Saint Patrick’s Day
On 17th March we
celebrated Saint Patrick’s day, so in our English lesson we worked about him.
We learnt that
he was British, but he lived in Ireland because he was captured by Irish
pirates.
He became a
priest and some centuries later Patrick was named as the patron Saint of
Ireland.
Nowadays, people
celebrate parades and concerts, not only in Ireland but all over the world.
Furthermore our mates in Primary wore green clothes to celebrate this day.
We enjoyed a lot
learning about the culture of other countries.
SYMBOLS:
The shamrock:
Used to help people to understand God. The Irish have considered shamrocks as
good-luck symbols since earliest times, and today people of many other
nationalities also believe they bring good luck.
Leprechaun: magical person from Irish folk tales.
CELEBRATION:
People wear
green clothes and shamrocks. They eat beef, cabbage, potatoes…
Sandra
Lasmarías y Nayara Oliver. 2º ESO
Así, por ejemplo, el jueves 20 de abril asistimos a una charla-coloquio impartida en nuestro colegio por el librero de Santos Ochoa, Eugenio Ramo. El viernes 21 terminamos de elaborar un "gran" libro con el material que habían trabajado y preparado todos los alumnos del centro a lo largo de la semana en relación a la lectura. El libro ha quedado estupendamente y puede verse en la entrada por portería. Terminamos el día y la jornada con una actividad organizada por el grupo editorial Santillana titulada Cuenteando. En ella nos contaron cuentos, trabalenguas, chascarrillos e historias de Roald Dalh entre otras muchas cosas. Sin duda una forma divertida de acercarnos a las PALABRAS, A LOS LIBROS Y A LA LECTURA.
