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On 4 November, 8A and 8B students visited the Health Museum as part of the KIK programme. The aim of the lesson was to learn about the micro-world around us: single-celled fungi and bacteria.

After a brief discussion about the similarities and differences between yeast and lactic acid bacteria, the children were asked to do an experiment to see what conditions are needed for yeast to multiply rapidly. This experiment clearly demonstrated how the fermentation process takes place and why the yeast dough rises and smells peculiar.

The following tasks were related to the microscope. The students made their own preparation of bacteria living in yoghurt and observed it under the microscope. Even under high magnification, the bacteria looked like tiny droplets. The yeast preparation was easier because its cells are bigger than the bacteria. The lesson was in Estonian, but the eighth-graders actively participated in the conversation, answering questions from the museum staff and completing workbooks.

Olga Kalakauskene. Photo.

On 4 November, TTRК teacher Igor Kalakauskas took part in the programme “Кофе+”, where he was invited together with Julia Stolberova. During the autumn break, Igor took part in a training course as part of the Erasmus+ European project, where he learned about new approaches to education and teaching. The participants – representatives from seven EU countries – gathered in Tallinn to learn how to create comics.

As Igor Kalakauskas acknowledged in the programme, history is a very suitable subject for comics. Before the end of the calendar year, 7th and 8th graders will be given the task of creating such comics. The results of the experiment will certainly be made public.

On the evening of 31 October, TTRŠ student representatives met with student representatives from Tallinn Haabersti Gymnasium at the Central City Youth Centre. The meeting was organised to discuss possible cooperation and exchange of experiences.

The event was held in the form of a youth meeting where we not only shared experiences but also participated in interactive games aimed at developing motivation, teamwork and social skills.

Such meetings help to better understand how student representations work in other schools and inspire new projects.

Milana Timoshenko.

On 6-7 November, events dedicated to Father’s Day took place at Tõnismäe Reaalikoolis.On 6 November, the game “What? Where? When?”. On the morning of 7 November there was a festive concert. During the concert, the fathers were thanked for the lessons they had given their children in class. The school competitions – essay and photo competitions – were summed up.

During the day, students made cards for fathers during the break and in the afternoon there was a sports competition “Father + Child”. The teams competed in dexterity and showed true team spirit. The celebration was warm, cheerful and very cordial. Many thanks for organising all the events to the 9a and 9c students and their class teachers Irina Tankman and Oleg Zahharov. Congratulations again to all the fathers on the occasion of the holiday!

Yevgenia Zovmer

On 30 October, the annual combined tea competition between teams from grades 3-5 took place in Kalev Sports Hall. This year, the new format of the competition allowed 18 (24 with alternates) students from our school to participate. Thirteen schools competed for the title of Central City Schools Champion. Tallinn Tõnismäe Science School shared 6th-7th place with 21 other schools.

Many thanks to the students for their participation!

Julia Õismaa

This year, we held our traditional Pumpkin Day with a brilliant theme – “Movies”! Until late on Thursday evening, members of the student council decorated the school building so that from the morning of Friday 31 October, the school would be full of fun, mystery and mysticism.

Already from the early morning, students were treated to a variety of activities: a fortune teller with tarot cards talked about the near future, while “living maths walls” invited them to solve problems in an unusual form. The students searched for hidden horror stories and candy, solved puzzles, and in the hall during the 2nd, 3rd and 4th half of the day there were different activities – together we read horror stories, danced and took part in a costume contest.

This year’s even more popular than usual costume competition, which consisted of five categories, attracted particular attention:

– The jury’s favourite – the Louvre Robbers, whose costumes and idea impressed everyone.
– Films – The winners in this category were the students who portrayed the characters from the cult film Fight Club.
– The trio of Kiss, Marry and Kill, who wowed the audience with their original performance, took the prize for the cutest costume.
– The most creative costume – the role of Lidia Borisovna, which required courage and great mastery.
– The scariest costume – won by Demogorgon from Stranger Things.The day was a real party atmosphere!
Thank you to all the teachers who decorated their classrooms, participated in the children’s game “Come or Bomb?”. and supported the dress code. Many thanks to the maths section for the themed “living walls” and to the student council for their excellent organisation!

