Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar, as an official holiday. The day is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza (Day of the (Hispanic) race) in many countries in America, as Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, as Discovery Day in The Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad and Fiesta Nacional in Spain, as Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) in Uruguay and as Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela.
Today is also known in Spain as Día del Pilar, festivity in honour of Aragón's patroness the Virgin of the Pilar. On the Dia del Pilar there is a procession with cardboard giants, and a spectacular display of flowers dedicated to the Virgin.
It is also the Day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
FELIZ DIA DE LA HISPANIDAD Y FELICIADADES A TODAS LAS PILARES!!!!!!!!
Monday, 12 October 2009
Friday, 26 June 2009
Trabajo medioambiental con Year 9.
El lunes 29 y miércoles 1 de Julio tendremos una visita especial y aprenderemos mas sobre el reciclaje y cómo podemos ayudar al medio ambiente de una forma creativa y divertida.
The students will learn that waste disposal is a problem and that it can have some serious environmental impacts. Pupils will begin to make links between waste disposal in landfill sites and climate change as a result of gases released from rotting waste. Pupils will identify ways to reduce their waste by making some recycled products. They will be shown how to make a gift bag from newspaper, a necklace or bracelet from magazines and recycled paper.
Asi que estar pendientes porque pronto tendremos las fotos!
Hemos ganado el premio del Instituto Español del año
El departamento de español ha conseguido el premio al mejor instituto español de la Conserjeria de Educación!
Desde el departamento queremos dar las gracias por todo el esfuerzo a las alumnas y profesores y al maravilloso equipo de trabajadores de Haggerston por su apoyo!
Si quereis saber mas entrar en la siguiente página :
http://www.mepsyd.es/exterior/uk/es/consej/es/promocion/concursos.shtmlracias
Una vez mas Congratulations!
Monday, 11 May 2009
LISTENING REVISION FOR Y11
¡¡Hola guapas!!
Here you have a fun way of practicing and reviewing before your Spanish listening exam.
You just have to listen to the song:
And then, you can try to do the activities proposed in this web:
http://www.todoele.net/actividades_mat/APascual_Amigos.pdf
¡Buena suerte!
Here you have a fun way of practicing and reviewing before your Spanish listening exam.
You just have to listen to the song:
And then, you can try to do the activities proposed in this web:
http://www.todoele.net/actividades_mat/APascual_Amigos.pdf
¡Buena suerte!
Fantastic Achievement in MFL
Before the Easter break the languages team at Haggerston submitted our entry into a national competition run each year by the Spanish Embassy. The scheme is open to all secondary schools and colleges of further education in the UK and seeks to give recognition to those schools that excel in the promotion and provision of the teaching of Spanish within the school.
The panel of judges select the best candidates based on the following criteria;
Provision of Spanish and student take up
Innovation: pedagogical and curricular
Extracurricular activities
Use of ICT
International Links
Our portfolio was received and as a result Haggerston has been shortlisted! This is fantastic news. We are now awaiting a visit from the embassy prior to a desicion being made and the winning school being announced on 19 June 2009.
¡¡Y SI SOMOS LOS MEJORES BUENO Y QUÉ!!;P
¡¡¡¡FELICIDADES CHIC@S!!!!
Monday, 27 April 2009
SPANISH MOTHER'S DAY
The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis as a day for each family to honor its mother, and it's now celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It complements Father's Day, the celebration honoring fathers.
This holiday is relatively modern, being created at the start of the 20th century, and should not be confused with the early pagan and Christian traditions honoring mothers, or with the 16th century celebration of Mothering Sunday, which is also known as Mother's Day in the UK.Different countries celebrate Mother's Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins.
One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece, which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. This festival was held around the Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (15 March) to 18 March.
The ancient Romans also had another holiday, Matronalia, that was dedicated to Juno, though mothers were usually given gifts on this day.
In addition to Mother's Day, International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries on March 8.
In Spain, Mother's day is celebrated on the first Sunday in May, so as this Sunday is Mother's Day in Spain, we just want to greet day to all the mums in the world in a Spanish way:
¡¡¡Feliz día de la madre!!!
This holiday is relatively modern, being created at the start of the 20th century, and should not be confused with the early pagan and Christian traditions honoring mothers, or with the 16th century celebration of Mothering Sunday, which is also known as Mother's Day in the UK.Different countries celebrate Mother's Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins.
One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece, which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. This festival was held around the Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (15 March) to 18 March.
The ancient Romans also had another holiday, Matronalia, that was dedicated to Juno, though mothers were usually given gifts on this day.
In addition to Mother's Day, International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries on March 8.
In Spain, Mother's day is celebrated on the first Sunday in May, so as this Sunday is Mother's Day in Spain, we just want to greet day to all the mums in the world in a Spanish way:
¡¡¡Feliz día de la madre!!!
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Spanish theatre at Petchey Academy
Aquí tenéis algunas fotos de la excursión a la Petchey Academy: de las alumnas de Y9 de Haggerston School y de la representación.
If you like the pictures and you enjoyed the performance, you can let us know it by making some comments in the blog.
Gracias chicas.
Esperando el autobús
La representación
If you like the pictures and you enjoyed the performance, you can let us know it by making some comments in the blog.
Gracias chicas.
Esperando el autobús
La representación
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