By Misaki and Ayane
ESS Club is the eEnglish Speaking Societyf. We meet twice a week after school. There are 8 members and the ALT teacher. If you are not a member, but you do a speech contest, you become an ehonorary memberf. We also have 3 honorary members.
At ESS, we do many things, for example, speech contests, watch films, play games, do events or just talk. ESS club is like one big family \ we love it!
What films have we watched?
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Matilda (1996)
- High School Musical (2006)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- Elf (2003)
- Mr Bean TV Series
What games do we play?
- Word Chain
- Unrelated Word
- 10 Mistakes
- Pictionary
- The List Game
- Secret Story
Speech Contests
By Rie
- Speech contest season is usually from August to October.
- First, we apply for the contest.
- Next, we decide the topic and write the speech in Japanese.
- Then, we translate it into English by ourselves.
- Next, we hand it in to an English teacher or the ALT teacher.
- The speech is checked, and then we start to practise it.
- Before the day, practice is hard but after you have given the speech, you feel a sense of achievement.
Speech Contest Topics
Some topics which were used this year:
- Have Consideration ? about the differences between the UK and Japan regarding disabled facilities.
- Making Memories ? about travel photography.
- Decisions, Decisions ? about deciding what to do after high school.
- What I Have to Do Now ? about international understanding.
ESS Christmas Event
By Gemma (British ALT)
On 15th December 2010, ESS held its Christmas event. We made Christmas Scottish shortbread together! :-)
Shortbread is very simple to make. Here is the recipe:
125g butter
55g sugar
180g plain flour
1. Heat the oven to 190 degrees/Gas Mark 5.
2. Beat the butter and sugar together. Add the flour and mix.
3. Make a dough which is 1cm thick and roll it.
4. Cut some shapes with cookie cutters.
5. Bake for 10-15 minutes. For thin biscuits, 5 minutes is enough.
6. Decorate with coloured icing and silver sugar balls.
Try it yourself at home! Here are some photos from our event:
ESS(Japanese Page)bGraduationb
