Today is ShroveTuesday (Martes de Carnaval) and in the UK (Reino Unido) it is traditional to eat pancakes (filloas), because of this it is also called Pancake Day. 

 On this day it is also popular to take part in Pancake Races. This tradition began in an English town called Olney in 1445. A woman was making pancakes in her home when she heard the church bells, she ran to the church with the fyring pan in her hand. From then on, the race is held  every year in Olney and in many UK towns. The contestants have to toss the pancake three time as they run. The winner is the first to reach the finish line with the pancake intact. It’s great fun!

En este día é popular participar nas “carreiras de filloas“. Esta tradición comenzou nun pobo inglés chamado Olney, no ano 1445. Unha señora estaba facendo filloas na sua casa cando escoitou as campás da iglesia, e saíu correndo para a iglesia ca sartén na man. Dende entón a carreira faise  todolos anos en Olney e tamén en moitos pobos do Reino Unido. Os concursantes teñen que darlle a volta á filloa no aire  tres veces mentras que corren. O ganador é o que chega primeiro á meta ca filloa enteira. É moi divertido!

Wordle is a programme that creates word clouds from text.The more times a word appears in the text, the bigger it will be. You can change the font, design and colours. Try it here, it’s great fun! 

Wordle es un programa que crea “nubes de palabras” de texto. Las palabras que aparecen más veces en el texto son más grandes. Puedes cambiar la fuente, el diseño y los colores. Pruebalo aquí ¡es divertido!

The next session of THE BLOG will be at 7.00p.m. on Thursday 19th February at the Castrillón Library and on Thursday 26th February at the Monte Alto Library. You can get your invitation from the library, but be quick, as places are limited.
This session will be about the solar system and we will use the library resources to explore this fascinating subject, putting information and ideas together to include in THE BLOG on the internet.  

 clica aqui para información das bibliotecas

Valentine’s Day is near and we talk about love, but love isn’t always romantic love. We love our family, our pets and  we can also love foods, hobbies etc.  We use the word LOVE when we talk about things we like a lot, for example: I love chocolate!  I love music! Write a comment to say what you love and it will be included in our LOVE presentation.

Schools in Galicia are closed today because of the very strong winds. So keep safe! Why not send a comment to tell us what you are going to do today?

Hoxe as clases nos colexios de Galicia están suspendidas polo temporal. Ten coidado! Porque non nos mandas un comentario e nos dis o que vas facer hoxe?

This is a beautiful short film about imagination. Watch it and open your imagination…

This is The Blog’s bookshelf. If you want to recommend a book, send a comment with the name of the book and author if possible, and tell us what you liked about the book.

We love this Miley cyrus song and video!

Click on The Blog Videos list to see it.

What are your favourite 7 things? Write a comment to tell us.

Many schools were closed in England today because of heavy snow. Roads, public transport and airports were severely affected by the weather.

Do you like the snow?

Muchos colegios estaban cerrados en Inglaterra hoy a causa de la nieve intensa. Carreteras, transporte público y aeropuertos se vieron muy afectados por el tiempo.

¿Te gusta la nieve?