The culturs in our school

We are students of the Sint-Jozefinstitute in Ostend, Belgium. We want to present you how our school is. So you can see the difference with your school. We have interviewed some students and asked for their opinions. We have also a multicultural school, we have students from all over the world. All in one we have students from more than 10 nationalities in our school.

This are some of the students of our class. We are with 15 students. All together, all ONE!

Merhaba, my name is Bedran. I’m a student of the SJO. My nationality is Turkey. I am already 4 years a student in SJO and I like it here. We have chill teachers and I’ve got many good friends here. And also great times in the class!

Hello, my name is Sophie. I’m African but I am born in Antwerp, Belgium. I’m proud of it that I’m a African but also that I’m a Belgian. I consider myself lucky that I’m a student of SJO because I am treated as any other student. Here it isn’t a big deal being ‘black’. Everybody is the same!

Hoi, my name is Kristina. I’m a student in SJO for 5 years now and I like this school very much. We have a clean school, great teachers and good students. I have a lot of friends. Not only Belgians but also many from other countries. We don’t have clubs but we are all one-club! I like that, everybody is friends with everybody

Barev, my name is Ripsime. I am a student in SJO for 2 years now. I came from a school full of Belgians to a school that has a mixed nationalities. I taught it would be hard to make new friends and get used to too the new teachers, but I felt home since the first day I’ve been here. I like this school and everyone in it. I consider myself quite lucky for being a student in SJO.

The Study Office

• a communication component which practical aspects of business communication in Dutch, French and English is introduced;
• a business-oriented with a strong training component in which the various executive secretariat functions are integrated learning using ICT, accounting training with a simple commercial transactions are processed in an accounting package and a practical training about the various logistical aspects of implementing the warehouse work. Seminars in the box are the preparatory projects, with a link to the practice. Here are the emphasis on acquiring skills and attitudes.



The pictures you see below is a project we had to make for a competition between classes.

PAV 5 Hours

Informatics 2 Hours

Our school rules

Our school Sint- Jozefinstituut has got rules. Rules are important in our school because not everybody can do what they want. We will give you some examples of the rules:

· School starts at 8:35.

· At 12:10 we have lunch break

· We have to be in school again at 13:25 after lunch

· No chewing gum in school

· You must participate in gymnastics classes

· No Phone during the lessons

· Appropriate clothing (no training and in the summer no tank tops, only T-shirts)

· Keep the classes clean

· It’s forbidden to smoke at school

· We may not have piercings

I think these rules are good for our school because it won’t be good if everyone could do what they want. Students need disipline. The only thing that I don’t like about the rules is that we may not wear tank tops in the summer. I like the time table of our school: we have 4 hours in the morning and than after lunch again 4 hours in the afternoon.

This year is the first year that we may use our mobile Phone, but only in the breaks. When the lessons start again we have to put our mobile phones back into the lockers. Mobile Phones are forbidden in the lessons. Teachers may also not use their mobile Phones in the lessons. But when we may use our mobiles it’s only for sending messengers not for calling, if you do use your Phone for calling or use you’re Phone during the lessons then we have to give our diary and the teacher will write a note.

What happens if you do not follow the school rules?

When you first don’t follow the rules you will have to give your diary.
The teacher will write something in your diary what you've done wrong on the playground or in the classroom.

As the situation get’s worse you will have to stay in school on Friday evening until 18.10 h, instead of 16 h.
There you will have to write about something.

If the situation has not improved then you will get suspended for a half or full day.

Written by Kelly Knaepen, Dwight Smith and Anna Grigorian

In 1958 there was a world fair in Brussels. You could catch a glimpse of how at that moment in the world Sat Many countries established themselves there. A little to notice, was built specially for the World Exhibition in Brussels, the Atomium. It was a very special structure and really only meant for the exhibition. But nearly half a century later, the Atomium still. A little dilapidated, but the nine spheres were restored in 2003 to 2005. It took up 27.5 million euros. Shiny balls had become dull. Blinken Now they do, they also now include all lights on the outside. The Atomium is now already 51 years.

lot's of love Bedran x

The fries

Hello everyone!

