Grandparents say...

The 2012 is the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. We students of class II CDE we have dedicated a part of our school activities to discover how they  lived at the days of our grandfathers. This path began with the analysis and graphical representation of a popular song by Francesco Guccini "The old and the child." Then we asked to interview our grandparents, we have made ​​virtual visits to museums and historical homes and in the end we re-lived firsthand the lifestyles of our ancestors through the educational journey  to Montecorvino Pugliano

CRISTO DE LA HUMILDAD EL TOBOSO

     

The day 8th of June 2012, the Holidays of the Christ of the Humility were celebrated in El Toboso. This Holidays are very important for all the inhabitants of El Toboso.

It was very funny!!

Written by Daniela and Merche.

Earthquake in Italy

A powerful earthquake struck one of the most important regions of Italy, Emilia Romagna, causing deaths, injuries and destruction. According to scholars, this event has caused the uplifting of about 12 cm.

                                                              Parmigiano earthquake


To pay homage to the victims of the earthquake in our school, at the ring of bell, we observed several minutes of silence. From our region, voluntary associations have organized fundraising for the earthquake victims

Mother's day

On 13 May, 2012 it's Mother's day in Italy. To celebrate Mother's Day pupils of class II C- D- E have prepared this beautiful song  "Ninna nanna del chicco di cafè" (Lullaby of the grain of coffee) and a certificate to give to Mom

Ninna nanna del chicco di cafè

                                                   Certificate of Merit for Mom

Constitution Day in Poland

Contitution Day we celebrate on the third of May – that's because on 3rd May 1791 the first constitution in Poland and in Europe was signed by Stanislaw August Poniatowski the last king of Poland and Stanislaw Malachowski. The constitution was created for four years by Polish Parliament.

Every year in Poland we celebrate it as a very important patriotic festival. It's a bank holiday in Poland. On 2nd May we celebrate the Flag's Day. At school before these festivals an assembly takes place to remember our Polish May Festivals.

Kacper K. , class 6b, SP9 Dzierżoniów

April 25, 2012: Liberation Day

On Apr-25 in Italy is Liberation Day, we remember the anniversary of liberation from the Nazis and  Fascist. This event put an end to the tragic period of grief and ruins, giving begin the process of liberation of Italy. A few years later, from the ideas of democracy and freedom, is born the Italian Constitution. 
Inevitably our thoughts went to all those people  who still today suffer oppression, lack of freedom, the violation of their human and civil rights. We thought, therefore, to express our ideas making this video, that Is, this advance publicity. If you  agree with us express your ideas in the comments box below.

Giorgio Gaber- Bella ciao ( Hello beautiful )

Since 1946 on the occasion of Liberation Day in many Italian cities are organized demonstrations, marches and memorials in memory of the event.

A symbol of this day is the song  "Bella ciao" an Italian folk song, that became famous during the Resistance because it was ideally associated with the Italian partisan movement.

The Carnation Revolution – 25th April 1974 in Portugal

25th April is a holiday in Portugal, as in 1974 this was a very important day in the history of Portugal because there was a revolution that brought the government down in order to implant democracy. This revolution was led by military forces and it was received with great joy in the streets, because people had long hoped for freedom. So, this holiday is called “Freedom Day”. Carnations are seen in Portugal as a symbol of freedom because on this day a florist offered the soldiers red carnations. Other aspects are that radio was a very important media to organize and set up this revolution and that in Lisbon one of the military bulldozer stopped at a red light. April 25th was a turning point in Portugal as it brought many changes in the life of the Portuguese people, that’s why this revolution day will never be forgotten. The students of 7th C class EB nº2 da Lousã school

Easter in Italy

In Italy there are many tradition about Semana Santa and Easter. This is the way we celebrate Easter
PALM SUNDAY - blessed olive branches are brought into homes
 THURSDAY - Dinner with different herbs and vegetables, bread or pizza without salt
 HOLY FRIDAY - Friday is the holy day of fasting and abstinence (not eat meat) In many areas people visite tombs set in the churches. In some areas held sacred representation of the passion of Jesus, in others there are processions in honor of the Cross.
HOLY SATURDAY- are prepared-colored eggs, a symbol of resurrection, and other foods characteristic of the Passover.
 SUNDAY OF RESURRECTION- There is Easter Lunch with lamb, various herbs, dove, chocolate eggs or other typical sweet. About Easter traditions very interesting is the Report made by a pupil of II D. The delivery date by doing was:
 "With the help of your parents or your grandparents narrate other customs related to Easter Christian "My father said that when he was a child putted in a basket on the table eggs of all the colorie for a good omen. His mother made the dolls with biscuits and those were all covered with frosting and colorful candies. She prepared the Easter bread with fennel seed. She prepared the frisellini and many other specialties".

