3. ESTONIA
Estonia is a democratic parliamentary republic
and is divided into fifteen counties. The capital
and largest city is Tallinn. With a population of
only 1.4 million, it is one of the least-populous
members of the European Union. The territory
of Estonia covers 45,227 km².
10. WITCH WELL
The Tuhala Witch Well in the Tuhala karst area is in
reality a karst spring that starts gushing forth during the
spring floods when the underground Tuhala River can
no longer carry on all the water quickly enough. The
well is only 2.5 m deep, but under pressure from the
river water it can spurt water up to half a metre. A
legend says that the Witch Well will boil when the
Tuhala witches are whisking. The former Tuhala parish
was popularly called the Witch parish.
13. ABOUT OURSCHOOL
4 classes:
• Year 1 - 11 children: 2 girls and 9 boys.
• Year 2 - 13 children: 3 girls and 10 boys.
• Year 3 - 14 children: 6 girls and 8 boys.
• Year 4 - 12 children: 9 girls and 3 boys.
There are 6 teachers at school and 8 teachers at
kindergarten.
15. OURSCHOOLDAY
Our schoolday starts at 8.15. The lessons are 45
minutes. After the third and fourth lesson we
have a 20minute break. The schoolday is over at
one o’clock. We have lunch at school.
We learn Estonian, English, maths, art, natural
science, crafts, P.E., music. The mothertongue of
our children is Estonian. We start learning
English in year 2
16. OURSCHOOLYEAR
• Our schoolyear starts on 1st September. We have
175 schooldays.
• Our schoolyear is over at the beginning of June.
• Our summer holidays are in June, July and August.
