Repasamos Europa

Europa

1.- Relieve

      A.- Llanura Central

           En el centro y oeste del continente.

           Hay macizos de escasa altitud en algunas zonas. Por ejemplo, el Macizo Central francés.

     B.- Sistemas montañosos

          En el sur, bordean el mar Mediterráneo y tienen montañas elevadas. Por ejemplo, los Alpes.

           En el norte, tienen montañas más bajas. Por ejemplo, los Montes Escandinavos.

     C.-Relieve costero

          * Penínsulas. Por ejemplo, Escandinava, Jutlandia, Ibérica, Itálica y Balcánica.

          * Golfos. Por ejemplo, de Vizcaya, Génova, Finlandia y Botnia.

          * Cabos. Por ejemplo, Fisterra, Norte, Matapán.

          *Estrechos. Por ejemplo, de Gibraltar, Bósforo, Canal de la Mancha.

          *Islas. Por ejemplo, Islandia, Gran Bretaña, Irlanda, Malta, Chipre.

2.- Ríos

    - Vertiente ártica: los ríos tienen abundante caudal, pero permanecen helados durante el invierno.

                               Por ejemplo,

                                 Dvina Septentrional y Pechora.

     - Vertiente atlántica: los ríos son muy caudalosos. Por ejemplo, Dvina Occidental, Vístula,

                                     Oder, Elba, Rin, Sena,

                                 Loira, Tajo.

     -Vertiente mediterránea: los ríos son irregulares y de escaso caudal. Por ejemplo, Ebro,

                                           Ródano, Po.

     -Vertiente del mar Caspio: los ríos son largos. Por ejemplo, Volga, Ural. Vertiente del mar

                                               Negro: los ríos son muy largos. Por ejemplo, Don, Dniéper,

                                               Dníester, Danubio.

3.- Lagos: son muy numerosos en todo el continente. Por ejemplo, Ladoga y Onega.

4.- Climas

     4.1.-Mediterráneo

           Propio del sur de Europa.

                 Inviernos suaves y veranos calurosos.

                Precipitaciones escasas e irregulares

     4.2.-continental 

           Propio del centro y el este de Europa.

          Inviernos fríos y veranos calurosos.

          Precipitaciones escasas. En invierno, pueden caer en forma de nieve.    

    4.3.- Oceánico

             Propio del oeste de Europa.

             Inviernos y veranos suaves.

             Precipitaciones abundantes todo el año.

St. Patrick in the school.

These are some of our St. Patrick´s jobs.

Our own Martisor day

Matisor Day

Today, my students have been  reading  about Martisor´s day. We had red and white wool and we decided to made  our own Martisor.

Martisor Day

From Orodea en Romania Sandor told us about Martisor.

Mărţişor – celebration of Spring in Romania

Romanians have a beautiful ancient tradition on the first day of March, Mărţişor . It’s name is a diminutive from the name of Martie - the Romanian word for March. There is a similarity between Martie and the ancient Roman God "Mars" or "Marte" in Latin language. In ancient Rome this God was a symbol of revival, green fields, flocks and love. They used to celebrate their God on the first day of spring.
From the ancient time people were celebrating the coming of spring with long time forgotten rituals. They used small pebbles painted in white and red arranged alternatively  on a string. It might be curious why they had chosen these two colors : red and white. In those times, many magical rituals involved human or animal sacrifices for determining their pagan Gods to listen to their prayers. So blood was associated with life, fertility and worship. On the other hand, the snow, the ice and the clouds were white. In a single expression the meaning of two colors might be : "let's forget about winter and pray our Gods to bring us fertility".
At the beginning of 19th century the beautiful Mărţişor was found in all Romanian regions. Especially children and women wore around their necks or on their left hands two woolen strings (one red, one white) knitted together and a small silver or golden coin hung on them. The belief was that those who wore that Mărţişor were protected and would have good luck in the next year. Books were writing that young Romanian girls wore Mărţişor from March 1st till March 12th. After two weeks, they used to tie their hair with that special red-white strings waiting to see the first spring birds coming to their village. Only after that event, the young girls took out the Mărţişor and hang it to the first tree they saw in blossom.
Nowadays "Mărţişor" is present in all Romanian regions but you can find a similar tradition in Bulgaria (Baba Marta), Macedonia and Albania too. In Romania this Mărţişor is a symbol of coming spring and joy. Exchanging them is a gesture of love, friendship, respect and appreciation. You can buy silky red-white threads (tied into a bow) and small plastic objects : flowers, horse shoes, leaves, bumblebees, animals, birds, tiny suns or stars, red hearts, and many others. People wear in the left side on their chests these amulets during nine days, starting from March 1st, of course.

 Martisor´s day in our school.

Today, my students have been reading about Martisor´s day. We had red and white wool and we decided to made our own Martisor.