Thanksgiving is an American and Canadian Holiday.
In the USA it is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November. On this day, people have big dinners with their families and give thanks for everything they have in their lives.
Read the story
Listen to the song and think: what are you thankful for?
It is Easter again! Watch this video about an Easter story
This Chinese New Year is on the 8th February, and it is the year of the MONKEY, according to the Chinese 12-year animal zodiac cycle.
The Chinese calendar is lunisolar: influenced by the moon and the sun.
Lucky Numbers: 1, 6
Lucky Colours: Blue, Black, Red, Orange
People born in the year of the monkey are Intelligent, eloquent, adaptable, independent, honest, positive. But also Irritable, impetuous, easily frustrated.
The New Year is a time to think about things you want to change…
So think and write which are the things you are going to start this January!
Boys and girls in year 6 celebrated Christmas with crackers made by themselves. They were fantastic!!
Every year, on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans join for a day of feasting, football and family. Today’s Thanksgiving celebrations are very different from the original 1621 harvest meal, but it continues to be a day for Americans to come together around the table to share autumn food with their families, and give thanks.
BONFIRE NIGHT is a very British celebration. It has its origins in 1605, when a group of plotters wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill king James I. The most famous is Guy Fawkes.
Nowadays it is a very colourful festival, with lots of fireworks and bonfires.
Children prepare a “guy” to ask for money in the streets, and to burn it at the top of a bonfire.
People eat baked potatoes and saussages, and sweets and toffe apples.
They go and see a big bonfire display in their towns and villages.
See more:
This video can help understanding what people do on Bonfire Night in Britain:
And this song is for the little ones
5èA and 5èB classes prepared a shadow theatre about a Witch and a Princess. All of the groups prepared fantastic performances of the play. It was very funny!!
5èA photographs
5èB photographs
We celebrated a Halloween party at year 6 class. It was terrifiying!!!!
Halloween is a festival with a Celtic origin. It is celebrated on the night of 31st October , in English speaking countries (USA, United Kingdom, Canada…) and all over the world.
Witches, black cats, ghosts, jack o’lanterns, skeletons… These are the typical Hallowe’en characters.
Some of them are in these songs:
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