Postcards from Kazakhstan By Nikita Oscar Dariia Pureum

Postcards from Kazakhstan By Nikita, Oscar, Dariia, Pureum, Hye Rin, and Mrs. I AIS 2016 -2017

Table of Contents Location Astana Airport Almaty Mountains Chimbulak Charyn Canyon Sports Holidays Essentai Mall Mega Mall Famous People Food AIS My Home Commercials

September 8, 2016 Dear Oscar, How are you? I know that you are from France and I know that you lived in Kazakhstan for about one year. I want to tell you some facts about this beautiful country. There a lot of cities in Kazakhstan, but I think the main ones are Almaty and Astana. Almaty is bigger than Astana is a capital of Kazakhstan, and there is Bayterek that is a symbol of the country. There is also Han Shatyr, President’s House and many interesting buildings. Kazakhstsn has a lot of traditional food. My favorites are Baursaks and Kurt. I live in Almaty. There a lot of schools there. I just started studying in a very interesting school, Almaty International School. It has a lot of students from different countries. Your friend, Nikita

07 September 2016 Dear André, Hello! You are new to Kazakhstan, so I wanted to tell you some information about Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. There you will see the big Yurt. There are many shops and at the top there are some games. When I went there, I took an air plane. It took me one hour and a half. When I stayed there, I slept in the Rixos hotel. At night I went to eat on avenue with only restaurants and then, when I went back to the hotel, I saw Baiterek. Then I went back to Almaty. This is a great city to visit. Sincerely, Oscar

10. 09. 16 Dear Eva, I just came from Almaty airport. It is not so big for me but it’s comfortable. Almaty airport is one of the largest airports in Kazakhstan. There are some stores with different Kazakh stuff and duty frees. I bought some souvenirs for you. Your friend, Dariia

07 September 2016 Dear Daniel, Now that you live in Almaty, you need to know that Almata (Almaty) means the apple city. In Almaty, there is a market named Green Bazar where I go. There you can find everything you want like: vegetables, fruits, spices, and pencils. Every morning I pass next to the President Park and it is very beautiful. There are two big malls in Almaty: one is Essantai mall and the other one is Mega mall. I like to go there. If you would like we could go there together. Sincerely, Oscar

08. 09. 16 Dear Julia, Hi! I want to show you beautiful mountains in Almaty. The biggest mountain in Almaty is Peak Talgar. Alatau are very nice mountains. I can see them from my window at home. Kok-Tobe is right behind my house, we can visit it too. We can go to Chimbulak. There are more beautiful mountains there. I hope you will arrive to Almaty in the nearest future. See you soon, Dariia

07 September 2016 Dear Juliette, Now that you live in Almaty, you might know that there is a ski station in the mountains. There is a Paul bakery. There are blue ski tracks, green ski tracks, red ski tracks, and black ski tracks. Normally, I take blue and red tracks because they are not too hard. The peak is 3500 m high. And there is a middle altitude restaurant. If you would like, during the winter our families could meet there. Sincerely, Oscar

September 13, 2016 My dear grandparents, Hello, how are you doing? Aren’t you lonely? If you are lonely, visit my home in Kaz- akhstan. Then I’ll show you good places. And it is Charyn Canyon~. It takes us almost 4 hours to reach there from Almaty. On the way, we can see the villages. This canyon is like Grand Canyon in U. S. A. When we reach there, we see the valley. We can have lunch or dinner there. If we have lunch or dinner there, it would be delicious. When we get to Canyon, we can go under the Canyon, so we can see the Canyon from the bottom. Or we go to the top of the canyon to see the view. We can go by car into the canyon, but we should be careful not to fall down. Sincerely, Pureum P. S Be careful not to lose your way.

09. 16 Dear Aidan, Hello! I’m in Almaty right now. I know that you started to study skiing. There are so many mountains where you can ski. But we can go ice-skating, too; I know that you like it. My dad likes to snowboard, but I am scared of it. It is a really dangerous sport, I don’t like it. Come in summer too, there a lot of gyms with swimming pools. Good luck, Dariia

13 September Dear Pureum, How are you? You are from Korea right? It’s interesting. I want to tell you about it holidays in Almaty. Astana. First what you must know is that when is holidays it’s a lot of people in parks, Mega Malls and cinema’s. When I have holidays I go to play with my friends or I go to the mountains with my family. You can also go to a very big IMAX cinema. It’s very cool! If you go to Astana, you can go to a big “chupa chups” Baiterek or go to Han Shatyr! It’s beautiful! Your friend, Nikita-_-

