NEVER STOP...

On International Women's Day we talked about the extraordinary women in our everyday lives and encourage children to actively question and challenge stereotypes in our society. We analized the invisibility of  women in media, sports, etc. Each student created a card to visualize the gender inequality in our world in a 8th of March Mural.

6th A and B students realized The Superheroes and Heroines Project. They drew and painted The Incredibles and Captain Britain and then they created their own superheroe/heroine and wrote about his or her superpower and weakness.

In Arts & Crafts we have studied british cartoon characters: Tom & Jerry, Wallace & Gromit, The Simpson, Felix The Cat, Sherlock Holmes... Students drew and painted them and we stuck them on the classroom wall.

25th November, the International Day Against Gender Violence. We revive the mural that students from 6th grade made in Arts&Crafts last year. (Donas de Si Arzúa : https://donasarzua.blogspot.com)

  6th A students made this mural to study the Celtic traditions, the Celtic calendar and the Celtic connections among the Celtic nations... and celebrate Samhain /Samaín. These traditions date back to the Celts. 2000 years ago, on November 1st, the Celts celebrated the start of winter and the new year. The last night of October was special. It was called Samhain (end of summer). They celebrated a big party, with lots of food, dancing and singing. It was a goodbye party for the sun and the light; in Winter the days were short and cold. But it was a party for the dead. On that night, the spirit of the dead could come back for a visit.  People carried pumpkin or vegetable lamps t o frighten bad spirits. In year 835 the Christian church made November 1st a  churchiest holiday to honor all the saints. This was called "All Saints Day"- The Halloween celebrated today in the USA and other countries includes the influence of the Celt celebration of Samhain and the Chri

We can not start talking about activities without remembering our trip to London the last school year...