Sunday, January 25, 2009

News by Eda from Turkey


FLAG
Our flag is red and white. Red means soldiers’ blood and white moon and star. During the Independence War, one night the moon and star’s light was reflected to the soldiers’ blood and at that time they defined our flag . Our country is a republic.

OUR SCHOOL
At five years we start kinder garten.At seven we start to primary school.eight years education is obligatory.
Our school is about fifty years old.
Our school has got three floors, 14 classes . But half of the students come in the morning and the others come in the afternoon. Two of them are kindergartens and that’s why there are 30 classes in our school. We have got one computer labratory , a garden, a sweet room of pedagogue, one room which is used for some activities such as; creative drama,scouting, art, music, folk dance.
We study english four hours a week in 6th,7th and 8th classes and three hours a week in 4th and 5th classes. In some schools , German, French ,Italian and Spanish are taught .
In state schools , we play flute , guitar , melodica. And in Private Schools we play piano, violin and guitar. We study Turkish Literature, maths, social science ( history,geography), science, sport-physical education, art, music, English, religion in our school.
In each class there are six hours a day , in the morning we start at ten to eight and we finish at twenty to one. In the afternoon we start at one clock and we finish at ten to six.
We have got two long holidays. One of them is winter holiday which takes 15 days. The other one is summer holiday. It lasts 2 months .Except these we have got new year, holidays, our special fast days holidays. We wear uniform. In primary school ıts colour is blue. In secondary and hıgh school male students wear suits , females students wear chequered skirts and jackets. Our school marks are from zero to one hundred. One hundred is the best mark.

The teachers have special cabinet but the pupils haven’t .
We have projection machines and computers in each class and the children learn how to use computers.


HOSPITABLE
Hospitable is very important in our country. We show our interest to our gasts very much.When we come across our friens we kiss each other twise.We take of our shose in front of our houses.We kiss old peoples hands and respekt them very much.In our traditional fast days children colect candies from the relatives and neıghbours.And also we have got just for children special children fast.Atatürk gave as a gift 23 of April to the childen.We make a big celabration,childen festival in these days.Also we invite the children from all around the world to celebrate together. You might have heard this.

FAVOURITE GAMES
We like playing hide and seek,football,catch and escape ,jump rope,hopscotch…….

RELIGION
We are Muslim and it teaches humanity,honesty,sharing and praying for our God like the other religions.
We have a lot of folk dances according to our regions like our food. For example zeybek, halay, horon…etc. when you come here our students will show you.

FAMOUS PLACES
We have lots of famous places in each region , some of them are Topkapı Palace, Dolmabahçe Palace, Sultanahmet ( Blue )Mosque and Square, Hega Sofia, Sistern Basilica, Bosphorus Bridge , Taksim Square, Çanakkale Monument, Capadocia, Sumela Manastry, the beaches of Aegean and Mediterrean, Ephesus , İshakpaşa Palace, Grand Bazaar…etc.


The most popular names are Ayşe, Fatma, Ali, Mehmet, Ömer, Ahmet, Zeynep, Aleyna, Can, Nur, Sude