Labor Walk of Fame 3.2

The second term has come to an end, and, as usual, we would like to give recognition to those students who did best in the subject of English in each group of ESO:

Congratulations to all of you!

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April Fools' Day 2015

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is a day celebrated in many countries on April 1st. The day is named for the custom of playing practical jokes and hoaxes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbours, or sending them on a fool's errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, such as the UK, Australia and South Africa the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool". Elsewhere, such as in Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands, and the U.S., the jokes last all day.

Though it has been observed for centuries in several countries, including France and Britain, its origin is unknown. It resembles the Hilaria festival of ancient Rome (March 25th) and the Holi festival of India (ending March 31st). The custom of playing April Fools' jokes was brought to America by the British.

In Spain and Ibero-America, an equivalent date is December 28th, Christian day of celebration of the Massacre of the Innocents. The Christian celebration is a holiday in its own right, a religious one, but the tradition of pranks not, though the latter is observed yearly. After somebody plays a joke or a prank (such as sticking paper cut-outs of little men, or Monigotes to people’s backs) on somebody else, the joker usually cries out, as a popular expression, "¡Inocente!" (Innocent!).

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What Happens If All The Bees Die?

What Happens If All The Bees Die?

Will we go extinct if the bees all die?

Further Reading--

Death and Bee extinction
http://www.globalresearch.ca/death-an...

http://www.panna.org/blog/global-repo...

http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/animals/...

Pollination
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/polli... 

List of crops polinated by bees
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_... 

Modeling Colony Collapse 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25... 

The Causes of Death http://www.scilogs.com/from_the_lab_b... 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...

http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23...

Genetics http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/14071...

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Idioms about Books

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Daylight Saving Time 2015

Daylight saving time (DST)—also summer time in several countries, in British English, and European official terminology—is the practice of advancing clocks so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn.

Bolsas de Inmersión Lingüística 2015

Axudas para a realización de actividades de formación 

en linguas estranxeiras no ano 2015

Acceso á convocatoria da Xunta

Acceso ao DOG

Acceso ao cartel informativo

Acceso á guía para cubrir a solicitude

A Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria convoca 682 prazas para realizar actividades de formación en linguas estranxeiras no ano 2015

Poderá solicitar estas axudas o alumnado de centros sostidos con fondos públicos da Comunidade Autónoma de Galicia dos cursos que aparecen na seguinte táboa.

- Lémbrase a necesidade de achegar, xunto coa documentación, a fotocopia de todas as páxinas cubertas do libro de familia ou, de non dispor deste, da documentación que xustifique o número total de membros da unidade familiar.

- Para as personas que non empreguen a aplicación (que obrigará a cubrir esta información), indícase a importancia de facilitar, alomenos, un teléfono de contacto, procurando cubrir todas informacións indicadas na solicitude.

- No caso de remitir a solicitude vía Correo Postal (o Anexo I debe selarse e datarse por Correos), o enderezo de envío é:

Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria
Dirección Xeral de Educación, Formación Profesional e Innovación Educativa
Edf. Administrativo de San Caetano s/n
15781 – Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña)

 Prazo aberto dende o 17 de marzo ata o 16 de abril (incluído)

						Achega das familias (€)
	MODALIDADE	DURACIÓN	RÉXIME ALOXAMENTO	Nº PRAZAS	CUSTO POR PRAZA (€)	GRUPO A	GRUPO B	GRUPO C	GRUPO D
2º BACHARELATO	Inglés en Galicia	1 semana	Residencia	33	800	100	180	300	350
1º BACHARELATO	Inglés en Galicia	1 semana	Residencia	59	800	100	180	300	350
4º EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA OBRIGATORIA	Inglés en Galicia	2 semanas	Residencia	90	550	70	125	220	275
3º EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA OBRIGATORIA	Inglés en Galicia	2 semanas	Residencia	120	550	70	125	220	275
2º EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA OBRIGATORIA	Inglés en Galicia	2 semanas	Residencia	190	550	70	125	220	275
1º EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA OBRIGATORIA	Inglés en Galicia	2 semanas	Residencia	190	550	70	125	220	275
			Total prazas:	682

 

CONSULTAS

Web da convocatoria: http://www.edu.xunta.es/axudasle

Enderezo electrónico: axudasle@edu.xunta.es

Atención telefónica:  981957296 - 881997497 - 981957538 - 981546503

Space Oddity, cover by ISS astronaut Chris Hadfield

A cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.

Make sure you click on the subtitles icon (2nd icon at the bottom, right-hand corner of the screen) so that you can read the lyrics.

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Spring

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