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WORLD WATER DAY - 22nd MARCH

There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litres of water while 1 kilo of wheat ’drinks up’ 1,500 litres.

When a billion people in the world already live in chronic hunger and water resources are under pressure we cannot pretend the problem is ‘elsewhere’. Coping with population growth and ensuring access to nutritious food to everyone call for a series of actions we can all help with:

follow a healthier, sustainable diet;

consume less water-intensive products;

reduce the scandalous food wastage: 30% of the food produced worldwide is never eaten and the water used to produce it is definitively lost!

produce more food, of better quality, with
less water.

At all steps of the supply chain, from producers to consumers, actions can be taken to save water and ensure food for all.
And you? Do you know how much water you actually consume every day? How can you change your diet and reduce your water footprint? Join the World Water Day 2012 campaign “Water and Food Security” and find out more!

World Water Day and One Drop
team-up to create new game!
The World Water Day Team have joined up with One Drop to create a new game which teaches you how much water is needed to create your meal, while ensuring that you get the nutrition you need.

ST JOSEPH'S DAY - 19th MARCH

Saint Joseph's Day, also known as Fallas de San José, honors St Joseph, the Virgin Mary's spouse. It is held annually on March 19. This date is also known as Father's Day (Día del Padre) in many areas in Spain.

Some people attend special church services to honor the life of St Joseph. St Joseph's Day also celebrates fathers. Many people make a special effort to visit their father or father figures. Some people also take fathers or father figures to a restaurant or give Father's Day gifts.

Fallas (or falles) are constructed, displayed and ceremonially burnt in many towns and villages in the autonomous community of Valencia, including the city of Valencia. Fallas are elaborate scenes made of papier-mâché and cardboard. One is chosen by popular vote each year to be preserved in the regional museum. The rest are burnt during fireworks displays in the evening of March 19.

The tradition of constructing and burning fallas arose at some stage in the Middle Ages. Carpenters burnt broken pieces of work and remnants of wood collected during the winter to celebrate the spring equinox. At some point, the fires were moved to St Joseph's Day as he is the patron saint of carpenters.

Ninots and fallas are important symbols of Saint Joseph's Day in Valencia. Ninots are figures made of papier-mâché and cardboard. They are carefully constructed and usually life-sized or larger. A group of ninots based on a particular theme is assembled into a falla. A falla is a collection of ninots to make a scene depicting a story or situation. It is usually filled with firecrackers and fireworks.

The theme of a falla may be political or touch on controversial or taboo issues in Spanish society.

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY ACTIVITIES

Here you have activities about Saint Patrick. Have fun!

SAINT PATRICK'S QUIZ

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY QUIZ 2

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY QUIZ 3

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY SYMBOLS

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY TREASURE HUNT

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY READING

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY UNSCRAMBLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

Use of the past continuous

Activities

Click here and do the exercises: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

MOTHERING SUNDAY - MARCH 15th

Mothering Sunday - The UK's version of Mother's Day - 15th March 2015

What is Mothering Sunday?

Mothering Sunday in the UK is the equivalent of Mothers' Day in other countries.

What happens on Mothering Sunday in the UK?

Mothering Sunday is a time when children pay respect to their Mothers. Children often give their Mothers a gift and a card.

When is Mothering Sunday (Mother's Day)?

Mothering Sunday (Mother's Day) is always the fourth Sunday of Lent.

Why is Mothering Sunday on different dates each year?

Mothering Sunday is not a fixed day because it is always the middle Sunday in Lent (which lasts from Ash Wednesday to the day before Easter Sunday). This means that Mother's Day in the UK will fall on different dates each year and sometimes even fall in different months.

Mothering Sunday has been celebrated in the UK on the fourth Sunday in Lent since at least the 16th century.

The History behind Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday was also known as 'Refreshment Sunday', Pudding Pie Sunday (in Surrey, England) or 'Mid-Lent Sunday'. It was a day in Lent when the fasting rules were relaxed, in honour of the 'Feeding of the Five Thousand', a story in the Christian Bible.

THE DAILY COURANT

On the 11th March 1702, Britain’s first newspaper – the Daily Courant – began publishing from rooms above the White Hart pub in Fleet Street. It was more like a leaflet than a newspaper as it was just a single page with two collumns.

