Sport

 My Hobby Is Sport

All people are different and they all have different hobbies. I have always been an active child, so my hobby is sport.Sport plays an important role in our life. Sport is health and our future. If you want to live long and if you want to have an interesting life, sport will help you.

First of all sport gives me a lot of energy and makes me strong. You can swim, run, play football or basketball. If you do it regularly you will see how wonderful you can feel. My muscles work and I feel a big power inside of me.

Another good thing is that sport keeps me busy. Many teenagers prefer computers and mobile phones today, but I choose active life. I am sure these people will understand one day how many things they have missed.

For me sport became my hobby long time ago. My day starts with morning exercises that I do in my room and then I go for a morning run. It helps me to begin my day more relaxed and refreshed. When I come home I take a shower and get ready for school.

My favourite school days are the days when I have Physical Education lessons. We have them three times a week. We usually play football or basketball or run and jump. Sometimes I go swimming.

Sport can unite people. Some of my friends like basketball, somebody choose swimming and someone wants to do jogging. Just imagine, how many new interesting people you can meet because you have the same hobby. 

Sport has made me quite a healthy person. I seldom fall ill and always feel well. So I think I have the best hobby in the world.

State memorial complex «Khatyn»

 State memorial complex «Khatyn»

You will not find this small Belorussian village on any of the most detailed geographic map today. It was destroyed by German fascists in spring in 1943.

         
 

The massacre occurred on March 22, 1943. Brutal fascists rushed into the village and encircled it. The inhabitants of Khatyn were innocent, however their death sentence had already been pronounced. All of them — young and old, women and kids were driven from their houses out into the shed.

   

None of the adults managed to escape. Only three kids — Volodia Yaskevich, his sister Sonia and another boy Sasha Zhelobkovich by name — were able to hide from the fascists. When all people were finally in the shed, the door was locked and the Nazis covered the shed with straw, spilt benzine over and set fire to it. In a moment the wooden shed was ablaze. The children were crying and suffocating in the smoke. The adults were trying to rescue them.

                                 
 149 people, including 75 children under age were burned alive. The youngest baby was only 7 weeks old. The village was then looted and burned to the ground.

   

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus made a decision in January 1966 to build a memorial complex Khatyn in memory of the hundred of Belorussian villages, destroyed by Nazis during the years of the Second World War, and also in memory of the great tribute and numerous lives sacrificed for the victory by Belorussians.

Class hours dedicated to the tragedy of the village of Khatyn were held in our school.

        

      

 "STOP drugs"

Students of grades IX-X took part in the round table "Stop drugs". The purpose of the event was the prevention of drug use, dissemination of information about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

 As part of the sixth school day, students of grades 9 "A" and 11 visited the city library.  

             

Library staff held a meeting with the children on the topic "Drugs and the Law". The students learned that there are about 90,000 drug addicts in Belarus. 

 The guys took part in the quiz "Do you know?"

                    

     

Mom, I’m Bored!

100 Activities Antsy Teens Can Do Without Screens

For millennia, young people have been able to pass their days engaged and entertained—without the aid of an electronic screen. And they’ve even enjoyed themselves. So how do you find things for bored teenagers to do at home and on the go? Where do you find things to do without technology?

100 Things Teenagers Can Do Without Screens:

•     Bake something new from a cookbook. 

 

•     Find something in your room that you enjoyed when you were younger and try it again, just for fun.
•     Figure out what’s a mile or less from your home, and walk to one interesting place.
•     Play a board game.

 

 

 

•     Color, draw, or paint.

•     Walk a dog (yours or a neighbor’s).
•     Think of someone you know who might be lonely, and what you could do for them.
•     Call a grandparent (you’ll make their day).

•     Do a crossword puzzle, Sudoku, or word find.
•     Ride a bike, skateboard, or scooter.
•     Write in a journal.
•     Write fanfic based on your favorite book or movie.
•     Shoot hoops.
•     Have a bath.
•     Make slime.
•     Do origami.

•     Visit a friend or invite one over.
•     Play darts, ping pong, or air hockey.
•     Have a Nerf gun war.
•     Try to figure out how to fix something broken in your home.
•     Read. Find a book in your house you’ve never read before.
•     Cuddle with or play with a pet. Teach them a new trick.
•     Play with siblings.
•     Go for a run or walk.
•     Paint your nails.

•     Go to the park.
•     Play frisbee or catch.
•     Go sledding or have a snowball fight.
•     Look for a job—even if it’s babysitting or dog walking.
•     Start or tend a garden.
•     Brainstorm business ideas.
•     Nap.
•     Find a volunteer position.
•     Create an obstacle course or scavenger hunt.
•     Do a jigsaw puzzle.
•     Ask if there are extra chores you can do for cash.

