Hello Again! We're back with new enthusiasm and ideas!

Hello and welcome to the first blog of this term! We have returned with lots of new ideas, activities and information for the year ahead.
This week at San Isidro we have been learning about and celebrating, the festival of Hallowe'en!
We have been carrying out different activities in class, as well as hosting a pumpkin carving competition.
Take a look at some of the fantastic 'Jack-O-Lanterns' that our students have created.

It's really simple to carve a pumpkin - why not have a look at our instructions and try to make your very own 'Jack-O-Lantern'?

• Remove (cut open) the top part of the pumpkin with a sharp knife, keeping the knife tilted/on a slant.
• Take/Scoop out the pips and the pumpkin flesh from inside.
• Using a marker, mark out the eyes and the mouth.
• Using a sharp knife, cut along the outline and push the pieces of pumpkin inside.
• Place a candle inside the pumpkin.

We will print the name of the winner of the contest, next week in the blog!

This week we have been learning about some of the traditions and activities that take place on Hallowe'en.
Here are a few of the basic facts:

• Hallowe'en is celebrated on the 31st October
• The name 'Hallowe'en' orginates from 'All Hallows Eve' - The night before All Saints Day
• Activities such as 'trick-or-treating' and 'bobbing for apples', are very popular with children at Hallowe'en
• People often get dressed up in scary costumes, such as wiches and monsters and attend Hallowe'en parties

• Toffee Apples are a tasty Hallowe'en treat!

                            

                                         HAPPY HALLOWE’EN!

Here is a scary story, written by Horas Pop, 4 SSEE, especially for hallowe'en!:

THE INCIDENT FIELD.

One day a family decided to travel to a camp in Texas for five days. John, the head of the family, Emily his wife and their children, Mike and Steve. Mike was 12 years old and Steve only 8 years old.

That same day the family arrived in Texas, the place was full of corn fields all around the old house. John didn’t like that place but he had to be content with it. When evening came the wind began to blow very hard and increasingly, they began to hear frightening noises.

John was sleeping until he heard the front door being closed. He thought that was impossible and he decided to go downstairs to see what the problem was. He didn’t see anything but…When he go upstairs he saw something horrible.

He saw his wife without a head and she had a note that said: ‘’Hi John, go upstairs and visit your children’’.

He was confused and very scared; when he went upstairs he saw Mike had no skin and Steve no eyes or arms. But he saw another note. This was written with blood on the wall, saying: ‘’ John you are the next one ‘’.

John was desperate, he had lost his family but he was determined to find the ‘assassin’. He took his shotgun and he went to search for that guy. When he heard something move around him in the corn field, he shot in all directions until he was out of ammo.

But in a few seconds something got him by his neck and pulled his head and threw it on the floor.

The police never founded that terrible guy.

Remember, lonely houses in the middle of the field never are safe, so keep out of these places.

THE END.

Horas Pop 4ºA