазами золотой, изумрудный, рубиновый, шоколадный листопад. Листья мягкие и теплые, как ковёр с длинным ворсом.» 

     «У меня было предчувствие, что я попаду в рай, так спокойно и тихо в золотом осеннем лесу.» 

      «Стоит дуб. Какие на нём драгоценные листья: золотые, жёлтые, зелёные, коричневые. Сороки идут по дорожке и болтают.» 

      «Позади тропинки стоят сиротливые дубы. Они почернели от дождей и ветров. На переднем плане, усыпанный листьями, стоит высокий клён. Он склонил свои ветви, потому что на них много золота. А оно же тяжёлое.» 

      «Передо мной картина И.С. Остроухова «Золотая осень». На картине изображена осень. На лесной поляне стоят ярко-жёлтые деревья. Разноцветный ковёр из сухих листьев. На поляне царит тишина. Только белобокие сороки тараторят на дороге. Мне понравилось на этой картине то, что там очень много разноцветных красок и красиво всё показано.» 

       «На картине я вижу призрака, он смотрит на меня, он чёрный, ой, мне страшно!» — это о могучих богатырях-дубах)   

     А вот и свободные тексты, с личными впечатлениями. Все мы видим осень по-разному, по-своему. Вот несколько авторских, интересных вариантов детей : 

    «Осень – ужасное времяпрепровождение. Кататься на скейте невозможно, перила и бордюры мокрые, как и дороги. Всё завалено листьями. Скейт-парки все мокрые. Все болеют.» 

     «Чем сильней ветер, тем больше резных листочков опускаются нам на плечи, дружелюбно обнимая нас.» 

 

Сегодня поделилась драгоценным опытом наших детей. Надеюсь вы впечатлены. Этот месяц выдался по-настоящему осенний и у нас получилось прочувствовать и описать осень во всей её красе. Планов до конца первой четверти у нас много: попробовать на зубок тексты-рассуждения , описывать события, опираясь на факты, учитывая все детали и понемногу изучать эпистолярный жанр (письменный способ общения на расстоянии). 

 

Хотелось бы пожелать вам хороших выходных и завершить письмо строками стихотворения Фёдора Ивановича Тютчева: 

«Есть в осени первоначальной 

Короткая, но дивная пора – 

Весь день стоит как бы хрустальный, 

И лучезарны вечера… .»