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

ELD

26th September 2014

What is the European Day of Languages?

The European Year of Languages 2001, jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the European Union, was successful in involving millions of people across 45 participating countries. Its activities celebrated linguistic diversity in Europe and promoted language learning.

Following the success of the Year the Council of Europe declared a European Day of Languages to be celebrated on 26th of September each year. 
The general objectives of the European Day of Languages are:

1. Alerting the public to the importance of language learning and diversifying the range of languages learnt in order to increase plurilingualism and intercultural understanding;
2. Promoting the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe, which must be preserved and fostered;
3. Encouraging lifelong language learning in and out of school, whether for study purposes, for professional needs, for purposes of mobility or for pleasure and exchanges.
   
   
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   Some students did some works in English and French,

   
   

    too. You can have a look at them. 

   
   

   You may find yours!

   
   

   Here's the website of our school.They're published there.

   
   

    You can also visit the 

   
   

   exhibition at the Library or find them in

   
   

    classrooms 3 and 4, the

   
   

    Languages classrooms.

   
   

   http://www.avepalmela.edu.pt/
   
   

2014-2015

Dear students

I hope you're glad to be back to school: meet your friends, learn new things, play, and don't forget
"Push yourself because, no one is going to do it for you." (source unknown)

Welcome!

8th grade students (class C)
CORRECTION of the test

I. A. 1- They have 2 children.

2- Robert is 12 and Emma is 14.

3- He gets £2 a week and he spends it on chocolates and sweets.

4- They do jobs around the house.

5- No, they didn't.

6- She decided to get a paper round.

B. 1. tidy

2. refused

3. instantly

4. puts aside

C. 1. F: ... have different ...

2. T

3. F: Emma has ...

4. F: ... isn't too happy...

II. A. 

A: fortune

A: unlikely

B: say

A: spend

B: likely

A: jackpot

B. 1. too much

2. too many

3. too many

4. too much

5. enough

C. 1. hers

2. mine

3. theirs

4. his

5. yours

D. 1. a)

2. b)

3. a)

4. a)

E. 1. will buy

2. rains

3. win

4. have

F. 1. I should do my homework.

2. I should help more at home.

3. I shouldn't talk to strangers.

4. I shouldn't eat junk food.

7th grade students
CORRECTION of the test

I. A. 1. F: ... in London's East End.

2. T

3. F: ... expensive and of high-quality.

4. F: ... are beautiful.

B. 1.c)

2.a)

3.e)

4.b)

5.d)

C. 1. It is the biggest department store in the U.K.

2. Charles Henry Harrod was.

3. It had more than 100 workers.

4. There are more than 300 stores.

II. A. 1. e)

2. a)

3.d)

4. c)

5. b)

B. 1. Where are the photos WHICH I took inside Harrods' Food Halls?

2. Sally is a shop assistant WHO works at Harrods.

3. That’s the clothes shop WHICH sells children’s clothes.

4. I bought a new skirt WHICH wasn’t very expensive.

C. 1. Do not eat inside the boutiques.

2. Do not not take photos in the stores.

3. Wear clean  and  presentable clothing

4. Take the number 9 or 22 bus to Harrods.

D. 1.Andrea will finish her Food Quiz tomorrow.

2. Kevin won't forget to eat more vegetables next week.

3. Will you stop eating hamburgers every day?

4. It won't be easy  to change teens’ food habits.

E. 1. If my grandparents have a balanced diet they will live longer.

2.If students eat too much fast food they will probably have health problems in the future.

3. If people eat fruit and vegetables every day they will be healthier.

4. If we eat organic food we will notice that it tastes better.

F. 1. ... was waiting...

2. ... was eating... 

3. ...was raining...

4. ... were having...  

8th grade students (classes A and B)

CORRECTION of the test

I. A. 1. aliens

2. incredible

3. grandmother

4. carefully

B. 1. Karl's parents have.

2. He has just bought a book about extra-terrestrials.

3. He is telepathic. he can read people's mind.

4. He has pizza on Thursdays.

5. No, he isn't.

6. She taught her a special language.

C. 1. F: ... to Jupiter...

2. F: ... from school.

3. F: ... is ...

4. T

II. A. 

A: fortune

A: unlikely

B: say

A: spend

B: likely

A: jackpot

B. 1. too much

2. too many

3. too many

4. too much

5. enough

C. 1. hers

2. mine

3. theirs

4. his

5. yours

D. 1. a)

2. b)

3. a)

4. a)

E. 1. will buy

2. rains

3. win

4. have

F. 1. I should do my homework.

2. I should help more at home.

3. I shouldn't talk to strangers.

4. I shouldn't eat junk food.