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Easter fortune teller.

Hello everyone,
Have you ever made a fortune teller or a cootie catcher? Today we are going to make some  for Easter. We need a piece of paper in the shape of a square.
We'll add some pictures when students make them.
These are students' tellers.

                                                                     











Here you can get all the information and find the templates to make the fortune teller.
Origami Fortune teller.

Lucía M., shows us how to make an origami fortune teller. Watch this video and learn.


Here you can watch how to play with it.


Have you ever played this game? Is it funny? Do you like origami? What else can you make?

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Happy Easter. Story and games. Part I.

Hello everyone,
A lot of people are celebrating Easter holidays during this week in different parts. 

Read this if you want to find out a little more about this celebration.

What does Easter mean?
Easter is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival, the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ.

What is the Easter story?
Easter is the story of Jesus' last days in Jerusalem before his deathThe Easter story includes Maundy Thursday , Good Friday  and Easter Day.

Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday  commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. It is the beginning of the three day celebration of Easter. Maundy Thursday 2015 falls on 2 April.

















Last Supper

Good Friday Christians remember the day when Jesus was crucified on a cross. Some Christians fast  on Good Friday. This helps them remember the sacrifice Jesus made for them on the day of crucifixion. Some Christians take part in a procession, carrying a cross through the streets and then into church.














It is traditional to eat warm 'hot cross buns' on Good Friday. Hot Cross Buns with their combination of spicy, sweet and fruity flavours.














Why do we eat Hot Cross Buns?

The pastry cross on top of the buns symbolizess and reminds Christians of the cross.

People ate the buns at breakfast time, hot from the oven. Street vendors sang a little song about them.

"Hot cross buns, Hot cross buns,
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns."


Easter Day or Easter Sunday Christians gather together on Easter Sunday for a Sunrise Service. This service takes place on a hill side so everyone can see the sun rise. The traditional Easter gift is a chocolate egg. The first eggs were bird eggs. The custom of giving eggs at Easter celebrates new life.















Parents give chocolate eggs decorated in bright colours to children.
















Here you can see some customs involving eggs:
- Egg rolling :  Egg rolling is very popular in England and is an Easter Monday sport. Hard-boiled eggs are rolled down a hill.

- Egg jarping.

- Easter egg hunts.
1. Play the game
2. Egg hunt
3. Easter bunny differences.
4. Easter word hunt.
5. Easter sudoku


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Give a little bit: Supertramp.

Hello everyone,

This week has been really hard and sad due to the plane which crashed in the French Alps.
Two years ago, there was a terrible accident near Santiago de Compostela. That fateful evening the train was near the station, but it derailed at high speed on a bend on the outskirts of the city.
Many neighbors from Angrois, the neighborhood where the train derailed  went down to help and pull people from the trains until medics arrived. They could save a lot of people.












Angrois, Galicia, Spain.

Seyne-les-Alpes is a village near the site where the plane crashed and neighbors were shocked and troubled. Villagers in the valley have offered beds for the families and other kind of help.












Both Spanish and French neighbors deserve my praise and feel confidence in the kindness of the human being.

"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness", Seneca said.

They gave too much. What about if all of us give just a little bit? That is the message Roger Hodgson sends us with his song "Give a little bit". These are his words:

""Give a Little Bit has a wonderful message that makes people light up and I get them to sing with me. It really has a message that is very eternal and is needed even more today than it was when I wrote it when I was 19. The song is very simple but yet very powerful.
It's all about reaching out and giving and caring."






Have a really nice weekend!

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Biblioburro/ Donkey library.


Biblioburro.
Luis Soriano uses two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, to carry  and distribute books for children in La Gloria, Colombia because they live in the mountains and they can't read. Luis is a teacher and he helps children to read and write.

Watch this fantastic video (Spanish)


English video.


After watching this, we must think how lucky we are as we have got a lof of possibilities to get knowledge.

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Classroom library: reading club.

