The Easter Bunny is coming! - Happy Easter :-)

How many eggs in the Easter basket?


Let's all look for Easter eggs! 


Easter is in spring time

The Easter bunny is a symbol of the Easter, and the messenger of gifts for children. It has its origins in Germany, where it is mentioned in books since the 17th century.

Symbol of fertility, it is associated with the goddess Easter, which was the god of April or of spring. The rabbit means fertility and new life.

It was first mentioned in Germany, from chocolate and sugar, and the tradition spread on the entire continent and then in the United States.

Fun Mozar





"The Easter Bunny likes best of all hiding eggs and presents just for you."



The Tale Of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter

Meet the Characters

Games

Easter
Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs.

When is Easter?

Easter usually comes in the month of April. However, Easter can fall as early as March 22nd or as late as April 25th.

Where does the name 'Easter' come from?

Pagan traditions give us the English word "Easter" which comes from the word "Eostre". The Anglo-Saxon word for April was "Eostre-monath" (the month of openings)



Why does the date of Easter move?

Easter is called a moveable feast because the date of Easter changes every year. Easter Sunday can fall on any date from 22 March to 25 April.

The reason for this variation in the date of Easter is based on the lunar calendar (moon) rather than our more well-known solar one.

Easter always falls on the first Sunday following the full Moon (the Paschal Full Moon) after 21st March. If the Full Moon falls on a Sunday then Easter is the next Sunday.

What foods are traditionally eaten at Easter time?

Hot Cross Buns

Hot cross buns,
Hot cross buns.

One a penny,
Two a penny,
Hot cross buns.

Give them to your daughters,
Give them to your sons.

One a penny,
Two a penny,
Hot Cross Buns





New York Easter Bonnet Parade

Spring forward, fall back - DST

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a way of making better use of the natural daylight by setting your clock forward one hour during the summer months, and back again in the fall.

DST starts in Europe Sunday, March 29, 2015

More light in the evening

Sunrise and sunset will be about one hour later on Sunday, March 29, 2015 than the day before, so there will be more light in the evening.

Daylength, Sunrise & Sunset in your city

Clocks back or forward?

To remember which way to set your watch, keep in mind “spring forward, fall back”. You set your clock forward in the spring when DST starts (= lose one hour), and back one hour when DST ends in the fall (= regain one hour).

“Spring ahead” and “Spring up”

A different way to remember which direction to set your clock for Daylight Saving Time is that in the spring, you bring out (or forward) the garden furniture (clocks are set 1 hour ahead), and in the fall you put them back (clocks are set 1 hour back).

The expressions “spring ahead” and “spring up” are also used to describe the action of setting clocks one hour ahead for the start of DST in the spring. These terms are mainly used in the USA and Canada.

US founding father Benjamin Franklin suggested waking up earlier to economize candle usage.

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American inventor and politician Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay called “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light” to the editor of The Journal of Paris in 1784. In the essay, he suggested, although jokingly, that Parisians could economize candle usage by getting people out of bed earlier in the morning, making use of the natural morning light instead.

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Spring is Here! - Read, Sing & Dance

The first day of Spring is in 2015 on March 20 (according to the astronomical definition). It is also called the spring quinox. Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and broadly to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth.


First day of spring appears by new leaves and flower shoots.
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At the spring equinox or the first day of spring, days are close to 12 hours long with day length increasing as the season progresses.

Unstable weather may more often occur during spring, when warm air begins on occasions to invade from lower latitudes, while cold air is still pushing on occasions from the Polar regions.

Cute Calendar



The Three Little Pigs

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

The Gingerbread Man





Solar eclipse 2015: Five things to know


The eclipse, seen through clouds on the Canary Islands. 
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The Fallas Festival

Si os acercáis a nuestra escuela os encontraréis a esta pareja de falleros que os dará la bienvenida, realizada primorosamente por Lucía, la tutora de 4º y por sus alumnos.

Podréis ver también los azulejos, petardos, banderines y decoraciones variadas realizados por todos que reflejan el entusiasmo vivido estos días, que cual pólvora se ha extendido por todo el centro.

¡Un aplauso para todos!

Ahí va esta selección de videos para que os podáis recrear en el ambiente festivo propio de estas fiestas.



