23rd December
September-December 2023
I'm an English teacher and I've created this blog for 7th, 8th and 9th grade students from Escola Básica Hermenegildo Capelo, Palmela, and their teachers. The purpose is to motivate students to participate in English. I/ We/They can share opinions, curiosities, information, thoughts, short comments and/ or texts about topics discussed in classes. Learning English can be fun!
Saturday 23 December 2023
Friday 15 September 2023
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
Saturday 17 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!
Wednesday 14 June 2023
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| Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding |
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."
Monday 12 June 2023
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| 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
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 )
Wednesday 31 May 2023
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)
Wednesday 17 May 2023
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| photo José Ferreira |
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.”
lovely and beautiful place like Palmela,
I'm sharing these works about the town of Palmela.
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Europe Day
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"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
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Tuesday 25 April 2023
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/
Monday 24 April 2023
Sunday 23 April 2023
Monday 17 April 2023
Monday 3 April 2023
Sunday 2 April 2023
Friday 24 February 2023
Wednesday 18 January 2023
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.
Wednesday 11 January 2023
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