Tallinn European School / Tallinna Euroopa Kool

🎈 Join Us in Celebrating Our Milestone! 🎈



We are filled with immense pride and joy as we mark a significant milestone in our journey. It's been an incredible ten years together. We invite all members of the TES community, past and present, to join us in celebrating this amazing 10-year journey. Share your favorite TES memories, photos, or messages below the video. 🤗

Let's fill this virtual space with the warmth that defines our school.💙

Tallinn European School - 10th anniversary

🇪🇺EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES🇪🇺

Join the celebration by playing the online guessing game!🥳

Tomorrow, people in Europe and around the world celebrate the European Day of Languages. 🇪🇺

Therefore our school, in cooperation with Vikerraadio and the Euroopa Komisjoni esindus Eestis, organized a language guessing game.

Our students read a section from Estonian writer Eno Raud's beloved book "Three Jolly Fellows" (original title "Naksitrallid") in 14 languages.

We invite you to listen to the link and guess the language! 😉
The answers can be sent until 15:00 on 26 September.

All the best!😊

"Three Jolly Fellows" quiz | Vikerraadio | ERR Vikerraadio, in cooperation with the European Commission Representation in Estonia and the Tallinn European School (TES), organizes a European language guessing game on its website.

Science Camp 🔎

This week, S5 went to Sarghaua near Pärnu for a biology & geographical field camp!

Students spent time studying fossils from around the Baltics, looked at mineral deposits from under microscopes and conducted small investigations into the local biodiversity. Students will spend some time finishing up their field notebooks and recounting what they learned!😉

🇲🇹🇪🇺Happy Independence Day, Malta! Awguri għal Jum l-Indipendenza!🇪🇺🇲🇹

Malta has gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 21 September 1964. Until it became a republic in 1974, the State of Malta retained Queen Elizabeth II has Queen of Malta. The Republic of Malta joined the EU on 1 May 2004 together with Estonia and 8 other countries.
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FR/ Malte a obtenu son indépendance vis-à-vis du Royaume-Uni le 21 septembre 1964. Avant que le pays ne devienne une république en 1974, la reine Élisabeth II est restée Reine de Malte. La République de Malte a rejoint l’Union européenne le 1er mai 2004, en même temps que l’Estonie et huit autres pays.

Exploring Kõnnujarv and Rabivere Raba🔎

🍀On Friday, the 1st of September, both S1 classes enjoyed their hiking trip to Kõnnujarv and Rabivere Raba.

🍀The students went there by train and did a nature bingo, and everyone got their feet wet going around the lake.
🍀They explored Estonian nature, had a picnic, and even went swimming.

Such outings provide not only educational value but also create lasting memories.😊

Inspiration Day for Secondary Classes

Today, we had an inspirational morning at TES. 😊
Our secondary students had Cyber Security, Bullying, and Mental Health workshops.

The morning was full of new learnings for our mental health and security. 😉

Welcome back to school!🥳

Today was a big day at TES.
We welcomed our students and families back to school.

The day was full of lots of joy and excitement. 🤩

We are ready to start the new academic year! 😉

Team building at Paunküla 🤩

Last week there were two days long team-building activity days for teachers and staff at Paunküla.

We started the day with several fun activities that focused on increasing the team spirit among the people.

Later we had a seminar where our colleagues shared their Erasmus+ experience.

The last two days helped us to share and learn from each other and it was a great opportunity to meet our new colleagues.😉

Today we welcomed back our amazing teachers and staff. 🥳

We are ready and excited to start the new school year!😉

A warm welcome back to our ever-growing TES Community. 🤗
We are looking forward to seeing our students on August 30, 2023.

📣WE ARE HIRING! 📣

Tallinn European School is hiring for the following positions: ⏬

📌Finantsspetsialist (due date 09.08.2023)

📌Science Teacher ( due date 09.08.2023)

📌Educational Support Coordinator ( Secondary cycle) (due date 09.08.2023)

For more information and application: https://tes.edu.ee/job-vacancies/

Tallinn European School – Job vacancies – We are hiring! Looking for an exciting job in the field of education? Check out our latest job vacancies and join our international team!

