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.

Le blog de français

Venez rendre visite au blog de français du collège, faites des commentaires et participez aux jeux!!

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.

Megan Lives! (In Africa)

Hello kids!  I've just received a letter from Megan (remember her?) and in it she sent me a link to her photo-blog.  You can see pictures of Africa!

-Michael

http://inthelandofteranga.blogspot.com

IN FAVOUR OF HARMONY AND PEACE

This is a prayer to support peace. Today is the date to commemorate the fight against the violence of gender.

candombe

Grabación del show candombe

THANKSGIVING DAY

Thanksgiving Day is a communal celebration meaning gratitude people feel for all the good things in life. This is done by offering prayers, gifting your near and dear ones.It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in the month of November and is America's preeminent day. The tradition of Thanksgiving continues till date in the form of family reunion and feasting, tradition of turkey, parades...

It has a very interesting history. Its origin being traced back to the 16th century when the first thanksgiving dinner is said to have taken place.The legendary pilgrims, crossed the Atlantic in the year 1620 in the Mayflower vessel. About 102 people traveled for nearly two months with extreme difficulty as they were kept in the cargo space of the sailing vessel. No one was allowed to go on the deck due to terrible storms. The pilgrims comforted themselves by singing Psalms and sacred songs.

But also, thanksgiving is a communal gesture celebrated all over the world based on the need to display gratitude through prayer, hymns and gift giving.United Nations decided the year 2000 as the 'International thanksgiving year' in order to celebrate the gift of life as the noblest expression of the human spirit.

Thanksgiving is essentially a harvest related festival. It celebrates communal harmony. Apart from America, a number of other countries celebrate harvest related festivals. They are observed with different names and in different seasons.

Here is a poem taken from the internet that will help you write your own ones in the wikispace.

T is for the trust the pilgrims had so many years ago

H is for the harvest the settlers learnt to grow

A is for America, the land in which we live

N is for nature and beauty which she gives

K is for kindness, gentle words, thoughtful deeds

S is for smiles, the sunshine everyone needs

G is for gratitude... our blessings big and small

I is for ideas, letting wisdom grow tall

V is for voices, singing, laughing, always caring

I is for Indians, who taught them about sharing

N is for neighbors, across the street, over the sea

G is for giving of myself to make a better me

by Judith.A. Lindberg