Hello everyone,
Do you like reading? What type of books do you like reading? This is a picture of some books and magazines you can find in the ICT room. All the books are sorted by levels because it's important to be aware of your level before reading, otherwise you can feel insecure. It's also decisive to make good reading choices. You can browse before choosing the right book.





















Here you can check the list of books. When you read them, think about the categories we can use to classify these books: adventures, Classic tales, History, mythological, suspense, science fiction,...

Moreover, you can check your mail because I have shared this list with you. All the students have got edit permission so you can add information about the books and share it, recommend, ...
List of books.

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Airbus crashed in France.

Hi everyone,
Today is a really sad day for everyone because a plane carrying 150 people in the French Alps. It went from Barcelona to Duesseldorf.
All the passengers and the crew are believed dead, no survivals officials say. The news shocked everybody here this morning.
Spain's King Felipe VI has cancelled his state visit to France and has returned to Spain.
The crash has plunged everybody into deep mourning.















Telegraph.co.uk


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15. News from last weekend

Hello everybody
Do you want to know the most important news from last weekend?
Watch this programme in which María, Alejandro and Adrián will keep you update every week.





Did you watch the football match? Where did you watch it?

Read all the pieces of news here. News from last weekend.

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Football: Quarter-Final Draw

Hi everyone,


The Quarter-Final Draw is being celebrated now. Do you like football? What team do you support?
At. Madrid will play Vs. R. Madrid  They meet again in quarter-final. It's a repat of last year's final in Lisbon in which Madrid beat Atlético 4-1. Ramos headed a vital goal near the end of the match.

Paris and Barcelona met in the season's group stage. Paris won 2-1 at the Parce of princes but they lost 3-1 at Camp Nou.














marca.com

Matches

Atlético Madrid Vs. Real Madrid
Barça Vs. PSG.
Porto Vs. Bayern
Juventus Vs Monaco

Do you know where all these teams come from? Who are the most important players?













Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will play quarterfinal tied on 75 goals each. Who will score more goals?





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Bunuelous made with pumpkin

Hi again,
Look at this picture.

















These are bunuelous (buñuelos) and I had some of them this morning for breakfast. They were delicious. I am a regular customer in a cafê near my place and they make them once a year, on Saint Joseph's day.

Watch this video (spanish explanation) if you want to learn how to make them.


 My granny made them similar to this recipe, but I'm afraid she didn't use soda water. Her main ingredients were: eggs, sugar, pumpkin, salt, orange shin grated and powder.

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Father's day in Spain and "Falles" in Valencia.

Hi everyone,
Today is Father's Day in Spain and it has got special relevance in the Valencian Community as Saint Joseph is Patron of the capital, Valencia.  Saint Joseph is also the patron saint of carpenters.























This city also celebrates its "Falles" in commemoration of the Patron. The term "Falles" refers to both the celebration and the monuments created.






















This monument is called "Falla". Each "Falla" has got different "Ninots" (puppets) and some of them are over 30 m. high. They in some way satirise  a political figure, a soap star, sports idols,...

"Falles" will be burnt tonight at midnight in Valencia.

Watch this video about the Fallas festival.

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News from last weekend. Programme 14.

Hello everybody,
Here you can watch the most important news from last weekend.



Play the game. Can you order these sentences. Check your anwers if you need them after reading.

Sentences and game.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

Hello everybody,
Happy Saint Patrick's Day.

Let's learn new vocabulary related to this celebration.





Saint Patrick is most famous patron saint of Ireland. He was a bishop a he brought Christianity to Ireland. Irish people around the world celebrate Saint Patrick's Day, the 17th March.






















People wear the colours of the Irish flag: green, white and orange. A lot of people usually wear shamrocks. It is said that Saint Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to Irish pagans.















Saint Patrick's Day is a bank holiday in Ireland. There is a big festival in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, to mark this day. There's also a large parade in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Other cities also organise big events to celebrate this day. This is Chicago river.
This is "How St. Patrich's Day was made in America".


