September 13, 2016 My dear Korean friends, Hello guys, how are you doing? I am very good. Aren’t you guys missing me? I am sure at least one person misses me. Do you still like shopping? I do. There is a mall named Essentai Mall in Almaty. In there, you can play computer or videogames, watch movies, or you can do shopping. Also there are other things to do. There is a movie theater. It means you watch a movie~~. Most of them are in Russian, but some are in English. There are many shops. So you can buy things like clothes and bags. Next to it, there is an apartment building named Essentai Apartment. In front of it, they do a dance performance once a week. So if you like to dance, come!! Next to the apartment building, there is a hotel named Rit-Z Carlton. There are just five Starbucks coffee shops in Almaty. And there is one under the Rit-Z Carlton. But I know that you guys don’t like coffee. But if you are interested in any of those, come and visit me. And let’s have fun together!! Sincerely, Pureum

September 19, 2016 My dear friend Jae In, Hello, I’m going to tell you about Mega Mall. Mega is a big mall in Kazakhstan. I like to buy some snacks and nail polish there. But I don’t know if you don’t like it. There’s Happylon inside of Mega. We can play games or some activities there. Also there is a market, where we can buy food, fruit and some necessary stuff. But they cost is a little bit expensive. But there a lot of things to buy. Also there is a clothes store, so you can buy clothes there. There are three Megas in Almaty. I love Mega 1. Sincerely, Hyerin Lee

September 19, 2016 Dear Dasha, How are you? Do you know about famous people in Kazakhstan? NO…. For example about Abai? No…. . okay. Abai is a very famous person in Kazakhstan. He is a writer. And he wrote poems and books. One of his poems is “Summer”. In Almaty we have Abai street, Abai village, Abai theater…. Oh how much Abai! Your friend, Nikita-_-

September 19, 2016 My dear brother, Hey! Do you know national food in Kazakhstan? I really love baursak. Baursak looks like bread. Also it tastes a little bit of bread. And you know shashlick. It’s your favorite. It’s meat. It is made of lamb. It tastes wonderful, like you already know. Do you know Crudo restaurant? They sell meat or chicken or other food. We should try food there. It’s the yummiest place I know. Let’s go to the Crudo restaurant together. Sincerely , Hyerin

September 13, 2016 My dear cousin, Hello, are you doing good job? Do you want to go to school with me? I go to school in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This school is a little bit different form a regular school because it’s an international school! There are 4 QSI (Quality Schools International) schools in Kazakhstan. One of the school’s names is AIS (Almaty Inter- national School). There are many QSI schools around the world. Almaty International School takes the second place in how many students we have. AIS got almost 500 students! We speak English here. All our teachers and students are kind! We have many foreign friends. We have classes from three years old to high school. So come and let’s enjoy the school together. Sincerely, Pureum

September 19, 2016 My dear classmates and teacher, Hi, Do you know where I live? My house is in Tau Samal. I came to this house because It has two floors and a pretty backyard. My house is a semi-detached house. My friend Dai. Yeop lives next door. Sometimes I share food with them and sometimes we have a sleepover. My house looks like a table tennis court. My father likes to play table tennis, so he bought a table for tennis and put it on the floor. But it’s awesome because we can practice at home instead of paying money for the lesson! My mom, brother, and I live here. My father went to Aktau, so he doesn’t live here. But sometimes he comes back to Almaty because of some special days or some extra job. I want my father to come back soon. Love, Hyerin Lee

Intensive English Class Welcome to our wonderful I. E. class. You will have a lot of fun improving your English skills, for example doing some fun activities from which you get satisfaction and learn! Our class is always decorated with our projects and writing works to motivate you to study more. We also have our own I. E. website (https: //intensiveenglish 20162017. wordpress. com/readingwriting-cd/) where we do some grammar activities. As you walk into our class you may see a basket of books, those are reading level basket. Each level has it’s own color to see in what level you are. If you had done a project in class our teacher will hang it outside of the class so other people may see what you had done in I. E. class. Got stuck? Don’t worry our teacher (Ms. Issayeva) will always come and help you. The reason why I chose I. E. class is that I’m in I. E. and I really want others to learn English more so they can be more talkative to strangers. So, that’s why our I. E. teacher motivates you to learn English more, and I hope you will join us this year. By: Aruzhan

41. 66% of students like gym! Join our gym! Welcome to A. I. S gym! In the gym, many students practice their basketball during break time and lunch time. Also, many P. E. classes in the gym! There is a lot of happiness. Join our gym! By Jaewoo

Have you ever tried school food? It is very tasty and kids never complain about it. Cafeteria offers different food every day. It was cooked for students of AIS and teachers. Why do parents have to always cook food and then wash the containers everyday, after kids eats? So it’s better to eat in school cafeteria. Parents have to only pay for a lunch and their life would be way easier! Looking for an easy way? Just eat in AIS school cafeteria! By Arsen