GRADUATION CEREMONY👨‍🎓👩‍🎓

We are sharing with you some special moments from the Secondary 7 Graduation Ceremony. 😊

We wish all graduates good luck with their new journey!

Photo credit: Fotograaf Mihkel Leis

Dear TES Community,

At TES we learn 11 different European languages to wish you:

🇬🇧Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (English)

🇩🇪Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr! (German)

🇫🇷Joyeux Noël et bonne année ! (French)

🇮🇹Auguri di buon Natale e felice Anno Nuovo! (Italian)

🇪🇸Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! (Spanish)

🇱🇹Linksmų Šv. Kalėdų ir laimingų Naujųjų metų! (Lithuanian)

🇭🇺Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket és boldog új évet! (Hungarian)

🇱🇻Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus un laimīgu Jauno gadu! (Latvian)

🇷🇴Crăciun Fericit și La Mulți Ani! (Romanian)

🇫🇮Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta! (Finnish)

🇪🇪Häid jõule ja head uut aastat! (Estonian)

🎉See you in January 2023!🎉

Audi vana-aasta jooks 🏃‍♀️
Audi New Year's charity running day🏃‍♂️

Last Saturday, TES was represented at Audi vana-aasta jooks (Audi New Year's charity running day) at the relay marathon by two teams - TES Sparks 1 and TES Sparks 2.

The runners had a nice time running and later also cheering the rest of the runners.

Thank you to the runners!
It was great fun!😉

🏆ACHIVEMENT 🏆

Dear TES Community,

We are proud to share with you pupil William Liiv from S2A who was nominated best of the year by the Estonian Yachting Union.

Bravo, William!

⏩For more information please check the link below.

Purjetamine tõi Eestisse sel aastal kõige rohkem tiitlivõistluste medaleid 11.12 kogunesid purjesportlased üle Eesti Tallinnasse, KUMUsse, et ühiselt tunnustada aasta parimaid ja seeläbi kuulutada 2022. aasta purjetamishooaeg lõppenuks.

❗️ATTENTION❗️

Dear Parents,

Due to the severe and worsening weather conditions, we have decided to close the school today at 13.30 in order to ensure the safety of our pupils and staff members.

Please kindly come and pick up your kids as soon as possible. All aftercare and extra-curricular activities are cancelled.

Pupils who usually leave on their own, are allowed to do that, unless you agree with them otherwise.

Pupils have the permission to use their phones for communicating with parents.

If you are unable to come and pick up your child by 13.30, then please inform the school.
Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
TES Management Team

🎊HOLIDAY CONCERTS🎊

Dear TES Community,

Winter is almost here, and it is time to celebrate the Holidays!❄️

We are happy to have you with us 14 and 15 of December in our Holiday Concerts. 😊

Our students prepared many different amazing performances and we are looking forward to present them to you. 😉

Please for the registration send an email to [email protected]

Happy Holidays!

Welcome our new Educational Support Coordinator for Primary and Nursery

Grethen Tiits

Grethen is excited to join the fantastic team at Tallinn European School as the Educational Support Coordinator for Nursery and Primary.

She has been passionate about inclusive education since she was in High School, when a close family member was found to be on the Autism Spectrum.

Grethen earned her BA in Special Education from the University of Tartu in 2014 and her MA (Cum Laude) in Special Education and Counselling from Tallinn University in 2016.

During her studies, she also joined the Erasmus+ Student Exchange Programme and studied Special Educational Needs and Inclusion at the University of Northampton in the UK for one academic year.

Most recently, she was the SEN Coordinator at the International School of Estonia for several years. She has also worked at Konstantin Päts’ Open-Air School, a local school for students with special educational needs, and as a special education specialist on a rehabilitation team at Fertilitas Private Clinic.

In her free time, Grethen enjoys expressing herself through music, which has been a part of her life for as long as she can remember. She has played the violin, bass guitar and piano and been a part of different choirs and vocal groups.

🇫🇮Happy Independency Day, Finland!🇫🇮

Did you know that? 🤔

🇫🇮Helsinki, Finland’s capital, ranks in the top 10 cities with the cleanest air in the world.

🇫🇮There are over 2 million saunas in Finland and 99% of Finns take a Sauna once a week or more.

