EASTER HOLIDAYS!

Easter holidays are here. We've got 15 days to enjoy ourselves and have  quite a long rest. It's spring, although the sun is still far away from us. I don't know where it is but it seems to be on holidays, too. Is it having a bit of sunshine? But, where on earth is it?

Enjoy yourselves and be good. See you on 13 March!!!

EASTER IS COMING....SPRING IS COMING!

In parts of Northwestern Europe large bonfires, called Easter Fires, are lit on Easter Sunday and Monday. While there are various explanations for the origin of the Easter Fires, the most common Saxon tale is that Easter is a time when spring becomes victorious over winter and the fires were to chase the darkness of winter away. Today, however, the meaning of the fires is simply to bring communities together.

CARNIVAL PICTURES 2015

Enjoy your Carnival pictures. They're lovely. Thank you all, once again.

CARNIVAL 2015

Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before lent. The main events are usually during February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party. 

These are 15 of the world's best carvivals.

Some colouring pages

Carnival games

carnival around the world

The roots of carnival are both older and newer than the Christian traditions that started in Europe and have spread with colonialism throughout much of the world. Ancient Greek and Roman pagan rituals as well as the folklore, music and dance of colonized peoples have forged colourful expressions of each country's respective history and cultures.

Creative disguises and parody are characteristic of carnival in many countries, which historically gave oppressed and marginalized groups the opportunity to subvert norms of class, race and gender.

NEW YEAR, NEW TERM, NEW GOALS

We start the new year and a new term. I hope we'll be able to achieve our objectives (some of them new) and enjoy the lessons as usual. Let's start the new term with renewed energy and a few innovative ideas.Welcome back to the English lessons.