What is Hannukah and when is this festival celebrated?
Hannukah is the Jewish Festival of Lights and lasts 8 days. It usually falls in late November or December, that is in autumn.
Learn more about this festival with Sesame Street:
Category Archives: 3rd Grade
Chinese New Year – Kung Hei Fat Choy!
On 31st January 2014 we welcome in the Year of the Horse!
Chinese New Year is a very important holiday in China. It is celebrated in late January to early February (depending on the year). It is also called the Spring Festival because it marks the end of the winter and the beginning of the spring in the Chinese calendar.
A common Chinese New Year’s greeting in Cantonese is “Kung hei fat choy,” which means “May you become prosperous.” On Chinese New Year, the themes of happiness, wealth, and longevity are celebrated. On Chinese New Year, families reunite, special foods are eaten, fireworks are lit, and children receive money in lucky red paper envelopes.
Festivals around the world
Listen and learn about more festivals in different countries:
‘Billy Banjo’, the play. Photo gallery.
‘Billy Banjo’, the play (IPA Productions)
Hello, boys and girls!
Here you can listen to the story of Billy Banjo.
SONG: ’60 Seconds’
I hope you enjoy this time song, kids!
Game: Teddy Dresser
This teddy needs some clothes. Find the right clothes for him!
More activities about clothes at the British Council site.
Songs: ‘Let’s decorate the Christmas tree’ and ‘Christmas is here’
This year, third grade pupils have learnt two Christmas songs. Listen to both of them:
lets_decorate By Richard Graham
23_Christmas_Song_Page 69 By Explorers 3 (OUP)
“The Important Book”
Hello everyone!
We used “The Important Book” (by Margaret Wise Brown) to learn about patterns. As a group, we had to describe some objects to practise the pattern of the text. Then we wrote positive comments about ourselves for the descriptive words and made a class book. We added our photos too! Then we shared the book with our French partner school for the eTwinning project.
Music Games
Click the image and start playing any of the suggested music games!
