FRANKENSTEIN FRIDAY

Halloween is round the corner but there's another celebration before, Frankenstein Friday! Frankenstein Friday celebrates the birth of Frankenstein and its creator.

National Frankenstein Friday was created in 1997 by Ron MacCloskey of Westfield, New Jersey.  It is said that Ron choose Friday as the date of celebration because of the “FR” connection in FRiday and FRankenstein.

OUR TRAVELLING NOTEBOOK

This year we are participating in a new project which will take us and Ourense to various countries in the world. It's a Travelling Notebook.
What is a travelling notebook?
Well, it's a notebook which travels. There are six schools taking part in this chain:

• IES César Manrique (Lanzarote, Spain)
• IES Guía (Gran Canaria, Spain)
• CPR Padre Feijoo Zorelle (Ourense, Spain)
• Ulyanovsk school № 76 (Uljanovsk, Russia)
• Sekolah Menengah Ayer Puteh (Malaysia)
• Zhoushan Senior High School (Zhejiang, China)

Our travelling notebook will travel to Russia. Every time we receive a notebook, we will write on it and send it to Russia. From Russia it will travel Malaysia. From Malaysia it will fly to China and from China to Spain, to the Canary Islands, before coming back to us after being travelling for 8 months.

2º ESO A have been working hard and with enthusiasm on their travelling notebook for this year. They had to do some research on Ourense, the festivals we celebrate in our province and our school too.

The notebook is already on its way to Russia! But, if you feel curious, you can have a look at it below!

If you want to find out more about the schools taking part in this project and their travelling notebooks, don't miss the project's blog: http://palabrasdamanaocorazon.blogspot.com.es/

HAPPY 70TH ANNIVERSARY UNITED NATIONS!

United Nations Day commemorates the founding of the United Nations in 1945. United Nations Day is held on the 24th October every year. It is not a public holiday but an international awareness day.

The United Nations was founded on 24th October 1945 by 51 countries. Today, there are 193 member countries. It is a bit like a World Government.

The United Nations was founded following the signing of the UN Charter in San Francisco in June 1945. 

In the following podcast recorded by Elisa youwill find out more about this world organisation. We hope you like.

THE FUTURE IS HERE

Today, 21 October 2015 is Back to the Future Day.

It's the exact date that Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrive in the future, in the second 'Back to the Future' film, released in 1989.

The movie imagined a 2015 with hoverboards, flying cars, and self-tying shoes.

How do you imagine life in thirty years' time?

O CONXURO DA QUEIMADA

As part of the project you already know about, Postcrossing - From Ourense to the World, Gema and Miranda (2º ESO A) have recorded a new podcast with the spell we usually read when we prepare "A Queimada".

It's recorded in English and Galician.

We hope you like it!

WORLD TEACHER'S DAY

The UNESCO identifies the World Teachers' Day as an opportunity to commemorate teacher's organizations worldwide and also aims to activate support for teachers and to ensure that teachers continue to supply to the global framework of needs and requirements conducive in building a well-founded footing to a sound and greatly enabled future generation.

Following the adoption of the "Recommendation concerning the status of teachers" in 1994 by the UNESCO 5th October has been officially recognized as World Teachers' Day. Earlier to this Teachers' Day has been celebrated variously in countries around the world. In most countries Teachers' Day marks the contribution of any famed educator of person of educational repute.

The truth is that, like it or not, teacher are very important persons in our life. We will always remember them. They can even change our life. Have you ever thought how? Watch the video below and let us!