PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE DAY 30th January

Last week we worked on the topic of peace. Here you are the Knotted Gun at the Grounds of the United Nations in New York. Did you enjoy the game where you had to find the missing words (peacemaking terms) within a dove? I hope so. You have learnt new words to speak and write "peacefully".
What about the symbols and messages of peace in each group? Did you get an original one that can be easily associated with PEACE? Next tuesday, we will see. Remember that we have to keep them safe as a treasure in our "sea chest". You are pirates of peace now!!
In the meantime, I would like you to know more about the culture of peace as defined by UNESCO. "Peace can be at hand ;it is in our hands" Koïchiro Matsuura

After that, click on the wiki site to watch,read, listen to and work on the topic of peace.

Treasure Island

Soy Carmen, sí la profe de inglés aunque ahora escriba en nuestra lengua nativa por un momento. Sólo quiero presentaros este enlace para que sepáis algo más sobre los orígenes de la piratería y su dimensión literaria. En la literatura española hay muchos ejemplos donde los bucaneros o filibusteros eran protagonistas, José de Espronceda hizo famoso un cantar que todo/as hemos oído alguna vez: La Canción del pirata.

" Que es mi barco mi tesoro,

que es mi Dios la libertad;

mi ley la fuerza y el viento,

mi única patria la mar".

Now you are reading the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island . I hope you enjoy learning new words related to the pirate world here. Also you could make this quiz to check how much you know about the life of pirates, how they behaved and where they mainly sailed.

Then, you can go on practising vocabulary by listening to a song while reading the lyrics. Try the puzzle first and then sing along.

If you have finished, go to the readers site in our wikispace. Have fun with the video and listen to the story of a hidden treasure .

Hello!Here is an activity I want you to look at. Enjoy it.ANTONIA MONTES

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

Welcome to the New year !! Did you enjoy your holidays? It's time to be back but not sad at school. Remember we may have fun while learning English. I wish you all have good resolutions for 2009. Next wednesday 7th we will start by practising future time. You will state your desires and intentions, your promises, new projects... In the meantime, watch the video and guess who sings the song.

We will work on this topic in our wikispace where you can have more information and find the first task for a good start in 2009.

HAVE A GREAT TIME AT CHRISTMAS

We are on holiday now. Lessons have finished and you can enjoy your free time. However, if you want to learn more about Christmas traditions and have fun do this activity.

Do you know some of the words that we use to talk about Christmas in English speaking countries? You can review them by clicking here.
If you prefer to know how people celebrate Christmas all over the world, do this quiz.
Here you can read and listen to a story about Christmas Day.

MATHS IS HARMONY, ... SO IS PEACE

There will be PEACE if you subtract arms, add dialogue, divide conflicts and solve problems.
Maths is HARMONY, balance between equations, certainty of getting suitable results,...., so is Peace.

۞ Numbers which shouldn´t let us live in Peace:

A − 842 million people in the world suffer from hunger or starvation.
W − 35,000 people starve to death everyday.
F − 100 million people died because of wars in the last century.
U − 200 billion dollars were spent in 7 armed world conflicts in the 90s.
L − 2,000 people die or are victims of antipersonnel mines every month.
! − There are 20 active wars everyday in the world.

۞ MATHS stand for:

M → for mankind
A → for acceptance
T → for tolerance
H → for hope
S → for solidarity

WAR = 0 ↔ PEACE = INVERSE OF WAR = 1/0 = ∞

MATHS DOESN´T LIE & PEACE IS DESTROYED BY LIES. LET´S LEARN FROM MATHS !

CHRISTMAS / PEACE TIME

Let's sing the song by Lennon with the help of the lyrics.

TIME FOR CHRISTMAS

Christmas time is coming soon. Let's enjoy the song by Lennon and Yoko Ono.

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MEDIEVAL AGE

One of the students in our class, Celia, has asked me to set a link with this page so that we can learn more about the medieval time that you are studying in your History lessons.

I invite you to translate it into English. At least, a summary of what you have found in this site.