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Friday, September 28, 2012

Drawings by Form 2 students

Form 2 students (aged 8) together with their teacher Airi illutrated our water-themed narratives. Many thanks to all the students and  Airi!

Karolina Schults

Iris Kaljura
Dominik Ian Morozov
Adele Zubov

Markus Habo
Enely Kangrumägi



Saturday, September 15, 2012

Who created Lake Peipsi?



Once upon a time there was Devilland  instead of Lake Peipsi. Master devil Chaos lived there. Together with the other devils he organized championships of the Devilland. The championships had three events: running, the long jump and throwing. Only devils could take part. Kalevipoeg had heard about the competitions and blended into the crowd with his costume and got registered.
First they had a running race. Kalevipoeg ran so fast that the ground looked like being ploughed up. The devils started to whine about it. The second event was ball throw. Kalevipoeg chose a massive stone and threw it very high and far, the stone fell into the ground and he was again the winner. The devils started  to complain about it and told Kalevipoeg to pull that stone out. Kalevipoeg pulled  with all his strenght, got the stone out, but now there was a huge hole and he had ruined his costume. The third competition was the long jump. Kalevipoeg jumped very far and again caused a hole into the ground, but managed to win it as well. The devils started to blate about the hole.
After the championships Kalevipoeg headed for Tartu. His costume got stuck by the gate at Devilland and was totally torn. Now the devils noticed it had been Kalevipoeg who won all the races. All the pagans and devils and the other horned creatures knew that water was Kalevipoeg’s weakeness which actually wasn’t true. The pagans started to splash water and Kalevipoeg ran away, but the others followed and kept splashing. Kalevipoeg was running, watched back and noticed that the devils had fallen behind, so he decided to have a little rest, but to his surprise he realized soon that he was almost being circled in. He started to ran again because he didn’t still understand it was just pure water they were throwing at him. The bigger and the smaller hole got filled with water and all the devils got flooded and stuck under water with their houses. So this is how the Lake Peipsi was created and as for Kalevipoeg, he began to help people and they called him „Heaven’s warrior“. 

Author: Hans-Martty Gold, form 8A (14 years)
Translated by Larsen Mölder
Teacher: Eva Pedaja

Friday, September 14, 2012

How was Lake Peipsi made?



       Once there lived a Giant. He was often in the forest cutting trees to build houses. He didn’t believe that God existed and wanted to see him by himself. 
        One day the Giant thought that if God existed and lived in heaven, he would see him when climbing onto the clouds.
      The giant started to cut down trees to build a long ladder. He built it for several weeks and when it was finally finished, he lifted it up and leaned on the white cloud. The Giant started to climb up the ladder. When he had reached the cloud, he noticed that heaven was a big castle of clouds. The man thought that God lived there and started to step towards the castle. He opened the door and went into the castle.
   There was a big man sitting in the castle. The Giant asked if he was the God. The man was hurt because the Giant hadn’t recognized him and had stepped into the house without knocking. He told the Giant that he is God and asked how the man had come to heaven. The Giant told he had cut very many trees to build the ladder. God was angry because of that and he didn’t like when someone hurt the plants. For punishment he pushed the Giant down. When falling, the giant made a big hole into the ground. He climbed out and didn’t cut any trees ever again.
         The big hole became a lake and people started to call it Lake Peipsi.

Author: Karol Tammaru, form 8B (14 years)
Translation: Gladis Prits, form 8B (14 years)
Teacher: Eva Pedaja

