World population to seven billion

You know that the earth's population amounted to seven billion?  To mark this milestone was Danica May Camacho, who was born in Manila, at the Jose Fabnella Memorial Hospital. Officials of ONU have welcomed the baby with a cake on which was painted the acronym7B, "7 billion",a scholarship for the child and a sum to help parents to set up shop

Hallowe'en Mask Contest_ Lousã (Portugal)

On the 31st October students, teachers and staff members can participate in a Mask Contest to celebrate Hallowe'en. There will be a small exhibition at the school library. Some Hallowe'en decorations can also be found at Escola Básica nº2 da Lousã.

HALLOWEEN PARTY

On the 28th of october Children in 5th and 6th class celebrated a Halloween Party.
They dressed up as witches, vampires, monsters, skeletons, priests...
They brought sweets, soft drinks and sandwiches and share the food with their partners. In the music classroom teachers projected a film "Monster House". They had fun!

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HALLOWEEN SONG

Children of 4th class, in El Toboso, (Spain) want to sing you this scary song to celebrate Halloween.

MAKING JACK O'LANTERNS

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On the 27th of October children in 6th class made Jack o'lanters to celebrate halloween. After they shared  the Jack o'lanters among the other classrooms.

How to make a Jack O'lantern
You need:

•  a pumpkin
• a Knife
• a spoon
• a candle

Cut a hole on the top of the pumpkin. Scoop out the seeds using the spoon. Draw the face onto your pumpling and carefully cut out the features. Place your candle in your pumkin and light it.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM SPAIN

PINOCCHIO HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Made by Riccardo Rivarola, Italy.

Tragedy in the Malaysian GP

Tragedy on the track in Sepang, Malaysia.The Italian rider Marco Simoncelli has died today at Sepang during the Grand Prix Moto GP in Malaysia. During the second round of the Grand Prix, Simoncelli fell alone in the curve. While sliding on the track was hit by two other motorcycles, Yamaha of Colin Edwards and the Ducati of Valentino Rossi
Rescue immediately by doctors of the Clinica Mobile, Simoncelli had tire marks on the neck and died shortly after the incident to a cardiac arrest.
The last fatal accident had happened in MotoGP in 2003, when the Japanese rider Daijiro Kato crashed into the barriers during the Grand Prix at Suzuka, Japan.

It's autumn

VISITING OLD PEOPLE'S HOME

The last 10th of October, pupils of class 3rd and 4th visited the old people's home.
First children read them a tale called "The most beautiful heart". Then they sang a song called "Children singing" of Jose Luis Perales. After, they gave them drawings about grape harvest and they told them riddles.
Gastón told them "the legend of the Dark- skinned Virgin".
Finally, old people invited children to drik juices and sweets.
Children spent a good time with elderly women and womens.

Written by: Alejandro, Jaime, Julio, José Manuel, Ángel Jesús, Andrea, Gastón, Arkaitz, Mª Isabel, Rocío and Angela.

World Day for breast cancer

Today, the 19th October is the World day against Breast Cancer. This problem affects about 22,000 women each year. This dangerous disease has psycological consequences too.The  47% of women with breast cancer suffer of any psychological disorder during the illness. The Spanish Association Against Cancer, inform women over 40 years on the most relevant aspects of breast cancer.The campaign highlights the high incidence of breast cancer among women: one in 8 women will develop breast cancer over their lifetime.However, breast cancer survival has improved markedly in recent years. Regular mammograms and the progress of the treatments can cure rates of 90%.

Written by Mª De La Sierra and Saúl.

October 17th is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

"We want a better World"

October 17th is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, as it has been observed since 1993. At the Millennium Summit, world leaders committed themselves to cutting by half by the year 2015 the number of people living in extreme poverty — people whose income is less than one dollar a day. The theme of 2011 is "From Poverty to Sustainability: People at the Centre of Inclusive Development":

“People living in poverty face increasingly difficult challenges as climate change, environmental degradation and rising food prices threaten their livelihoods and survival. The path to sustainable development must ensure that people living in poverty are included in decision-making processes, and that concrete action is taken to respond to their needs and demands.”

