EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES - September 26th

At the initiative of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September.

Throughout Europe, 800 million Europeans represented in the Council of Europe's 47 member states are encouraged to learn more languages, at any age, in and out of school. Being convinced that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent, the Council of Europe promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe.

At our school we also had the opportunity to develop many different activities which gave students a chance to put themselves to the test by using a foreign language, as well as involving the whole school community.

We all had a lot of fun and learnt new things!

 

BOOK OF THE MONTH: September 2011

First of all: welcome back! Have a great school year.

Every month you can find here a suggestion of an Eglish written book.

This September choice is Goldilocks and the Three Bears, available (two copies) in our school's library.

This fairy tale first recorded in narrative form by British author and poet Rober Southey is retold by Sue Arengo in a short version for the primary students.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears is about a little girl who wanders into the household of a family of bears while they are out for a walk. She eats their porridge, tests out their chairs and falls asleep in the little bears bed before they return home. When they discover her in their home, they wake her up and must decide whether or not to kill her or let her go. The story is great for teaching children to respect other peoples property.

Have fun reading in English!

If you eant to, you can write about the book or draw a picture and send it to carla.seabra@campodeflores.com so your work can be published here in the blog.