Showing posts with label celebrate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrate. Show all posts

Friday, 25 September 2015

European Day of Languages

Tomorrow is the European Day of Languages. As it's a Saturday, I've been doing quizes and lessons on it all week and we're having a whole school competition next week.

We haven't celebrated it in school before but it's important to get the kids to recognise the importance of languages and learn a bit more about them in a fun context.

This week I learned:

  • there are around six thousand living languages,
  • a third of them are African,
  • some sign language,
  • Japanese is written from top to bottom,
  • the palindrome 'was it Eliot's toilet I saw?'.
I'm hoping to make it an annual event in school.

Thursday, 14 May 2015

Vatertag

Today is German fathers' day. We don't go in for commercial holidays and we're having a quiet day here. Nevertheless, I wanted to take a moment to celebrate the best German father I know on his first Father's Day.

He doesn't always have the easiest time of it with two demanding girls in his life but he looks after us and we love him very much.

Happy Father's Day Nico!

Monday, 5 November 2012

Bonfire Night!

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Remember, remember the fifth of November...  a holiday I greatly miss since moving to Germany.  Have a great Bonfire Night and enjoy all he firework displays and bonfires in England - I wish I was there!

Saturday, 3 September 2011

The Saturday Update

You may have noticed the lack of weekly updates lately.  I haven't been too happy most Saturday mornings with my progress diet wise.  I've stayed the same for the last five weeks.  This morning by some miracle there was a change...I lost a whole 1/4 of a pound!  Yes, I am seriously questioning the reliability of my scales.  The important thing is that I feel good with all the cycling and am starting to get back into some of my smaller clothes.

It's been another busy week.  I've had a relatively normal week at school although year six are away on a trip so I have had some relief there.  Our house guest Frankie was in school with me this week to check out the school system and practise her German.  I did have another run in with the girl who is big on her toilet rights so there may be another run in with her mother before long...we will see. 

I've gotten back into watching German films and finished watching series two of 24 at last so I'm gearing up to tick another off my list of 27 with series three!  

Today is actually a year since Nico and I first met so we are celebrating with a quiet day together and so far the weather is sunny and nice too - touch wood.  

Next week will be relatively busy with year six being back.  On Saturday I have a training course for my new job which starts next month teaching adults again.  Let's hope it's a good week.

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Visca el Barca!





Check out the match report here

Don't forget to tune in on the 28th!