INTERCULTURAL BREAKFAST AND AMERICAN PANCAKES

An American corner with Daron at our Intercultural Breakfast

INTERCULTURAL 25th April

You can listen to the recipe here

WE ARE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT

This is one of Daron´s favourite book because her father read it to her and her sister when they were younger

 

The Luck of the Irish!

Happy St. Patrick´s Day from Santa Olaya Primary School! We hope that this year brings you much luck.
And as the Irish say, "May your pockets be heavy, your heart be light, and may good luck pursue you each morning and night." 

AQUARIUM

Our fifth course group had the amazing opportunity to visit the Gijón aquarium with Daron as our English guide! We spent the morning touring the aquarium while Daron explained to us about the different environments of all the animals and fish. We loved seeing the two Otters swimming and playing with eachother. Our favourite part was the Touch Touch exhibit where you can touch sea urchins, starfish, and sea anenomes! We saw many exiting fish like the two large sharks, the giant seaturtle, and some of Daron´s favorites: razorfish and jellyfish! We also were lucky to stay for a feeding session to see how the fish eat. Take a look at the photos of our fun day at the aquarium!

FAST PANCAKES

Next Tuesday is Pancake Day in England and to celebrate, Daron showed the fifth course how to make pancakes! We used a typical American pancake recipe that includes flour, milk, eggs, sugar, and salt to make the batter. Instead of using the typical skillet method, we tried making the pancakes on a griddle. See the recipe below for this tasty treat so that you can make them at home.
In honour of the day, we also held a pancake relay outside in which students had to run and flip "pancakes" in a skillet as quickly as possible. It was so much fun! 

• 1 cup flour 
• 2 tablespoons sugar 
• 2 teaspoons baking powder 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup milk 
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or oil 
• 1 egg

SUPERBOWL

The Superbowl took place last week in the United States and Daron´s favourite team (the Seattle Seahawks) won! In fifth course, Daron explained the history and tradition of the Superbowl in the USA and a bit about American football. We also watched some of the famous Superbowl advertisements that aired this year.

PEACE DAY

Today is Peace Day! With fifth course, we created white doves using paper doilies. It´s very easy if you would like to try it at home.

PEANUT BUTTER DAY

Once again, it is one of Daron´s favourite holidays--National Peanut Butter Day in the United States. Peanut butter is a very important staple in the American diet and has also started to become popular all over the world! Daron gives the fifth course a presentation on peanut butter to describe the background and uses for this wonderful treat. Afterwards, each student was able to try the peanut butter! It seemed like they really liked it!

Merry Christmas from Santa Olaya!

We´ve created a short video to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and to ring in the New Year. We hope that you all have a wonderful time with your family during the holidays and that the New Year brings you many good things. We´ll see you in 2014! Happy Holidays from Daron and Carmen!

Thanksgiving Turkey!!

Today we celebrated Daron´s favourite holiday--Thanksgiving Day! The fourth thursday of November is a very important day in the United States and Canada. It is a day when families gather to eat traditional food together to celebrate autumn and the history of America.

Typical foods of Thanksgiving day include turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and stuffing. Daron explained the tradition to 5th course and showed some photos of past Thanksgivings. Afterwards, each student decorated a paper feather and wrote one thing they are thankful for. Each of these feathers were put together to create one Thanksgiving turkey!

Have a look at the pictures below! It was very fun! 

HALLOWEEN 2013

These are the activities we enjoyed this Halloween 2013

• Scary Stories

• Dancing Thriller

• Halloween Traets

• Apple Bobbing

• Trick or Traet
• IV Carving Contest 
• Carving Contest Winners

And this is how an American had enjoyed it

Daron created a Halloween powerpoint to show 5th and 6th course. She brought lots of photos to show previous Halloween costumes and festivities. Coming from America, Daron has been celebrating Halloween every year since she was a child. It is very important in her country so it was fun to see some of her old costumes!

TRICK OR TREAT

                                                                                                                                

 Trick or treat

Smell my feet

Give me something

good to eat

If you don´t

I´ll pull down your underwear

APPLE BOBBING

To finish the Halloween festivities, we played a traditional game called ¨Bobbing for Apples.¨ In a bin filled with water you place a few apples to float. Each student had to try to catch an apple in their mouth without using their hands. It is more difficult than you think! It was pretty messy but lots of fun!!

HALLOWEEN TREATS

• Mandarine pumpkin
• Banana Ghost
• Ghost Hands

Daron helped our group make three healthy halloween treats. Below are the recipes if you would like to make them yourself at home! Watch the video for step by step instructions!

Banana Ghosts

 Ingredients:
1/2 Banana
3 Chocolate candies
1. Peel banana and cut in half
2. Use two small chocolate pieces for two eyes and one for the mouth

 Mandarin Pumpkins

 Ingredients:
1 mandarin
1inch piece of asparagus
1. Peel mandarin
2. Slightly separate the tops of the mandarin pieces
3. Place asparagus piece in the top center hole as a stalk

Witch Hand Gloves 

Ingredients:
1 empty plastic glove
1 bag microwave popcorn
Ribbon
Red Felt-tip
1. Using the microwave, pop the bag of popcorn
2. Fill the plastic glove with a large handful of the popped popcorn
3. Tie the end of the glove tightly with ribbon
4. Use the felt-tip to color nails on each of the fingers

SCARY STORIES

To bring some Halloween fright, Daron read the scary story ¨Bloody Mary.¨ This is the story of an old woman who steals children and later places a curse on the whole town. The students of 5th and 6th course really enjoyed it!


Next, we watched a Simpson´s episode that follows the famous story of ¨The Raven¨ by Edgar Allen Poe. It´s the story of a man who it turned crazy by a raven who has inhabited his house. Check out the video!

THRILLER

This is Daron´s favourite Halloween video and song. Have a look below! But beware, it´s a bit scary!!

And this is how we learnt how to dance Thriller. Daron showed us a few of her favourite dance moves from the video. It was really fun!

HALLOWEEN STORY

You can create your own Halloween tale clicking on the following image:

SURPRISE ME

Have you carved your pumpkin yet? What kind of face did you give it? Spooky? Silly? Happy? Leave us a comment and let us know!

GREETINGS

Click on the image to hear the bat´s Halloween greeting

CARVING

Fancy some Pumpking carving?

halloween-pumpkin-decor

You can also carve your pumpkin here