The creation of Lake Peipsi



Once upon a time, there was as a man named Kalevipoeg, who lived in a small village with his wife. One day a strange man came to the village who asked Kalevipoeg if he could stay at his place for a night. Kalevipoeg thought about it for a little while and decided to give him shelter.
The next morning when Kalevipoeg woke up, both his wife and the strange man were gone. He asked the village people if they had seen them leaving the village, but all of them replied that they hadn’t. He ran back home, took a loaf of bread and his sword, and set off to find his wife. He went the same way the strange man had come from. Kalevipoeg travelled for days. After days of endless walking he finally reached a village. When he walked closer, he was shocked. The village was burned to the ground. There were only a few survivors. He asked them what had happened. The village survivors said that there was a Devil carrying a woman and burnt the village down. He also told Kalevipoeg that the Devil went east. Kalevipoeg then realized the old man  who had stayed in his house was the Devil himself.
Kalevipoeg ran as fast as he could. He reached the Great Salt Desert. In the distance he saw two figures. One was his wife and the other one the Devil. He ran over there. When he arrived the Devil stabbed his wife with a pitchfork, to sacrifice her. Kalevipoeg began to shake with anger. His strenght was 10 times stronger than before. He took his sword and slashed the Devil into million pieces. Then he took his sword and sealed the entrance to Hell. However since his strenght was so big, the Great Salt Desert exploded, and there was a big hole. Over time, the hole began to fill with water. And that’s how Lake Peipsi was born.
Author: Johannes Solman, form 8B (14 years)
 Translation into English by the author
Teacher: Eva Pedaja

The birth of Võrtsjärv



        Long time ago, when Kalevipoeg was still around,  there lived an Old Devil near a soon-to-be lake now known as Võrtsjärv. An empty field and forest filled the land where the  was about to get formed.  The Old Devil lived on a meadow  because the forest was occupied by fairies who protected the forest wholeheartedly. Every devilish beast was shooed from the forest. Other fairies and God’s ambassadors were the only ones in the forest. Only once a year, which happened to be in spring, God Himself  gave a visit to the forest and the fairies. One sunny day, as the Old Devil was looking for a cool shade, he tried to sneak into the fairy’s forest. He had reached a fine spruce, when a small fairy spotted him and started to yell: „Help! The Old Devil is in the forest! Help, help!“
The Old Devil tried to crawl as much as possible into a coppice, but the Mother Fairy still saw him. She screamed: „What are you doing over here?!“
 The Old Devil stuttered: „It’s awful to stand  in the burning sun. Wouldn’t you look for a shade if you were me?“
Mother Fairy gave a righteous answer : „We gave you a great pasture with God’s permission, isn’t  that enough for you?“
The Old Devil was still moaning : „I am greatful for that, but on a day like this, the sun is unbearable.“
Mother Fairy replied: „No, it isn’t my concern. When God comes for a visit, he’ll deal with you!“ That scared the Devil and he said: „Oh no, I beg for forgiveness, I didn’t mean to disturb God, I’m off now.“ So he left.
           After a few days God came for his visit. The Old Devil was sitting on his pasture and hoped that God wouldn’t meet him. All the fairies had gathered to greet God. He arrived and asked: „Is there any news?“
Mother Fairy together with the other fairies told Him about the misdeed of the Old Devil. He was furious  when he heard about what he had done. He asked: „Where is this Old Devil? We need to drive him away as soon as possible!“
Everyone went to the meadow to look for him. The Old Devil knew that he couldn’t hide himself, so he had to talk to them. God stepped in front of him and asked: „Who gave you a permission to come into our forest and scare the little fairies?“
The old Devil answered: „Nobody did, I came here on my own  will.“
Then  God continued: „If nobody told you to, we have to punish you.“
The Old Devil was scared to death and started to beg: „No, please don’t hurt me, I never meant to do any harm.“
God shouted: „I am not going to hurt you, but you’re going to have to find a new place to live!“ The Old Devil kept begging him to be left on the pasture, but it was all in vain. The
All-Mighty said: „Throughout the year the sun will be burning, but only for you. You will be gone from the pasture and near the forest and instead of the pasture, a lake will be formed! This is your punishment! Had you behaved yourself, you would have been allowed to cool yourself in the lake, but no longer!“
Suddenly a strong gust of wind arrived and carved a huge hole into the ground. It started to rain and soon the whole hole was filled with water. Along with the wind, The Old Devil was blown away. He tried as hard as he could, but he was flown far by the wind. After that, the lake was complete, which was a punishment to the Old Devil for sneaking into the forest. He had to suffer under burning sun for the whole year, without being able to cool himself off  in the lake. Knowing that the place he was driven away had became a perfect  place to live was his punishment. After a lot of time, new settlers, named the lake as Võrtsjärv.
 That is the why Estonians have Võrtsjärv. All thanks to the Old Devil's naughty tricks and attempts to fool  God.
Author: Katarin Leppik, form 8A (14 years)
Teacher: Eva Pedaja
Translation into English: Kaarel-Eerik Sarapuu, form 8

How Peipsi and Pihvka lakes were born ?