🇫🇮Finland has been ranked for years among the 5 best countries in the world for its excellent education system.

🇫🇮With an average of 12 kg per year, Finnish people drink more coffee per person than anyone else in the world.

Dear TES Community,

We want to say our heartfelt thanks to you for your active participation at the 17th International Christmas Bazaar that was organized by International Women's Club of Tallinn/ Tallinna Rahvusvaheline Naisteklubi for charity purpose.

We are sending our special thanks to Ambassade de France en Estonie / Prantsuse Suursaatkond Eestis for their support to our community on this day.

In the below you can find some happy moments from the event. 😊

ART EXHIBITION

Check out our art exhibition at the front of the classrooms of P1AEN, P1BEN, P2AEN and P2BEN!🤩

🍄Pupils followed step by step instructions to draw a mushroom. After that, they let their imagination take flight. Then they colored in with color pencils and markers.

🧟‍♂️They enjoyed the challenging of writing their names and creating a mirror image of them. After that, the fun could begin by adding features like the eyes, nose, lips, hands, legs etc.

✂️ Then the pupils practiced their cutting skills to cut out their name monster. Finally, they glued it on a colorful background.

🏆Reward for good behaviors 🏆

Today P5B baked Finnish Pastry Stars!

This was their reward for filling our class marble jar because of good behaviors.👏

In addition to more traditional jam fillings, we chose to fill some with Nutella.

They were all delicious!😋

🇷🇴Happy Great Union Day, Romania! 🇷🇴

Did you know that?🤔

🇷🇴Romania is the first European city to have electric street lights.

🇷🇴Palatul Parlamentului is the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon.

🇷🇴The tallest wooden church in the world is in Romania.

✨It is the most beautiful time of the year! ✨

🎊Christmas tree decoration time has arrived.🎊

Today S3 students decorated TES Christmas tree.🎄

We want to say our special thanks to TES Parent Council for organizing the tree for us. ❤️

Science Fair 👩‍🔬

This Friday TES' second science fair went live! 🤩

🧪We had over 30 participants across nursery, primary, and secondary show off their scientific & investigative skills.

🧪Their work & presentations were discussed and judged by several secondary science students, who spent lots of time deliberating over the winners!

🏆It has been a success this year, and we look forward to the next science fair, please do join us in 2023!

Dear TES Community,

🎄This became already a tradition for us to attend at International Christmas Bazaar every year.

✨This year also TES will be part of the 17th International Christmas Bazaar and we are excited to invite you to join to us on this magical day!

✨This is a charity event, and all money will be donated to support Estonian organizations supporting women and children.

💌If you want to show a contribution and to bring some drinks, sweets, or items to sell in the event please send an email to [email protected] by 30 November.

Let's make this Christmas amazing together! ❤️

For more information:https://www.facebook.com/events/524313125696108

🎄REFLECTOR TREE🎄

Let's stay visible!🌟

❄️For the past two weeks, the Primary Student Council has collected reflectors from the community members. Together, we collected more than 80 reflectors that were hung on a special tree in the lobby.

❄️Wearing a reflector is mandatory in Estonia in winter, so students who lose or forget their reflectors can take one from the tree to make sure they are safe and visible when heading home.

❄️You're still welcomed to bring in new reflectors or to return the ones you no longer need to keep the project going.

Thank you very much, Ms. Katy Young for finding us such a unique driftwood tree for this project!🤗

ECO COMMITTIE

🍀Everyone can save nature.🍀

🌳Last week Secondary 2 were learning to speak about the environment and how we can contribute to its protection.

🌳They wrote some ideas how everyone can save the nature and, also, how they and their families contribute to it in their every day’s life.

🌍Eco Committee is a group of students, teachers, and parents who want to help nature and the planet. We’re in charge of implementing the Eco Schools Global program at TES. We want to have a positive impact on the environment.

Welcome our new Art Teacher

Liia Reinväli

Liia had graduated from Tallinn University with a master’s degree in Art Education. In addition, she further studied at the South Bank Institute of Technology in Brisbane. This gives her great satisfaction to mentor and the development of students.

She has an excellent ability to interact with a wide range of audiences. She has lived and worked in Australia for the past 14 years.

