HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

MOTHER'S DAY

In May, as in many other countries there is mother's day. On this special day, may we thank God for the mothers who have molded our hearts.

M - O - T - H - E - R

"M" is for the million things she gave me,

"O" means only that she's growing old,

"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,

"H" is for her heart of purest gold;

"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,

"R" means right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"

A word that means the world to me.

Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

Mother's Day Celebrations
Mothers Day is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm in over 46 countries across the globe. Though Mothers Day celebrations take place at different times around the world what is remarkably same are the feelings with which people celebrate Mothers Day. This is so because mothers are as caring in East as they are in the West. The difference between mothers from one part of the world to the other simply does not exist and so are the feelings of children. All over the world people love to celebrate Mothers Day with their mothers and shower love on them.
How is Mothers Day Celebrated ?
In many countries special prayer services are held in churches in honor of mothers. But the most common method of celebrating Mothers Day is to treat mothers with breakfast in bed. Children allow their mothers to sleep till late in the morning while they along with their father juggle in the kitchen to prepare her favourite breakfast. Most often a Mothers Day card and a bunch of bouquet accompany the meticulously laid breakfast. Many children prepare a card themselves a day before Mothers Day. Some also make handmade gifts to show their respect and affection for their mother. Grown up children prefer to buy gifts from the stores ranging from clothes, accessories to jewellery.
Cakes, cookies and pies are the favourite dishes prepared on the occasion of Mothers Day. Some consider having dinner at home with the family as an ideal way of celebrating Mothers Day, many on the other hand prefer to dine out. Hence, restaurants are seeing more business then ever on the occasion of Mothers Day. Since Mothers Day is observed as a holiday in lot of countries many like to take the opportunity to go out for family picnics and have fun. In several schools, celebrations of Mothers Day are organised wherein children present skits, songs and plays to honour mothers.

Easter Exhibition

Happy Easter!

Easter is the time of springtime festivals, a time to welcome back the Tulips, the Crocuses and the Daffodils. Its a time of new suits, new dresses and patent leather shoes. A time for Christians to celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Christ. And a time of chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and colored eggs!
Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 12, 2009. This year Greek/Orthodox Easter will also be celebrated Sunday, April 19, 2009.

St. Valentine's Day - February 2009

Na Biblioteca da Escola, foi realizada uma exposição de trabalhos - cartões e poemas de amor - realizados pelos alunos das várias turmas dos professores envolvidos na actividade. A dinamização desta exposição esteve ao cargo da professora Teresa Gomes, que contou com a participação dos professores de Inglês, Graça Gusmão, Joana Silva e Nádia Garcia; e de Português e Francês, Elizabete Gomes e Armando Cabral, respectivamente. A Exposição esteve patente, para o deleite de todos, durante o mês de Fevereiro.

St. Valentine's Day - 14th February

Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

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Christmas at the Library

A actividade de Natal foi dinamizada na Biblioteca por Teresa Gomes e Nádia Garcia e consistiu na exposição de alguns trabalhos realizados por alunos das suas turmas,