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        " AMA Y HAZ LO QUE QUIERAS "

                                                 SAN AGUSTÍN
      
Respeta las historias de amor de los demás. El amor es caprichoso y empareja a personas que, a juicio de los demás, pero sobre todo de las malas lenguas, no están hechas la una para la otra. Ancianos con jovencitas, mujeres maduras con hombres jóvenes, ricos con pobres, blancos con negros, la lista de posibilidades es inmensa. Y hay que respetarlas, puesto que nunca sabes de quien te vas a enamorar.
Hoy tal vez sea tu vecino quien te haya sorprendido con una nueva pareja pero quizás mañana seas tú quien escenifique la escena de: "Adivina quien viene a cenar esta noche a casa". Por eso, !disfruta de tu amor y deja que el resto del mundo también lo haga!.
         

Inglés (4º), Inglés (5º),

 CARNIVAL IN THE UK

Carnival Tuesday is often characterized by masks, music and colourful floats on parade

for various festivities organized for the day. Trinkets are popular in some parts of the world,

while King Cakes symbolize the event in places such as New Orleans where Mardi Gras

is celebrated. Shrove Tuesday in the United Kingdom is commonly known as Pancake

Tuesday.

Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day is the last day before the period which Christians call Lent.

This day is one of the moveable feasts in the church calendar and is related to the date on

which Easter falls. Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date

varies from year to year and falls between 3 February and 9 March. In 2012, Pancake Day

falls on 21 February.

The forty days (not counting Sundays) before Easter is known as Lent. Lent begins the day

after Pancake Day. According to the Christian tradition, Lent commemorates the 40 days that 

Jesus spent in the wilderness so observant Christians marked this event by fasting. People

generally eat a lot and have fun the day before Lent begins. Shrove Tuesday is often referred

to as Pancake Day because fats, which were generally prohibited during Lent, had to be used

up. People would take eggs, fats and dairy products that they had left in their kitchens and

use them to make delicious pancakes. In the old days there were many foods that Christians

would not eat during Lent: such as meat and fish, fats, eggs, and milky foods. Nowadays

people don’t fast but try to give up something like chocolate, sweets or smoking.

In the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and several other countries around the world,

Pancake Day is celebrated with fun, games, and of course a lot of eating. However, the

most well known activity on this day is the Pancake Day race at Olney in Buckinghamshire,

England which has been held since 1445. According to tradition, a woman heard the shriving

bell being rang at the church but was still preparing her pancakes. The story says that as

she didn’t want to be late to church she ran there in her apron, still clutching her frying pan.

Little did she know that this would start a tradition that would be around for over 500 years!

The Olney pancake race is now world famous. Competitors have to be local housewives and

they must wear an apron and a hat or scarf. They must run a designated path with a frying

pan and end up at the church. Each woman has a frying pan containing a hot pancake and

she must toss it at least three times during the race. The first woman to complete the course

and arrive at the church, serve her pancake to the bell ringer, and be kissed by him, is the

winner. She also receives a prayer book from the vicar. The current record is 63 seconds set

in 1967.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT:

1. How long does Lent last for? Why?

2. What happens during Lent?

3. What other names can you find in the text that refer to Carnival?

4. If you gave up something for Lent, what would it be?

5. What is the meaning of the word “fast” in the text?

Inglés ( 4 años),

                 PROMOCIONAR  LA  PESERVERANCIA  EN  LOS 
 MÁS PEQUEÑOS.

La perseverancia es un valor que se puede trabajar tanto en la escuela como en casa. Es normal que, en ocasiones, los niños se frustren al no conseguir sus metas. Es importante que los adultos les ayuden a entender las ventajas de la paciencia y la perseverancia. Se les debe enseñar que, a veces, tendrán que trabajar y esperar para poder disfrutar de una recompensa o lograr sus objetivos. A través de la perseverancia, los niños apreden a confiar más en ellos mismos y les aporta estabilidad así como madurez emocional.

Algunas cosas que se pueden hacer para promover la perseverancia en los más pequeños son:

- Ser un buen modelo. Perder los nervios delante de los niños no sirve como buen ejemplo de mostrarles paciencia. Por ejemplo, cuando haya mucho tráfico.

- Convertir tareas complicadas en juegos. A modo de muestra: si la tarea en casa es limpiar las ventanas, ver quién puede hacerlo más rápido y mejor.

- Animarles con los estudios y haciendo los deberes.

- Enseñarles a jugar siguiendo unas reglas y saber tanto ganar como perder bien. Ya sea en juegos de mesa o deportes.

- Marcar metas alcanzables para los más pequeños y haciéndoles ver cuando las consiguen.

- Mostrar apoyo a nuestros hijos y enseñarles que pueden aprender de experiencias buenas y no tan buenas.

- Tener en cuenta los triunfos y dar la enhorabuena.

- Ayudarles a participar en tareas de equipo.

- Apoyarles para perder el miedo al fracaso y enseñarles a aprender de los errores.

Debemos tener en cuenta que ayudar a los más pequeños a ser más pacientes y perseverantes es ofrecerles claves para el éxito en el futuro.

Espero que estos consejos sean útiles. Suerte y ánimo inculcando estos valores en los hijos.

Plástica ( 6º), Plástica (5º),

       FEBRUARY  FESTIVAL: ARTS and CRAFT

Doing hands-on activities is something that young learners tend to enjoy. Festivals and holidays such as Valentine’s Day or Carnival can be great occasions to bring arts and crafts into English class. Check out these ideas and websites and let us know which ones work best with your pupils. If there are any other activities you tend to use, leave us a comment and let us know!

