A few days ago, 2º ESO A students received some special letters with some reading recommendations from Italy, Lithuania, France, Mexico, Turkey, Czech Republic, Portugal and Finland. Those letters came from foreign students who are spending this academic year in Ourense. Here’s a collage featuring their recommendations.
A few days later, our students replied to those letters sending them their suggestions.
Do you feel like having a look?
Thank you so much
to the Erasmus student association in Ourense and to its kind coordinator, Laura
Rodríguez.
Postcard 38 is
flying to Mimoň in the Czech Republic, 1,950 km away!
Lucía, one of our 4th grade students, has written a beautiful postcard showing O Carballiño's fish farm, which we hope our Czech friend Marta will like.
Go to EXPLORING PLACES to know more about the Czech town to which Lucia's postcard is travelling. If you want to find out more about O Carballiño's fish farm, click HERE.
Postcard 38 shows O Carballiño's fish farm, situated at the end of the walk of a residential area and the Local Park, in a haven of the river Arenteiro, near a Labandeira, in a foothill of the place known as Filomeno’s Island.
The fish farm wasopened in 1961 and it was dependent on the Institute for the Conservation of the Nature (ICONA) until it was transferred to the Xunta de Galicia.
J. I. D. Putz had
it built as a copy of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem at his own expense. It
features a three-wing ambit surrounded by walls, a small portal with the coat
of arms of the Putzs of Alderhuzm, cross vault and arcades ending in a
crescent. The chapel was rebuilt and consecrated in 1992.
The bridge over
the Ploučnice near its confluence with virgin stream is first mentioned in
1620. At that time still a wooden bridge provided shelter mimoňského estate
owner Jan Müller from Mulhouse when it November 21, 1620 for participation in
the revolt came to arrest imperial troops.Shortly thereafter, he was probably
rebuilt in stone form, and in 1664 expanded into three arcs, such as stone is
safely drawn urban plans from 1770, when the river flowed beneath the third
arch.
We are travelling to Finland today thanks to
Marjo, a kindergarden teacher, who has very kindly sent us a lovely postcard
featuring some of the wonderful Finnish flora and fauna.
If you want to read about Jämsä, Marjo's hometown, visit our section EXPLORING PLACES!
It is the second
largest lake in Finland. The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland via the Kymi
River. Until the 1940s Lake Päijänne was a major transportation channel in the
Central Finland. Numerous ships transported passengers and freight between the
villages and cities on the shores of Päijänne.
The Himos holiday
resort originated in 1984, when Juhani Ojala and Päivi Kuokkanen founded and
constructed the slopes of Himos Ski Resort.
During the past
decades, Himos has gained great popularity among skiers and winter tourists
thanks to its wide-ranging, high-quality services, snow-quarantee and long
skiing season.
It covers 19
square kilometres and was established in 1982. Its scenery is fluctuating by
its level and the vegetation is dominated by Scots pine and Norway spruce
forests and bogs. Imprints of early human settlement and cultivation have been
found in the area. The national park is located by the lake Isojärvi after
which it has got its name.
LIFESTYLE
Jämsä is a vital
and developing city in the middle of Finland, on the shores of Lake Päijänne.
Jämsä is a combination of beautiful nature, cosy living, and versatile
recreational, occupational, and educational possibilities.
We hope you enjoy
the video below on one of the most beautiful lakes in Finland.
Victoria Day, also known as La Fête de la Reine, May Two-Four, May Long, and May Long Weekend, is a Canadian holiday on the Monday preceding May 25, in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday (24 May, 1819)
In some cities, fireworks displays or parades are held to mark Victoria Day. One of the most notable parades is held in the city of Toronto, Ontario.
For many people, the long Victoria Day weekend marks the end of the winter and the unofficial start of the spring or summer season.
To find out more about this celebration, you can listen to the podcast below recorded by Raquel and Noelia (1ºBac). You will need to know what a Penny Black is. The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system.
Postcard 37 is on its way to Bratsk, a city located in the region of Irkutsk, Russia. It is
located in Eastern Siberia, on the banks of the Angara River, 5,200km east of
Moscow and 7,200 km from Ourense!
Our Very Young Postcrossers have chosen a card featuring As Termas de Outariz, the well-known spas in Ourense where we can enjoy open-air geothermal baths all year round!
If you want to find out more about this natural wonder in Ourense, click here. Visit EXLORING PLACES to learn about the faraway Russian city of Bratsk.
Bratsk is a
Russian city located in the north-west of Irkutsk oblast, in the center of
Angarsky mountain-ridge. It stands on the shores of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilim
reservoirs formed on the Angara River.
...its reservoir and its power station. Bratsk Reservoir has a surface area of 5,470 square kilometres (2,110 sq mi) and a maximum volume of 169.27 × 1012 litres.
Unfortunately, Bratsk stands among the
Blacksmith Institute's "Dirty Thirty", the thirty most polluted
places in the world. Bratsk has been declared an ecological disaster zone. The
Bratsk Aluminum Plant has been polluting its surroundings to such great degree
that Chikanovsky was evacuated in 2001 due to repeated health emergencies.
Every year, on March 17, Galicia celebrates O Día das Letras Galegas, a public holiday dedicated to our language and writers. Many cultural events are held on and around Galicia and our school is no exception! Here you have some images of the folk party celebrated by our Very Young Postcrossers.
And here are some of the poems and stories written in Galician by secondary school students. They are now on display in the school's lobby.
The first Galician Literature Day took place in 1963 to commemorate the centenary of Cantares gallegos, the first work written in the Galician language by Rosalía deCastro (1837–1885), who later became one of the most important poets in the history of Galicia. Cantares gallegos was first published in Vigo on May 17, 1863.
You can listen to two poems by Rosalía de Castro in English recited by our students and translated by John Howard Reed: “Daydreaming” and “Why Do You Despise Me?”
Since 1963, each Galician Literature Day has been dedicated to a different writer in the Galician language. 2016 pays homage to Manuel María, a poet and playwright from A Terra Cha (Lugo), best known for his social and political commitment.
