23rd December

September-December 2023

 23rd December

Christmas time

I wish you all good holidays and 

Merry Christmas and a 

happy New Year as well.

 14th September 

2023

2023-2024 

school year 

has started!

Dear students, 

I wish you all a good school year. 

Do not forget to fulfil your dreams and believe in your ideas and wishes!

"Every day you have the power to choose our better history - 

by opening your hearts and minds, 

by speaking up for what you know is right." 

Michelle Obama

 14th  June  2023

Dear students,

Summer holidays are already here. 🙂

I wish you incredible holidays and may these days become great and unforgettable.

Enjoy yourselves!

Click  HERE  to see some of your awesome works 

done during this school year. Congrats!

Frank in May 1942, two months
before she and her family went
into hiding

 12th June

Do  you 

know  that ...

"Birthday - Anne Frank (1929-1945) was born in Frankfurt, Germany. 

She is perhaps the best known victim of the Nazi Holocaust.  

Anne and her family moved from Germany to Amsterdam to flee Nazi persecution, then went into hiding in a small attic after Holland was invaded by Nazis. 

Anne, a girl on the verge of womanhood, was unable to go outside for any reason. 

In 1942, she began a diary to cope with the boredom, fear, annoyances, and loneliness of captivity. 

Her family's hiding place was eventually discovered and Anne and her family were deported to Nazi concentration camps. 

She contracted typhus and died at Bergen-Belsen in 1945. 

After the war, her father published her diary, which inspired the world, revealing a young woman who had managed to remain hopeful, despite it all."

(in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank)

Plastics are the largest, most harmful and persistent fraction of marine litter,
accounting for at least 85 per cent of total marine waste.
PHOTO:InsideCreativeHouse/Adobe Stock

5th June

Thought of 

the day

“Environment is no one’s property to destroy; 

it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect.” 

Mohith Agadi 

"Solutions to plastic pollution

More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled.

An estimated 19-23 million tonnes end up in lakes, rivers and seas annually. That is approximately the weight of 2,200 Eiffel Towers all together.

Microplastics – tiny plastic particles up to 5mm in diameter – find their way into food, water and air. It is estimated that each person on the planet consumes more than 50,000 plastic particles per year –and many more if inhalation is considered.

Discarded or burnt single-use plastic harms human health and biodiversity and pollutes every ecosystem from mountain tops to the ocean floor.

With available science and solutions to tackle the problem, governments, companies and other stakeholders must scale up and speed actions to solve this crisis.

This underscores the importance of this World Environment Day  in mobilizing transformative action from every corner of the world.

(...)

Join the #BeatPlasticPollution (https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/) movement through the official website of World Environment Day 2023. You can access more interesting information, the actions you can carry out to contribute, as well as a large number of materials to promote the movement through social media. Every performance, no matter how small, matters. (...)"

in https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day

 29th May

Do you know that ...

on this date it is celebrated 

the Memorial Day?

"Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 29 in 2023). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the Civil War), it was expanded after World War I.

Many people observe this holiday by visiting cemeteries and memorials. A national moment of remembrance takes place at 3 p.m. local time. Another tradition is to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff from dawn until noon local time. Volunteers often place American flags on each grave site at National Cemeteries.

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars take donations for poppies in the days leading up to Memorial Day; the poppy's significance to Memorial Day is the result of the John McCrae poem "In Flanders Fields. (...)" 

(in https://www.cute-calendar.com/event/memorial-day/41379.html )

 22nd May

Do you 

know that ...?

On 20th May of this year 

(the celebration occurs on third Friday in May) 

we celebrate the National Endangered Species Day.

"The National Wildlife Federation spearheaded the establishment of Endangered Species Day by Congress, and we take this opportunity each year to share the importance of wildlife conservation and restoration efforts for all imperiled species. It is also a perfect time to learn about and celebrate the progress made to protect wildlife since the creation of the Endangered Species Act in 1973."

(in  https://www.nwf.org/Our-Work/Wildlife-Conservation/Endangered-Species/Endangered-Species-Day)

photo José Ferreira

15th May

Thought of 

the week

“Ideas, we all know, are not born in people's heads. 

They begin somewhere out there, loose wisps of smoke

swirling directionless in their search for a befitting mind.”
                                                                                                             Mia Couto

And due to some research and willpower of knowing 

more about such a lovely and beautiful place like Palmela, 

I'm sharing these works about the town of Palmela.

Congrats dear students. 

Peddy Paper Palmela - 9C

 8th May

Thought of 

the week

"When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down 

and accept defeat; 

instead, they are all the more determined to struggle 

for a better future."

                                              Queen Elizabeth II

 9th   May

Europe Day  

            &  

eTwinning  Day

"Europe Day is a day to celebrate peace and unity throughout Europe.

On this day, it is our collective duty to revitalize the European dream and

re-invigorate European integration. (...)". in https://www.celebrateeuropeday.net/

On 9 May, we celebrate eTwinning Day with inspiring activities on innovation and education.

in https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/insights/news/lets-count-down-together-etwinning-day

AEP - EB Hermenegildo Capelo

1st May 

Thought of 

the week

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. 

Wishing is not enough; we must do” 

               Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 25th April

Freedom

"What was the April 25 Revolution in Portugal?

The April 25th Revolution, also known as the Carnation Revolution, was a military coup that occurred in 1974. This coup ended the dictatorial Estado Novo regime and initiated the decolonization of the Portuguese colonies and the implementation of a democratic regime in Portugal.

The Revolution was led by a military movement, the Armed Forces Movement (MFA), made up mostly of captains (the “April Captains”) who had been to the Colonial War and opposed the regime.

The Revolution was a peaceful one with the regime’s reaction being practically nonexistent due to their reduced military power (most of the troops and armament were in the Colonial War) and the huge backing that MFA quickly gathered from the population. (...)"

 in https://www.portugal.com/history-and-culture/april-25th-revolution/

 24th April

Thought of 

the week

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, 

but to live in a way that respects and enhances 

the freedom of others.”

                                         Nelson Mandela

 22nd April

Earth  Day

Congrats dear students. 

You've done an incredible work creating posters to call people's attention 

to preserve our planet Earth.

WATCH  HERE!

17th April

Thought of 

the week

“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation;

it means understanding that something is 

what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.”

                                                      Michael J. Fox

3rd April

Thought of 

the week

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

Dalai Lama

On the first day of these Easter holidays, 

I wish all my students very relaxing and happy days.

27th March

Special dates & Thoughts

How curious are you? 

20th February

Thoughts & special dates

Let us be curious! 

 16th January

Thought of 

the week

Do you know...?

New York - CNN

 — 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the birthday of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was assassinated four years later.

This year, the holiday falls on Monday, January 16. It’s a federal holiday, which means government agencies, banks and many corporate offices will close for the day.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/15/business/martin-luther-king-day-open-closed-trnd/index.html

"Forgiveness is not an occasional act. 

It is a permanent attitude." 

                                           Martin Luther King Jr.

 9th January

Thought of 

the week

"I can't change the direction 

of the wind,  but I can adjust 

my sails to always reach my destination." 

                                                       Jimmy Dean

 3rd January 2023

Thought of 

the week

Dear students, welcome to the new year 2023 

and 

to our 2nd school term.

“I think the more unexpected something is, 

the more there is to learn from it.” 

                                                          Michael J. Fox