Past Continuous

Here you have links to different exercises in Past Continuous:

Past Continuous - easy

Past Continuous - Fill in the gap

Past Continuous - Fill in the gap 2

Past Continuous - Fill in the gap 3

Past Continuous - exercises

Past Simple & Past Continuous

Guía de Buenas Prácticas TIC para las familias

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

  

   

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  

Here you have some information about this important celebration in Ireland  and other English-speaking countries:

The story of Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick was a very good person and did many good things for the Irish. He was born in Wales, Scotland in 385. He was kidnapped when he was 16. He was sold as a slave and had to work very hard. When he was 22 he escaped and went to a monastery in France. There he learned about Christianity. He spent 12 years in the monastery. Later he became bishop. One night he had a dream. God told him to go back to Ireland to convert the Irish people to Christianity. Saint Patrick travelled long distances in Ireland. He opened many churches and monasteries. Saint Patrick died on March 17th, 461. Since his death that day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day. 

Here you have a video of the story of Saint Patrick

St. Patrick's Day vocabulary

Can you count with the Leprechaun? Watch this video, sing and have fun!

More songs for St. Patrick's Day:

 

 

Let's play a game! Can you complete this jigsaw puzzle?

                    

More games:

 

 

If you are interested in Ireland and its culture, here you have some information:

The Republic of Ireland     
                    

This is the flag of Ireland. It is a country in Western Europe. They have two official languages: Irish and English. People from Ireland are called Irish people or the Irish.

This is the map of Ireland. The capital city is Dublin and it is the largest city in the country too. It is bordered by Northern Ireland to the north, The Irish Sea to the east, the Celtic Sea to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. 

The patron saint of Ireland is St. Patrick. The Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17th. People wear green clothes on that day. 

 

This is the coat of arms of Ireland. It has got a golden harp, one of the national emblems of Ireland.

This is an Irish leprechaun. It is a fairy creature that lives in the country. They make shoes and keep all their coins in a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

This road sign is written in Gaelic or Irish, the second official language of Ireland after English.

Here you can see some Celtic symbols: the Celtic Cross and the triple spiral. Celtic people have lived on the island of Ireland for centuries.

This is a shamrock. It is a symbol of Ireland and a symbol of good luck too. 

This is a Claddagh ring. It is used as a wedding ring. It represents love, friendship and loyalty.

Irish people love sports. The most popular sport is Gaelic football. They like rugby too.

The ball and the stick that you can see here are used to play hurling. Hurling is another Irish sport and it is very popular too.

The Irish are very proud of their culture and heritage. Here you have some videos to discover some Irish music and dancing:

Too much plastic! How to deplastify your life

Plastic is really useful and we use it every day but 

what happens after we throw it away is causing 

a big problem for our planet

What is plastic? 

Plastic is in lots of things we use from clothing to crisp packets, and bottles to buckets.

Making things from plastic is popular because there are many different types and it can be made in to all sorts of shapes, colours and sizes.

Plastics are man-made and can be produced from natural materials like coal and oil.

The first synthetic plastic - plastic made entirely from man-made materials - was created over 100 years ago. It was called Bakelite and was invented by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland in the early 1900s. Many think Bakelite was the start of plastics as we know them today.

How do we use plastic?

People can pretty much do whatever they want with plastic.

It can be coloured or clear, thick or thin, strong or weak.

This means a lot of different things can be made from it.

If you look around your home or school, you'll find most things have plastic in them, including your pencil case, games consoles, and even clothing.

Why is plastic a problem?

Ok, so far plastic sounds pretty great - and it is: who doesn't like using glitter?!

But the problem with plastic is that most of it isn't biodegradable and it can take years for plastic to break down in nature. It doesn't rot, like paper or food, so instead it can hang around in the environment for hundreds of years.

Each year, 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced and 40% of that is single-use plastic that we'll only use once before it's binned, such as carrier bags, drinks bottles, straws and crisp packets.

More than eight million tonnes of plastic enters the world's oceans each year and most of that escapes from land. It can be blown into the sea from ships and beaches, or carried there by river. Some also gets flushed down the toilet.

Another issue is that not all plastic can be recycled. This might be because of the way it is made up or because it is too expensive or difficult to do. Some coffee cups, for example, have a waterproof plastic lining which can make them difficult to recycle.

How does plastic harm animals?

Experts think that by 2050, the amount of plastic in the ocean will weigh more than the amount of fish in the ocean.

All animals, whether they live on land or in the sea, can be hurt by plastic.

They can get trapped in bigger items such as carrier bags or food packaging.

Birds, fish and shellfish can mistake plastic for food when it has broken down in to smaller pieces.

One in three sea turtles, and around 90% of seabirds, have eaten it.

They can't digest plastic so their stomachs can become full, meaning they don't have room for actual food.

Each year, 100,000 animals in the sea are killed by plastic.

What are 'trash islands' or 'garbage patches'?

You might have seen these astonishing pictures of what look like little bits of land in the middle of the sea. When you look closely they're actually made up of floating plastic! The rubbish includes bags, bottles and fishing gear. These are known as 'trash islands' or 'garbage patches'.

What can we do to use less plastic?

Play this game: 

Recycle game

There is no Planet B!

Global warming and climate change: every single one of us can make a difference

Listen to Swedish activist Greta Thunberg talking about global warming and climate change in the United Nations Climate Change conference.

She is more or less your age and she is making a difference. Every single one of us can make a difference to save our planet.

Here you have a video of some children explaining what global warming is and what we can do to stop it to an illustrator.  I hope you enjoy it!

Remember we can do a lot to help stop the effects of global warming:

Watch this video: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Monuments and Natural Landmarks in the United States of America

Watch this presentation and complete the activity: 

MAKE A POSTER OF THE UNITED STATES MONUMENTS AND NATURAL LANDMARKS

1. Read the presentation carefully (20 minutes).
2. Place the monuments and natural landmarks in the map of the USA:
     - Cut and glue the pictures. 
     - Draw arrows to show the state where the monument or natural landmark is placed.
     - Colour the state.
3. Add one sentence with interesting information about the monument or natural landmark. 



 

Monument presentation from Alexia Valderrey