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Day Book

22nd April 2015

23rd  APRIL: BOOK  DAY

What is World Book Day?

World Book Day is a celebration! It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world.

 As we are working on the project about Australia, here are 4 famous Australian characters, three of them are writers and one is  a very famous sportsman.


MEM FOX

Mem Fox is an Australian writer of children´s books. She wrote Australia´s best ever selling picture book, titled “Possum Magic”. Mem has sold over 5 million copies of Possum Magic in Australia. She was born in 1946 and studied drama in London and children´s literature in Australia. She has written over 40 children´s books and 5 books for adults.

“Possum Magic” is the story of two possums: Grandma Poss and Hush. Hush has been made invisible by her Grandma to protect her from the dangers of the Australian bush. Hush wants to become visible again, so Hush and Grandma Poss must travel across Australia to find the magic food that will make Hush visible once more.

PATRICK WHITE

Patrick White was born in 1912 and was an Australian writer who published 12 novels, three short-story collections and eight plays. He died in 1990. White was the first Australian to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

White grew up in Sydney and then went to school in England before returning to Australia to work on a farm. He studied at Cambridge University in England before moving back to Sydney. In 1973 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature as well as receiving the Australian of the Year award. 

BANJO PATERSON

Banjo Patterson was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He was born in 1864 and died in 1941. He wrote many poems and ballads about Australian life which focused on the outback area and way of life in the Australian bush.

His most famous poems were ”Waltzing Matilda”, “The Man from Snowy River” and “Clancy of the Overflow”. Many Australians love “Waltzing Matilda” so much that they think it should be the national anthem of the country. Banjo Paterson´s face is on the Australian $10 bill.

“Waltzing Matilda”:

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

You´ll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me

And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

“You´ll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me”.

  

SIR DONALD BRADMAN

Sir Donald Bradman was an Australian cricketer and the greatest sportsman in the world. He was born in 1908 and died in 2001. As a boy, Bradman practiced cricket in his backyard before becoming an Australian idol at the age of 22.

Bradman´s batting average is 99.94, which means he hit 99.94 balls out of 100 that were bowled to him in a game. This is the greatest achievement by any sportsman in history. He played cricket for Australia for 20 years between 1928 – 1948.

Map of Australia

Skiing in Navacerrada.
Some of the students of 6th grade are going tomorrow to Navacerrada to skii.
We hope to have fun!!!

Australia in February

Carnivals 2014-15

This year our topic for the carnival is   "countries all over the world"
We got dressed in  the typical costumes of  the different countries. For instance, the infant students chose Egypt, China and Mexico.
The 1st grade Spain, 2nd grade Greece, 3rd grade India, 4th grade Romania, 5th grade Italy and the 6th grade students, following the tradition, were following the  parade into tears because of the burning of the sardine. Everybody enjoyed it a lot and had lots of fun.
Here are some photographs.
I hope you enjoy them.

Flora and fauna videos

                                             Video examples 
Flora and fauna

Australian houses

Australian Country Houses - Promo from AbodeTV on Vimeo.

Skiing in Navacerrada
Last Thursday we went to Navacerrada to skii.
How was the experience? Did you enjoy it?
I took some pictures with the mobile and hope you like them.

Australia in January

During the months of January and February  we have to  find out information about the climate, food, flora and fauna in Australia.

Climate

 Australia experiences temperate weather for most of the year but the climate can vary due to the size of our continent. The northern states typically experience warm weather much of the time, with the southern states experiencing cooler winters. Australia is also one of the driest continents on earth with an average annual rainfall of less than 600 millimetres. Like all countries in the southern hemisphere, Australia's seasons are opposite to those in the northern hemisphere. December to February is summer; March to May is autumn; June to August is winter; and September to November is spring.

Australian food and drink

Australia has a rich variety of foods and drinks, adopted and adapted since colonisation and developed as part of a multi-cultural society.  What was once new and foreign has been transformed with new ingredients and styles into distinctly Australian food.

Scratchleys on the Wharf, Newcastle Harbour, NSW, courtesy of NSW Explorer.

In the early colonial days, there was much ingenuity, originality and innovation in cooking. Menus included seafood, native game and vegetables, as well as native fruits and nuts. Native fruits, such as lilly pillies, quandongs, rosellas or hibiscus, wild raspberries and native currants, were harvested for profit as well as for domestic use continuously until the 1930s.
Stores of rum and beer, as well as the makings for them, grapevine cuttings for wine, coffee plants and beans, and ginger were unloaded in 1788 with the First Fleet arriving in the Colony of New South Wales.  Ginger beer, cordial and lemonade factories sprang up as the colonies developed.
The influx of migrants from Europe and America during the gold rushes of the 1850s spurred the drinking of coffee and the expansion of street vendors with pies and Cornish pasties.  The new arrivals also developed a taste for Chinese food with fresh green vegetables, available in China towns, and especially in the port cities from the 1860s and throughout the 1870s.

Prawns in saffron and lime, no source

At the time of Federation in 1901, a change in eating and cooking styles reflected new values. Outdoor picnics were enthusiastically adopted, establishing the tradition of the barbecue. There were new staple foods for main meals: mutton, meat pies, colonial curries and lamb chops.
From the 1880s, grand ornate coffee palaces offered coffee drinking and dining as alternatives to the alcohol fuelled atmosphere of the pubs. Coffee lounges became part of the modern jazz culture of the 1920s and 30s and expanded with the influx of American servicemen and European migrants in the 1940s.

Smokey barbecue, no source

Innovations based on new ingredients created new recipes. New desserts, cakes and biscuits, such as pavlova, lamingtons and ginger biscuits went down well with a cup of tea, a near universal drink. Phrases like a 'billy of tea', and later additions such as Anzac biscuits and vegemite were added to the vocabulary. Vegemite spread was invented in 1923 by Melbourne scientist Dr Cyril Callister as a way to exploit the yeast left over from beer production.
At the end of the Second World War (1939–45), there was another influx of migrants, which bought new ingredients and new flavours. This willingness to experiment and discover new taste experiences transformed Australian cooking. Australian food began to be defined by the changes brought about by new styles of cooking, especially Mediterranean, Asian, Indian, and African.
Today, many contemporary Australian chefs display these qualities of innovation and bold experimentation in their expression of originality, and are recognised worldwide for their skill and imagination.



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