Our projects about Ireland. St Patrick..

 St. Patrick is near.
          Chic@s, pronto celebraremos St. Patrick (mira el calendario y sabrás cuántos días faltan), estos son algunos de los trabajos que estamos realizando en la sección bilingüe del cole.

 

                       

The story of St. Patrick

      Hoy nos hemos encontrado la siguiente historia en el correo del blog. 
       Hemos estado leyéndola un poquito para saber de qué iba. 
     Nos hemos sorprendido gratamente con el relato, pues la verdad, no conocíamos muy bien la historia de St. Patrick.
       Queremos  agradecerle a la persona que nos la ha mandado, aunque no sepamos de quién se trata.




    Los niños son curiosos, como su maestra, y les gustaría conocer más cosas, por ello yo iré publicando aquí los comentarios de los niños a esta entrada.

What your name? How old are you? You are boy or girl? en The story of St. Patrick

 by Adán   

I ask me if we can use this story to make a small book about St. Patrick.

by Teresa.

 

 The story of St. Patrick

      

     Many, years ago in the days of old, even older than Teresa, in a land far, far away from Spain the story begins which tells of the boy who becomes St .Patrick.

   
 He was not born in Ireland, which many people believe, including many Irish people. No, he was born in a country across the sea from Ireland called Wales. Wales is not far from Ireland which turned out to be rather unfortunate for young Maewyn Succat. Who is that? I hear you ask.  You see that was his name before he became Patrick, I am glad he changed it as St Maewyn Succat’s day is much harder to pronounce.  I am sure that young Maewyn had a normal childhood; perhaps he played football with his friends who also had silly names. Perhaps he used the Internet. Could he have had a Facebook page? Or, how about a mobile phone to text his friends? I wonder which TV programmes he preferred?  Well you see, electricity had not been invented in Maewyn’s time so he would not have had any of the things that young people today could not imagine living  without.  What kind of games do you think young Maewyn and his friends played so long ago? Anyway, back to the story. When Maewyn was sixteen years old a group of mad Irishmen raided his little Welsh village and captured him. Without even asking for permission, they bundled him on a boat back to Ireland to sell as a slave. He always wanted to go on a boat journey but not like this.  No more normal childhood for young Maewyn. He was sold to a Druid chief who had a large herd of pigs. Guess what his new job was to be? Yes, you guessed correctly; a pig farmer. Now life as a pig farmer was no picnic for the young man from wales. It was a very difficult and smelly job to do, perhaps at that time his name was changed to Smelly, we just don’t know. He ate, slept with and generally lived among the pigs and each night he would tell them the story of “The three little pigs”, how they loved that story.

   It was during his time in Ireland that Smelly, sorry, Maewyn became a Christian. One night he heard a voice in his dreams telling him to get an airplane back to his own country, but as airplanes were not yet invented he had to go by ship. He fled the coast of Ireland and found his way back home. After having the world’s longest shower he joined a monastery where he stayed for the next twelve years. It became his goal in life to convert the pagans of Ireland to Christianity. Perhaps he thought that this would put a stop to their pastime of kidnapping and selling young boys into slavery. It was at this time that he took the name Patrick. He became a bishop and went back to Ireland to pursue his destiny.  He was very good at his job as he helped many people to find God and leave their old pagan ways behind. He even went to visit his old slave master to show that he had no bad feelings towards him. Perhaps he also wanted to visit his old roommates the pigs, but alas, they had all been eaten. This upset Patrick because he was looking forward to a nice piece of ham. The story goes that his old master took all his valuables to his house and burned it down with himself still inside. Apparently, he did not want to face his former slave who had become famous.

