Games for the School Week

First year students (A+B and C+D) played "Egg and Spoon Races", "Three legged races" and "Hanging apples". We went out of the classroom, it was sunny and it was great fun!
To read the instructions of the games (thanks, Les!) click here.

And have a look at some photos.

Charles Dickens is 200 years old!!!

In 2012 we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.
How much do you know about this novelist, his time, his works, his importance?
In 6 groups we are going to do some research on these aspects:

1. Charles Dickens' life.
2. Charles Dickens' social context.
3. Themes in the works of Charles Dickens.
4. Great Expectations.
5. Hard Times.
6. Oliver Twist.


General information and works:
http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/

Biography:
http://www.biography.com/assets/pdf/study_guides/bio4kids/Bio4KidsCharlesDickens.pdf

Social Context
http://dickens.stanford.edu/hard/historical_context.html

Themes:
http://rachel-mccrum.suite101.com/recurring-themes-in-the-works-of-charles-dickens-a124708

Videos:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animation.shtml


http://www.zaneeducation.com/Videos/Literature/The_History_of_British_Literature/The_Time_Life_and_Works_of_Charles_Dickens/The_Time_Life_and_Works_of_Charles_Dickens.php