Jevgenia ZOVMER, photo by Vassili OSSIPOV

As part of the course on ecology and green technologies, students visited Lindström, one of Europe’s leading textile service providers with over 170 years of experience.

We were warmly welcomed – snacks had been prepared for the children to make the lecture more fun and interesting. After the introductory part, there was a tour of the factory. We were shown how textiles from hotels, for example, are used and cleaned, sorted, washed, dyed and sent back to customers.

It was particularly interesting to see the company’s state-of-the-art water treatment system, which allows the use of already purified water in the washing process. As a result, water consumption is minimised and the environmental impact is significantly reduced. Such a system is unique in Estonia.

Our students were the first to visit the company for a learning experience. We thank the organiser, Liina Lelmi, for the excellent opportunity to learn about a sustainable and environmentally friendly company.

A unique international training on “Creating educational comics to promote social inclusion” took place in Tallinn on 18-26 October under the auspices of the non-profit organisation Eriline Welt (Special World). This event, supported by the Erasmus+ Europe-wide education programme, brought together two dozen active and caring people from different European countries to learn how to talk about important issues in the language of a modern and accessible art form – comics.

The training programme was intense and varied. Participants not only learned how to draw comics, but also delved into the nature of inclusion, trying to answer the following questions. What does a real community really mean? What are the invisible walls that hinder comfortable interaction in a diverse group, and how can we break them down?

Participants analysed real cases and learned how to organise events that are accessible to all. From an idea to a finished product – this was the creative journey under the guidance of experienced trainers Julia Stolberova and Nazari Bojarski, with the support of Veronika Semeniuk-Chmylko.

Youth workers, leaders of non-profit organisations, teachers and trainers already working with groups at different levels or just starting their journey in inclusive education were invited. The geography of participants was impressive: Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Finland, Poland and Portugal.All participants passed a rigorous selection process and were ready for active work, informal learning and joint projects. The Estonian delegation to this international forum included Igor Kalakauskas, History and Social Studies teacher from Tallinn Tõnismäe Reaalschule.

On 31 October, Tatyana Shevtsova ‘s 8th grade students led a tour of Kadriorg Park on the theme “I am a guide”. The students shared the objects of the park (16 in total). 8. The students of the first grade prepared their own texts in Estonian, searched the internet for information and introduced the history of the park, castles, monuments and sculptures to the excursionists. The students showed good language skills and were able to answer additional questions.

On this tour, it was possible to observe subjects such as Estonian language, history, art, nature and humanities.

The first round of the traditional online history competition “Mammut” for students in grades 5-9 took place from 13-19 October. The online competition will take place in four phases in the school year 2025/26: October, December, March and April.
The first round was dedicated to democracy and local elections for all age groups (questions were based on primary school social studies textbooks and the website elections.ee, according to the age of the students). They were given 45 minutes to complete the tasks. The ranking of the participants will be based on the results of the first round as well as on a summary of all four rounds. The format of the competition allows you to join any round or to participate in just a few of them.

In the first round, 4976 students participated, 1499 of them in grade 9. From TTRK (Tallinn Tõnismäe Reaalkooli), 11 students took part in the competition – eight sixth, one seventh and two eighth. 5. and 9th graders did not take part in Mammut.

TTRK’s best results were achieved by Yuri Pashkevich (6th grade, 1st place; 53 points out of 53 possible) and Ivan Sak (7th grade, 1st place; 56 points out of 57 possible). In their age groups, 1078 and 803 students participated respectively. Eva Saija (6th B) scored 52 out of 53 points – giving her 28th place. Three other sixth graders – Andrei Müttü, Patrik Latvietis and Veronika Maškova – scored 51 points, which corresponds to 76th place. Sixths Adrian Kornilov, Anissia Voskoboinikova and Maksim Lukinjuk also did very well, as did eighths Dmitry Titov and Vladislav Poplavny.

The second stage will take place from 1 to 7 December and will be open to pupils in grades 5 to 8.