EARTH HOUR

Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth Hour 2010 is going to take place today, March 27, 2010 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at the participant's respective local time.

People across the world will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet. A list of 1,387 icons and landmarks worldwide will turn off their lights for Earth Hour, including:

- Acropolis of Athens
- Atomium, Brussels
- Big Ben, London
- Colosseum, Rome
- Eiffel Tower, Paris
- Empire State Building, New York City
- Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa
- London Eye, London
- Niagara Falls
- Pyramids of Giza, Cairo
- Sagrada Família, Barcelona
- Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Here, in Coruña, the Tower of Hercules will be also turned off. What are you waiting for? Let´s join to this initiative. It´s simple. Let´s click.

HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS

We are on holidays at last! After the great effort we have done this term, we all deserve a rest. I hope your marks are good and enjoy your holidays. Have fun eating the chocolate eggs and, above all, rest for a few days. Happy Easter, kids!

STEP FOUR: HOT CROSS BUNS

To finish with this Easter week, we have to talk about the hot cross buns. A hot cross bun, or cross-bun, is a type of sweet spiced bun made with raisins. It has got a cross marked on the top.
English folklore includes many superstitions surrounding hot cross buns. One of them says that a piece of it given to someone who is ill helps them recover. Another one says that sharing a hot cross bun with another is supposed to ensure friendship throughout the coming year. There is also a very popular nursery rhyme:

STEP THREE: EGG ROLLING

Egg rolling, or an Easter egg roll is a traditional game played with decorated eggs at Easter, as James told us in his letter. You have to roll your egg down a hill and see if you are the winner. It´s very funny! Have a look...

STEP TWO: AN EASTER EGG HUNT

Another British tradition is to participate in an Easter egg hunt. The Easter Bunny hides chocolate eggs in the garden and we have to look for them. Mmmmmm! Yummy! Ready, steady, go!

STEP 1: DECORATE THE EASTER EGGS

According to James, the first thing we have to do is to decorate the Easter eggs. It´s easy and entertaining. Just use your imagination. Have a look at this funny video...

EASTER IN ENGLAND

Just a few days till Easter! What are you going to do during the holidays? Easter is a very important festival in England. There are many traditions that we don´t have here in Spain. Do you want to read how James, an English boy, celebrate Easter with his family? Click on the image and read carefully. During this week I´m going to explain you the different activities that James mentions. Read and learn ...

SPRING IS HERE

Have you noticed it? Days are longer, the sun shines, trees have got flowers and the breeze is warmer. Spring is here! It has even arrived to our blog. Have you seen the falling flowers?
This video shows you the most beautiful spring images and words. Enjoy it!

FATHER´S DAY

Father's Day is celebrated to honour our fathers. It takes place in many countries all over the world, but in different dates. For example, in Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the First Sunday in September. However, in the U.K., the United States and Canada it is celebrated on the third Sunday in June.

Today is your day, DADDIES. So take it easy and relax for at least a day. Happy Father´s Day!

ST. PATRICK´S DAY

Today, March the 17th, is St. Patrick´s Day, the Irish patron . That means that there are big parades all over Ireland to celebrate it. Everyone wears green (green clothes, green hair, green hats, ...) because it´s the Irish colour. And they also hold a shamrock, the national emblem. By the way, do you know the legend of the leprechaun?... It´s said that there is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow and that a leprechaun is keeping it. So if you see one, go and try to find the treasure. It´s very difficult to catch a leprechaun and take his gold, but it´s easier to find 4 lucky clovers in this game. Just click on the image below and enjoy. Good luck!

A FANTASTIC SURPRISE!

It´s amazing! We have some new friends from the University of South Alabama, in USA. It´s a group of students enrolled in EDM310 class and they were assigned to our blog. They left very nice comments in some of our last posts.
Thank you so much for visiting us! Especially to:
- Danielle and Alison Rogers, who are very enthusiastic about the Oscar, like us. Now that we alredy know the winners, what do you think? Do you like them?
- Pamela Overstreet, who enjoyed our video about Intenational Women´s Day.
- Brittany Heiss, who visited our Carnival photo presentation.
- Kyleigh Williams, who commented the post about our African friends.
And congratulations to your teacher for encouraging you so well!
We are a state school from A Coruña, in the north-west of Spain. This blog was made by our English teacher, who has 9 groups of Infants (3 - 4 - 5 year-olds) and 3 groups of grade 5 of Primary (10 - 11 year-olds).
We invite you to watch this video about our beautiful city. Enjoy it! Keep in touch,please.

AND THE OSCAR WENT TO... UP!

Finally, the Oscar at the Best Animated Feature Film 2010 went to "UP". It´s a fantastic film! But which film was the winner in our poll? Did we guess?... Well, here you are the results:

The secret of Kells ......................... 0 votes
Fantastic Mr. Fox .......................... 2 votes
Coraline............................................ 8 votes
The princess and the frog ............. 8 votes
Up .................................................... 12 votes

Yes! We did it! We guessed! We are simply the best!
And now a video with the best moments of the Oscar ceremony. Enjoy it!

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN´S DAY

International Women's Day (8th March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday. The first IWD was run in 1911. Next year is IWD Global Centenary 1911-2011.

OSCAR CEREMONY

Next Sunday, March the 7th, the 2010 Oscar Ceremony will take place in Los Angeles, USA. We were watching the trailers of the 5 films nominated as Best Animated Feature Film and I suppose you voted for your favourite. You can still participate in the poll. Till now, we have 30 votes and the winner is "UP". Which one will be the "real" winner on Sunday? We´ll know it on Monday. I can´t wait!

And the Oscar goes to...

NEW FRIENDS FROM SOUTH AFRICA!

Wow! It´s incredible! A group of year 5 students from Cape Town (South Africa) got in touch with us! We are really exhited! They also have their own class blog, very well organised by their teacher Miss Tyler-Smith. I invite you to visit it. It´s really interesting and nice. Just click on the image.

Hello dear African friends! And thank you so much for your comments in our blog.
We´ll be in touch.