On last 30th January we commemorated the School Day of Non-violence and Peace.
We took part for peace with different activities like drawing portraits of the main non -violence icons of the world´s recent history such as:
Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King
Malala Yousafzai
We are convinced that a sustainable development can't be
achieved without a culture of peace.
Even on these days, with states where there is no way to peace 😢
PEACE IS THE ONLY WAY
PEACE QUOTES
Hi readers,
Our friends from Poland have challenged us to find out about the most important Polish poet:
Adam Mickiewicz.
They want us to be familiar with this literary big name. Are you ready?
This is the link to the activities.
Let's go!! 👏😊
Hi everyone,
We propose a research about the most outstanding modern female writer in the Galician
language: ROSALÍA DE CASTRO
-Who was this woman?
- What literary movement did she belong to? Can we find something similar in your literary
tradition of that period?
- Why was she so important for Galician language and culture?
- When do we commemorate her?
To complete the challenge, could you unscramble these verses she
wrote? They are from one of her most famous poems.
When you get it, what about reading them aloud and record it?
Good luck!!! 🍀🍀
penso / negra / ó/ facéndome / cabezales / que / pé /
tornas / me / cando / te / sombra / fuches / que /
asombras / sombra / dos / mofa / meus / tornas
ida / amostras / i / vento / cando / que / brila / eres /
sol/ a / maxino / no / me / zoa / i / que / estrela / es /
que /mesmo / te / eres / que / o
Our dear friends from Poland are sharing some interesting information about their country, city and surroundings.
These days they are in lockdown 😥. Thus, the so longed-for videocall isn't possible for now. Hope to make it in March. 😃🍀
In the meanwhile, let's have fun reading about their place.
Click on the link
Our country, city and surroundings
These holidays days, we'd like you to have a wider
knowledge about our location and the importance
that it has always haD for historical reasons.
Ready to read? 😄
We live beside one of the oldest and most stable borders in Europe. Since Portugal was born in the 12th century, the Troncoso stream marks its most northern borderline. On the other side it is Padrenda and although it has been a point under surveillance, we have always been very close to our neighbours.
Indeed, instead of the fact that authorities have always wanted to watch and tax the movements across the border, it was always kept a close relationship. Here the border doesn´t show natural obstacles and culture and language are very similar between Galician and Portuguese people.
The human relationship was never stopped because of the border and, in fact, much of our population here in Padrenda has its roots in Portugal and also exchanges from one to the other side have allowed to overcome the worst situations. For instance, while the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) many of those who were persecuted could run away through the border line and after war, poverty was less significant here thanks to the colonial Portuguese products: bananas, coffee, sugar cane... which arrived this area across Padrenda as smuggling merchandises, of course. Some years later, the circumstances forced to hide the pass, not for products but for people, when many Portuguese escaped from their enrolment for colonial war in Angola or Mozambique.
By the 21st century circumstances have changed, democracy has been recovered and both countries are integrated in the EU, so the border does not separate us any longer, but it remains well signalised along the beautiful way that the international road is.
Sadly, the route was again closed because of the pandemic during several weeks in 2020 and 2021 too. There is a hope for 2022 that things get really better and the contact between Galicia and Portugal will not be closed again.
These are some pics for you to have a look at:
Padrenda from the Portuguese sideOur exchange mates from Poland want you to know how they celebrate Xmas, both at school and at home.
Here we have 2 links where they are sharing this information with us.
What about you? Would you like to tell them how you celebrate Xmas at home?
Hi readers,
Today we are posting some interesting activities we have been doing during autumn. It's another way of sharing with you what we do here, at CPI PADRENDA CRESPOS.
It isn't just about books...😁
Samaín, closer to those people who are always with us
On Friday 29th October we celebrated Samaín in our school. This is an autumn celebration where we remember our Celtic roots.
It is traditional in Galicia to pick a pumpkin, to make a hole in it and decorate it. So we organized a contest about Samaín pumpkins: all students took out their imagination and the result was colourful and funny!
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Once
you take it home, don't forget to introduce a candle in your pumpkin
and place it on a crossroad, at a home door or a dark street.
Magosto: enjoying autumn outside
One of the dates we like the most is the celebration of Magosto, this academic course on 12th November. There is a tradition in our region to go to a forest, make a bonfire and celebrate the end of the harvest time by enjoying the autumn fruits.
Magosto is time for us to play popular games, make picnics and roast chestnusts on bonfire ashes.
We
can't go back home after Magosto without painting our faces with ashes,
singing our best songs and playing music, with the Galician bagpipe and
tambourines ahead.
Education also concerns values, among them equality and respect, so we organized on last 25th November different activities to commemorate the International day for the elimination of violence against women.
We collected books, wrote flyers and banners, we are all involved, not only inside but outside the school.
