Christmas is already here and pupils at IES Mare Nostrum have made all kind of activities to celebrate this time of the year.......... Students of AF11 made a British party where they cooked typical British sandwiches.We ate, drank, danced and tasted a bit of the British culture.
In case you want to become a new Jamie Oliver,here you have the recipe of some of the most popular teatime sandwiches they made. Creamy egg and cress sandwiches (makes 12); 4 eggs ,2 chopped spring onions, 2-3 tbsp crème fraîche
Boil 4 eggs for 8 mins. Cool the eggs, peel, mash, then mix with 2 chopped spring onions and 2-3 tbsp crème fraîche. Season, then spread over 12 small rolls. Add a little cress, pop on the lids and serve.
Lightly spread 6 slices wholemeal bread with butter. Cover with a layer of thinly sliced cucumber, then use a 5-6cm round cutter to stamp out 12 circles. Mix together 4 tbsp mayonnaise with zest 1 lemon. Top each circle with 1 halved large cooked prawn and a dollop of the lemony mayonnaise.
Prawn sandwich (serves 12) 2 tbsp mayonnaise 100g pack cooked and peeled North Atlantic prawns ½ lettuce,
Lightly spread 6 slices of wholemeal with mayonnaise. Cover with a layer of sliced lettuce, and then put some prawns in the middle.
Pilchards Sandwich (serves 12) A can of pilchards - Preferably with tomato sauce or 6 slices wholemeal bread ; Butter.
Open the pilchards and take the spines away. Squeeze the sardines with a fork. Spread some butter on the bread and fill the sandwich with the sardines .
Pupils from ESO 41 wrote their own personal Christmas tale with the aid of the Instant Button App.
There were really good stories.
Last but not least, students from ESO 33 gave presents to each other in class. They had been preparing the "invisible friend" game for over a month, so it was all excitement and joy on the "D" day.
WISHING YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Thank you so much for such a productive term!
XXX
On December 4th, 2014, Rosa and Lucía from BS22 attended a Christingle Service at Saint George´s Anglican Church in Malaga. The service was led by the Chaplain Revd. Mary Ellen Dolan, and the Assistant Curate, the Revd. Doreen Cage. But, what is a Christingle?
Christingle means ‘Christ’s Light’ and it is a symbol of the Christian faith. Lots of churches hold Christingle services around Christmas time. The custom of giving out lighted candles in these services began in Germany in 1747 but it wasn't introduced to the Anglican Church in England until 1968.
Christingles are made up of different parts, each one being there to remind us of something.
The orange represents the world.
The candle reminds Christians of Jesus who they believe to be the light of the world.
The red ribbon goes all round the 'world' and being the colour of blood, reminds Christians that Jesus died.
The four cocktail sticks could have either of two meanings; the four seasons or the four corners of the world.
The sweets (or sometimes dried fruit) remind Christians of God's gifts to the world including kindness and love.
The foil is only there to catch waxy drips from the candle.
We prayed, sang carols and enjoyed ourselves a lot!
And after the service had ended, we looked for Gerald Brenan´s grave ....until we found it! It was a lovely way to say hello to Christmas !
GERALD BRENAN (1894-1987)
He was born in Malta into
a well-off Anglo-Irish family, while his father was serving there in the
British Army. He was educated at Radley,
a boarding school in England,
which he hated due to the bullying he endured. His autographical works make it
clear that he did not enjoy a good relationship with his father.
At the age of
18, and to spite his father who wanted him to train for an army career at the RoyalMilitaryCollege, he set off with an older
friend, the occasional photographer and eccentric, John Hope-Johnston, to
walk to China.
Between August 1912 and January 1913 they walked 1,560 miles, reaching Bosnia before
lack of money made them turn back. Brenan spent the next ten months in Germany,
learning the language, surprisingly in preparation for joining the Indian
Police Service, but this plan was interrupted by the outbreak of the First
World War.in August 1914. He immediately joined the British Army and served in France
throughout the war. After being demobbed in 1918, Hope-Johnstone introduced
Brenan to the Bloomsbury Group.
