NEW SCHOOL YEAR RESOLUTIONS

The end of summer and the beginning of the school year has always been the new year
to me, so it is the right time for me to make some New Year´s Resolutions.
Question of the day:

Do you have any New School Year Resolutions?

If you share them with us I´ll share mine with you but, meanwhile here you have some ideas:
1. Set up a study space
2. Balance spare time and school
3. Get enough sleep
4. Do all the homework on time
5. Read more books and watch less TV
6. Get organized
7. Take studies seriously

FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AFRICA

I´m sure most of you are looking forward to what is going to start in South Africa but, what do you know about this country?
Do you know the country´s motto is "UNITY IN DIVERSITY"?
Do you know it has got more than 11 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES?

Find out more information here and be ready to enjoy what is coming.

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS, ... are....

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Would you like to create your own graffiti?
Just think about a book you have liked and, write a comment describing what a good book is for you, or send a quotation like the one above and I will show you how to do it.

BOOK´S DAY

What do Cervantes, Saint George, roses and books have in common?
Investigate a bit and write your answer here.
Just in case you don´t know how to star, there are some clues bellow:



Miguel de Cervantes





Saint George and the Dragon

A CLASS DIVIDED

We have been talking and discussing about Rights and Responsibilities. Watch the video "A Class Divided" and answer to the following questions:

1. What do you think about the video?
2. For this experiment, the teacher has used what is called a socio-affective point of view. What kind of strategies has the teacher used throughout the two days classes in the video?
3. After watching the video, what can you say about the following?
PREJUDICES, DISCRIMINATION, RACISM...
4. What conclusions does the teacher get after analysing the relationship between the handkerchief and the school output?
5. Have you ever seen that kind of relationship in your life?
6. When the students met later on being adults, one of them suggested that kind of experiment should be compulsory in all the schools. What do you think about it?
7. Once you have seen the video, what conclusion have you arrived to?

Does everybody have the same rights?
Listen to the following song and describe with your own words what is going on.

Lyrics | Phil Collins lyrics -

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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