"SCHOOL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE"

This day is also known as: "World or International Day of Non-violence and Peace". We celebrate it on January 30th, the date of Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary. 
Here you have some quotes by Mahatma Gandhi:

“When it (violence) appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
"Hate the sin, love the sinner."

"An eye for an eye makes the world blind."

Can you answer some questions about him?

1. When and where was he born?
2. When did he die?
3. How did he die?
4. What does the word "Mahatma" mean?

You can find very interesting information about Gandhi and watch some videos about his life here: Biography

Here you have the song that we are going to learn to celebrate this day. Firstly we'll watch these two videos. I hope you like them. 




This video is from Shimon Peres's 80th birthday. President Bill Clinton sings John Lennon's 'Imagine' with 16-year old Israeli singer Liel, 40 Israeli children, and 40 Arab children! It's quite an inspirational piece! 

PAST SIMPLE GRAMMAR AND GAMES

This webpage is very useful to learn and practise the past tense. Don't miss any of the sections and games.

THE CHRISTMAS TREE GAME

A little bird told me that he would like to play this game again. 
Here you have the challenge: light up the Christmas Tree by connecting all the wires and light bulbs to the electrical source. You can rotate the wires and the bulbs by clicking them.

 Don't forget to play the other games to review the past tense, please.

A FAMOUS EXPLORER

This is a very helpful game to practise the past simple form. First watch the video, after that you can choose whether to read the grammar explanation or play the different games (click on the hamster's wheel). Please, don't forget to print the screen once you have finished the game and send it to englishyear6giner@gmail.com

Enjoy your holiday!!!

SENTENCE MONKEY

Drag and drop the words into the correct spaces to complete the sentence. After that, click SUBMIT. If you are correct, the monkey will get a banana.

MOTHER NATURE

I've just watched this video and can't imagine a better way to start the New Year than wishing that things change and we start looking after our planet. What do you think?
Click on the small wheel at the bottom of the screen to add subtitles if you need them.

Julia Roberts

There are more interesting videos to watch if you have time and want to learn a bit more about our planet. Here you have some of them.

Harrison Ford

 Lupita Nyong'o

Past simple

First watch the video and then play the games. There are two games for you to play to practise using past simple endings in English