•     Knit, crochet, or rainbow loom.
•     Think of one adulting thing you don’t know how to do, and find out how to do it.
•     Practice or learn an instrument.
•     Try to identify the birds in your neighborhood.
•     See if you can set a record at something.
•     Find or create a geocache (yes, we know there is minor screen involvement).
•     Plan one dinner you’d like to try making.
•     Now that you’ve planned a dinner, make it.
•     Paint a room.
•     Take your mom’s grocery list and buy everything.
•     Create a compelling argument about why you should get to use technology.
•     Make a bucket list.
•     Bake cookies and give them to the local fire department.
•     Visit the Humane Society to play with the animals.
•     Go to the zoo.

•     Get the neighborhood kids together for a game of tag football.
•     Go through your drawers and make a pile of clothes that you want to donate.
•     Serve a meal at a soup kitchen.
•     Write a short story.
•     Build something with toothpicks.
•     Build houses with playing cards.
•     Teach yourself a new card game.
•     Learn how to do an updo.
•     Practice yoga.
•     Try to stand on your head or do a cartwheel.
•     Tour the house looking at all the things on the walls and tables like you’re at a museum.
•     Teach yourself cursive/calligraphy.
•     Make a scrapbook of your last year’s adventures.
•     Teach yourself to whistle using your fingers.
•     Go to the library.
•     If it’s snowy, build a snowman or snow fort.
•     Clean your room and argue for an allowance.
•     Play croquet
•     Get a book out about trees and learn to Identify them.
•     Go for a hike.
•     Be a tourist in your own hometown.
•     Walk around a local cemetery and read the headstones.
•     Practice your free throw.
•     Give yourself a facial mask.
•     Learn how to juggle.
•     Design a family crest.

•     Look through family photo albums.
•     Make a photo collage for your room.
•     Play with sidewalk chalk.
•     Alphabetize the spices in your kitchen.
•     Organize your shoes.
•     Learn how to make a perfect cat eye with eyeliner.
•     Make homemade ice cream.
•     String lights across the ceiling in your room.
•     Learn to write your name in calligraphy.

•     Make a friendship bracelet.
•     Become an expert in some obscure trivia.
•     Drive around town to explore.
•     Ask your grandparents about their childhood.
•     Ask your parents about their first date.
•     Ask someone on a date and plan it.
•     Learn how to do henna designs.
•     Read a magazine or newspaper you have never read before.
•     Dream about where you’d like to be in five, 10, or even 20 years.
•     Do an extra chore and surprise your parents.
•     See if you have enough money saved to go to a trampoline park, rock climbing gym, bowling alley, museum, concert, roller rink.

 

ИСТОЧНИК: https://yourteenmag.com/family-life/communication/100-things-teenagers-can-do-without-screens

Books time!

    3 modern books to help teenagers find friends

 

We have created a selection of works by contemporary authors! These books will help teens improve relationships with parents and friends, deal with feelings, and inspire success.

            

 

"Looking for friends" is a subjective concept. But probably, every teenager wants to have a reliable and faithful comrade nearby. Here are three interesting books for teenagers that teach lessons about friendship and make you think - what is it really?

"The Gray House" (Russian: «Дом, в котором...») is the first novel of Armenian writer Mariam Petrosyan. Written in Russian, it tells a story of a boarding school for disabled children and was published in Russian in 2009, becoming a bestseller. The novel was nominated for the Russian Booker Prize in 2010 and received several awards and nominations, among them the 2009 Russian Prize for the best book in Russian by an author living abroad. 

The main characters of the novel are teenagers living in a boarding school. Among them there are leaders, outcasts, informals and those who try to be friends with everyone. They grow up, make friends and resolve conflicts. The book shows many difficult situations, and the author gently tells how to deal with them. The book will be of interest to teenagers over 12 years old.

                          

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"Miracle", R. J. Palacio
The main character of the novel "Miracle" — A fifth-grader named August Pullman, suffering from a rare disease. He plays computer games, loves his dog, watches Star Wars. The boy's facial features seem confused. This usually causes people to be horrified... 

But now the child gets into a regular school, where new difficulties, acquaintances and much more await him. Readers will learn that a sense of humor and friendship,   kindness and acceptance of yourself for who you are can create a real miracle. The most successful age for reading is after 14 years.

                                             

"Yanka" Tamara Mikheeva

The parents of the main character Yana divorced, she and her mother moved to a city on the seashore. Now a fifteen-year-old girl needs to overcome her resentment towards her father, find new friends and understand what she wants to do. The novel will help you understand your feelings, teach you how to build relationships with people, and will also be a great holiday read for teenagers over 16 years old.

                                                  

 

 ИСТОЧНИК: https://externat.foxford.ru/polezno-znat/books-teens

 

  

Alternatives to Drinking and Using

         Alternatives to Drinking and Using

If you’re a teenager or young adult, it may seem like a lot of fun to get high or drunk. When you look at your friends who are inebriated, they don’t seem to have a care in the world. Any troubles are buried under the intoxication. You may choose to join in so you can fit in, be cool or forget your problems. Before you make that choice, it would be better if you could take a closer look at those people’s lives and see what kind of harm they might be experiencing that is not so simple to see from the exterior.