Once there lived a farmer named Pihvik in his little house and he earned money by making music. The man was a busker and he played his guitar from dusk to dawn. He loved his instrument and he considered it to be his best friend because he didn’t have any other friends.
One day a giant Peipsi came to the town. He saw the farmer and started listening to  his music. The Giant hadn’t heard anyhing about guitar ever before and  he wanted to own such a beautifully sounding instrument as well. Because Peips was so big, he had to make his own guitar. He harvested most of the forest and used its timber to make an instrument. The Giant had no experience and  the guitar didn’t turn out well. He used the trees that he had taken down to build a home in the same town which Peipsi had become really fond of.
When the house was ready, the Giant invited Pihvik to his new home. The farmer gladly visited him and he took his guitar with him. He played the guitar to Peipsi, but suddenly the Giant grabbed the instrument and ran away. He went to an old wise man and asked him to make that guitar bigger. The old man did as he was  told. When the Giant had reached home, he noticed his house was gone. The man understood that the timber he had used for his house, was now in his guitar. Peips got really angry  because he loved his home and he hit a gigantic hole into the gorund which had a guitar shape.
The old wise man had been really smart because he realized the guitar the Giant had brough him was stolen and as for a punishment he turned the man’s house into a guitar. He returned the small guitar to the farmer and so he could live on his regular life and it made him happy again. Peips ran away from the town in great anger and nver returned. The guitar-shaped hole  got filled with rain water. People started to call the bigger part of it Lake Peipsi and the smaller part Lake Pihkva. So this is how the lakes were created. 
Author: Liisbet Karjane 8B (14 years)
Translated into English by the author
Teacher: Eva Pedaja

Partner schools

ESTONIA: Kehtna Primary School is situated in the village of 1,200. There are no big towns nearby, although the capital Tallinn is just 60km to the north. We are surrounded by forests, bogs, farmland and therefore paying extra attention to nature studies and the environment is important to us. We are a school of the Green Flag and a Health-Concious school. There are 155 students and 20 teachers in our school. Students are aged 7-17.

ITALY: Liceo Classico "Megara" con sezione scientifica annessa is a secondary school for students aged 14-19. It mainly offers three different courses for classical, scientific and social science studies. The school mainly serves students from Augusta. Our school is located in a very important area for its nature, history, archaeology and tourism. Our suburban town of Augusta is very near to Siracusa, one of the oldest and most important Greek colonies in Sicily. Our students are all members of "Legambiente" which is a national leading environmental organization which offers educational programs in schools. We live by the sea and our area is very rich in waterways, rivers and ponds.

FRANCE: College Claude Bernard is in a suburban city (Grand-Quevilly) with about 30,000 inhabitants. A town with 400,000 people called Rouen is near to us. The area has little industry nowadays following the closure of the chemical factories and the Renault car plant.

TURKEY: Tepeköy Ilkögretim Okulu is a public school serving children aged 7-15, starting from pre-school till the 8th grade. It is a rural school and caters for 226 students and 18 teachers. Our school is in Nevsehir (Cappadocia Region), being situated in agricultural region. Our region does not have sufficient water resources and we need to focus on environmentally-friendly options.

SPAIN: IES Concepcion Arenal is a secondary education centre located in Ferrol, a town with 70,000 inhabitants in the region of Galicia (north-west of Spain). There are 85 teachers and 700 students in compulsory (12-16 years old), post-compulsory (16-18 years) part and in vocational training.