Dear students welcome to our English class. Here you can find resources to keep up with our lessons in class and learn about the English culture.
“Our Target Language, Our Target Culture” Wins European Quality Label!
We are thrilled to announce that our school’s E-Twinning project, “Our Target Language, Our Target Culture,” has been awarded the European Quality Label! This recognition highlights the outstanding collaboration, creativity, and dedication of our students and teachers as they engage in meaningful cross-cultural exchange.
The project, which connects students from different European countries, has helped deepen our understanding of language learning while fostering international friendships and cultural appreciation. We are incredibly proud of everyone involved and look forward to more enriching projects in the future!
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Code Week 2024
Our school took part in Code Week 2024, where we engaged in an event called “Art Coding.” This activity encouraged students to recreate in pixel art famous paintings on graph paper.
Happy Halloween 2024
The students of the 6th grade o the 1st Primary School of Gargaliani celebrated Halloween. The pumpkin was generously sponsored by a student’s mom! Witching you a happy Halloween! 🎃👻🖤🍁
Awarding of the two eTwinning programs implemented at our school during the 2023-24 school year.”
We are delighted to announce that both European projects carried out during the 2023-2024 school year as part of the English course, “Our Target Language, Our Target Culture” and “Around Europe in 8 Months”, have been awarded the National Quality Label. Congratulations to all the students!
Happy European Day of Languages 2024
To highlight the importance of language for peaceful coexistence among people,my 6th grade students participated in a poster competition titled “Languages for Peace.” The posters will be showcased on the official website of the European Day of Languages. You can find more information at European Day of Languages.
May Day
May Day is a national public holiday in many countries across the world also known as “Labour Day”. It is actually a celebration of the working classes and has its origins back in 1886 in Chicago when the Labour Union asked for eight hours work per day. We also celebrate it as the day of flowers and spring. In some parts of England and America there is the custom of Maypole Dance where children dance around a pole to celebrate spring. Another Mayday custom is to make Flower Crowns.
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Listen to a song about flowers here
Watch a video about Mayday celebrations in Britain here
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer. He was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He died in Baltimore on October 7th, 1849.
Poe is considered a great figure of Romanticism and the father of the detective fiction genre. He wrote poems and short stories and is famous for his tales of mystery and the macabre.
Poe’s best known fiction works are Gothic. His most recurring themes deal with questions of death and the reanimation of the dead.
Some of his most famous works are : The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, Ligeia, The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale heart. Click here to watch “The Raven.
I highly recommend that you read Poe’s work if you ‘re into bizarre characters, gothic castles and dark mysterious atmosphere.
April Fool’s Day
April Fool’s Day (aka All Fools Day) is a playful day celebrated on the 1st day of April around the world.
On this day people of all ages play tricks ( or pranks or practical jokes) on each other, spread hoaxes and often yell ” April fool” at the person who falls for the joke! They all end up having a good laugh!
So how do people celebrate this day across the world?
In the U.K., a person playing a joke would yell “April Fool!” at the recipient. According to tradition, the joking is supposed to stop at midday.
In Scotland, April Fool’s Day is called Gowkie Day because the gowk, a kind of bird (also known as cuckoo), is a symbol of foolishness. The whole thing lasts for twodays. During the first day, people prank each other. On the day following Gowkie Day, they place signs on their friends’ backs reading “kick me”.
In France, the day is called Poisson d’Avril . This translates to April Fish. Kids stick a paper fish on their friends’ back and yell out “Poisson d’Avril” when their friends finally find it.
In Germany a common prank (“Aprilscherz”) is to have people run errands, looking for things that don not actually exist! This is called ‘sending someone into April!’
