Christmas carol

Why Christmas

PANTOMIME CUSTOM

https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/panto

Knowing Better...Charles Dickens, an interactive worksheet by book_geek
liveworksheets.com

FOLLOW THE LINK AND MOVE YOUR MOUSE ON THE OBJECTS TO PLAY AND READ ALONG

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19mxXtuLfxXZmM5liGEVPBiEOKwJe_5IbtwciChZ2KPQ/edit?usp=sharing

Black Friday

• Black Friday always occurs on the day after Thanksgiving. It is the last Friday of the month of November.
• Black Friday is not a national holiday, although many employers give their workers this day off work in addition to Thanksgiving Thursday.
• Black Friday is also known as ‘The Day After Thanksgiving’.
• It’s believed that Black Friday originated in Philadelphia in the early 1960s.
• The name supposedly originates from the moment in the year when retailers begin to turn a profit, and so go from their takings being in the ‘red’ to in the ‘black’.
• Since about 2005, Black Friday has always been the busiest shopping day of the year.
• In recent years, Black Friday has become less important as shops choose to offer discounts over the whole of November and December, and not just on Black Friday.
• Many retailers open their stores from 4 or 5am to entice customers in to get the best deals. Some stores, including Target and Macy’s, open at midnight on Thanksgiving.
• Some retailers even open on Thanksgiving Day itself. This day has become known as ‘Black Thursday’ or ‘Gray Thursday’ by some.
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A song of Hope

 A song of Hope

Countries and nationalities

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Watch the video to learn about countries and nationalities

PLAY A GAME TO REVISE 

https://www.eslgamesplus.com/esl-countries-vocabulary-game-2-wheel-of-fortune-countries-game/

 EU KIDS' CORNER GAME

https://europa.eu/learning-corner/eu-puzzle_en

Halloween

http://123kidsfun.com/2020/10/14/9-creative-halloween-crafts-for-kids/ 

Shark in the Park and more

https://www.gonoodle.com/videos/9XWxy2/abc-an-amazing-dr-seuss-alphabet-party

 

Mother Teresa

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/50075153

 

Timeline Of Mother Teresa's Life

26 August 1910 - Mother Teresa is born in Northern Macedonia.

1919 - When Mother Teresa is 8 her father dies.

1922 - At the age of 12, Mother Teresa feels that she is going to devote her life to religious service.

1928 - Mother Teresa leaves home to go to Ireland and join the Sisters of Loreto. She learns English here and plans to travel to India to join other missionaries.

1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in India and learns Bengali.

1931 - Mother Teresa takes her religious vows, this means that she became a Catholic nun and dedicated her life to her religion.

1937 - Mother Teresa is a teacher at a convent school in the east of Kolkata.

1944 - Mother Teresa becomes the Headmistress at the Loreto Convent School and continues to be upset by the poverty surrounding the school.

1946 -  On a train journey from Darjeeling Mother Teresa feels a call to serve the poor.

1950 - Mother Teresa gets permission from the Vatican to start her organisation the  'Missionaries of Charity'.

1952 - Mother Teresa opens a hospice in a Kolkata with help from Kolkata officials.

1955 - Mother Teresa opens an orphanage and place where homeless young people can seek help.

1965 - Missionaries of Charity open a house in Venezuela for the poor and needy of the city.

1979 - Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1982 - Mother Teresa rescues 37 children trapped in a war-zone hospital in Beirut.

1985 - Mother Teresa speaks at the United Nations.

1997 - Mother Teresa dies at the age of 87 due to heart problems.

2015 - Mother Teresa is made a Saint by Pope Francis. A process known as canonisation.