Summer Holidays

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Lewis Carrol: my favourite character

                                                                             by Luna Davis Umbert
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SEVEN by 3º1º

http://es.padlet.com/pumitall/dtq0gfjlujyo by Ailén, Agustín & Franmcisco       PRIDE

http://es.padlet.com/wall/mwtiq30jb5o6 by Lucía, Julián y Lautaro                    LUST

http://es.padlet.com/wall/r2qy6vxr1g61 by Milagros, Guido y Juan Pablo          GREED

http://es.padlet.com/celielikim/x120jdavx3pz by Celina                         ENVY

Writing for talking at 1st 1st: My cause for concern

                                                                               VIOLENCE IN THE CARTOONS

CRIME                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                       BULLYING

 DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE 

                                                                               UNEMPLOYMENT

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Autoridades de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos,Asociación Conciencia y el Ministerio de Educación de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires entregan Certificados a los alumnos Becas Access 2015-2017.
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Halloween at 1st 1st!!!!

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Getting ready for HALLOWEEN!!!!!

The history of halloween and fun pumpkin facts!

The history of halloween and fun pumpkin facts!

   Halloween, one of the world's oldest holidays, is still celebrated today in several countries around the globe. The autumn rite is commemorated in the United Kingdom, although with a surprising and distinctive British twist. In Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, All Souls' Day, the third day of the three-day Hallowmas observance, is the most important part of the celebration for many people. In Ireland and Canada, Halloween, which was once a frightening and superstitious time of year, is celebrated much as it is in the United States, with trick-or-treating, costume parties, and fun for all ages.

   The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (pronounced sow-in), which means "end of summer", the Celtic New year.

Trick for Treat

The custom of trick or treating probably has several origins. During Samhain, the Druids believed that the dead would play tricks on mankind and cause panic and destruction. They had to be appeased, so country folk would give the Druids food as they visited their homes.

An old Irish peasant practice called for going door to door to collect money, breadcake, cheese, eggs, butter, apples, etc., in preparation for the festival of St. Columb Kill.

Also a ninth-century European custom called souling. On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes" made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven.

Did You Know...

• A traditional food eaten on Halloween is barnbrack, a kind of fruitcake that can be bought in stores or baked at home. A muslin-wrapped treat is baked inside the cake that, it is said, can foretell the eater's future. If a ring is found, it means that the person will soon be wed; a piece of straw means that a prosperous year is on its way.

Bobbing for Apples:

When the Celts were absorbed by the Roman Empire, many rituals of Roman origin began. Among them was the worship of Pomona, goddess of the harvest, often portrayed sitting on a basket of fruits and flowers. Apples were the sacred fruit of the goddess, and many games of divination involving them entered the Samhain customs.

The Witch's Broomstick:

The witch is a central symbol of Halloween. The name comes from the Saxon wica, meaning wise one. When setting out for a Sabbath, witches rubbed a sacred ointment onto their skin. This gave them a feeling of flying, and if they had been fasting they felt even giddier. Some witches rode on horseback, but poor witches went on foot and carried a broom or a pole to aid in vaulting over streams. In England when new witches were initiated they were often blindfolded, smeared with flying ointment and placed on a broomstick. The ointment would confuse the mind, speed up the pulse and numb the feet. When they were told "You are flying over land and sea," the witch took their word for it.

Jack-O-Lanterns:

Irish children used to carve out potatoes or turnips and light them for their Halloween gatherings. They commemorated Jack, a shifty Irish villain so wicked that neither God nor the Devil wanted him. Rejected by both the sacred and profane, he wandered the world endlessly looking for a place to rest, his only warmth a glittering candle in a rotten turnip. Read about Jack in the 'Legend of the Jack-O-Lantern' short story.

Did You Know...

• The Irish Potato Famine (1845-50) prompted over 700,000 people to immigrate to the Americas. These immigrants brought with them their traditions of Halloween and Jack o'Lanterns, but turnips were not as readily available as back home. They found the American pumpkin to be a more than an adequate replacement. Today, the carved pumpkin is perhaps the most famous icon of the holiday.

Halloween Masquerade Mask:

From earliest times people wore masks when droughts or other disasters struck. They believed that the demons who had brought their misfortune upon them would become frightened off by the hideous masks. Even after the festival of Samhain had merged with Halloween, Europeans felt uneasy at this time of the year. Food was stored in preparation for the winter and the house was snug and warm. The cold, envious ghosts were outside, and people who went out after dark often wore masks to keep from being recognised.

