martes, 25 de marzo de 2014

Unit 6 Farming and Fishing



Study the Test questions:
1.       Can you name 4 food products we get from arable farming?
2.     Can you name a non food product we get from arable farming?
3.     Can you name 2 food products we get from livestock farming?
4.     Can you name 2  non food products we get from livestock farming ?
5.     What do we get  wood, cork and resin from?
6.     Can you name 2 products we obtain from fishing?
7.     Can you name 2 products we obtain from quarries and 2 from mines deep inside the Earth?
8.     What is the difference between a rain-fed crop and an irrigated crop?
9.     Can you write 3 rain fed crops?
10.  There are 3 crops called “ The Mediterranean Trio”. Which are they and why are they called like that?
11.   Can you write 3 irrigated crops?
12.  What is an advantage of rain fed crops?
13.  What is an advantage of irrigated crops?
14.  What is an advantage of growing crops in greenhouses?
15.  Can you name 2 advantages of organic farming?
16.  Can you name 4 food products we get from livestock farming?
17.  Can you name animals that cattle farmers raise?
18.  Can you name animals that poultry farmers raise?
19.  What is the difference between free range farming and factory farming?
20. What is an advantage of free range   farming ?
21.  What is an advantage of factory  farming ?
22. Name 2 types of livestock farming that are always free range farming
23. Name 1 food and 1 non food product we get from beekeeping
24. What types of salt water fishing are there?
25. Where do fresh water fishermen catch fish?
26. What is the difference between coastal fishing and deep sea fishing?
27. Can you name 2 types of fish caught in coastal fishing?
28. Can you name 2 types of fish caught in deep sea fishing fishing?
29. Do you like eating fish?
30.What is your favourite fish?

WHAT TYPE OF LIVESTOCK FARMING IS THIS?


viernes, 21 de marzo de 2014

Science: "Urban and Rural Landscapes"

"LANDSCAPES AND SETTLEMENTS"
This term we have studied the different types of landscapes  and settlements, and also the different features and characteristics.
My wonderful children have made amazing jobs about this.
On a sheet of white carboard they designed a rural or an urban lanscapes, including the elements that they  have learnt.We used for this different types of paper, cardboard...
and imagination!!!!! : ) : ) : )

Rural landscapes:
  • Natural elements: forest, river, trees,lakes...
  • Human made elements: farm houses, windmills, wells...

Urban landscapes:
  • Natural elements: trees, plants...
  • Human made elements: buildings,skyscrapers,industries, factories,motorways...





SPRING

SPRING IS HERE! WELCOME!

miércoles, 19 de marzo de 2014

Festival: "Father´s Day"

"FATHER´S DAY PORTRAITS"
We have studied how to draw a portrait, or self portrait if they wanted. Katie, our assistant, explained to them how to draw all the different parts of the face, the details and proportions.
Here you will see  their portraits.  
Can you recognize the dads? 
and the children?

                                                     





        
And this one? 

Who  can guess the name of this dad?                 
       




Festival: "Father´s Day"

 HAPPY DAY DADS!!


                                THIS REPORT IS ONLY FOR DADS.
HERE YOU WILL SEE HOW YOU CHILDREN WORKED, REALLY HARD TO MAKE YOU SPECIAL PRESENTS.
THEY HAD A GOOD TIME TOGETHER AND THEY BEHAVED VERY WELL.
THEY ARE AWESOME!















lunes, 17 de marzo de 2014

FESTIVAL : SAINT PATRICK´S DAY

                    
Saint Patrick is the Patron Saint of  Ireland.

St. Patrick's Day is an Irish holiday celebrated all around the world to honor the Patron Saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick.

When Is St. Patrick's Day?
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated each year on March 17th. This day marks the accepted date of Saint Patrick's death in 460 AD


DO YOU WANT THAT POT OF GOLD? IT IS AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW.
Who Was Saint Patrick?
The person who was to become Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales around 390 AD.

At the age of sixteen Saint Patrick was kidnapped from his native land of the Roman British Isles by a band pirates, and sold into slavery in Ireland. Saint Patrick worked as a shepherd and turned to religion for comfort. During his captivity he became a Christian and adopted the name Patrick. After six years of slavery he escaped to the Irish coast and fled home to Britain.


While back in his homeland, Patrick decided to become a priest. Patrick wanted to return to Ireland after dreaming that the voices of the Irish people were calling him to convert them to Christianity.

After studying and preparing for several years, Patrick traveled back to Ireland as a Christian missionary. Although there were already some Christians living in Ireland, Saint Patrick was able to bring upon a massive religious shift to Christianity by converting people of power.
Symbols
One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock. One Irish tale tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day. Eventually this tradition led to the wearing of green.

There is much Irish folklore that surrounds St. Patrick's Day. Not much of it is actually substantiated. Some of this lore includes the belief that Patrick raised people from the dead. He also is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Of course, no snakes were ever native to Ireland, and some people think this is a metaphor for the conversion of the pagans. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday. 
The Shamrock
The first year St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in America in 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts. The first official St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City in 1766. As the saying goes, on this day "everybody is Irish!" Over 100 U.S. cities now hold Saint Patrick's Day parades.