Fleet Street

Publishing started in Fleet Street around 1500 when William Caxton's apprentice, Wynkyn de Worde, set up a printing shop near Shoe Lane.

Fleet Street was the home of the British press until the 1980s. Most of the major national papers were located here. Since the digital printing revolution, most have moved, and only Reuters remains. The Times and The Sun moved to Wapping. The Guardian went to the Isle of Dogs, and the rest went to London’s Docklands.

Fleet Street is named after the Fleet River, one of the many rivers that now flow beneath London's streets to the Thames.

Who was WilliamCaxton?

William Caxton was the first English person to work as a printer and the first person to introduce a printing press into England.

MAKE YOUR OWN PIZZA

FROM WASHINGTON TO OBAMA - 16th PRESIDENTS' DAY

BAD ROMANCE . LADY GAGA

Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" with matching clips from Hollywood movies. The movie clips are from Casablanca, Baby Doll, Phantom of the Opera.

SCHOOL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE

Quotes for a better world

Better world quotes

The concept of peace is a very important one in cultures all over the world. There are certain symbols which people recognise as representing peace. Let's look at the origins of a few of them.

All Nobel Peace Prizes

PEACE TODAY MOVIE

PEACE DAY – - CO

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr was a very brave man and he was very important too.
Read a timeline of the important events of his life and after answer the questions.

Martin Luther King

MARTIN LUTHER KING. Jr.

6th JANUARY IS TWELFTH DAY

Twelfth Day is the last day of Christmas season. In the Church of England, the Christmas season

begins at Evening Prayer on Christmas Eve.

Twelfth Day, as its name tells us, is the sixth of January - just twelve days after Christmas Day.

This day is the feast of Epiphany. The term epiphany means "to show" or "to make known" or "to reveal." In Western churches, it remembers the coming of the wise men bringing gifts to visit the Christ child, who by so doing "reveal" Jesus to the world as Lord and King.

In some eastern churches, Epiphany commemorates Jesus’ baptism, with the visit of the Magi linked to Christmas.

FIREWORK - NEW YEAR GAME

SANTA'S NET

On this page you'll find out what Santa likes about Christmas Facts, Myths and Legends

CHRISTMAS IN THE UK

Christmas in the UK

CHAT WITH SANTA CLAUS

DECEMBER IN NEW YORK

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

CHRISTMAS QUIZ

Read the question. What is the best answer? Click on the answer that you think is the best! Then click 'next' for the next question. How many will you get right?

How much do you know about Christmas? (1 or 2 players)

TREASURE HUNT

Go to http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm

Find the answers to these questions:

What do men in Bangladesh plant outside their homes at Christmas time?

How many dishes do Bulgarians eat for Christmas dinner?

What is carol singing called in Welsh?

People in Ethiopia eat Doro wat at Christmas. What is it?

Who wears white robes and a golden crown at Christmas in Germany?

What do people wear to mass on Christmas Eve in Malta?

Norwegians eat sand kagers at Christmas time. What are they?

Who reads a story on Christmas Eve in Syria?

What does the Ukranian Christmas carol Boh predvichny mean?

SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER

CHRISTMAS STORY

THE DIGITAL STORY OF THE NATIVITY

THE STORY OF JESUS' BIRTH

Every year in December we celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ. That is why we call this time of year "Christmas" - we celebrate the MASS or church service, for CHRIST.

CHRISTMAS CLEANING

WH - QUESTIONS

Do some exercises: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

- Question Words: 1 , 2 ,3 , 4 , 5 , 6

CHRISTMAS IS COMING...

THANKSGIVING DAY - HISTORY

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November. It is a harvest festival that dates back to 1621, the year after Pilgrims from England arrived in Massachusetts. The Pilgrims were the first settlers of America. They sailed away from England in September 1620, on a small ship called the Mayflower, in the hope of finding a new home where they could live in peace and freely practice their faith. It took them 66 days to reach America from England. Only half of the Pilgrims who left England in 1620 survived that first year. Many died during the first winter. The survivors turned for help to neighbouring Indians, who taught them how to plant corn and other crops. The next Autumn harvest was plentiful and inspired the Pilgrims to give thanks by holding a three-day feast. Have a look at this video for more information.