BESST highschool dropped the pens and IPADS on Thursday with ‘National Listening Day’ encouraging us to focus on verbal communication.
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day came to BESST today, all students and teachers took time to think about the things in their life that they are thankful for and decorated the High school Thanksgiving tree with their positive thoughts.
Special Japanese lesson
On Monday we had an unusual japanese lesson. Takaaki and Nina from Tokyo paid us a visit. We studied new slang instead of grammar.
A Festive Ceremony: The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
On Thursday, 2 November, 2017, Ema S., the first successful graduate of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award program from the BESST High School, took part in the festive award ceremony that took place in the historic building of the National Council of the Slovak Republic in Bratislava.
Halloween Night
Haloween by BESST students!
A Mock Election to Regional Parliament @ BESST
Our school has informed and knowledgeable students that take citizen responsibilities seriously and with the right degree of civic togetherness. This is why our students joined the Student Election project this year which took place at the different high schools of the Trnava region. Its aim was to awaken, inform and encourage young people to participate in the regional election. Although the official election will take place on 4 November, 2017, our mock election was scheduled for today — 26 October, 2017, in the premises of our high school.
The students had an opportunity to try out themselves what an election really looks like, they found out what a ballot is and they also elected their district governor.
The election itself went smoothly and was trouble-free; everyone knew what to do when casting their ballot, and so the students truly enjoyed the moment of exercising their civic right.
The results of the student election can be found at www.studentskevolby.sk
Mr. Andrej
Mr. Andrej
Colour Day
BESST high school corridor became a veritable rainbow today with each class choosing their own colour to celebrate, ‘National Colour Day’. In English lessons we explored colour connotations and analysed how colour can be used to create atmosphere. We also looked at how advertisers use it to appeal to their audience.
Ms. Hayley
Get Smart about Credit Day
Maths lessons at BESST got very real today, with students exploring the types of credit available and of course the pitfalls and dangers of getting into debt. They compared types of loans and evaluated the options before purchasing a virtual car.
Ms. Hayley
Preparing for a mock election at our school
On 17 October, at our school we were preparing for the mock election that is being organized in collaboration with the “Pre stredoškolákov” organization.
Pasta day
A BESST bull’s eye!
Last week, as you may recall, BESST High School set themselves a lifestyle target each, ranging from eating more fresh fruit to sleeping for 7 hours a night for a week. Students and teachers alike threw themselves into the challenge.
Saying no to Bullying
To mark the significance of National Stop Bullying Day, BESST High School students brought their Teddy bears to school and got stuck in to a web quest where they learned about the dangers of cyber space, the sometimes devastating impact of bullying and discussed steps to counteract the problem. In small groups, they began to create their own campaign videos to raise awareness of the problem which they will with share with their younger counterparts in primary school.
Ms. Hayley
Kick Butt Day
Today the whole of BESST High School empowered themselves by setting a week long lifestyle target. After discussing the importance of a healthy lifestyle and exploring the benefits of target setting, students and teachers alike added their new-found goals to the BESST Target wall. And they fully intend to Kick Butt this week as they challenge themselves to achieve their aims.
Ms. Hayley
Old Toys
Friday 6th of October , there was theatre atmosphere in Y2. Before the students went to see the play, we had had a good time during the first two lessons with the “Old Toys” event. Teachers and students brought their toys they used to play with and then the students searched for information on how these toys/games were invented, when and where and how they have changed over time. They presented their results in front of all of Y2 students of course. Now that searching for information can not be fun.
Mr. Rasťo
English Theatre
A dystopian novel, by American writer Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 is undoubtedly interesting for a contemporary reader despite the fact that it was written over half a century ago.
On Friday, October 6th our pupils visited theatre performance Fahrenheit 451 performed by The American Drama Group, based in Munich, Germany who perform American classics in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The language of the play is unabridged but comprehensible for students and the performance was dynamic and inspiring. We are grateful for the fantastic experience.
Ms. Lucia
Do Something Nice Day
The BESST High School family bonded over ‘niceness’ this week. Students took on the role of, ‘Secret Santa’, bringing each other small tokens of appreciation as a way to mark their friendship. Class teachers also brought in small gifts and letters to show their admiration for their students. All in all, it was a very lovely day and great to see the respect and gratitude our family have for each other.
Ms. Hayley
Smart talks
During the Project Day on Friday, 29 September, 2017, the students had a chance to hear a lecture by Milan Zongor, a student of Prague’s Czech Technical University in Prague, named “Smart Talks”. The lecture was focused on the process of choosing a suitable university and what to expect from university studies, and the students were given several pieces of useful advice on how to choose their college. They learned how to get to know oneself better and how to better get to know the school they are interested in. Milan tried to motivate the students to try out new things, work on their self-development, and to use all the opportunities to get to know new people and things through projects like Mini-Erasmus, Lead up, or Nexteria Leadership Academy.
Mr. Juraj
High school Year themes launch
Year I started up their Start up year at high school in an entrepreneurial spirit. Starting off their day by completing market research-finding out what people in our school love and hate about chocolate.
Personal development presentation with Juraj Zamborský
On Friday, during a full day of presentations, we were blessed with the presence of Juraj Zamborský, who was kind enough to come to our school and talk to us. Mr. Zamborský works at Kontentino, a small Slovak start-up that specialises in brand social media marketing.
A holocaust survivor visits our school
On 27 September, 2017, our high schoolers had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet with a survivor of one of the Nazi concentration camps, Mr. Tomi Reichental of Dublin, Ireland. In preparation for his visit, the students read select chapters from his autobiographical book “I was a boy in Belsen” as well as discussed Holocaust in Europe and Slovakia in the History and Global Perspectives classes.
Mr. Reichental started his talk by sharing his life story with us. He was born in Piešťany in 1935 and spent most of his youth in Merašice — a small village between Hlohovec and Topoľčany. While he managed to evade the destiny of most of Slovak Jews – the lethal transport to Auschwitz — by living in hiding with a false identity and baptism certificate, in 1944, he and his entire family were eventually turned in and subsequently deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. Only thanks to the fact that it was this close to the end of the war, he and some of his family members survived the harsh conditions of the transports and the concentration camp. Most of his 40+ relatives, however, were killed in the Nazi concentration, with only seven survivors. It was really sad to hear that Mr. Reichental and other children in the Bergen-Belsen camp would be playing among the corpses of dead inmates that served as their playground…
Our students listened to the personal story of Mr. Reichental with emotion and respect, many of them being deeply touched by his lecture.
At the end, the students and teachers had an opportunity to ask our guest speaker questions, which was followed by an interview carried out by our Journalism class.
Let us only hope that such atrocity will never ever happen in our country again!
Mr. Matej
