SOMEBODY TO LOVE

Dear students, who has not needed somebody to love ever in his/her life?

As you know, next Tuesday 14th most people will celebrate St Valentine's Day.  And why not us?  Let's start little by little!  Today we will prepare ourselves just by enjoying Queen's song SOMEBODY TO LOVE


Now, download the following worksheet to learn a lot about St Valentine's tradition and customs.

TELLING JOKES

"The human race has only one effective weapon, and that is laughter.” -Mark Twain

Dear students, if you want to impress somebody, make them laugh. If you want to connect with someone new, make them laugh. If you want to get a raise from your boss, make him laugh. If you want to take yourself out of a completely miserable situation, make yourself laugh. And if you want to change the world, make the world laugh. What’s the easiest way to make someone laugh? Tell a joke.  But watch this video first and give your opinion then!




SPEAK ENGLISH!!

Post your comment about the importance of learning a foreign language and its consequences (positive and negative)

SCHOOL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE

Today, we celebrate the School Day of Non-violence and Peace (30th January),  WHY?

DENIP: School Day of Non-violence and Peace
1. The "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" (DENIP), founded in 1964 and also known as World or International Day of Non-violence and Peace, is a pioneering, non-state, non-governmental, non-official, independent, free and voluntary initiative of Non-violent and Pacifying Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world and in which centres of education, teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part.

2. It advocates a permanent education in and for harmony, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights, non-violence and peace.

3. It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi. In countries with a Southern Hemisphere school calendar, it can be observed on March 30 or thereabouts.

4. Its basic message is: "Universal Love, Non-violence and Peace. Universal Love is better than egoism, Non-violence is better than violence, amd Peace is better than war".

5. The method of teaching this activity of education in values should be one of experiences and it can be freely applied in each centre of education according to its own teaching style.

6. Friends of DENIP are those persons who, by accepting the spiritual, individual and social supremacy of universal love, non-violence, tolerance, solidarity, respect for human rights and peace above their opposites, advocate the diffusion of the principles which inspired the day.

Llorenç Vidal
Founder of DENP
English translation by the "Majorca Daily Bulletin" (Majorca).
Now I encourage you to watch, read and listen to this song: Heal the world.

"Heal the World" is a song featured on Michael Jackson's hit album, Dangerous, released in 1991. The music video features children living in countries suffering from unrest.
In a 2001 Internet chat with fans, Jackson said "Heal the World" is the song he is most proud to have created. He also created the Heal the World Foundation, a charitable organization which was designed to improve the lives of children. The organization was also meant to teach said children about how to help others.

THE UNFORGETTABLE BUTTERFLIES

Dear students, did you know that in December 1999, the United Nations declared  November 25th the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.  The origins date back to 1960, when the three Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic were violently murdered by the defense of women dignity.  The sisters, known as the Unforgettable Butterflies, became a symbol of the crisis of violence against women in Latin America.  Just have a look at this commercial and think about it!