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 in English.

Adriana, Carlos and Alex have recorded a special podcast to celebrate such an importatnt day for poetry lovers. Enjoy it!

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!

POSTCROSSING: INTERACTIVE MAP

Have fun and learn with this interactive map our schoolmates from Postcrossing have created! It's an  interactive map to track the postcards we send and those we've received!

Click on the image to start having fun!

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST

You all know how important it is to learn and pronounce the irregular verbs correctly. If you click on the image below, you can listen to the list as many tmes as you want. You can download it if you prefer. We hope it will help you to remember them easily!

SAFER INTERNET DAY 2016

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 reasons 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.

The strapline for the campaign is “Play your part for a better Internet”.

REVISING THE PAST SIMPLE WITH SONGS

We've been revising the past simple of regular and irregular verbs and we have done it with songs because they are a fun way to learn.

You can listen to the songs again and complete the tasks.

Do you like singing? Then, you can complete the lyrics online with this game at http://es.lyricstraining.com/play/adele/set-fire-to-the-rain/HW8nMdGUHW#ibw

Set fire to the rain by Adele

Or Because you loved by Celine Dion

How is -ed pronounced in the past of regular verbs?

We all know that pronunciation is very important. And we talk about regular verbs it is extra important to distinguish the present and the past.

Watch the video below to revise it. Remember that we will work on this in our next lesson.

GROUNDHOG DAY!

How many weeks of winter are left? We don't really know, but in the USA they celebrate Groundhog day to find out.

Groundhog day is a tradition related to winter. It started in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in the 1800s and spread through the US and Canada. On February 2, people wait to hear if the groundhog emerges from its burrow and sees its shadow. If the groundhog doesn't see its shadow, spring is round the corner. But if he sees it, it means that there will be six more weeks of winter!

This tradition comes from the European Candlemass Day, which suggested that if the weather was sunny at the midpoint between winter and spring, winter would last for six more weeks!

Do you want to learn more about this special day while testing your listening skills? Watch the video below and answer the questions. Good luck!