In the midst of our confinement we can still celebrate a virtual holiday! Today, March 17th , in Ireland and where ever there are Irish populations, people get together to wear green, eat corn beef and cabbage and celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day! These videos explain the whys and hows of this green luck o’ the Irish celebration!
https://youtu.be/MqO0O8O8Gmk
And now a traditional Irish anthem. (Aviso: coged pañuelos, que es una canción bastante melancólica.)
And now for something equally traditional, but a little happier!
And just in case you aren’t familiar with Irish Step Dancing, here is a small taste.
Enjoy this cultural moment. Happy Saint Patrick’s day and Luck o’ the Irish to you all!
Since you all have work packs to do (a page/day, please) and also work on:
www.liveworksheets.com
we thought we would put some fun English activities on the blog here. Check back every few days for activities that support your learning and USE of English. We hope these serve as learning tools and that they are entertaining too – as we carry our civic responsibilities under quarantine!
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with questions or doubts via the comments section in the blog!
Click the pictures for a variety of games to play over and over again.
This is a link to a game to practice past simple.
Challenge video quiz! Go ahead, watch it and give it your best shot!! This quiz includes multiple verb tenses: past simple, past continuous and past perfect simple. Click to get to the video.
And last but not least don’t forget to play lyrics training to enjoy your favorite songs in English and practice your listening skills!
Happy quarantine! We’ll be in touch soon with more activities for you to enjoy!
Sorry, bad take on Gabriel Garcia Márquez´s title Love in the Time of Cholera….
Nonetheless, the world has not stopped turning, and this too shall pass,so while we are all at home, let’s take advantage of our free time to review and continue to practice all that we are learning in English.
By the time we are back together at school, hopefully, you will have reviewed and practiced any concepts that we have learned or that are difficult for you! To help you with that, we have new exercises on liveworksheets and we will continue to add them. Also, we will be posting video lessons and activities on the blog, so please keep checking it. If you have questions or doubts, comment to us on the blog.
Meanwhile, go wash your hands!
Stay in your house, take care of the people you love and stay well! Take the weekend off, and check this space for work on Monday.
We’ll teach virtually for a while, and we´ll see you on the flip side!
All our best,
Lindley and Manolo
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Bueno chicos y chicas, el mundo no se ha parado , esto es solamente un pequeño intermedio en nuestras vidas, así que mientras estamos en casa, vamos a aprovechar para repasar , aprender y practicar inglés.
Durante este tiempecito que estarás en casita y hasta que nos volvamos a ver en nuestro Colegio, habrás repasado y practicado cualquier concepto y tema en inglés que hemos estudiado juntos y quizás era un poco difícil para tí. Para ayudarte, además de los cuadernillos de inglés , tenemos que mirar en www.Liveworksheets.com , donde tendrás nuevas actividades para practicar y mantener al día tu inglés. También habrá entradas en el Blog con nuevos videos. Así que por favor, no se te olvide comprobar diariamente estos dos recursos.
Mientras tanto, lavate las manos muchas veces.
Cuidate y cuida de las personas que amas, escondete en tu casa.
Christmas break is finally here!! You all deserve a great rest to recover from your intense work this term and to prepare for all the exciting new challenges in term two.
We hope you enjoy a wonderful holiday season with friends and family! We look forward to seeing you in the New Year and new decade, at that! Happy Holidays!
Part of the fun of learning other languages is sharing cultural traditions – after all why learn the language if you can’t also appreciate the culture?
To that end, we celebrated the American holiday of Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 28th. We spent the day discussing the history of the holiday (the help the Pilgrims got from the Native Americans learning to plant and harvest food in the New World) traditional foods that Americans eat on this holiday, (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and of course, pumpkin pie!) and what Americans do and and watch (American football and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.)
In Year 1 and Year 2, we also took a moment to reflect on how lucky we are and the things we are grateful for. We wrote our messages of thanks and hung them on our «Thanksgiving tree.»
Finally, to round off our celebration, we shared mini pumpkin pies with whipped cream. The sweet treat was a hit, so here is the recipe for anyone who is interested! Bon Appétit!
TARTA DE CALABAZA
ANTES DE NADA…
Es conveniente empezar diciendo que el puré de calabaza en Estados Unidos se compra ya enlatado, sin embargo en España la compramos como verdura fresca y la asamos o cocemos. El método más rápido para asarla es lavarla bien, cortarla en trozos. Desplegar papel de aluminio o papel vegetal en una bandeja del horno y poner los trozos bocabajo. Una vez asados, se separan de la cáscara fácilmente con una cuchara. Después, la batimos o licuamos con ayuda de algún aparato. ¡Ahora ya está todo listo para comenzar!
INGREDIENTES
500 gr de puré de calabaza
500 ml de leche evaporada
3 huevos
20 gr azúcar blanca
2 gr de sal
6 gr de canela molida
2 gr de nuez moscada molida
4 de jengibre molido
2 de clavo molido (opcional)
1 Masa de hojaldre ya hecho
INSTRUCCIONES
Mezclar en un bol el azúcar, la sal y las especias. A continuación, batir los huevos y añadirlos. Remover y añadir poco a poco la leche evaporada. Cuando esté todo mezclado, añadimos el puré de calabaza. Extender la masa en un recipiente para horno y poner la mezcla encima del hojaldre. Meter al horno a 170/180 º unos 50 o 60 minutos hasta que se vea cuajada. Se puede comprobar la textura con un tenedor o palillo de dientes. Si observamos que los filos de la masa se están quemando o dorando en exceso, podemos poner papel de aluminio en los bordes para prevenirlo. Podéis disfrutarla aún más añadiendo a la hora de servirla nata montada.
