2nd cycle students and teachers
Although many of us think that Halloween is an imported festivity, which isn´t totally wrong, we should look at it as a way that we have absorbed the English language and its culture. Learning a foreign language is also about learning the countries’ culture. This year to celebrate Halloween, our students of 2nd Cycle were challenged to use their imagination and their language skills.
Halloween is a pagan religious celebration to welcome the harvest at the end of summer, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.
Although many of us think that Halloween is an imported festivity, which isn´t totally wrong, we should look at it as a way that we have absorbed the English language and its culture. Learning a foreign language is also about learning the countries’ culture. This year to celebrate Halloween, our students of 2nd Cycle were challenged to use their imagination and their language skills.
Year 5 students were asked to create the perfect Halloween hat using different prompts and spooky elements. The results were fantastic!
Year 5 teachers
last week my friends and I made a Halloween hat in the English class. It was fun and we had a good time together.
Leonor Batista 5ºD
I liked the Halloween activity. I had to decorate a Halloween hat with some classmates. It made me feel happy and excited!
Beatriz Costeira 5ºF
I really enjoyed the activity. This was a perfect activity to learn about the English culture and to have fun!
Maria Fonseca 5ºF
I think this activity was fun. The hats were really scary so they were great to celebrate halloween! I really enjoyed working with my classmates because I developed my group skills.
Leonor Lameira 5ºF
The Halloween activity was pretty exciting because it united the class in order to create the perfect halloween hat. Thank you, teacher!
Francisca Magalhães and Beatriz Domingues 5ºF
I think this was a well-succeed activity. All my classmates participated with enthusiasm and we learned about group work as well.
Francisca Magalhães and Beatriz Domingues 5ºF
I loved the Halloween activity because all the hats in year 5 were very creative, fun and scary!
Giselle Castillo 5ºF
Year 6 students were given a pumpkin template to create their own one and in turn, “bring it to life” by giving it a name and characteristics using their language skills.
Ultimately the students were thrilled to see their creativity on display. The corridors were left very colourful and charmingly spooky!
Year 6 teachers
“I loved doing the pumpkin project because I like to paint and draw. I think this project was very simple and creative. Tomorrow is Halloween and some people like to celebrate it”
Clara Silva, 6ºF
“I liked doing my pumpkin project because I like to be creative and it is also easy homework!
My pumpkin is called Mrs. Bob and she is two years old. She loves reading and eating candy but she doesn’t like scary things, vampires and soup.
She is orange with small dark eyes and a small mouth !”
Maria José, 6ºF
“I really enjoyed doing the pumpkin project because I liked creating a character and making it scary. I also enjoyed drawing and learning about English culture. I think it was a lot of fun!”
Miguel Calda, 6ºF
“I liked doing the pumpkin because I like to be creative and it was a fun project to “bring to life” a drawing and make it a character with a name, age, likes and dislikes.”
Carolina Soares Ribeiro, Mª Carmo Silva, Teresa Nunes, 6F
“I liked making my pumpkin because we created it as we liked, it was relaxing. We could bring it to life and we could use our creativity and imagination.”
Carolina Pinheiro, 6ºF
“I enjoyed the Halloween activity because the corridor is beautiful and colourful. I liked to name my pumpkin. Its name is Mrs. Pinky!”
David Sitefane, 6G
“I really loved to invent a name for my pumpkin. It was fun to give it life.”
Catarina Velez, 6G
“I liked to see the pumpkins hanging together in the corridor. I had fun creating mine because it was a different kind of work.”
Vicente Pampulim, 6G
“I liked this activity because the pumpkins bring the 2nd Cycle corridor to life and some of them were really creative and fun.”
Leonor Mendonça, 6G
“I really enjoyed this activity. I thought it was fun writing and painting on the pumpkin. I loved it so much.”
Graça da Cunha, 6ºH
“I really enjoyed working on the pumpkin, painting it and inventing funny features for it. I think the result was great and it was a lot of fun.”
Marta Ávila, 6ºH