After reading this information. Do you want to play Kahoot?

Patrick's Day Kahoot.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

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Children react to old cameras

Hello everybody,
This is one of my favourite TV programmes. I like to see how children react when they see "old" devices which were all the rage when I was a child. I hope you like this.




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Nouns: Singular and plural.

Hello everybody, We are studying countable and uncountable nouns. As you know, countable nouns can be singular and plural. Here you can see the main rules to form the plural.




Practise the rules you have learnt:

Singular and plural

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How to make a Pancake by Antonio, Álvaro and Carlos.

Hello everyone,
Antonio, Carlos and Álvaro, year 5 students, have made some pancakes and they have created this video. They  work very well in the kitchen and their pancakes were delicious.
Here you can watch how to make a pancake. Fantastic job, boys. Congratulations.


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Food activities.

Hello everyone,
Let's revise some food vocabulary playing these funny games. Enjoy them.

1. Catapults

2. Memory game

3. Crocodile board game

4. Drink memory game

5. Food classification

6. Expressions of quantity.

Extension

Pick Chow game

Fruit Frenzy

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News from last weekend. Programme 13.

Hello everybody,
Here you can watch the most important pieces of news from last weekend. Our journalists, María, Adrián and Alejandro, tell us them. Click here if you want to read them. Thanks a lot for the information.
Did you do anything similar?




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Stop phubbing.

Hello everybody,
Do you know the meaning of #phubbing? It is the act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention.

The campaign stop phubbing is rife to the world. Is #phubbing business getting out of hands?
We must do something now.




Remember that communication face to face is more important than via text.




Dolors Reig talks about family and TIC.



This video short is about technology and relationships.
Remember that it can be rude to use the mobile phone at the table or when other people are around.

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Lantern festival

Hello everybody,

The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, and traditionally ends the Chinese New Year period. In 2015 it falls on March 5. There is no public holiday for this festival.

There is a street parade and a dragon dance in the evening. Firecrackers are set off, and children carry paper lanterns into the street and eat sweet glutinous rice balls called yuanxiao.
















How Do Chinese Celebrate the Lantern Festival?
People get together on the night of the Lantern Festival to celebrate with different activities.
Lantern Festival customs and activities vary regionally, including lighting and enjoying lanterns, appreciating the bright full moon, setting off fireworks, guessing riddles written on lanterns, eating tangyuan, lion dances, dragon dances, and walking on stilts.
The most important and prevalent customs are enjoying lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, eating tangyuan, and lion dances.






































Part of this information was taken from: China highlights

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News from last weekend: programme 12.

Hello everybody.
María, Adrián and Alejandro tell us the most important news from last weekend.

Click here if you want to read the news.



Can you classify the verbs into regular and irregular ones?

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Chinese Dragon. Stories.

Hello everyone,
There are twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac but there is only one which is imaginary: the dragon.
Chinese people think they are descendents of the dragon (it is a belief) and you can see this across some aspects of the Chinese society and in the minds of its people. The dragon is a symbol of high esteem for its dignity and power for goodness.

There are different type of dragons according to colour. They may be white, red, blue, black and yellow.


















The yellow one was the most venerated because the emperor had a gown decorated with a yellow dragon pattern.























In spite of the fact there are different kind of dragons, most of them are quite similar and it is a combination of different animals.
It has got a prominent forehead indicating wisdom  and horns symbolizing longevity. Its ox's ears show success. It also has tiger's eyes denoting power and eagle's claws showing bravery. Its fish's tail is a sign of flexibility. Finally the horse's teeth is an indication of intelligence.

The most spectacular way of showing affection for the dragon is the dragon dance. It happens from the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) until the Lantern Festival.

Listen to these stories:
The four dragons.

The great race

Parts of the dragon.

Chinese Year of the dragon.

Which Chinese Zodiac animal do you like?

You can get more information here:
Travel China Guide

Now you can play the game Spot the dragon.

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