In 1919 he moved to Spain,
and from 1920 on he rented a house in the small village
of Yegen, in the Alpujarras district
of the province
of Granada. He spent
his time catching up on the education which he felt he had missed by not
attending university, and in writing. An important factor in his moving to Spain was his
calculation that his small income would go further there. Despite the
remoteness of his new home, contacts with the Bloomsbury Group continued,
particularly with his best friend Ralph Partridge and his first wife Dora
Carrington, with whom Brenan had an affair. In the late 1920s he formed a
relationship with his maid, Juliana Martin Pelegrina, which in 1931 resulted in
the birth of a daughter, Miranda Helen.
In Dorset in
1930 he met the American poet and novelist Gamel Woolse 1895–1968); they
married in Rome
in 1931. During the Spanish Civil war and for many years afterwards they
lived in Aldborne in Wiltshire. Brenan was permitted to return to Spain in 1953
despite holding views which were critical of Franco´s regime. He spent most of the remainder of his
life . In 1984 Brenan was moved in controversial circumstances to a nursing
home in Pinner, but he returned to Spain after the
authorities there made special arrangements to provide him with the nursing
care on which he depended. At the time of his death, his body was donated to
the Medicine Faculty of Málaga for medical research and later cremated; his
ashes are buried in the English Cementery.
To know more, have a look at the Church Website: www.stgeorgemalaga.org
Hello everybody! It seems our Remembrance Day Project was good enough to come out on the papers! (La Opinión de Málaga, November 19th,2014) YOU DID IT ! Congratulations!
Last, but not least, students from AF11 entered a competition held by M80 radio station on November 23rd. It was the anniversary of Freddie Mercury´s death. They sent such a great selfie (with Freddie´s famous moustache) that they won the latest Queen´s recopilation.
A great excuse to listen to this great band!
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song has no chorus, instead consisting of three main parts: a ballad segment ending with a guitar solo, an operatic passage, and a heavy rock section.
The single was accompanied by a promotional video, considered ground-breaking. Although critical reaction was initially mixed, particularly in the United States, "Bohemian Rhapsody" remains one of Queen's most popular songs.
Students of Year 11 (bilingual ) and Year 10 at IES Mare Nostrum have done a series of activities to commemorate Remembrance day . Their project on World War I is displayed in the hall of the school. It covers aspects such as :
- causes of the conflict;
- countries involved;
- life at the trenches;
- the role of women in the war;
- main battles;
- the war in the colonies;
- consequences;
This morning they have attended an Assembly where they have heard a brief but interesting talk on mustard gas. Then they have recited "In Flander´s Fields" and some other poems in French and English with war as the central theme. The students have worn a red poppy they have made themselves. After that, one pupil has played The Last Post, and, at eleven o´clock, we all have kept a two-minute silence. To finish the act, music students played a tune with their instruments while year 10 students were singing "See the Poppies".
Once again, many thanks for your kind collaboration.
viernes, 7 de noviembre de 2014
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. This day is also recognised as a special day for war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month".
The first official Armistice Day was held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace on the morning of 11 November 1919. This would set the trend for a day of Remembrance for decades to come. The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem "In Flanders Fields". These poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders in World War I, their brilliant red colour symbol for the blood spilled in the war.
"In Flanders Fields" is written during the First World War by Canadian physician Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. McCrae performed the burial service himself, at which time he noted how poppies quickly grew around the graves of those who died at Ypres. The next day, he composed the poem while sitting in the back of an ambulance. The poem is as follows: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
HOW TO MAKE A POPPY On Wednesday November 11th, at eleven o´clock we´ll pay tribute to the fallen by listening to the last post. We will also observe a two minute silence and read some famous poems on World War I. The "Last Post" is traditionally played to introduce the two minute silence in Remembrance Day ceremonies. It is usually ' played on a bugle. (In military life, 'The Last Post' marks the end of the day and the final farewell.) The sounding of "Reveille" (or, more commonly, "The Rouse"), ends the two minute silence, followed by the recitation of the "Ode of Remembrance." A poem called 'For the Fallen' is often read aloud during the ceremony; the most famous stanza of which reads: "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Fourth stanza of 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943)
Boo!
Ghosts and goblins were about.Mummies walked among us. Is there any doubt we had great fun at Halloween?
Pumpkins are the ultimate October icons -- the fruit of the month ( Yes, Pumpkins are a fruit.). Discover some of the Jack-O´lanters pupils created for the occassion.
