And that's how we celebrated Thanksgiving!!!

WE HAD TECHNOLOGY AND ART





RECIPES




AND TALKS, OF COURSE

Bendinat will celebrate THANKSGIVING on November 28

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of Octoberin Canada. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions,

We will be celebrating it during the morning break of Thursday, November 28th. MUSIC, ART AND MORE... 

COME AND JOIN US IN THE HALLWAY!!!

Here is a video that explains all about it:

WHAT ABOUT GUY FAWKES? Learn about this popular British tradition

On 5th November every year, children in Britain get excited because it is Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes' Night). They lit bonfires and enjoy fireworks displays. On top of the fire there is a guy (a homemade model of a man, like a scarecrow).

They do these things because they're remembering when the King of England, James l, and the Houses of Parliament were nearly blown up with gunpowder 

Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London. 

If you want to learn more click here

TEACHERS: here is a video to introduce the topic in both the  English classes and those of Social Science in English:

And a few links to very interesting web pages with lots of activities for all levels

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/guy/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15351828

http://www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO1236.html

HALLOWEEN IS COMING ON OCTOBER 31st!!!

Halloween is celebrated on October 31st every year. The holiday began as a Celtic festival from Ireland called Samhain.  Halloween is traditionally a holiday that is meant to ward off evil spirits. During the time of the Celtic traditions, people would carve out scary faces and figures in giant turnips, place a candle inside, and set in their windows to scare away evil ghosts and enemies on Halloween. 

Click here if you want to learn more about the origin and meaning of the different activities related to Halloween!
And here you’ll find ideas for customes, crafts, recipes and games!

How do they celebrate it in the different countries? Ask your class mates born in other countries.

What about in the United States? Ask Jennifer, our language assistant.

WELCOME TO SCHOOL YEAR 2013-14

Here is an inspiring video clip both for teachers and students

Are you ready for a different, exciting year? WE ARE

 

We are celebrating the day of the book and our students  of 3rd, 4th  ESO and 1st Batx.have written short stories for this day

 Click here to read them

 

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CELEBRATING SANT JORDI

CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK

Amy Ní Cholgáin, our language assistant this year comes from Ireland. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and  its festivity is celebrated wherever the Irish people go. So, it is our turn this year.

Students from all grades have participated reseaching and writing about different aspects of the Irish culture. On March 19, Amy told us all about St. Patrick and Sinnead (2 BAT) and Tommy (4 ESO) Cormican delighted us with their music. It was really exciting!!!

RACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ASDICA

The foreign language teachers participate in the race for the benefit of ASDICA

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

CHRISTMAS CRACKERS!!

Christmas crackers or bon-bons are an integral part of Christmas celebrations in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. They are also popular in Ireland. A cracker consists of a cardboard tube wrapped in a brightly decorated twist of paper, making it resemble an oversized sweet-wrapper. The cracker is pulled by two people, and, much in the manner of a wishbone, the cracker splits unevenly. The split is accompanied by a small bang or snapping sound produced by the effect of friction on a chemically impregnated card strip (similar to that used in a cap gun).

Crackers are typically pulled at the Christmas dinner table or at parties. In one version of the cracker tradition, the person with the larger portion of cracker empties the contents from the tube and keeps them. In another each person will have their own cracker and will keep its contents regardless of whose end they were in. Typically these contents are a coloured paper hat or crown; a small toy, small plasticmodel or other trinket and a motto, a joke or piece of trivia on a small strip of paper.
Learn more....

AND NOW LET'S CRACK !

2012-13 syllabus

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Scary food, scary people.....

That's how we celebrated Halloween

European Day of Languages

On September 26th all European countries celebrate the European Day of Languages, that is why our students have taken part in a variety of activities that have made them aware of the richness of languages and cultures we have in our school.

We have chosen our favourite words in our mother tongues and have used them in sentences or verses so that  that we could all understand their true meaning.

We have also chosen the most multilingual classes in the school: in five of them  9 or more different languages were present.

The results of these activities are on display at the school entrance.  ENJOY THEM!