Now, before going to Auschwitz for some and to England for others, here's one last challenge. www.instyle.com Who is this celebrity? What's her name? www.blindiforthekids.com Send your answers! Great job. You're right. She is Lauryn Hill. She is an American...
What's on in London at the moment ? the Notting Hill Carnival It is a street procession and a festival which takes place every year at the end of August. It lasts for 2 or 3 days. www.infactah.com It is organised by the Caribbean community. On Saturday,...
Here is the story of Jack: Jack was a bad man. He was extremely selfish. He wasn't helpful at all. He didn't like helping people. He was a miser (= he didn't like spending money). When Jack died, he didn't go to Heaven because he was such a miser but...
4 days to go until Guy Fawkes' night ! Read previous article about Guy Fawkes' night also called Bonfire Night, Cracker Night, Fireworks Night or Bonny Night. Then, watch this video about the celebration of Guy Fawkes' night in Victoria Park, London :...
The 12 days of Xmas is a very popular English Xmas carol. It refers to the 12 days from Christmas day until the beginning of Epiphany. So the first day is December 25th and the twelfth day is January 6th. THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS On the first day...
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten, and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright...
I'm conducting a special Xmas poll (un sondage). I'd like to know what your favourite Xmas carol is. So listen to these 9 traditionnal Xmas carols and choose which one you prefer : Silent night by Beyoncé Happy Christmas by John Lennon and The Corrs White...
It is Easter Sunday today. Happy Easter ! Here's a short lesson on Easter. It's just a little over a minute! Find out how some Americans celebrate this holiday, and learn one proverb related to a key symbol of Easter: the egg. Don't eat too many chocolate...
The First European English Contest For School The Big Challenge is an English language contest for students between the ages of 11 and 16. It is held every year in May in schools across France, Germany and Spain. In 2010, over 640,000 students with 30,000...
Mme Markoulaki, a teacher of English from Greece, and myself have organised an email exchange between our pupils. 'Maria Markaki' school is a private language school in Heraklion, Greece. My 50 students are in year 7 C and 7 D and the Greek students attend...
It is a tragic anniversary today. 10 years ago on this very day the USA was attacked by terrorists who hijacked 4 aeroplanes and caused the death of nearly 3,000 thousand people. Their targets were the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York...
Plus de 280 000 collégiens participeront au Big Challenge cette année. Comme tous les ans, chaque participant sera récompensé et recevra un diplôme ainsi qu'un cadeau quel que soit son résultat. Les élèves de chaque niveau de classe qui obtiennent de...
After watching a few extracts from the film Ruby Bridges , we studied this painting by Norman Rockwell: The Problem we All Live With Arthur and Thomas wrote: "This a painting by Norman Rockwell. It is an oil canvas painted in 1964. It is The Problem we...
9 Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director Last month we talked about aliens and E.T.s. First, we answered the 7 questions of a very unusual poll and discovered that some of us may have been abducted by aliens even if they...
Saint George is one of the best known Christian figure. He was a Roman soldier famous for his bravery. He stood up against Christians being tortured. According to a legend, he slaughtered a dragon in a town in Libya and resued the King's daughter. The...
Here are a few tongue twisters to practise your pronunciation: The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains. (My Fair Lady) Huge houses are hadly hot. The happy hamster has a hat. Hungry Harry ate a hundred haddocks. Four fat frogs flattened five French...
Who is this? http://www.africapresse.com What's his job? When and where was he born? How long ago was he born? Well done Pierre (9A) ! He is indeed Barack Hussein Obama II, the 44th President of the United States. He was born in Hawaii 48 years ago, on...
http://www.blavish.com/exomos-goby-yellow-submarine-for-the-holidays/ Mme Jeanjean, our music teacher , told me she's studying and singing " Yellow submarine " with her year7-pupils. She asked me to sing it with you. You can watch this clip. It's really...
Thanksgiving is an American holiday. Each year, it is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November. This year it is on November 26th. Americans remember the Pilgrims, the first English people to live in America. The Pilgrims left England because of religious...
What is this ? Well done Charlotte (8C). It is a didgeridoo indeed. It is also known as a didjeridu or didge. It is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia at least 1,500 years ago and is still in widespread usage today...
Here is the new mystery picture : http://stufffromthelab.files.wordpress.com What is it ? What's its name ? So is it the Mayflower or the Batavia ? What do you think ? Who is right ? Anastasia or Maxence ? It is the Mayflower indeed. Well done Anastasia...
Rusted Root is an American band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rusted Root is famous for their fusion of bluegrass rock with a strong percussion section that draws from Native American , Indian influences. Rusted Root's Send me on my way which hit # 72...
Le saint patron de l'Irlande a été, cette année encore, à l'honneur aujourd'hui au collège Louis de Broglie à Ancemont. Tout d'abord, un concours " Vois la vie en vert pour la saint Patrick " a été proposé à l'ensemble des élèves du collège. Il s'agissait...
The last reading competition is to take place in Buvignier high school in Verdun on June 3rd. The pupils have read and studied Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. They have also seen the 2005 film adaptation by Tim Burton. La dernière manche...
http://news.bbc.co.uk It is the Queen's Official Birthday today. So Queen Elizabeth II celebrates not one, but two birthdays : her real birthday on April 21st and an Official Birthday in June. It is celebrated in June because the weather is often nice...
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