Hangovers, getting alarmingly close to overdoses, emergency room visits, upset and fights with family, dropping grades, lost scholarships or jobs, damaged relationships, boring perceptions, gloomy thinking, bad memory, illness and injury– these are the typical results or using drugs or drinking. But nobody cautions you about this the first time you reach for a pipe, a bottle, syringe or pill.

      
Take your pick from our selection. It’s our hope that you uncover (if you’re not sure now) that living sober is a lot more fun than joining those who are drinking or using drugs.

   -  Do you love sports? There’s leagues for bowling, softball, touch/flag football, soccer, hockey, basketball and volleyball. But perhaps you didn’t know there’s also leagues for water polo, frisbee, broomball, kickball and dodgeball.

    

 Not into sports? Challenging mind games like Tetris, or word puzzles are a notable example of ways to test the limits of your brain functions while occupying your free time in between your daily schedule.

   

 Feeling adventurous? Go to the beach, do yoga, or go horseback riding. Ropes courses are fun and time consuming, as well as biking or snorkeling. 

    Pick up reading. Go to the library, get reading lists for your grade level or areas of interest. Keep doing this until you find something you really enjoy and then focus on that.

    Join a gym. Not just any gym, but look around until you find one where the other people look like you do and work out like you want to.

    Start an online course. The sky is pretty much the limit here. You can find free classes from Microsoft on how to use their software, tutorials from Adobe on using page layout or photo editing software, photography, animation, music, anything. It will instruct you how to do just about anything, from roasting pumpkin seeds to making a coat out of a blanket

   

Visit a zoo, aquarium or another intereting place for you.  

There’s hundreds of opportunities here. Homeless shelters (some for women and children), hospitals, homes for the elderly, these need help in many towns. A few areas need help taking out plants that don’t belong there (called invasive species), parks may need assistance building trails or preserving playgrounds. Beach spots are often the focus of cleanup events. If you have a talent for working with kids, there may be tutoring possibilities or you may be able to help the autistic. If you attend church, the personnel are sure to know of individuals or organizations who need volunteers. Recommendation: If you’re volunteering for the first time, keep your oblig.

"Maslenitsa has come!"

 ⚡February 24, on the sixth school day, our school hosted the event "Open the gates - Maslenitsa has come!"  

⚡As is customary at the holiday, the guys had fun with all their hearts, talked about Maslenitsa traditions and symbols, about why pancake is not just a festive treat, but a symbol of the golden sun.  

⚡Students with great pleasure invited visitors to their place with carnival chants and congratulations.  

⚡It's safe to say "The holiday was a success!"

 

 

 Today the students of our school visited the exhibition of scientific and technological achievements "Intellectual Belarus". 

 👉Interactive compositions, current achievements of science and technology, the latest developments and advanced technologies were presented by various organizations of the Vitebsk region and other cities of Belarus.

    

    

Belarusian Republican Youth Union strongly recommends young people not to succumb to manipulation through social networks, so as not to become puppets in the hands of puppeteers.

We choose peace and creation!

                              


On March 2, a school-wide parent meeting was held at the school, where they discussed the influence of the Redan subculture.

Group of volunteers "Kind Heart" held an action "For Peace and Creation".

                                      

SMOKING

 SMOKING

           One of the most common problems we are facing in today’s world which is killing people is smoking.

           Everyone knows that smoking is extremely dangerous for health. Nevertheless, the number of smokers throughout the world is constantly growing. Just imagine: over a billion people on our planet including kids and teenagers are regular smokers. Every year smoking causes more deaths than flight and automobile accidents together. It is the most widespread bad habit, as well as one of the most hazardous ones.

 

           

         Why is inhaling of tobacco smoke so harmful?
 

The answer is evident: it provokes a lot of dangerous and even fatal diseases. For example, it can trigger almost all types of cancer. The most frequent of them is lung cancer – about 90 percent of cases are caused by smoking. Besides, tobacco-related carcinogens effect vital internal organs including stomach, liver, kidney, and so on. 

 

            Children of smoking parents are more allergic, more amenable to infections, more likely to have asthma attacks. Moreover, they often suffer from developmental delays and have intellectual problems, such as bad memory, distracted attention and others.

           But why do people continue smoking, if most of them are perfectly well aware of consequences? The reasons can be different:

        ! Some people believe that this procedure helps them to relax, but it is just a self-suggestion, no more.
        ! Moreover, many of them start smoking when they are too young to foresee the results. They just don’t think about it. But when they grow older, it’s already too late. 

 

Smoking is one of the most terrible addictions. Maybe it’s because the consequences are not so evident. So, most people think: “Yes, I understand that smoking is not good for my health. But nothing will happen right now, if I have one more cigarette. Of course, I’ll give it up, but I’ll do it some later.” Unfortunately, such self-deception can last for years.

           

           If you don’t smoke, never start to. Don’t forget that smoking is a rather insidious addiction. It seems innocent at first, and you are sure that you will give up at any moment. But one day you suddenly realize that you can’t do it. 

           So, think twice before taking an offered cigarette. Just think that it can cost you your life.



источник: https://englishtopic.ru/the-problem-of-smoking-problema-kureniya/