  
 Many stories have been written about Patrick. He was not yet called St. Patrick, which would come much later.  It is said that he drove all the snakes out of Ireland, not in a car mind you because cars had not been invented yet either. This is not exactly true, at that time there were no snakes in Ireland. As the devil is often referred to as a snake, it is said that it was the devil he banished from Ireland. It is said also that he used the shamrock as a symbol of the Holy Trinity. That is why the shamrock is very famous in Ireland and people around the world associate it with Ireland.  But we do know that he built many churches and schools all over Ireland. He spent almost thirty years in Ireland teaching the pagans of that green land about the wonders of the Catholic religion. The Irish people never forgot about the boy who, in the twelfth century became a saint, taking the name St Patrick.

   

 St Patrick day was originally a religious holiday but these days it is a secular holiday. It is celebrated each year on March 17^th, which is the date on which he died. Ireland is not the only country to celebrate. Over the centuries many Irish people went to distant lands to find fame and fortune. With them they brought their culture and traditions. Today St. Patrick’s day is also enjoyed by both Catholics and non-Catholics. In my own little town, on the south coast of Ireland, we have a beautiful parade through our city streets.  Lots of children dress up as leprechauns and mini St Patricks. It is a day to remember all the good things about being Irish, a time to be proud of our history.

EXTREMADURA

CHILDREN,  THE WEEK WAS VERY HARD BUT VERY FUNNY, TOO.

On Wednesday, el tercer ciclo estuvo en Botoa y en Olivenza.

On Thursday, los dos sextos fueron diputados por unas horas. Visitamos la Asamblea de Extremadura.

and today, Friday hemos realizado la  celebración pedagógica referente a Extremadura.

Estoy  subiendo fotos a la página de "our photos"  y en cuanto estén los videos os los voy colocando  ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN,  AS USUAL.

 De momento disfrutar con este simpático vídeo.

Ireland. THE EMERALD ISLE.

 Ireland

The Emerald Isle

Ireland is an island country situated in the Northwest of Europe.

It has been a member of the European Union since 1973.

 

The population of the Republic of Ireland is 3,5 million, which is similar to the population of Los Angeles.

The Country

The country is divided into 4 provinces:

- Munster.

- Ulster.

- Leinster.

- Connacht.

It is then further divided into 32 counties: siix of Ulster´s counties are in Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Dublín

The capital city is Dublin, which has a population of over one million, almost 1/3 of the entire population.

Ireland´s Flag

The national flag is the tricolour of green, white and orange.


The green is  a symbol of the acient Irish ancestry.
The white simbolices the union of all in brotherhood and common  nationality.
The orange represents the new elements that joined us later in our history.

The Currency

The Irish currency was Irish Pound, but it completely  replaced on the 
1st  of January,
2012 for the Euro

National Emblem

The official emblem of Ireland is the harp. We are the only country in the world who use a musical instrument as its national emblem.


                   The Shamrock

The Shamrock is another recognised symbol of Ireland. The national airline, Aer  Lingus, used it as its emblem.

St. Patrick

St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and they celebrate him on 17th of March each year.


St. Patrick is said to have used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Blessed Trinity to the Pagan Irish in 432 A.D.

Language

Ireland has 2 official languages: English, which is spoken everywhere, and Irish which is generally confined to small areas of the West, Southwest, and Northwest as an everyday means of communication.


Slí Amach                    WAY OUT
ticcéid                         TICKETS                           Irish, however, is taught in all    
Bagaiste Treigthe        LEFTLUGGAGE                schools in the country                            Siopa                           SHOP                                  - both primary and secondary.

Ancient Past

 There were people in Ireland 9,000 years ago. 
The first farmers came in here about 3,700 B.C.
Ancient burial grounds are to be found right around the country. The most famous of these is Ate Newgrange in Co. Meath, which was constructed around 2500 B. C.

Every year, on the morning of the winter solstice, the rays of the rising sun passes through a 20 metres long passage and lights the inner chamber -an unbelievable feat of engineering and intelligence for such a long time ago.

Dunquaire Castle and St. Kevins

Norman castles and monastic ruins are to be found in many parts of the country.  