To commemorate Pope John Paul II

A tribute to a man beloved by both Catholics and the secular. In every country in the world, representatives of all religions have had a message of love and respect for a Pope that for his charisma will go down in history. Dominant has always been the wish of celebration, sounds of joy, which have gradually added spiritual elements. But every match is crucial in always been singing, understood as an essential moment of community. This song, re-arranged for the occasion, gathers feelings of those young people who, through their participation and their enthusiasm have touched the Pope and astounded the world.
                                                                                     by Coro Gospel- Politecnico di Milano

John Paul II, pope

On 2nd April in Poland we remember the anniversary of Polish pope's death. John Paul II died on 2nd April 2005 in Vatican. We hope you (the older ones) remember this wonderful pope and man. Polish students made a presentation about John Paul II.

John Paul II

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In our school we had an assembly with a play about Polish pope's life.

WELCOME SPRING, WELCOME SNOW

Olives with snow

Heavy snow in Castilla La Mancha

     On the 20th March Spring came. After a very  sunny, warm and dry winter, Spring came with heavy snow  and low temperatures to our region "Castilla La Mancha". Weather is crazy! Is it a consequence of the climate change? What do you think?

There is an important drought in Spain. So this snowfall has been very usefull and important for us. Now we hope rain falls from the sky this spring.

Celebrations in February

Last month we have celebrated Safer Internet Day, from the 7th to the 10th February our class organised sessions about Internet Safety for the other 7th grade students, we presented a small sketch and on February 10th there was a session for parents and teachers at our town library.
On February 14th we have also celebrated “Valentine’s Day” at our school. On this day messages were exchanged, flowers, candies, cupcakes and small gifts were sold. There was a small exhibition and decorations at the school library.

Patrícia and Gonçalo – 7th grade, class C
School: EB nº2 da Lousã (Portugal)

Safer Internet Day 2012

On 7th February we all celebrated SID 2012 (Safer Internet Day) and students had lessons about safe use of digital resourses: the Internet, games and mobiles. They wanted to talk about it as almost all of them have the Internet at home and their own mobiles. We also have art contest and some of the works you can see below. Do you celebrate SID in your schools?

PROJECT: THE SOLAR SYSTEM

El sistema solar 2

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The main aim of this project is to let our pupils to acquire a curiosity to learn and  understand easily the elements of our Solar System.
This project has been developed in the 1st cycle of Primary Education.


We learnt the names of the planets with this beautiful song.



Written by Mª Felix.
Slide share made by Ángel Carnicero.

The Concordia like the Titanic

On the evening of Saturday, January 14, 2012 a tragedy occurred along the coasts of the 'island of Giglio. The cruise ship "Concordia"  of the company Coast crashed into a rock. Began to bend to one side first, and then on 'other. It 's been given the alarm and the passengers were wearing a life jacket waiting for the arrival of relief for them to safety. Some are dead.

By Raffaele class V E

Justyna Kowalczyk won Tour de Ski

On Sunday, January 9th 2012 in Val di Fiemme in Italy a Polish cross-country skier Justyna Kowalczyk won Tour de Ski for the third time in her career.
Justyna Kowalczyk was born on January 19, 1983 in Limanowa in Poland. She won Cross Country World Cup three times in her in career. She was also chosen as the best sportsperson in Poland in 2009, 2010 and 2011 years. She is also the Olympic and world champion.
We are proud of her!!!
Kacper K. class, 6b, SP9 Dzierżoniów, Poland

The Colors of Christmas

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The live nativity scene

For Christmas is tradition in our country make a live nativity scene. To organize the elders of the town center, a group of elderly people that gets together and tries to keep alive ancient traditions and customs of the country