Celebrating the Independence day

This is one of the most important celebrations in our country. In 1908 Ferdinad signed the manifest for the independence in Veliko Turnovo in St, Forty Martyrs Church. Every year there are big celebrations which starts early in the morning and continue the whole day. In the morning the events happened in the church where the manifest was signed and then moved to the Tsarevets forecast – the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. During the day there was a parade to the center of the town where wreaths and flowers were given to the monument of Mother Bulgaria and where there were concerts and performances. In the late afternoon there was an attempt for a record for the longest horo which was also a part of the application of Veliko Turnovo for European capital of culture for 2019. Me and some of my schoolmates decided to take part in this event and to support our town. The music was very popular and we all knew the dance except the foreign girls – Amy from the USA and Demy – from the UK. Although we didn’t manage to break the Guinness record we had a lot of fun together and had the opportunity to participate in this important for our town inciative.

First CAS meeting for third term

Again it was time for the trivial meeting at the beginning of each term. It is also the beginning of the year and we haven’t seen each other very often during the summer holiday so we were really excited and full of energy and creative ideas. As usually we made a rough plan what to do during this termin order to fullfill our CAS tasks. What is more, we had a lot of fun together trying to be as creative as possible with original ideas not already done things. I was very happy because I was together with my friends again.

Personal Planning Page - Term 3
Activities	Evidence	Hours	Total
Creativity	*Club Applied arts	18	27
	*Collecting herbs	3
	* Writing speach for the first dy of school	3
	*International teachers day – making poster	2
	*Karaoke Party	1
Action	* Club Tourism	10	36
	*Club Sports	16
	*Sports day – paintball, shooting, orientation, etc.	10
Service	*Charity club “Hope and Love”	23	49
	*Reading a speech for the first day of school	3
	*Organization of Halloween party	2
	*Campaign Young teacher	2
	*Karaoke party	3
	*Final conferention about BG membership in EU	16

                Local project: Club “Young Journalist”                    Total: 112

                     International project:  complete

First day of school

Twelve years ago it was one of the most exciting days in my life – a first day at school knowing no one and not to know what to expect. I remember how afraid I was than and now I was so excited again cause I knew that never again this day would repeat. Now I know almost everyone at the school but I was again afraid about what to expect when this s school year finishes and was also a little bit worried. I had to read my speech in front of the whole school including parents. My worry was maybe because I knew it was on of the last chances I can do something at this school and I wanted it to be perfect. When it was the turn of my speech my hand was shaking and I couldn’t read almost anything so I just closed the paper and said what I remember but from the bottom of my heart. Maybe it wasn’t perfect but I believe that these word said from the name of all students were special for the teachers and they would remember them. 

Writing speech for the first day of school

As it is the beginning of our last year at school it was the right time to say “Thank you” to our teachers for everything they have done for use for the past four years. In order to do this we decided to write a speech and read it in font of the teachers, our schoolmates and the parents who were there on the first day of school. As my classmates had other tasks I had to write this speech and afterwards read it without making it sound trivial and boring. I tried to find some ideas on the Internet but everything I found only things that have already been said and heard thousands of times. I wanted to be original so I wrote something and asked my parents to read it of course I wrote it again and again until it became something I liked. Finally I was really satisfied with what I did. 

International project: "We are citizens of Europe" eco-camp, Koprivshtitsa

The feeling to know that you have done something useful and made someone happy is wonderful. This is one of the main reasons why I was so excited about the prize we won with our project and set off for this camp full of energy waiting for new friendships and experience.

Early in the morning was the beginning of our journey to Koprivshtica – an renaissance Bulgarian village. There was no direct transport to this historic place and that is why we had first to travel to the capital – Sofia. There we spent a few hours full of fun eating unhealthy fast food and shopping. After that it was time together with the other participants to catch our bus to Koprivshtica. There were too many new people and we were all excited because we had no idea what was going to happen.

When we arrived there first we were separated into different houses where to sleep because there are no big hotels in this historic place. After a short break was our first group meeting during which our main aim was to present ourselves as well as our school and the project with which we participate in this camp. This task was very easy and pleasant after the long travel. Later during the day we had to do something inspirational– we had to plant some flowers and trees. This is not only useful but also a way to make this wonderful place even more beautiful. Our group was responsible for the plants in the house of Todor Kableshkov – a Bulgarian revolutionary.

The next day was also very intriguing because in the morning we had the opportunity to find out more about the Bulgarian participation in the European Union as well as some new ways for studying. We also exchanged some experience how to improve our extracurricular activities and the charity work in our schools In the evening we had a lot of fun having karaoke night in which we also participated.

One of the most interesting parts of the camp – workshops was on the third day. In the morning the first two workshops were bakery house and interactive house. In the bakery house we had to make a bread in a special form on our owns and then to make a story about the perfect country. In the second workshop we had again to make a story but this time about our dreams based on cards with pictures on them. This was a big challenge but was also very interesting.  During the second part of the day we reincarnated ourselves into actors as we took part in few short plays which had the aim to show the rights of the European citizens. I think that it was a fun and very interesting ways to find out some new things about this organization.

The last day was also full of fun because we had the opportunity to visit all the museums with a guide who managed to involve you in the history and make you feel the atmosphere century ago. For me it was really interesting to hear stories and legends known only by the local people. I was happy that there were such courageous and patriotic people in my country.

This camp gave me the opportunity to learn a lot of new things and to have a great time together with my friends.