We made the CUTEST halloween mummy costume — so easy!
What is Halloween without playing bobbing the apple?
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration which takes place on 5th November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5th November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.
Within a few decades Gunpowder Treason Day, as it was known, became the most important English state commemoration, but as it carried strong religious overtones, it also became a focus for anti-Catholic feelings. Puritans delivered sermons regarding the dangers of popery, while common people burnt effigies of popular hate-figures, such as the Pope in the celebrations. By the 20th century Guy Fawkes Day had become an enjoyable social commemoration, although lacking much of its original focus. The present-day Guy Fawkes Night is usually celebrated at large organised events, centred on a bonfire and extravagant firework displays.
Settlers exported Guy Fawkes Night to overseas colonies, including some in North America, where it was known as Pope Day. Those festivities died out with the American Revolution. Claims that Guy Fawkes Night was a Protestant replacement for older customs like Samhain are disputed, although another old celebration, Halloween, has lately increased in popularity, and according to some writers, may threaten the future of 5th November.
WHO WAS GUY FAWKES?
Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Fawkes was born and educated in York. His father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. Fawkes later converted to Catholicism and left for the continent, where he fought in the Eighty Years' War on the side of Catholic Spain against Protestant Dutch reformers. He travelled to Spain to seek support for a Catholic rebellion in England but was unsuccessful. He later met Thomas Wintour, with whom he returned to England.
Wintour introduced Fawkes to Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate King James I and restore a Catholic monarch to the throne. The plotters secured the lease to an undercroft beneath the House of Lords, and Fawkes was placed in charge of the gunpowder they stockpiled there. Prompted by the receipt of an anonymous letter, the authorities searched Westminster Palace during the early hours of 5 November, and found Fawkes guarding the explosives. Over the next few days, he was questioned and tortured, and eventually he broke. Immediately before his execution on 31 January, Fawkes jumped from the scaffold where he was to be hanged and broke his neck, thus avoiding the agony of the mutilation that followed.
GUY FAWKES´ MASK
The Guy Fawkes mask is a stylised depiction of Guy Fawkes, the best-known member of the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the House of Lords in London in 1605. The use of a mask on an effigy has long roots as part of Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
A stylised portrayal of a face with an over-sized smile and red cheeks, a wide moustache upturned at both ends, and a thin vertical pointed beard, designed by illustrator David Lloyd, came to represent broader protest after it was used as a major plot element in V for Vendetta, published in 1982, and its 2006 film adaptation. After appearing in Internet forums, the mask became a well-known symbol for the online hacktivist group Anonymous, used in Project Chanology, the Occupy movement, and other anti-government and anti-establishment protests.
The government of Saudi Arabia banned the importation of the masks in May 2013, and said that it would confiscate any found on sale. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs stated that the mask is "a symbol of rebels and revenge", and warned imams and parents that "they could be used to incite the youth to destabilize security and spread chaos..." On 22nd September 2013, Saudi religious police prohibited the wearing of the Guy Fawkes mask, the day before Saudi Arabia's 83rd National Day.
On Friday 17th September, a group of 27 students and teachers travelled to Fuengirola to meet Sandy Dee and Danny Zuko in "Grease, the Musical".
The show was amazing! Terrific energy and fab jiving. It was good enough for the London West End. We were completely bowled over and enjoyed every minute of it.
Congratulations to the whole cast and crew!.
In case you don´t know the story, here you have a brief summary:
During a visit to America, Australian Sandy meets Danny Zuko at the beach and falls in love. She is heartbroken when summer ends and she has to return home and their last kiss on the beach is a very emotional one. But fate lends a hand - her parents decide to stay in America and she finds herself attending the same school as Danny. But Danny at school is different from Danny at the beach. He is the leader of the T-Birds, a leather clad gang, and has a reputation to keep up. He can't be seen to fall in love with just one chick! Sandy is upset and seeks solace with some new friends she has made - a female gang called The Pink Ladies. But her prim and proper virginal ways do not fit in and she soon finds herself almost alone. A change must be made. Does she attempt to get her man by turning him into a jock? Or must she get rid of her "Sandra Dee" image?
