Welcome
I am Liivika Simmul, principal of the St John's School in Tallinn. I hope all is well with you and your loved ones. Even though Estonian students have been back in classrooms since the first week of September, we are very much aware that this is not what many schools all around the world can afford at the moment. We also realize that the situation in our country can change any day. Human contact that is so important for our school's approach would again be considered dangerous. But there is another way of staying connected that is always avaliable to us: to think of each other, to pray for each other and care about each other. We hope that you enjoy reading about our school and our activities in our first newsletter in English.
We are thinking about you, and are hoping and praying that you and your families stay well in these uncertain times.
Yes, it is carnival time: kids take on the roles of teachers and teachers are sipping tea in the school kitchen. Brought to life in Estonia already in the 1960s, Teacher’s Day continues to be celebrated (since 1994 in accordance with the UNESCO initiative) on 5 October.
It is early crisp autumn morning. The teenagers are still trying to galvanize their sleepy brains as the new Physics teacher walks in. The topic of today’s class is light. Do you know what the Spartan race runners and the refraction of light have in common? Who is this new teacher who has taken up teaching Physics in a small private school in Tallinn?
St John's School has embarked on the process of building its own school house which will open its doors to students, hopefully, in late 2021. The school will be built in the green area of Tallinn Nõmme on the plot of land purchased by the school in 2019.