Spain's festival of fire



Fire, pyrotechnics, noise and art, Valencia's legendary Fallas Festival is held, every year, from March 15th to the 19th. Imagine the smell of powder , melted chocolate and the wafting scent of pumpkin buñuelos .Massive statue-like fallas hidden around every corner of the city and powder, and the sound of fire crackers exploding in the closed off streets..

The Valencian traditional celebration "The Falles" in praise of Saint Joseph in Valencia, Spain. The term Falles refers to both the celebration and the monuments created during the celebration....

All about The Fallas Festival of Valencia (Spain) one of the most outstanding fire fiesta in the whole world. Declared in 1965 as Fiesta of International Tourist Interest in Spain and candidate of being declared as a Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

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Fallas the triumph of fire ...
The Fallas festivity burns away Winter worries in a tribute to Spring .
True to the saying "Only those who have actually seen it can believe it" .
Las Fallas is one of the most complex festivals and words will never make it justice. 
You need to live it to fully understand it! 

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La 9ª Sinfonía de V. Caballer - Making Of

Rafael Jiménez - La nit del foc

17th March - Saint Patrick - Ireland

Saint Patrick's Day - By Dave Collett

St. Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. 
He was born in the fourth century and is famous for bringing Christianity into Ireland. 
St. Patrick’s Day is a very well known Irish national holiday, which is celebrated not only in Ireland but all around the world. It falls on the 17th of March. 



What Do People Do on St. Patrick’s Day?

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated world-wide with people dancing and singing in Irish pubs, watching the St. Patrick’s Day parade, drinking ‘green’ beer, wearing green clothes and just generally having a good time. Children in Ireland have a tradition of pinching their friends who don’t wear green on this day! 

Don’t forget to wear green on this special day!

Irish Proverbs

The Irish have many proverbs but here are some favourites.

• Better the coldness of a friend than the sweetness of an enemy.
• Be nice to them on the way up. You might meet them all on the way down.
• Let your anger set with the sun and not rise again with it.

Sila nos lo explica muy clarito: ¿Qué es St Patrick's Day y cómo se celebra?
También vale la pena que le dediquéis parte de vuestro tiempo a esta entrada de su blog: Diferencia entre Gran Bretaña, Reino Unido e Inglaterra.



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International Women's Day 2015

All around the world, International Women's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality.

Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for our internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women.

Each year International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. The first International Women's Day was held in 1911. Thousands of events occur to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. Organisations, governments, charities, educational institutions, women's groups, corporations and the media celebrate the day.




Greatest female scientists  - Test yourself


Fe del Mundo - The first woman admitted as a student of the Harvard Medical School, she founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines

Inspirational quotes






L'educació subtil - Dia de la dona Reflexions Pilar Arnal

Roman Life & ROY G BIV

Esta semana hemos podido transportarnos al pasado gracias a la visita a la Saguntina Domus Baebia. Amparo y Charo se encargaron de transformar a nuestros alumnos en Dioses y Diosas de la antigüedad, en una familia romana y de hacernos vivir la historia en primera persona.
Os agradecemos habernos propiciado esta enriquecedora experiencia.


Ancient Roman Gods







Ancient Rome Daily Life Questions







La visita acabó en la playa y a pesar de que el día anterior se habían batido nuevamente records de temperatura y hacía un calor propio del verano, amaneció nublado y la lluvia nocturna había refrescado el ambiente. No impidió empañarnos la ilusión y disfrutamos de una jornada especial.

Aunque no pudimos ver en esta ocasión el arco iris, ahí va esta canción para que recordéis sus colores, tal y como hemos estado comentado en clase...

R is for red
O is for orange
Y is for yellow
And G is for green
B is for blue
I for Indigo
And V is for violet
And that spells Roy G. Biv

Roy G. Biv is a colorful man
And he proudly stands at the rainbow's end (So you'll see him)
And his name spells out the whole color spectrum (So you'll see him)

You'll never see a unicorn
But you'll see a rainbow
And inside every rainbow
Is the spectrum of light

You'll never see Roy G. Biv
But he's inside the rainbow
'Cause inside every rainbow
Is the spectrum of light

1st March - Saint David - Wales

Saint David's day