Let’s talk about food, something that I think everybody likes (when it’s not food you find awful :p). I’m going to tell you about one of my favorite kind of meals/snack: The (French) fries. It’s typical Belgian food.

History of the fries

It all began around the year 1680. The people of “Namen”, “Ardennen” and “Dinant” had the habit to fish in the Maas, which is a river that goes through the Netherlands, Belgium and France. The smallest fish were cooked in oil. When it was freezing or too dangerous to go fishing they would cut potatoes in shapes of small fish and cook those in oil instead.

The name “French fries” may make you think it’s food from France. The reason for that name could have two possibilities. In English you have the verb “to French” which means “Cutting”. The Americans translated it to “French fries” because the people of the region spoke French.

Around 1900 Fries were known in whole Belgium and it was time to let Netherland know about them too. In 1905 was the first time that there were fries in Netherland, on the faire of Bergen at Zoom. The success of the fries traveled with the faire through whole the land and so it made it became well known there too. While in North-Netherland and Utrecht they call them “Vlaamse friet” (Friet is Dutch for Fries) in the rest of Netherland do they give it, to us Belgians odd, name “Patat” (Basically you could translate it as “Potatoes”).

Frituren

In Belgium you got many ‘Frituren’. It’s a place where you can go to eat fries and hamburgers or other kind of meat and fish. It’s not a restaurant, however. You could compare it with a McDonalds, though it is healthier, smaller, and each “Frituur” works for its own, unlike McDonalds, which is a company.

How are they made?

It is rather easy to make them. For four persons you’ll need around 2kg potatoes. You first cut them in long pieces. You can choose if you want them thick or thin. Belgian fries are 1 to 6 cm long and 1 cm thick. Once they are cut you put them in fryer, with oil that’s on 150 °C. Then you bake the fries for the first time. It takes about 7 to 8 minutes, when they make a “shshshshshs” sound it means you’ve got to pull them out right away. You can do this a long time before baking them for the second time, because when they’re cooled off they’ll be crispier. Baking the first time is crucial for a good result. Then you do a second time, this you do just before you serve them, on 190 °C for a minute. After this you can serve the fries, together with the rest you’ve made for dinner!

Tips for when baking:

1. Never put too many fries in the fryer. It’s better to do small bits at a time.

2. Especially for the second baking, stay with the fries, or else they might end up uneatable.

3. When you’ve cut the potatoes you can keep them in water, that way they won’t get bad before you start baking them.

Manneken Pis

Manneken Pis is a statue in the center of Brussels and represents a boy that pees. The 58 cm big guy on a pedestal is placed at the corner of the oven and Eikstraat Street, not far from the Big Market. It is a bronze statue that Jerome Duquesnoy, in 1619 commissioned by the city government, has made. It is a decoration of a public fountain which looks like a urinating little boy. According to a legend a little boy had been urinating against the door of a witch who lived at the spot where the fountain is now. The witch was so angry that she tuned the little boy into a statue.For special occasions he pees beer or wine instead of water.
His extensive wardrobe of more than 700 costumes is known worldwide. His first dress was on May 1, 1698 given by the governor of the Austrian Netherlands, Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria, on the occasion of the celebrations of one of the guilds of Brussels. Still, every opportunity was taken to give the Manneken a new costume. The clothing of the Manneken is carefully kept in the museum of the city on the Grand Place. His jacket length is 25 cm, 26 cm length of his pants. His wardrobe has among others an Elvis Presley-costume, football uniforms, a Mickey Mouse outfit, and many others.

