CARNIVAL

CARNIVAL- MARDI GRAS

Now let's dance!

IN A PERSIAN MARKET

In our school we are going to disguise ourselves as the characters in a Persian market. Listen to this beautiful song by Albert W. Ketèlbey and learn the different characters that appear in this market(camel drivers, beggars, jugglers, snnake charmers,...):

BRAZIL

People in Brazil speak Portuguese.Do you know portuguese?


Football is the most important sport in Brazil. How many words do you know related to this sport?


Are you good at football?

MEXICO

Play this game and cook Mexican Fajitas:


Pinatas are very famous in Mexico. Play this game:

CHINA

Listen to this Chinese Song:


And now play with the Tangram, a chinese game. Choose between easy(doado) or difficult (difícil):


Do you want to know your name in Chinese? Click on the Chinese Flag:


Now find out your Chinese Zodiac Sign:

COUNTRIES

Click on the photo and you can learn about China.


Click here and learn about Brazil:


Click here and learn about Mexico:

CHINESE STORY

Listen to this beautiful story:

First Well

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Now you can make this puzzle:

TEN LITTLE INDIANS

Colour this little indian girl:

PANCAKE DAY

What is Pancake Day?
Pancake day is on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday: it is on February or at the beginning of march, six weeks before Easter.
In Britain people eat pancakes on Pancake Day.


In some towns there are pancakes races.
People run through the streets holding frying pans with pancakes.
Each runner throws the pancake into the air and catches it in the pan.


In other countries, people celebrate Carnival at this time of the year .
There are parades through the streets with bands, fireworks and people wearing masks and fancy dress costumes.

RECIPE PANCAKES
Serve these pancakes with butter and syrup.
INGREDIENTS:
•2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuring
•2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•1 egg, slightly beaten
•1 1/2 cups milk
•2 tablespoons melted butter
PREPARATION:
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine egg and milk; add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter. Cook on a hot, greased griddle, using about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. Cook until brown on one side and around edge; turn and brown the other side. Recipe for pancakes serves 4.
Look at the result. Delicious!!!!

MORE ABOUT PIRATES

We want to learn a lot about pirates.Do you know what's the name of the pirate's flag?And why?

Both black and red flags carried a significant message, as you might have guessed the red flags early pirates sailed under represented Bloodshed and a warning, and meant that no quarter would be given to those who crossed paths with the ship. The Pirates hoped that the sight of this flag would cause early surrender and an easy conquest. Black flags were traditionally used on Plague ships as a warning to others, so the progression to Black flags for Pirates was natural as it already represented Death. The Pirates called this the 'Banner of King Death'.

The flags were then made more elaborate and unique by using other symbols of death or violence, such as Skull and Crossbones, a Cutlass or even an Hourglass which meant the enemies time was up! Probably the most well-known Pirate of them all, no not Jack Sparrow, Blackbeard was thought to have flown under a black flag that featured a skeleton standing next to a bleeding heart, holding an hourglass in one hand and a spear in the other! Nice ay...

Most Pirate flags are generally known as 'Jolly Roger's' or 'Skull and Crossbones'. It is relatively easy to see where the name Skull and Crossbones comes from but there are several possibilities for the derivation of the name Jolly Roger. The most probable of these are; the English pronunciation of the French term 'Jolie Rouge' (Red Flag). It is also thought it could have originated from the word Rouge, meaning thief, beggar, or vagabond. The final theory is that it came from the phrase 'Old Roger' which was an English slang term for the Devil.

Enjoy now with these activities about pirates.

PIRATES

Carnival is here! This year we are going to be pirates. Be careful because we are very brave and dangerous.
Now you can try and sing this song "You are a pirate".

Lyrics:
Do what you cause a pirate is free
You are a pirate

CHORUS
Yarr harr fiddledeedee
Being a pirate is alright with me
Do what you want cause a pirate is free
You are a pirate

You are a pirate
(Yay)
We got us a map (a map)
To lead us to a hidden box
That's all locked up with locks (with locks)
And buried deep away

We'll dig up the box (the box)
We know it's full of precious booty
Bust open the locks
And then we'll say hooray!

Yarr harr fiddledeedee
If you love to sail the sea
You are a pirate

(Weigh anchor)
Repeat chorus
Arr, yarr, ahoy and avast
Dig a the dirt and dig it deep fast
Hang the black flag at the end of the mast
You are a pirate

(Yay)
We're sailing away (set sail)
Adventure waits on every shore
We set sail and explore (yarr harr)
And run and jump all day

(Yay)
We float in our boat (the boat)
Until it's time to drop the anchor
Then hang up our coats
Until we sail again

Yarr harr fiddledeedee
If you love to sail the sea
You are a pirate

(Land ho)
Repeat chorus
Yarr harr
Wind at yer back lads wherever you go
Blue sky above and blue ocean below
You are a pirate

You are a pirate