The Oscars Academy awards 2016

Are you interested in films? You can watch the 88th edition of the Oscars awards ceremony this Sunday 28th February from 23.30 hr. (just remember you need to wake up early for school the next day...)

Here is a link to the Oscar nominations 2016




Now follow this link to the Wikipedia to read all the details about the most famous awards ceremony in the world!

Follow the link for an online lessons about The Oscars in this ESOL courses website

Weather Forecast

At last Winter is here! Watch this weather forecast video to practise the vocabulary and expessions we have learnt in class:




Now watch the news about the blizzard in the USA:

St Valentine´s Day

This weekend a lot of people in the world are celebrating Valetine´s Day. In class we are going to look at different types of love, the love you feel for your friends, for your family, for people who share your day to day.... Let´s start with a video! This is a song by All Saints that talks about romantic love. All Saints was a very poular band in Britain during the 1990s. Their biggest hit was Never Ever. The song won 1998 Brit Awards for best single and best video: Now listen to one of the most famous love songs ever! This song has been chosen by a group of students in 1CB. WELL DONE!

Carnival 2016

Watch this presentation to learn more about carnival traditions around the world



Now visit this website to learn more about carnival celebrations, including Mardi Grass in New Orleans!

Follow the next link to learn more about the history of Mardy Gras or Fat Tuesday in New Orleans:

http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/mardi-gras/videos/history-of-mardi-gras

Now you are ready to play this Simple Mardi Gras quiz

Do you want to know more about Mardi Gras? Do this quiz!

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pancake Day 2016

What is Pancake Day?

Pancake Day, also called Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras (which is French for "Fat Tuesday"), is the last day of feasting before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. It's called so because of the tradition of eating pancakes on the day. This tradition comes from a time where any rich foods were eaten on the day before Lent, and fasting begins.

This year Pancake day is celebrated on Tuesday  February 9th

 

Follow this link for a basic pancake recipe 



 

 



 

 

 

Chinese New Year 2016

Would you like to learn about the Chinese New Year? Follow the link to this very interesting website and learn everything about it!!