Enjoy this festive month!

Carnival

A Paper Plate Mask

Materials: paper plates, paint, tissue paper, scissors, glue, string.

Step 1: Cut out eyes and mouth on paper plate.

Step 2: Children decorate plate by colouring it, painting it and/or adding tissue paper hair.

Step 3: Punch holes for the string and try the mask on.

For more paper plate mask ideas go to: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/maskcrafts/

Party Masks

Materials: paper, glue or sticky tape, scissors.

You also need a mask template from:http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/doodledo/make/partymasks.shtml

Step 1: Print and colour one of the masks.

Step 2: Cut out a strip of paper to make a headband.

Step 3: Stick the mask to the headband.

Inglés (4º), Inglés (5º),

Páginas para aprender y pasarlo bien en inglés:http://recursoseducativosingles.blogspot.com.es

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     " Reprende al amigo en secreto y alábalo en público."

                                    LEONARDO DA VINCI

Delante de los demás, un amigo es siempre un amigo. El que una persona sea nuestra amiga no significa que comulguemos al cien por cien con lo que hace o dice. Algunas veces, algunos de sus comportamientos o comentarios pueden molestarnos o parecernos incorrectos. Tenemos el derecho a decírselo, pero discretamente, sin que nadie más tenga por qué enterarse. Delante de otras personas, un amigo siempre es amigo.

Inglés (4º), Inglés (5º),

                      VALENTINE´S DAY IN UNITED KINGDOM
People with romantic feelings for a particular person may send that person cards, gifts and text messages on Valentine's Day. Popular gifts include chocolates and flowers. Many are sent anonymously in the United Kingdom (UK).

What do people do?

Many people send Valentine's Day cards, gifts or text messages to their partner or somebody for whom they have romantic feelings. Cards and gifts are traditionally sent anonymously in the UK, even if they are from a partner or spouse. Popular Valentine's Day gifts include:

• Chocolates and other types of candy.
• Red roses or bunches of flowers.
• Champagne or other sparkling wines.
• Lingerie or other clothing.
• Electronic gadgets or accessories, including USB sticks and skins for laptops, net books and mobile phones.
• A surprise meal in a restaurant or night in a hotel.
• A short break in the United Kingdom or abroad.

Children, parents and other relatives send exchange Valentine's Day cards in some families. Groups of female friends may also send each other Valentine's Day cards. However, these customs are less common in the  the United Kingdom than in some other countries.Many couples try to eat a special meal with each other. They may do this in a restaurant, hotel room or at home. Some opt for food and drink with a romantic feel, such as oysters,chocolate fondue, strawberries and champagne. Others choose less formal, but easily prepared dishes.

Public life

February 14 is not a public holiday in the UK. Restaurants and hotels may be especially busy on the evening of Valentine's Day and weekends close to this date. People traveling in the UK may find it useful to make restaurant and hotel reservations in avance. Reservations for weddings at registry offices and in hotels and churches on February 14 may need to be made a year or more in advance.

Background

Valentine's Day has been celebrated in the UK for thousands of years. It probably originates from a pagan fertility festival in pre-Roman times. There was a Roman festival called Lupercalia in the middle of February to mark the start of spring. There were a range of fertility and marriage rites associated with Lupercalia. As Christianity spread across the Roman Empire, including much of the UK, this festival became a day of remembrance for St Valentine. Valentine's Day became increasingly commercial during the second half of the twentieth century. This continues in the 21st century.

Symbols

Valentine's Day symbols include red or pink hearts, red roses, teddy bears with roses or hearts and couples kissing or holding each other. These symbols are printed on cards, wrapping paper, lingerie and clothing and made of chocolate or other types of food.

Pictures or models of Cupid are also often displayed in the run up to and on Valentine's Day in the UK. Cupid is usually portrayed as a small winged figure with a bow and arrow. According to mythology, he uses his bow and arrow to strike romantic love into people's hearts.

 

Libros para don Invierno...,

La cocinera de Himmler de Franz-Olivier Giesbert, una mujer de 105 años que no cree más que en las fuerzas del amor, la risa y la venganza. Una cocinera superviviente al genocidio armenio, capaz de guisar para Himmler y de enfrentarse cara a cara con la Revolución cultural de Mao. una auténtica heroína a la que su mismo autor, el prestigioso francés Franz-Olivier Giesbert, admira y a cuyo servicio y el de su historia se ha puesto en cuerpo y alma. La cocinera de Himmler es una de las novelas más atractivas de este principio de 2014. Cuenta vida de Rose una joven armenia que tiene que huir de Turquía tras el genocidio de su pueblo. Tras llegar a los 105 años rememora   aquellos días y se digna a escribir la historia.

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" Y la vida es como la hacemos. Siempre lo ha sido y siempre lo será."
       
                     ABUELA  MOSES

Haz  de tu vida algo extraordinario. A veces, la vida te parece sosa. Un día más. Siempre lo mismo. Desearías que tu vida fuera tan interesante como la de esos actores y actrices de cine a los que admiras o los personajes famosos de la tela. las vidas extraordinarias no son siempre las de cara al público, la fama puede ser una prisión muy dura. En cambio, tú puedes hacer de tu vida algo extraordinario. está en tus manos disfrutar de tu familia y poner alegría y pasión en cada acto cotidiano. ¿Acaso no es extraordinario tener una casa y una familia? Para mucha gente en el mundo ambas cosas son extraordinarias. !Aprovéchalas!.