Spe ciale dition Th e European Se pte m b e r 20 0 7 is s ue d in Pe s ch e 5 TT Pupil s Launch Ne w Pape r! Sch ools y s te m M axim e C. Th e pupils from 5TT and th e ir Englis h te ach e r. From left to righ (s tanding): M axim e, Am élie, Aurélie n, Alexis, Julie n, M r D ute rm e, Ste ve, Jonath an, Ch arlotte, Flore nt; (s itting) Ce ndrine, M arjorie. In our s ch ool Th is pape r is w ritte n for an e Tw inning proje ct, cal l e d "Ne w s from Europe ". Th e proje ct invol ve s th re e s ch ool s (for th e m om e nt): th e ISS Be rnardino Lotti from Mas s a Maritim a, Ital y; th e Es col a Se condaria com 3 cicl o from Am ora, Portugal ; and th e Ins titut Sainte M arie from Pe s ch e, Be l gium. W e h ope th at w riting and re ading th e s e pape rs w il lh e l p us to l e arn e ach oth e r be tte r; it al s o focus e s on th e ne e d of l e arning Engl is h as a w ay ofcom m unication. Th is firs t pape r is is s ue d in Pe s ch e ; th e pupil s from th e 5 TT at th e ISM w is h you a ve ry good tim e re ading th e ir articl es. M. Dute rm e
Th e European O ur cl as s in Pe sch e page 2 Ch arl otte H. Jonath an G. Som e facts ab outbe l gium... O nce upon a tim e in Pe s ch e... Ste ve H. BRUSSELS CAPIAL REGION FLANDERS WALLONIA Cendrine tel l s us about th e sch ool h istory Th e s ch ool w as built in O ctobe r 1869. It is a cath olic s ch ool. A nun (m oth e r Céles tine Luc) built th e s ch ool and th e firs t dire ctor w as a prie s t(abbé François D e troz). Th e s ch oolh ad s e ve ralnam e s. It firs t w as th e Ins titut de s Filles de M arie. Th e n it be cam e a college of e ducation (form ing prim ary s ch ool te ach e rs ). Now it is a s e condary s ch ool w ith ge ne ral, te ch nical and vocational e ducation, and its nam e is Ins titutsainte M arie (ISM ). Th e s ch ool us e d to be run by nuns and w as atte nde d only by girls. Th e firs t m ale te ach e rs arrive d in th e late 50ie s. Now, th e re are no nuns any m ore. Th e re are as m any boys as girls in th e s ch ooland m ore fe m ale th an m ale te ach e rs! Ce ndrine D.
page 3 O ur reporters h ave m et som e witnesses Life at the Institut Sainte Marie Marjorie has interviewed three W h at d o you stud y? pupils of our school: Elodie is in the first year, Anaïs in the 5th and Maxime in the 6th. H ow long h ave you been at sch ool in Pesch e? Th e sch oolin th e 60 ie s... Th e cl oth e s h ave ch ange d W h at are your favourite sch ool m ore th an th e b uid l d ings!! Véronique and Séverine are two former pupils of the ISM. Amélie has met them. m atters? W h at d o you th ink of th e sch ool? Séve rine : W h at k ind of lessons d id you h ave at th at tim e? M arjorie V. H ave th ere been a lot of ch anges since you arrived? W as it a coeed ucationalsch ool? H ow d id th e board ing sch oolw ork? Séve rine : W ere th ere any m ale teach ers? Am él ie S.
Sports page 4 Be l gium atth e top! te am is com pos e d of am ate ur playe rs! I Football Th e nationalte am cre ate d In Augus tand Se pte m be r, Atth e W orld Ath letics in a s urpris e on Se pt. 5 by m any Be lgium s ports m e n O s ak a, th e Be lgian W om e n w inning vs. Se rbia 3-2. and w om e n did ve ry w e ll. te am w on a bronze m e dal Th e R e d D e vils h adn tw on Jus tine H e nin w on th e (4 x 100m R e lay). Itw as an officialm atch for ove r te nnis U S O pe n for th e th e firs tm e dalfor Be lgian one ye ar. Butitw as s h orts e cond tim e. Sh e be atth e w om e n in a W orld live d h appine s s, as our R us s ian Sve tlana Ch am pions h ip. te am m ade only a draw (1K uzne ts ova 6-1, 6-3 in th e 1) vs. K azak h s tan a w e e k final. Sh e h ad be ate n late r. Th is m atch w as ve ry Se re na and Ve nus W illiam s im portantfor th e Euro be fore. Jus tine h as be e n 2008 pre lim inarie s. Th e n 1 for ove r 10 m onth s Be lgian clubs (Ande rlech t, now. Ge nk ) h ave also be e n k nock e d outfrom th e Ch am pions Le ague. In M X1 (m otocros s ), th e m os tim portantcate gory, H ock e y Ste ve R am on be cam e O ur nationalte am h as W orld Ch am pion. Th e q ualifie d for th e 2008 form e r W orld Ch am pion O lym pics in Be ijing. Th e y w as anoth e r Be lgian, de fe ate d Ge rm any on Aug. Ste fan Eve rts, w h o w on th e 26 (4-3). Ge rm any w as th e title 10 tim e s! form e r W orld Ch am pion. Th e Be lgium te am h adn t Au rél ie n M. m ade it for 35 ye ars. Th e Fl ore ntr. m os tincre dible is th atth e
page 5 Be l gium in Europe W e can s ay th at Be lgium is th e h e art of Europe, be caus e all Europe an countrie s m e e t in Brus s e ls to dis cus s th e ir proje cts and problem s. M os t of th e Europe an ins titutions are locate d th e re. Som e h is tory Europe w as born 56 ye ars ago. Th e Europe an Coal and Ste e l Com m unity w as cre ate d in 19 51 by 6 countrie s : Ge rm any, France, Italy, Luxe m burg, th e Ne th e rlands and Be lgium. In 19 57, th e Tre aty of R om e cre ate d th e Europe an Econom ic Com m unity (EEC), or Com m on M ark e t. O n January 1 19 73, D e nm ark, England and Ire land joine d th e Europe an Com m unity. O th e r countrie s cam e late r: Gre e ce (19 81), Spain and Portugal(19 86), Finland, Sw e de n and Aus tria (19 9 5) and 10 ne w countrie s in 2004: Cze ch R e public, Cyprus, Es tonia, Latvia, Lith uania, H ungary, M alta, Poland, Slove nia and Slovak ia. O n January 1 2007, tw o m ore countrie s from e as te rn Europe, Bulgaria and R om ania, joine d th e EU, bringing th e num be r of m e m be r s tate s to 27 countrie s. 19 9 9 is an im portant date fro Europe : th e Euro w as approve d and vote d. Th e ne w curre ncy h as be e n in us e in 12 countrie s s ince 2002. Ju l ie n B. School life M r D ute rm e is th e Englis h te ach e r ofth e 5 TT. H e 's be e n te ach ing in th is s e ction for... q uite a long tim e! - W h atjob s d oe s th is se ction (Te ch nical Transition) l e ad to? - W h at's th e m ain d iffe re nce w ith ge ne ral te ach ing? - W h y d o y ou give l e ssons in th is se ction? Al e xis M.