Halloween has its origin in an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead. The Celtic people, who were once found all over Europe, divided the year by four major holidays. According to their calendar, the year began on a day corresponding to November 1st on our present calendar. The date marked the beginning of winter.It was the time when cattle and sheep had to be moved to closer pastures and crops were stored for winter. The date marked both an ending and a beginning in an eternal cycle.
The festival the Celts celebrated was called Samhain (pronounced Sah-ween). It was the biggest and most important holiday of the Celtic year. They believed that at Samhain, the ghosts of the dead were able to mingle with the living, because at Samhain the souls of those who had died during the year travelled into the otherworld. People gathered to sacrifice animals, fruits, and vegetables. They also lit bonfires in honour of the dead, to help them on their journey, and to keep them away from the living.Samhain became the Halloween we are familiar with when Christian missionaries changed the religious practices of the Celtic people.
TRADITIONS ON HALLOWEENJACK-O-LANTERN
These are hollowed out pumpkins with a face cut into one side.
According to an Irish legend, jack-o-lanterns were named after a man named Jack, who could not enter Heaven (because he was not a good man)nor Hell (because he had played jokes on the devil). So, instead, he had to walk the Earth with his lantern until Judgement Day.
HOW TO MAKE A JACK-O´-LANTERN
You´ll need:
- 1 short, sharp knife
- 1 dessert spoon
- 1 teaspoon
- 1 candle or tea-light
- Plenty of newspaper to protect work surface
- A Large bowl for pumpkin seeds and flesh.
STEP 1:
Cut a circular hole around the stalk.Tilt the point of the knife into the centre of the pumpkin. This will stop the lid from falling in.
STEP 2:
Scoop out the seeds and any loose flesh using the dessertspoon and the knife if needed.
STEP 3:
Sketch the face onto your pumpkin. Use a biro so any mistakes can be scrubbed off with a scouring pad or fingernail.
STEP 4: Carefully cut out the eyes, the nose and the mouth. Take small cuts and use a puncturing motion rather than a slicing one.
STEP 5: Gently scarpe away the flesh on the inside of the face until it is only 1 cm thick.
STEP 6: Using the knife, mark a circle the sixe of your candle or tea-light in the centre of the base.
STEP 7: Carefully hollow out the marked area with the teaspoon.
STEP 8: Place your candle in the hollow, light it and replace the lid of your jack-o´-lantern.
THE CHALLENGE:
SHOW YOUR MATES YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS! On October 31st, bring your Jack-O´-Lantern to school. We´ll take photographs of all of them and we´ll put your photo in the gallery. You´ll be able to vote for the winner! (please include your name and class group).
TRICK OR TREAT?
Trick-or-treating is a tradition for children on Halloween in many countries. Children in costumes go from house to house in order to ask for treats such as candy (or, in some cultures, money) with the question "Trick or treat?". The "trick" is a (usually idle) threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given to them. In North America, trick-or-treating has been a customary Halloween tradition since the late 1940s.
The tradition of going from door to door receiving food already existed in Great Britain and Ireland in the form of "souling", where children and poor people would sing and say prayers for the dead in return for cakes.Children disguised in costumes going from door to door for food and coins is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895. The activity is prevalent in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Puerto Rico, and northwestern and central Mexico. In the latter, this practice is called calaverita.
APPLE BOBBING
Bobbing for apples has been a popular Halloween party game for hundreds of years.
Why do we bob for apples at Halloween parties? Some would simply say, "Because, it's fun!" Usually, the game is played using a tub of water with apples floating in it. The players take turns trying to get an apple by biting into it. Players are not allowed to use their hands, only their mouths, to catch the apple.
But where did this popular Halloween party game originate?
The Roman festival for remembering the dead was also in October. During this time, the Romans remembered thier goddess,Pomona. She was the goddess of the trees and fruits, and when the Romans went to Britain, they began to hold these two festivals on the same day as Samhain. Apple games are probably linked to this.
According to one custom,the first person to get an apple would be the first to marry. The apple has to be be cut in half to view the seeds. The seeds in an apple form a pentagram, which was a symbol for fertility in Celtic culture. Another custom requires the apple to be pared; and after the strip of peel is waved in a circle above the head, it is tossed over the left shoulder. The peel will land on the floor forming the first letter of the first name of the person's true love. Yet another custom states that the girl that bites the apple should place it under her pillow to dream of her true love.Would you like to try?.
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