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April first!!

April Fools' Day, sometimes called All Fools' Day, is one of the most light-hearted days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new calendar.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian calendar) to replace the old Julian calendar. The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated on January 1st. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's day to January, 1st. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1st . Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe. Practices include sending someone on a "fool's errand," looking for things that don't exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things. The French call April 1st: Poisson d 'Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying: "Poisson d' Avril" when the prank is discovered.

April 1st is coming!!!! Let´s go for tricks and pranks..(Cláudia P)..

Hello, we are back!!

Cést la rentrée...

Salut!

Dear friends,

Welcome back to school!!

Boas entradas e bom trabalho!

bjs para todos!

Hello people!

Best regards from the hardworking bunch ( Cláudia, Lurdes and Manuela) who are still attending the Teacher Training Course "Teaching English as a second language".

Enjoy your "short" holidays and return with a smile in your face ( without a mask)

Kisses,

From the bunch above mentioned.

Para mim despedir não é fácil. Ajuda muito pensar que nesta vida itinerante de professor se poderá voltar um dia. Por outro lado, fica uma sensação de vazio, pois é começado um trabalho com tanta dedicação que nunca se tem a possibilidade de dar continuidade.
Não poderia deixar de dedicar uma palavra de admiração por todo o Departamento de Línguas, que tive o privilégio de fazer parte. Um grupo coeso, trabalhador, prático e objectivo. Força e ânimo para continuarem o vosso óptimo trabalho.
Agradeço com muita ternura a todos os colegas que me acolheram com carinho e respeito pelo meu trabalho. Aprendemos todos os dias uns com os outros. É nesta partilha que nos enriquecemos como seres com a responsabilidade acrescida de educadores de uma sociedade futura. Tarefa cada vez mais árdua, mas temos que acreditar que é e será possível.
Até sempre.
Dulce

Amanhã, não! Quarta-feira, às 15:30. See you later! Au revoir! Claudia

Reunião do Departamento

Amanhã há reunião. Bom trabalho, colegas!!

Bom travail, profs de Français!!

O grupo está de parabéns por ter levado alguns alunos ao exame... E com tão bons resultados. Salut, Mr Barrôso! À bientôt!

(Cláudia)

Uma Grande Equipa!!

Aqui está, colegas, uma equipa corajosa! Bem hajam!

Muito trabalho, muita dedicação e votos de grandes sucessos!

São os votos de todo o Departamento de Línguas.

Cláudia

Parabéns, Licínio Pires.

Autor de um discurso notável...histórico. Parabéns.

Cláudia

Kisses from,
Dulce

That was our idea, Claudia, Manuela and Lurdes!

HAPPY S.João, teachers!

S.João is a fabulous party

with fireworks, sardines and beer...

Children hammer... to be happy

Shall we go dancing, my dear?

Hello everybody!

Take a look at this slideshow and GET CURIOUS!
Summer holidays are very near and very much needed...
Take care,
Manuela Galante

Moodle in the Classroom

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HERE YOU HAVE IT !
Lurdes

All about us .... 8th B

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Hello,

Here I am sending you a Power point from my beloved pupils.( the pictures are still missing, unfortunately!)

I hope you enjoy it, later on... because there must have been a malfunction on the blogger and I didn´t manage it.... for now. I will try it later,ok?

Lurdes

A Mosk in Turkey

COMENIUS PROJECT "WIDE HORIZONS"

Take a look at the beautiful things we discovered in TURKEY!

ALAÇATI- the town of our partner school

SYRINCE - a typical mountain village nearby

Our project meeting at ALAÇATI

Our project meeting at ALAÇATI

The WINDSURF area in ILLYCA

A typical school desk at the PRIMARY SCHOOL

Some students at the PRIMARY school

A Postcard done by the turkish students for us to see - beautiful!


