Halloween - 31st October

Halloween can always be a funny and mysterious time.

Do you know that it is an ancient Celtic festival?

Do you know that it has origins in Ireland and Scotland?

Do you want to visit some scary places in London?

Well, go to these links and find out some spooky and interesting things!!

"London's scariest locations: For a genuine fright this Halloween, venture to some of London's scariest places."  download here

Halloween quiz:  download here

And why not watching a video celebrating this festivity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScIwCupEw30

Do you want to read a scary story? It is The Ghost Coach. download here

Enjoy yourselves!

WORLD 
FOOD 
DAY, 16th October

(in http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/home/en/)

Do you know that "... ending hunger starts with us?" (in http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/)

Many things can be said about the importance of having a balanced diet and about the importance of avoiding food wastage. 

This year the theme is "Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth!"

I decided to leave here some links that you can check.

http://www.stophungernow.org/hunger-quotes 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xtz-S4v058

http://www.cute-calendar.com/event/world-food-day/9660-world.html

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/oct/16/world-food-day-10-myths-hunger

A vendor in New Dehli sells vegetables from a cart. But where do most of the world’s hungry live? 

Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images

Do you know that ...

- "Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win 2014 Nobel peace prize. 

Pakistani teenager and Indian children’s rights activist beat Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, the Pope and Vladimir Putin to the prestigious prize." 

Malala Yousafzai: 

‘Nobel award is for all the voiceless children’

in http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/wins-nobel-peace-prize-2014

- World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is on  Saturday 11 October 2014?

"On 11 October 2014 it will be World Hospice and Palliative care Day.
Each year the day is organised by the World Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance." 

The theme for this year's event is 'Who Cares?  We Do!'.

 

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15152&LangID=E

http://www.national-awareness-days.com/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day.html

World Teachers’ Day - 5th October 2014

"Investing in teachers means investing in the future"

Joint message (ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, Education International) for the World Teachers’ Day. 5 October 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of World Teachers’ Day, which commemorates the adoption of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the status of teachers in 1966.

http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/statements-and-speeches/WCMS_310619/lang--en/index.htm

International Music Day 

1st October

Let music be part of our life!

Choose a musical instrument or learn the lyrics by heart or listen to your favourite songs or sing or have fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJN3q3PvgyA



But today is another important day. We celebrate those who give us good examples with their wisdom. It is the ...
International Day of Older Persons - 1st October

This year  2014 the theme is
Leaving No One Behind: Promoting a Society for All.

http://www.un.org/en/events/olderpersonsday/

"Older persons make wide-ranging contributions to economic and social development. However, discrimination and social exclusion persist. We must overcome this bias in order to ensure a socially and economically active, secure and healthy ageing population."

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon