Congratulations!

 

Today our blog "English & Computers – My Friends" marked the 100th flag. It is a real event because this means we had visitors from 100 countries from all over the world.

We thank those who have been curious enough to visit us and we expect them in the future as well. We’d also like to thank our pupils who contributed essentially to the existence of this blog.

Signed: Technical Team

Tags: congratulations, 100th flag, visitors, english blog

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

Roses, heart-shaped chocolates, greeting cards and lots of love-symbols of a special , longed for celebration, Valentine’s Day. Although this year the day of February 14 is almost drowned in a sea of snow, people still celebrate love and shelter spring in their souls. In spite of being ”imported“ from the USA and sometimes seen as a Western kitsch, the Romanians like Valentine’s Day and somehow have adopted it. We have a similar celebration on February 24, called Dragobete named after a character from Romanian folklore who was supposed to be the son of Baba Dochia. Part of his name is the word drag ("dear"), which can also be found in the word dragoste ("love"). In recent years, Romania has also started celebrating Valentine’s Day, despite already having Dragobete as a traditional holiday.

The 5^th grade pupils at our school made Valentine cards and placed them on a big red winged heart; it was a very pleasant activity and they enjoyed every minute of it. I hope you’ll like it too.

Tags: 14 February, cards, Dragobete, love-symbols, spring, USA, Valentine's Day

SNAPSHOT OF MY TOWN

Situated in Prahova, Romania’s most populated county, the town of Ploiesti is the place we call “home”. Although the air is not always as fresh as we’d like, and there should be more green zones around, Ploiesti still is a place full of history and it means a great deal to us, those who live and work here. That’s why the 5^th graders tried to capture the essence of their hometown in the projects they made for the English class. You are about to discover the sights of our town and maybe you’ll be curious to find out more about it. Enjoy!

Tags: 5th grade, English class, hometown, my town, Prahova County, projects

Invitation

January brings the snow

„January brings the snow,
Makes our feet and fingers glow.
February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.
March brings breezes sharp and shrill,
Shakes the dancing daffodil.
April brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters daisies at our feet.
May brings flocks of pretty lambs,
Skipping by their fleecy dams.
June brings tulips, lillies, roses,
Fills the children’s hands with posies.
Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.
August brings the sheaves of corn,
Then the harvest home is borne.
Warm September brings the fruit,
Sportsmen then begin to shoot.
Brown October brings the pheasant,
Then to gather nuts is pleasant.
Dull November brings the blast,
Then the leaves go whirling past.
Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire and Christmas treat.”

INVITATION

For more poems and songs go to the link below: www.kidsnurseryrhymes.co.uk or  „Kids Nursery Rhymes and Poems” .

With Thanks to www.kidsnurseryrhymes.co.uk  for this rhyme.

 

Tags: children, Christmas, flowers, rhyme, snow

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

 

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,800 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.