A turkish student welcoming the group into her classroom
Our partner school from ALAÇATI

A sample of the turkish food

The narrow streets in ALAÇATI

Hello everybody!
As you all know we are participating in a Comenius project
( www.comeniuswidehorizons.blogspot.com)

called "Wide Horizons", which includes 6 European countries and us.

This project will last till the end of next schoolyear ( 2009-2010)and you are all invited to participate with one of your classes, if you wish!
Next year, the theme will still have to do with traditions,tourism, culture BUT gastronomy will be added.

The 1st project meeting was held in Perafita ( in November 08) where the activities for this first year were planned. Then, we attended the 2nd meeting in Hania, Greece where some of the activities already finished were shown. We took the work done by the Primary school of Igreja, which is posted in the blog and also took the work done by the CEF students and EFA students, posted as well.

Last week, we arrived from the 3rd meeting in Alaçati, Çesme in Turkey. This meeting gave us the opportunity to show the work done by the CEF students on the topic "Tourism" (which is also posted on the blog) and compare it with the other partners`work who did the same.

This meeting also gave us the possibility to visit the Turkish school and understand its reality as well as get to know a bit about the Turkish lifestyle, traditions, gastronomy, religion and landscapes.

Keep in touch and next week you will have the chance to visit and enjoy the Comenius Exhibition we will set up at the school lobby.

Take care,

Manuela Galante

Dulce

Visita de João Hoffman à nossa escola

Foi um momento muito agradável na companhia do escritor João Hoffman. É com bastante facilidade que comunica com os alunos. Após uma entrevista previamente preparada, colocou os alunos de tal modo à vontade, que estes espontaneamente lhe colocaram perguntas bastante interessantes. Satisfizeram assim algumas curiosidades, uma vez que é um escritor bastante recente. Ganhou em 2008 o prémio literário Matilde Rosa Araújo, que distingue a primeira obra de um autor nacional no campo da literatura infanto-juvenil.
Lúcia, Manuela Sousa, Dulce

Convite

Com presença confirmada, 15 de Abril (quarta-feira) pelas 18 horas e 15 minutos, o escritor João Hoffman (literatura infanto-juvenil) visitará a nossa escola. A turma do 6º B irá entrevistá-lo. Conforme a vossa disponibilidade agradecemos a vossa presença.
Beijinhos
Dulce

Easter

Hello, mates!
I wish you nice meetings and... explendid holidays. After all we deserve them, don`t we?
Lurdes

Happy Easter, everybody!

Hi, Dulce. You really deserve a holliday. Nice work on this blog!
kisses, Cláudia

Best wishes.
Dulce

Spring is coming

Kisses
Dulce

Make every day the "Women´s day".
Kisses
Dulce

ST PATRICK`S DAY

Yes, St Patrick`s Day is coming - 17th MARCH -and so let me leave you with this class activity. I think students will enjoy it!
I`m going to try it!

St. Patrick's Pictionary Supplies:Chalkboard
Chalk
Eraser
Hat
Papers with St. Patrick's day objects written on them
Timer

How To Play:Put papers with St. Patrick's Day objects written on them into hat. Divide children into two groups. Flip a coin to see which team goes first. Invite a child from the playing team to approach the chalkboard, draw a slip of paper, and read it to themselves. On your mark, the child should then draw the object in hopes that his/her team members will guess the object on their paper. If the team guesses correctly, before time runs out, they score a point. If the playing team does not guess correctly the other team has five seconds to try to come up with the correct answer. If they guess correctly they score a point and it is their turn to play.

This game can be simplified for young players utilizing words such as: shamrock, gold, pot. Make more difficult for older players by using short phrases: lucky Irish, pot of gold, etc.

Have fun!
Manuela Galante

St Patrick´s day activities

Hello Cláudia!
Some interesting sites about St Patrick´s day and Irish culture. Can be taken from there some ideias.
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/st-patricks-day/
http://holidays.kaboose.com/saint-patricks-day/index.html
I also have a board game about this special day, with rules, questions and solutions if you want.

Kisses
Dulce