Archive for November, 2009

Nov
30
Filed Under (Special Days) by Conchi on 30-11-2009 and tagged

Today is Saint Andrew’s Day.
St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland.
Scotland is a country in the north of Great Britain. It is famous for its big lakes (lochs) and especially Loch Ness which is well known for its legend about the Loch Ness monster.
Scotland is also famous for bagpipes (as we have in Galicia), [...]

Nov
26
Filed Under (Blogs) by Conchi on 26-11-2009 and tagged

The Edublogs Awards are held every year to celebrate the work and success of educational blogs around the world. Blogs are a great way to share information, ideas and resources and can make learning fun and interesting.
Here are my nominations:

Best librarian / library blog:   Bloggit
Best teacher blog:    The Science Blog
Best class blog:        English with [...]

Nov
24
Filed Under (School) by Conchi on 24-11-2009 and tagged

Bullying affects children in a lot of schools.  Bullies are the people who upset you and make you sad, they call you names, they take things from you, they hurt you and they make you feel uncomfortable.
Bullies are cowards and they always choose people weaker than themselves, but you can be strong.  If  [...]

Nov
17
Filed Under (Films, Music) by Conchi on 17-11-2009 and tagged ,

This week is The Blog- Workshop at Monte Alto and Castrillón Libraries and we are going to be looking into scary stories. Don’t be scared to come, it’s going to be fun and interesting too!!

Tim Burton is a film producer, director, writer and designer. He was born in California in 1958. His unique style is [...]

Nov
13
Filed Under (Special Days) by Conchi on 13-11-2009 and tagged

Today is Friday the 13th which in English speaking countries is regarded as unlucky. This supesrstition began before the 19th century. Nowadays,  some people continue to take it very seriously and avoid travelling or planning events on this day. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia – (that’s a difficult word in any [...]

The Tower of Hercules, A Coruña’s most famous monument, will turn blue at night on  Friday 13th November in support of World Diabetes Day.
Diabetes is a common condition that affects many people. There are two main types of diabetes:

Type 1 – usually affects children and adults up to the age of 40. It is [...]

Nov
05
Filed Under (Special Days) by Conchi on 05-11-2009 and tagged

Guy Fawkes Night (also called Bonfire Night) is celebrated in Great Britain on the 5th November.
On this day in 1605  a group of  Catholic extremists, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.  They wanted to kill King James I and his government so that England would become Catholic. One [...]