Hadise - singer in Belgium

Belgian Chocolates

Everyone knows what chocolate is. It’s tasty, good and especially addictive.
Do you know Belgian chocolates ? Belguim is famous for it around the World.
Below, you see pictures of our famous Belgian chocolates.
In Belgium we have many factories that produce chocolate.
For example : Côte d’or, Callebaut, Zero, Leonidas, Chocolade Jacques, …
Making chocolate, takes a long time. Because the the cocoa beans have a very long way to go.
They come from warm countries. Then we have to do this things:
drying, burning, grinding, pressing and prepare.
Then we can enjoy a delicious piece of chocolate.
Hmmmm !
And you ? Do you also like chocolate ?

Herman Van Rompuy

Herman van Rompuy was born on 31 October 1947 in Etterbeek, he’s married, has 4 children and he’s a grandfather. He’s a Belgian Flemish politician and member of the Christian democratic party. He was our prime minister from December 2008 until December 2009. On 19 November 2009, Van Rompuy was chosen to be the first full-time President of the European Council. Herman van Rompuy is known in Belgium for making his own Haiku’s (some sort of poem).

Elise Crombez

Elise Crombez was born on July 24, 1982, she was born in Moeskroen and became a Belgian supermodel. Crombez grew up in Koksijde, West Flanders,this is also the region where we live.
In 1999 she was discovered by the contest Miss Mannequin in Roeselare, in which she took part with a friend. She took more than ten times the cover of Vogue, both English and Italian.
She became the face of brands such as Prada, Jil Sander, Helmut Lang and Ralph Lauren.
In 2003 she was the face of H &m.
Furthermore, she walked shows for Giorgio Armani, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Calvin Klein and Dior (designer: John Galliano).
In 2002 she was in the top five most popular models.
Lot's of love
Kristina

Typisch Belgisch: Bier

Lots of love, Lynn

Ripsime

Hi,
My name is Ripsime. I live in Ostend for almost 10 years now, but I'm from nationality Armenian.
In the week-ends I like to go out with friends, but just to go get a drink or watch a movie. In my spare time I like to go shopping or just take a long walk with my best friend and just talk about stuff. People who know me well know that I like to talk… a lot !! ^.^
I have long brown and curly hair and brown eyes. But I always straighten my hair. I like fashion so I also like to dress up. Sometimes I’m sporty, sometimes glamorous, sometimes a hippie but most of all ‘just got out of bed’-look. But that doesn’t really work for me. :p
I’m a crazy girl and you’ll never know what I will do next.
I like to laugh a lot and I’m almost all the time happy. I love music, I can’t live without and I also love movies. English movies most of the time…
My greatest dream is to go to New York and Los Angeles one day, because those are my favorite places to be. I hope that one day I can do something with styling or work in a amusement industry. If that doesn’t work I always still can open my own Tea-room, I work in a restaurant/tea-room and I love it!

Ciao xx

Ana

Hello,
My name Ana Sakalauskaite and I am 17 years old.

My father is from Lithuania and my mother from Georgia
I have black hair and brown eyes.
I Live in Belgium, Ostend. It’s small town close to the sea.
The most of my spare time I hang around with friends
My hobbies are playing guitar and fitnessing.
I love to go out, and go to parties with my friends.

Ciao xx

Lynn

Hello,
My name is Lynn Droogenbroot and I’m 17. I was born the 12th of June.
I’m not very tall, I have blond hair and green eyes.
I Live in Belgium, Ostend. It’s al realy small town close to the sea.
The most of my spare time I spend with my boyfriend, or my friends.
My hobbies are swimming, I train 3 times a week and I really love it.
I also like horseback riding and I love horses!
I love to go out, and go to parties with my friends.

I’m excited for this project. Hope you are to.

Love, Lynn from Belgium.

Kelly

Hello

My First name is Kelly and my family name is Knaepen.

I was born in Genk but I live in Ostend and I’m 17 years old.

My birthday is on the 26^th of May.

I have three brothers, one is older and the two others are younger than me.

My hobbies are going out with friends and listen to music.

I life together with my mum and my two little brothers.

My favorite food is MC Donalds.

I have brown hair and blue, green eyes. I’m not so tall.

Love, Kellyyy