ARE YOU WEARING PINK TODAY?

If you were in Canada, the USA or in some other English-speaking countries and you were wearing a pink T-shirt, then you would be showing your support against BULLYING.

You may be wondering why PINK. Well, it all started in 2007 when two teens from Nova Scotia stood up against bullying after a grade nine boy was tormented for wearing a pink shirt to school. The teens brought 50 pink shirts to school and handed them out to students to show that bullying would not be tolerated.

Since then, the third Wednesday in February is Anti-Bullying Day in Canada and other countries. It is also known as Pink Shirt Day.

Have a look at this wonderful anti-bullying video below made by Family and Children's Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington for Pink Shirt Day 2015! and SAY NO TO BULYING!

ROSALÍA DE CASTRO'S 178TH BIRTHDAY

Yes! We are celebrating Rosalía de Castro's birthday. You may wonder why she is in the English blog. Well, you should know that she is known in some English speaking countries and that her poems have been translated into English several times. Here you have the front cover of some of Rosalía de Castro's works that have been translated into English.

Moreover, the BBC Singers with Radio 3 New Generation Artist and guitarist Sean Shibe performed music for voices and guitar from Spain and Latin America, including a version by British composer Daniel Saleeb of Rosalía's poem As de Cantar. You can find more information on this event on the BBC Radio3 website.

HAPPY PANCAKE DAY!

Carnival's nearly finished but we have to celebrate Pancake Day. Do you know what a pancake is? Well, we're sure you love them. Pancakes are "filloas". In the UK and other English speaking countries they have their own day!

Here you have a slideshow with information about this celebration.

And if want to listen to Raquel and Noelia telling us what they have found about Pancake Day, here you have a podcast they've recorded.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Most of us know what St Valentine's Day is, but let's remember it.

It's the day when people show their affection for another person or people by sending cards, flowers or chocolates with messages of love.

But do you know who St Valentine was?

There are a few stories about him, but the most popular belief about St Valentine is that he was a priest from Rome in the third century AD. Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers. Valentine felt this was unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in secret. When Claudius found out, Valentine was thrown in jail and sentenced to death.

There, he fell in love with the jailer's daughter and when he was taken to be killed on 14 February he sent her a love letter signed "from your Valentine".

Is it celebrated in the same way all over the world?

The answer is NO. If you want to find out, listen to podcast that Lucía, Clara and Ana have recorded about the different was and traditions related to this celebration.

SAFER INTERNET DAY

Do you feel safe when you are online? Do you really know the person you are chatting to? The Internet is full of dangers and we must be aware of them. this is one of the resaons why Safer Internet Day is celebrated all over the world.

Safer Internet Day (SID) is organised by Insafe in February of each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world.

Here you have some tips on how to feel safer when you are online.

Safer Internet Day 2015 will be celebrated on 10 February 2015. The strapline for the campaign is “Let’s create a better internet together”. 

Super Bowl XLIX was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2014 season.

The winners were New England Patriots.

The Superbowl is such a big event that there's a perfomance by a famous singer at half-time. This year's performer was Katy Perry. If you want to watch the highlights of her stunning mini concert and the show she put on display, have a look at the video below.

An event like this makes a lot of money and big companies know it, so they launch special TV spots or commercials. Here you have two of the most moving ones. Enjoy them!