Pumpkin Facts

• In 1584, after French explorer Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence region of North America, he reported finding "gros melons." The name was translated into English as "pompions," which has since evolved into the modern "pumpkin."
• Pumpkins have been grown in North America for five thousand years. They are indigenous to the western hemisphere.
• Pumpkins are fruits. A pumpkin is a type of squash and is a member of the gourd family (Cucurbitacae), which include squash, cucumbers, gherkins, and melons.
• Pumpkin seeds should be planted between the last week of May and the middle of June. They take between 90 and 120 days to grow and are picked in October when they are bright orange in color. Their seeds can be saved to grow new pumpkins the next year.
• 2010 New World Record! In what has become an annual event, the world record has fallen once more. The largest pumpkin ever grown stands at 1810.5 pounds. It was grown by Chris Stevens. It was weighed at the GPC weigh-off in Stillwater, Minnesota on October 9, 2010. Will the record fall again? I will let you know!

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Argentine history by 5º3º students (2nd language)

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5ª 2ª students' adventures in Wonderland

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Ernesto Hwang http://padlet.com/ernesto_hwang/ayfih2k1hj28

Camila Caquias  http://es.padlet.com/wall/ei31n0rcdqtd

Stefanía Rojas Vilte http://es.padlet.com/stefaniia_rojas/tm8zsc447cnc

Lucas Wionczak http://padlet.com/camibostero/k3rrs7gspykf

Franco Biasotti http://padlet.com/FrancoBiasotti/AIW9CuriousFacts

Clara Park and Yasmín Afsharnejad http://padlet.com/iasaminblack/9irttf4x85t2

CONGRATS MISS SERRANO!!!!

Happy Springtime!!!!!

Let´s celebrate our days!!!!

Essay competition

ESSAY COMPETITION 2015

We are very glad to announce that pupils of your school, ENS °1 en Lenguas Vivas “Pte.Roque Saenz Peña”, have received the following prizes:

First Prize - Senior Category

MISS. CAMILA ADAMO

First Prize -  Junior Category

MISS. IRENE VIDAL

Certificate of Merit

MISS PALOMA CERICHE

MASTER EZEQUIEL FUNES

MISS MAITE GUERRERO

MASTER ANGEL ASTUDILLO

MISS LOLA RUIZ

Visit to the theater: A Midsummer night's dream

Visit to the theater: A Midsummer night's dream

....and finally he found her!!!!!!!!!!!!! Betsy

VIsit to the theater: A Midsummer night's dream

VIsit to the theater: A Midsummer night's dream

VIsit to the theater: A Midsummer night's dream

Summary of the Plot
 Hermia’s father wants Hermia to marry Demetrius (who loves Hermia), but Hermia is in love with Lysander and refuses to comply. Disobeying her father’s wishes could result in her being sent to a convent. Nonetheless, Hermia and Lysander plan to escape and marry in the house of Lysander’s aunt, some seven leagues distant from the city. They make their intentions known to Hermia’s friend: Helena, who was once engaged to Demetrius and still loves him even though he rejected her after meeting Hermia. Hoping to regain his love, Helena tells Demetrius of the elopement that Hermia and Lysander have planned. At the appointed time, Demetrius stalks into the woods after his intended bride and her lover; Helena follows behind him. In these same woods are two very different groups of characters. The first is a band of fairies, including Oberon, the fairy king, and his wife, Titania

The second is a band of craftsmen rehearsing a play that they hope to perform for a very special occasion. Oberon and Titania, King and Queen of Fairies, are locked in quarrel. Not being able to solve it and seeking revenge, Oberon sends his merry servant, Puck, to acquire a magical flower, the juice of which can be spread over a sleeping person’s eyelids to make that person fall in love with the first thing he or she sees upon waking. Puck obtains the flower, and Oberon tells him of his plan to spread its juice on the sleeping Titania’s eyelids. Having seen Demetrius act cruelly toward Helena, he orders Puck to spread some of the juice on the eyelids of the young mortal man. Puck encounters Lysander and Hermia; thinking that Lysander is the mortal of whom Oberon spoke, Puck afflicts him with the love potion. Lysander happens to see Helena upon awaking and falls deeply in love with her, abandoning Hermia. As the night progresses and Puck attempts to undo his mistake, both Lysander and Demetrius end up in love with Helena, who believes that they are mocking her. Hermia becomes so jealous that she tries to challenge Helena to a fight. Demetrius and Lysander nearly do fight over Helena’s love, but Puck confuses them by mimicking their voices, leading them apart until they are lost separately in the forest. Finally, Oberon decides that all good sports must come to an end. Puck puts the four lovers to sleep and gives Lysander the antidote for the love potion so that he will love Hermia again when they all wake up. Demetrius now loves Helena, and Lysander now loves Hermia. Next, Oberon gives Titania the antidote, and the King and Queen reconcile. Lysander, Hermia, Helena, and Demetrius asleep in the forest wake up and find everything is all right. All return to Athens to make sense of what they think is a strange dream. The craftmen perform then a hilarious version of the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. When the play is completed, the fairies briefly emerge to bless the couples with a protective charm and then disappear. Puck remains, to ask the audience for its forgiveness and approval and to urge it to remember the play as though it had all been a dream.

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1984 contest: first essays

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happy holidays!