Deutsch am Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2013

Vorgestern - Gestern - Heute - Morgen - Übermorgen

Last week we talked about days and time and what we are going to do. We also watched a German weather forecast. Doing this we saw what the weather was like that day in Germany. We heard and read some of the city names and regions of Germany and took a look on the map. We could also see and listen to the words "Heute", "Freitag", "Samstag" und "Sonntag".

Here is the link to the German weather forecast: Wetterbericht

Corvo 50 Years Ago

Our 8th grade students are working on a project about their home town. They got the task to present their city how it was 50 years ago and point out the differences.

To gather information we had a meeting with the mayor today. Fortunately, his English skills are excellent and he was able to give the presentation in English. Our students prepared questions regarding the social and work life 50 years ago. With lots of interesting stories and pictures the mayor managed to convey a vivid image of the ancient town.

We are looking forward to reading your essays.

Online Conference

The fifth year successfully participated in an online conference with a sixth grade from Italy. Even for me this was an exciting event. This was my very first online conference with a class. Our students talked about their names and age, favorite colors, favorite food, pets, sports and football teams. Our three children had the pleasure of talking all the time while the Italian class, which contains more than 20 students, had to share their time in front of the computer. The Italian students were very excited and asking us questions, while we had prepared short presentations. In the end our students performed a song they sang for the 'three kings day'. The Italian kids sang an english song for us which they had performed on their christmas party.

It was a very nice hour and a great opportunity for the students to practice their English.

Thank you Deolinda Estevão for your support and for establishing the contact.

We hope to be having another online conference soon.

Dia das Amiga(o)s

This Year I got to experience a really nice Portuguese or rather Azorean cultural event.
This month (just before carneval) there were two special days dedicated to friendship. Those days are called "Dia dos Amigos" (for boys) and "Dia das Amigas" (for girls).
The first ones who get to celebrate are the boys. It is an all boys night. The guys from Corvo met and had dinner together, playing guitar, singing and having fun.
One week later (both days are set on Thursdays - maybe to keep things from getting to wild ;o) us girls had a girls night out. I got to spend the evening with four very beautiful sweet and fun ladies, Susana, Ashley, Patricia and Joana. We started of with some homemade Sangria (best made by Joana) and fun games. Afterwards we had a nice dinner at Ocean's, our local bar. The dinner was special because we grilled our meat ourselves at the table. It was like having a raclette with only the top part. We weren't the only group enjoying ourselves at Ocean's... so the night became a real blast with lots of dancing and fun ;o)

Thanks for sharing that amazing evening with me!

A wonderful tradition that we should absolutely adopt to our culture...

Corvo in Berlin

A Wave from Berlin City!

Today I got an e-mail from my father... obviously the christmas presents have been appreciated. Here you can see "Corvenean" culture travelling to Germany. I know that some hats already made it to Belgium ;o) Wherelse did the beautiful, typical, very warm hat find a home.

Let us know!!

Let's discover Europe

POSTER FOR THE
"QUESTION OF THE WEEK"

Get your passports ready!!

What do you know about Europe? Can you get all the visas for your passport? Learn out about as many countries as possible.  Join us in this adventure and let’s discover Europe!

Next week we are going to start our tour around Europe. The students of the 2nd and 3rd cycle will participate in a quiz ralley through Europe. Every student will get their own "European Passport". 

By answering questions about the European Union the students can win visas for their passports. Every week we will have a new question for them to answer. Of course the questions will be asked in English.

The Passport

Os três Reis

Wednesday the children from 1° (1st to 5th grade) went singing for the "three wise men" wishing everyone a happy 2013. We stopped at the bars Bombeiros and Traneira, the supermarket Cabral, the guest house Comodoro, the nursery home, the municipal building, the pharmacy and RIAC and finally we sang inside the school. The pupils were equipped with drums, bells, triangles and more very loud and fun instruments. We sang two songs ("Nos somos os três reis" e "Cantar os reis").
We weren't blessed with sunny weather but instead regarded with mountains of sweets, cake and delicious beverages.

Os três Reis

     Nós somos os três reis                 Nós somos os três reis

     Que vimos do Oriente                  Guiados por uma luz

     Trazer as boas festas                 Adoramos o Deus Menino

     Com paz p’ra toda a gente.           Que se chama Jesus.

     Nós somos os três reis                 Nós somos os três reis

     Baltazar e Gaspar                       Guiados por uma luz

     Também o Belchior                      E trouxemos três presentes

     O veio adorar.                            P’ro Menino Jesus.

Bookpresentation

Recently, the Students from 8° presented their books. Some of the books are comics, some are fulltext books.

All books are available in our library. For further questions ask the book presenters! ;o)

"Taxi of Terror"

by Philip Burrows and Mark Foster
Oxford UP
presented by Nadia Cabeceira

'How does it work?' Jack asks when he opens his present - a mobile phone. Later that night, Jack is a prisoner in a taxi in the empty streets of the dark city. He now tries his mobile phone for the first time. Can it save his life?

"Oranges in the Snow"

by Philip Burrows and Mark Foster
Oxford UP
by Igor Ferreira

'Everything's ready now. We can do the experiment,' says your assistant Joe.
You are the famous scientist Mary Durie working in a laboratory in Alaska. When you discover something very new and valueable, other people want to try to steal your idea - can you stop them before they escape?

"New York Café"

by Michael Dean
Oxford UP
presented by Andreia Proença

It is the year 2030, and an e-mail message arrives at New York Café: 'I want to help people and make them happy!' But not everybody is happy about the e-mail, and soon the police and the President are very interested in the New York Café.