( http://www.un.org/en/events/povertyday/)

At EB nº 2 da Lousã and in other schools that belong to our group of schools, at the same time lessons stopped, so that students could listen to this year’s global message. The students joined together and they had also the opportunity to express their own ideas and feelings on this subject. The students were also asked to dress in white and to bring a pack of milk to be given to the ones in need.

"Together, let us listen to people — and stand up for their hopes and aspirations. That is how we will build a world free of poverty."

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

MY CRUISE

 I went on a cruise last summer.
I visited Villefranche, Rome, Florence, Pise and Vatican. In Villefranche I saw the beach. In Rome  the coliseum and Fontana of Treve. In Florence I visited castles. In Pise I saw a famous  tower and monuments and in  the Vaticane I saw monuments and the most inportant church all over the world.

Written by Marina

Indignatos in the world

On October 15, in different parts of the world, young people,  unemployeds and precarious " outraged" gathered to protest about the economic crisis.
The movement of "outraged" is borned in Spain the last 15 May 2011 and then has spread all over the world.
The protest was focused on the following points:
--rejection of the concept of austerity as a key to tackle the crisis and resolve it.
-the denunciation of the effects of austerity policies that encourage social inequalities.
-emphasize that the austerity policies favoring private economic and financial interest.
About  952 city in  82 country have been interested  in the protest,  even if the eyes have been focused mainly on New York, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Athens and Rome, the city most symbolic and where the protest was  more massive.
New york :march on Times Square.
For the occasion
Occupy Wall Street has organized several events throughout the day, including a march in the morning under the seat of Chase Bank, which culminated at 5 pm with a "great convergence" in Times Square.
Madrid: cortege from suburbs in Puerto Del Sol .
In Madrid, a symbolic place for the diverse and multifaceted movement, thousands of people marched in the afternoon from the suburbs of the Spanish capital to the Puerta del Sol, Other Events have been organized in dozens of cities Spain, including Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao.
Athens in place brfore the general strike
In Athens, the capital of the European country hardest hit by the debt crisis, was convoked a demonstration at Syntagma Square in Athens, home to the parliament, theater in the spring of 2010 of events , strikes, and sometimes clashes with dead and wounded.
ROME, 150 thousand people CENTER
At the cry of 'We do not pay the debt' and 'Unite for Global Change', tens of thousands of outraged took to the streets of central Rome "against the economic policies of European governments , banks and multinational. "In the capital there were more than 150 000 protesters, who have given birth in the early afternoon a courtege from the premises peaceful and constructive, but that because of some groups of Black Blok, has degenerated into disorders and violence.

EB nº2 da Lousã has been selected to be part of the Microsoft Innovative Schools Program

"Congratulations! Your school has been selected to be a Pathfinder School as part of the Microsoft Partners in learning for Schools Program! As a Pathfinder School, you were selected because you have the potential to create scalable and replicable educational transformation that can influence schools within your own community, country and around the world. As the school leader, you have proven that you have community and professional support for the change process and strong school-level leadership. You have an overall vision for what you want to achieve, and the Pathfinder Schools program will help you refine the vision, make it stronger and implement it."
Microsoft

This is certainly a very interesting and enriching new challenge for students, teachers, parents and staff. It will enable our group of schools to have access to new experiences and to exchange ideas and learning and teaching practices with other schools around the world.
As part of the application process a short video has been created by students and teachers. It shows the guidelines of our Education Project.

Link to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vKdNhdwg_nk

EB nº2 da Lousã was also awarded the eTwinning quality label.