                           

                Tradicional Irish Folk Dance  

  

 

Ireland has a proud tradition in music and dancing. 

Irish dances are greatly admired by the people of the world                                                                    

                                                            Music

The traditional group, the Chieftains, have played  their music all over the world. 

 

We Can!

Children, very well done!

Chicos, como hemos visto  hoy en clase, no es tan difícil expresarnos en inglés.

Enhorabuena a todos los que  hacéis las frases en inglés sin miedo a equivocarse.

Hoy vamos a avanzar un poquito más:

    - Escribiremos frases donde aparezcan formas del verbo haber (hay, había). Tenéis todas las formas en la entrada de ayer ( 27 de febrero).

There is a........

There are.............

There was a........

There weren´t.............

There is not a ........

There are not...........

There was not a ...............

There weren´t...........

Is there a ......?

Are there...........?

Was there a .........?

Were there....?

      - Vamos a recordar también los números:

  30,781,001.-

890,001,010.-

           6,984.-

SOME EXERCISES (Adjectives)

 Recordaros que St. Patrick se va acercando. Meteros en la página  sobre St. Patrick que está en la cabecera.




We are going to do  some sentences  with the new vocabulary (adjectives)

- Blonde.

- Dark.

- Thin.

- Fat.

- Short.

- Tall.

- Interesting.

- Boring.

- Exciting.

- Frightening.

- Horrible.

- Great.

Write the numbers in English:

98,890,587.-

199,034,002.-

1,000,002.-

UN POQUITO DE GRAMÁTICA:

                                                                     HABER

               PRESENTE                                                                             PASADO

        SINGULAR                     PLURAL                                SINGULAR                       PLURAL

A.  There is a table              There are two tables              There was a table     There were two tables

N.  There is not a table       There are not two tables       There was not a        There were not two

                                                                                                 table                            tables.

I.  Is there a table?               Are there two tables?            Was there a table?     Were there two  

                                                                                                                                       tables?

                                                                                                                         

Good evening, my children! 
                           
          How are you? I´m fine although I´m a little tired.

    Os cuelgo los números. Mañana corregimos. Don´t worry and sleep well.

123,456,789 .- one hundred and twenty-three  million four hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

234,567,890.-  Two hundred and thirty-four million five hundred and sixty-seven thousand eigh hundred and ninety.

345,678,901.- Three hundred and forty-five million six hundred and seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and one

456,789,012.- Four hundred and fifty-six million seven hundred and eighty-nine thousand and twelve.

 

567,890,123.- Five hundred and sixty-seven million eight hundred and ninety thousand one hundred and twenty-three.

678,901,002 .- Six hundred and seventy-eight million nine hundred and one thousand and two.

I GOT IT! Carnaval 2012

Children!      

             I GOT IT!

IT  WASN´T  EASY, BUT YOU  CAN  FINALLY WATCH THE MOVIE ABOUT  OUR CARNIVAL

                                                             
Me ha costado un poquito, pero al  final lo he conseguido. Ahí tenéis la peli del Carnaval.

                                          ENJOY YOURSELF!

Un Carnaval muy deportista.

YO SOY ESPAÑOL.

 ¿A QUÉ QUIERES 

QUE TE GANE?

Este es el cartel que portaban la abanderadas del Cole: las seños Ester y Yanira.

Hemos querido rendir desde esta población española un homenaje al deporte y en especial a nuestros deportistas que  se esfuerzan y luchan a diario para ser los mejores del mundo sin violencia y sin necesidad de sustancias químicas.

Por un sólo día chicos no utilizaremos hoy en este blog otro idioma que no sea el español.

El collage es sólo un avance de la peli. Estad atentos y disfrutad del Carnaval.

OUR JOBS OF St. VALENTINE´S DAY

OUR JOBS OF ST. VALENTINE´S DAY

Así celebraron los peques del Cole St Valentine con su profe Isabel.