Most of that time, she focused on teaching art in various art institutions.

Liia likes to paint, dance, kayak, and play chess in her free time.

International Meal 🍽

As their reward for filling the Marble Jar and good behavior, P4 had an International Meal at lunch in their classroom. 😉

They brought food from their own country for their classmates to sample. 😋

🇱🇻Happy Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia! 🇱🇻

Did you know that?

🇱🇻The Latvian Flag Is One Of The Oldest In The World

🇱🇻Latvia is home of the first Christmas tree.

🇱🇻Denim Jeans Were Invented By A Latvian in 1871.

FIELD TRIP

🛴S6 (combined with some S4&5) had a visit to Äike, a subsidiary of Comodule, to see how electric scooters are manufactured in Tallinn.

🛴Äike manufactures and operates a fleet of scooters under the brand name Tuul.

🛴At the facility we had the opportunity to see their whole manufacturing line and got to tour each assembly stage up until the product development area where we were also able to see the next generation scooters prototype.

🛴The visit ended with a test ride on some scooters from Tuul’s fleet.

NURSERY ART PROJECT 🧑‍🎨

🐬Dazzling Dolphins (N0ENA) made a super fun and exciting 2 days long art project by experiencing real-size bodies.

🐬Teachers helped to draw the children's bodies until the hips and children drew their faces and hair and coloured their bodies the way they liked it.

We are proud of the outcome.😊

Welcome our new History-Economics Teacher in French

Mathieu Boulanger

A newcomer from France to Estonia and TES, Mathieu is ready for a new and productive adventure!

He did his bachelor’s degree in History, specialized in contemporary history, from the University of Rouen, Normandy in France. He is holding a
master’s degree diploma in teaching History and Geography from the University of Rouen, Normandy in France.

During his Master studies, in his first year Mathieu got opportunity to study in Archeology within the Erasmus program from the Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and in international relationships and political sciences from the Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

He has taught History and Geography in secondary schools in France and worked as a customer service agent in Romania for three years.

Mathieu likes cooking French traditional recipes, travelling to enjoy the beauty of the world, playing music with his childhood friends, reading history books, enjoying Estonian sauna and making memories with his family.

CAREER DAY FOR S5-S7👩‍💼

Today we had a Career Day for S5-S7 students at TES.

📍The focus of the Career Day is to learn more about applying to and studying at universities.

📍The first part of the day was dedicated to alumni sharing their experiences, then Tiina Mäkelä spoke about studying in Europe and David McGregor introduced the UCAS system.

📍During the morning break the students signed up for two different workshops which were provided by guests from Tallinn Tallinn University, Tartu University, Taltech and Education USA.

Thank you for everyone for their active participation.

🎭TES CARNIVAL🎭

Last Friday was a very special day at TES.🤩

Our community all together celebrated TES Carnival.🥳

The students and teachers decorated the school and wore fun carnival costumes.🎊

Thank you for everyone for organizing the day.😊

Below you can find some photos from the Carnival.

CONNECTIONS

In the first Term S7 art pupils worked on a Sculpture Project made of plaster on the topic "Connections".

They designed and created their own visions. Starting by sketching, making a small model and finally the full scale sculpture.

On the way they learned about materials and language of sculpture. The topic "Connections" led them to explore different sub-topics like Connection to nature, to other human beings, to social media, to space and time…

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

🇵🇱POLAND🇵🇱🇵

Did you know that?

📍Europe’s heaviest animals live in Poland.

📍University is free in Poland for Polish citizens.

📍In Poland, everyone has a special holiday for their name.

🇨🇿Happy Czech Republic Independence Day! 🇨🇿

Today Czech Republic is celebrating its Independency Day.

Do you know that?

🤍The Czech Republic ranks as the seventh safest country to live in the world.

💙The world-famous Škoda Auto is based in the Czech Republic.

❤️Soft contact lenses were invented by a Czech chemist.

🍂AUTUMN BREAK 🍂

Dear TES Community,

The school building will be closed due to the Autumn Break from 22 October, Saturday to 30 October, Sunday.

During this time if you have any questions please send email to [email protected].

We wish all of you a wonderful Autumn Break!😊