SPANISH NATIONAL DAY

The last 12th october, Spanish ctiziens celebrated the Nacional day. Every year there is a big parade of the Spanish Armed Forces in the capital city, Madrid.
This year, the King of Spain, the chief of the state and of the Armed forces, couldn't walk, so he was carried in a car.

Look at Parade.

Written by Medina and Rodrigo

THE PLACE I LIKE THE MORE IS MADRID

Madrid is the capital city of Spain.
In Madrid there are beautiful places to visit:
The museums, like "The Prado Museum" or "The Tissen Museum".
The Santiago Bernabeu, that is the Football Stadium of the Real Madrid Team.
The main square, where there are restaurants and shops and it is full of tourist.
The climate in Madrid can be bad or good according to the time.
You can do many things in Madrid  like: Reading  your bike, running and walking in its main park "The Retiro Park". 
Madrid is beautiful.

Written by David

THE TOBOSO

The toboso is my village.
My favorite place is the park.
I usually go to this park to play.
There is hill very high, and has restaurant where you can eat.
The square has a very high tower and a beautiful  fountain.



Written by Ana.

MY HOLIDAYS

Shrine of the Virgin Head.

I went  to Andujar on  holidays.

I went to visit the Shrine of the Virgin Head, the Jandula river and Cabezo hill.In the Jandula river you can swim and go fishing. Jandula river got cold water.

Written by Gema.

FUENLABRADA

I like fuenlabrada because is beautiful. My favourite place is the stadium of Fernando Torres.The climate is sunny and hot in summer and sunny an cold in winter. You can  walk and ride a bike.

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Written by Javier Medina.

PARK IN ROMANIA

I lived in Romania. I lived near a park that is very beautiful. There are, swings, slides... There are also ducks, birds, pigeons etc..
Romania is a beautiful country.


Written by Daniela

Victory in the men's saber for Montano

Montano won his first world gold "I do not believe, is a marvel," he says.

Fencing - Vezzali World Champion

Great day for the fencing team in the World of Catania: Valentina Vezzali graduated once again world champion in women's foil, defeating the rival and Elisa Di Francisca, world champion in office, for a total of 14-7 final

OCEANIC POSIDONIA FOUND IN FORMENTERA, THE LARGEST LIVING BEING

It is an underwater macroplant  with several extensions that come from the same seed. It was found in Formentera and has over a hundred thousand years old.



A scientific study has determined the existence in Formentera, Spain, the living being that could be the largest in the world, a Posidonia oceanica eight kilometers long, the various plants from the same seed and same genetic individual.

This is a study by Carlos Duarte, the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Study, Sophie Arnaud, University of Algarve, and Deudero Health, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB).

The discovery was made ​​under the project "Conservation of seagrass meadows." Researchers say that grasslands are disappearing at a rate of one to two percent per year. What are seagrasses? They grow up to forty feet deep at sea and are characterized by the longest living plants on the planet, so some have more than one hundred thousand years old, an aspect that makes it difficult to regenerate because it requires time to grow.


Written by Daniela,Merche,Marcos and Ana.

SPAIN BASKETBALL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2011

On September 18th in 2011 Spanish team won to France team in Lithuania, with a score of 98-85. The main star was Juan Carlos Navarro who scored 27 points. It was a very interesting game. 

Basketball Spanish team is the winner of the Eurobasket 2011.

Written by: Javier Muñoz , Javier Medina , David Ramirez.

NEW REPORTERS IN 4TH CLASS

Children in 4th class are going to participate in the project Children and Reporters as new reporters. They will find funny news for you!!

Welcome children!!

The EB1/JI Santa Luzia in Portugal, was also awarded the eTwinning Quality Label

Teachers day 2011

Since 1994 World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on 5 October. It is an opportunity for UNESCO and Education International to celebrate the profession and to promote international standards for the teaching profession.Children of class II C celebrated this day with all the love for their teachers.

Happy teachers day

Scuola Primaria Statale, Rionero in Vultire has been awarded with the Quality Label.