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Día das Letras Galegas

May 17

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Today is Galician Literature Day and we celebrate the history and culture of Galicia through its language and literature. It was first celebrated on 17th May 1963 to commemorate the centenary of Cantares Galegos by Rosalía de Castro. Since then every year on this date Día das Letras Galegas is celebrated and dedicated to a different Galician writer or poet.

This year it is the turn of Uxío Novoneyra, a poet and children’s book writer from Lugo, who died in 1999. Here is a beautiful video dedicated to him with images of O Courel, where he was from.

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Science Fair in A Coruña

May 7

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Casa_de_las_cienciasTomorrow, Saturday 8th May, is “Science on The Street Day” in A Coruña. Santa Margarita Park is the place to go to learn and explore many aspects of science. There will be various stalls and many schools take part in this annual event. So lets hope that the weather is good to enjoy this fun outdoor event. We are lucky to have a great Science Museum in A Coruña – so make the most of it!

Click on the museum for more information.

Click on the little scientist to find out more about cool science!

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Happy Easter!

Apr 4

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Today is Easter Sunday and in many countries children have chocolate Easter eggs. This tradition began as the egg is a symbol of new life and originally real eggs were painted and decorated but nowadays we have chocolate eggs and eggs filled with sweets. Delicious!!!

Here is an Easter egg game where you have to find the numbers hidden among the eggs and click on them. You must look carefully to find them all.

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International Children’s Book Day

Apr 2

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book dayOn this day, that also marks the birthday of William Shakespeare, we celebrate the pleasure and inspiration that children all around the world can get from children’s books. Big books, small books, funny books, scary books, interesting books, comic books, simple books, complicated books, beautiful books… the list is endless and there is a book for every mood and moment. Enjoy reading and enjoy books!

Send us a comment with the title of your favourite children’s book.

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April Fools’ Day

Apr 1

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april foolToday is the 1st April and in various countries it is known as April Fools’ Day. This is a day for people to play tricks on each other and “make fools” of each other! In Spain this is celebrated on the 27th December “Santos Inocentes”.

So watch out for any strange or unusual things …

Father’s Day

Mar 19

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Today is Father’s Day in Spain and i’s also the feast day of  Saint Joseph.

So,  Happy Father’s Day! to Dads everywhere, and if your Dad is a Joseph then it’s a double celebration!!

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St. Patrick’s Day

Mar 17

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Today is St.Patrick’s Day, the patron saint of  Ireland.

Here is a video about this beautiful country, rich in history and culture and simlar in many ways to Galicia.

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International Women’s Day

Mar 8

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Today is International Women’s Day. It is a global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.

Think about how women work in your life? Your mum, your grandmother, teacher, doctor, baker, dentist…etc.

Remember to appreciate their work (and that of men worker’s,too!)

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Pancake Day

Feb 16

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Today is Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day as it’s often called in England, and people celebrate the day before the beginning of lent by using up fats eggs and flour to make pancakes.filloas

In Galicia we also celebrate “martes de Carnaval” by making  “filloas”  which are very similar to pancakes, but are thinner.

People eat pancakes with different fillings and other prefer to eat them plain and simple…with nothing. How about you?

What do you like to eat with your pancakes? Mark your answer on our poll.

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Doves of Peace

Jan 30

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dovesToday is Peace Day. In 1964, it was decided that the 30th January (the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi) would be a day for school children to promote peace and tolerance and to stress the importance of living together in harmony.

Click here to play The Peace Doves  game

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