Peace Day

Imagine - John Lennon song.

This year we have decided to celebrate this day with the song "Imagine" by John Lennon.
You can download the lyrics and listen to the song to practise, here:

Youtube Video: Imagine - John Lennon with lyrics in English and Spanish.

Youtube Video: Imagine - John Lennon HD quality.

Youtube Karaoke version with lyrics.

Christmas

Christmas Vocabulary

Christmas Carroll

Para 2ºB:  Practica el villancico que cantaremos y representaremos en la función de Navidad
(Haz click en la imagen para agrandar o descargar).

Links / Enlaces a juegos y aplicaciones

Christmas activities, games and videos (British Council) 
Christmas Winter Crafts and Children's Activities
Chistmas activities and crafts - Activityvillage.co.uk
Chistmas maze (juego)

Christmas book (libro con canciones, vídeos y actividades culturales)

Thanksgiving day celebration

Culture: "Thanksgiving day" celebration.

Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States.In both countries, this holiday is a time to visit family and enjoy a Thanksgiving Day feast.  This normally includes special foods.
In the United States, the fourth Thursday in November is called Thanksgiving Day.  On this day, Americans give thanks for the good things they have had in the past year. 
In the United States, Thanksgiving marks the start of the Christmas season, and the day after the holiday is the biggest shopping day of the year.  This is called Black Friday.  When Thanksgiving ends, Christmas begins as Americans get ready for the holiday season in December.

Link to a culture video about thanksgiving day.

Thanksgiving online games. (Press here to go to the website)

The first thanksgiving (A good website about the beginning of this holiday)

Thanksgiving classroom activities.

Learn more about the History of Thanksgiving day:

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. In 1621, after a very tough first year in their new land, the Pilgrim's first harvest of crops was successful and plentiful. They found that they had enough food to store for the winter season. To celebrate and show their gratitude they had a large meal. This element continues in modern times with the Thanksgiving dinner. Eating plays a large role in the celebration of Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving Day, families and friends usually gather for a large meal including turkey. The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of the year. In the United States, Thanksgiving is a four or five-day weekend vacation in school and college calendars. Major American cities have parades, the most famous being New York's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. American football is also a major part of Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States. Professional games are traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day.

Halloween Activities

Here you can find lots of games and activities to celebrate Halloween.

 

Click here to go to the  British Council activities webpage.

Macmillan Webquest of halloween.

History of the Jack O’ Lantern

Halloween online vocabulary game

It's Easter

Easter is an important Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are many different customs for celebrating Easter around the world, but the Friday before Easter Sunday (Good Friday) and the Monday after are given as a bank holiday in the UK.
Early celebrations included the painting of eggs, which represented Jesus' empty tomb. Now we give Easter eggs - often chocolate - to friends and family, and have Easter egg hunts for eggs hidden by the Easter bunny.
Easter is not a fixed holiday and the date varies between 22nd March and 25th April. Easter Sunday will next be celebrated on 5th April 2015.

Links

SONGS (Youtube videos): Song 1,  Song 2, Song 3, Song 4, Song 5
Video: How to decorate an Easter Egg (Youtube).

Visit de blog of the teacher: Click here

Oxford Magazine - Easter Special. Click here.

Easter at Activity Village: Click here

DLTK Easter activities: Click here

Easter at Learning Chocolate: Click here

EASTER GAME- BRITISH COUNCIL: Click here.

EASTER GAMES: 2-Click here.  ANOTHER GAME: 3-Click here.

St. Patrick´s Day.

Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green.

Links 
The little leprechaum song (Youtube)
Count with the Leprechaum (Youtube)

https://www.pinterest.com/pediastaff/st-patrick-s-day-activities/
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/st-patricks-day/
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/holidays-months-and-seasons-holidays-st-patricks-day-3637-2-1
http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day
http://www.st-patricks-day.com/

Online Dictionaries - Diccionarios online Inglés-Español / Español-Inglés

Mediante los siguientes enlaces podemos acceder a varios de los diccionarios online más útiles y accesibles de la web:

 
Diccionario Reverso de Collins.

Diccionario Cambridge Online
(Diccionario Thesaurus, con traducción en inglés)

Diccionario de Oxford (AskOxford)

Diccionarioingles.com

Diccionarios.com

UK Maps - Mapas del Reino Unido.

Podemos aprender la Geografía de Inglaterra e Irlanda a través de Google Earth. Únicamente tenemos que acceder al siguiente enlace:

Google Earth (Reino Unido)
(Debemos pinchar encima del mapa de la derecha o teclear en el cuadro de texto: Inglaterra, Irlanda, Reino Unido, etc.)

También podemos acceder a un montón de mapas del Reino Unido a través de la página de:

World map finder