Winter videoconferences

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This winter we have had meeting with our partners by Skype to know better each other and exchange traditional poetry and songs.
This are the photos that we made by Skype during our meetings.

VIDEOCONFERENCE IN WINTER

Last winter, The schools of Rionero in vulture, Itlay and El Toboso, Spain, made a videoconfence to wish each other Happy Christmas and a Happy New year.
These are some of the pictures that children took of the event.

TALES FOR PEACE

WITH ALL THE HEART

Cuento De La Paz 5 años

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TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH: WITH ALL THE HEART

This is the story of eighteen small hearts that beat without resting. The 3oth of January was near, The day of Peace, and between all decided to join their heartbeats.
-Why? asked ones.
-It´s difficult. We don´t know how to listen. Said others.
The days passed without a decision.
Then, the decision was taken by the own nature: It roared with hard a sad day in a far and poor country, that its pain touched all our hearts.
Paco, one of the little heart had da dady near the tragedy helping to those far and poor children. Between all, we thought we should send all our afection to all of them.
The little hearts had a reason to beat as one: "TO SEND A DESIRE OF LOVE AND PEACE TO ALL THE LITTLE HEARTS OF HAITI, THAT FAR AND POOR COUNTRY".

PABLO Y JUANITO

Cuento día de la Paz 2º

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TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH: PAUL AND JOAN

Once upon a time there was a happy village called El Toboso. All the children played in the park. They loved and respected each other.
One day, one of them called Paul began to discuss with his friend Joan. In that moment a dove appears and said them:
-"Hello, I am the Peace! Why do you fight? It is not necessary."
-Paul stole my toy that he gave me as a pressent yesterday. Said Joan.
-That is not true. Said Paul. - You are a liar.
The dove said the two boys:
- It is not necessary to insult. You must solve your problems speaking. You two should be nicer.
Joan and Paul continued fighting and discussing, then the dove proposed them to go to a country called "Guerrilandia".
When they arrived there, They were very frightened becasue all the peaple was fighting, discussing and quarreling, they pulled of the hair, lied and they only love themselves.
Then Paul said:
- I don´t want to be in this way. I would like all get on well with each other and I hope not to be in that situation.
After, the dove tool them to other country called "Fantasy". There all people loved and respect each other. The dove said them:
-Do you like this country? Why don´t you try to be more generous?
Then, the two boys noticed what they were doing wrong and that they should be nicer with the rest of the people to be happier.
Paul and Joan show the children of El Toboso the meaning of love and friendship.
Paul gave Joan the toy and Joan asked Paul if he wanted to play with him because it's better to play with a friend that to play alone.
And then, all the two friends understand the importance of friendship and getting on well with the rest of the people.
And this is the end of the story.

A TEA AFTERNOON

Una Tarde De Merienda

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Father's day

CARNIVAL

Carnival in El Toboso is celebrated on the 22nd ,23rd ,24th of January.

On the 22nd , Friday:

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It is a great party for children and families spend a lot of time making the costumes for this day.

There are different groups and they walk and dance along the streets fo the village.

Finally, there is a Prize for the best costume.

Carnival in our school

Il vestito di Arlecchino/Harlequin's dress

Do you know why the dress of Harlequin is made of many color? Read this story and you'll know.

There was once a child, called Harlequin, very poor man who lived with his mother in a humble cottage. For Carnival, the teacher organized a nice party and offered to all children to dress in masks. Harlequin's friends decided to dress in the last day of carnival masks with clothes sewn by their mothers. Harlequin was sad because his mother, who was a widow and poor, could not buy the fabric for his dress. The mothers of the friends of Harlequin gave her scraps of cloth, then so could the mother do the dress to Harlequin . On the morning of Shrove Tuesday, when Harlequin entered the class greeted him with thunderous applause because her dress was not only the most 'beautiful but also' the most original.



Do you want to feel in rhyme? We will tell you with Gianni Rodari

Per fare un vestito ad arlecchino
ci mise una toppa Meneghino,
ne mise un'altra Pulcinella,
una Gianduia, una Brighella.
Pantalone, vecchio pidocchio,
ci mise uno strappo sul ginocchio,
e Stenterello, largo di mano
qualche macchia di vino toscano.
Colombina che lo cucì
fece un vestito stretto così.
Arlecchino lo mise lo stesso
ma ci stava un tantino perplesso.
Disse allora Balanzone,
bolognese dottorone :
"Ti assicuro e te lo giuro
che ti andrà bene il mese venturo
se osserverai la mia ricetta:
un giorno digiuno e l'altro bolletta!".

Carnival in Greece

By Thalia and her students

Carnival

Carnival in Scotland!

The pupls of Mid Calder Primary School, Scotland held a CARNIVAL theme to raise money for Haiti earthquale appeal.

The italian masks

Carnival

In our tradition the period from January 17 until the Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday (Shrove Tuesday) is dedicated to the Carnival. The spirit of this holiday is expressed by an old proverb "a carnevale ogni scherzo vale" (a carnival every joke is good), in fact every one forget everyday problems and, protected by the mask that makes it unrecognizable, is free to laugh and eat their fill. Carnival has origins in ancient Rome where there were several celebrations in honor of the gods, along the streets of the city and that included the use of masks. Towards the end of the sixteenth century, in Italy born the "Commedia dell'arte", which used the Italian masks, ie characters that reappear in every comedy with the same name, the same costume, the makeup or masks, the same language. These characters, like Harlequin, Pantalone, Colombina, Dr Balanzone, Pulcinella became famous throughout Europe. Disappeared over time from the scene of the theater, the masks have survived only in festivals and masked carnival. Today, the typical Italian ancient masks, such as Pulcinella, Arlecchino, Balanzone, etc.. are linked to caricatures of vices and defects of the inhabitants of various regions of Italy Each year many are the emergence of new and imaginative masks along with their ancestors and all together, like a long time ago, the same goal: to ensure happiness. Today the carnival is celebrated with events everywhere, masked parades, floats. The mask performs several functions: vegetative symbol of the forces of nature, animals or the dead, is to exorcise and mock the form of satire and hierarchical authority figures. Typical are the manifestations of mere tourist attractions, like the carnival of Viareggio, where "wagons" playing in caricature form, the events during the year. Often, the carnival ends with the trial, sentencing and execution at the stake of a doll that embodies Carnival, which are assigned all the blame.

IT´S WINTER IN SPAIN

Winter Song

Winter

Jingle Bells (Greek version)

Greek New Year Carols

Greek Christmas Carols

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM EL TOBOSO, SPAIN