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Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

What do you know about.... KISSING? Watch this video and learn some interesting facts about the science of LOVE:


http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/videos#science-of-love-kissing


Do you need inspiration to express  love to your Valentine or dearest friends?
Pick some ideas from this mesmerizing collection of Valentine Text Messages. These Valentines Day SMS are the most expressive and easy way to express your heartiest feeling:

In School, They Taught Me That           
1 hour = 60 Mints
1 Min = 60 Secs
But They Never Told Me That
1 Sec Without You = 100 Years:


I finally got my past, present and future tenses correct today. I loved you. I love you. I will love you forever! :). 


Within you I lose myself...
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again.


I have fallen in love many times.... always with you. It happened again now my love. 


If Your asking if I Need U the answer is 4Ever
If Your asking if I'll Leave U the answer is Never
If Your asking what I value the Answer is U
if Your asking if I love U the answer is I do. 

Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you. 


Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart


U r unique
U r caring and
U r the Best.And I am d luckiest to have U in my life!
Happy Valentine's Day 

............................................................................................................From: www.stvalentinesday

Romantic but not sickly sweet ? Watch this nice marriage proposal in Central Park: 

Why it is called Valentine's Day

St. Valentine's Story

Let me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.

Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn't going to support that law!

Did I mention that I was a priest? One of my favorite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers.

One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. (Not quite as light on my feet as I used to be, I guess.) I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.

I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.

One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for hours. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing by ignoring the Emperor and going ahead with the secret marriages. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, "Love from your Valentine."

I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people remember. But most importantly, they think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh -- because they know that love can't be beaten!

From: www.isabelperez.com

Approximately 150 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine's Day the second most popular card-sending holiday after Christmas.

Do you want to surprise your beloved ones? No need to spend your money. Here you can learn about how  to make an Origami Valentine's Day Card - Love Letter ❤

GIFT WRAP= PAPEL DE REGALO
SIZE = TAMAÑO

FOLD = PLIEGUE

EDGE = BORDE

Get inspired for your cards...

When love is not madness, it is not love.  ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca

For you see, each day I love you more.Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.

~Rosemonde Gerard

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.  ~Albert Einstein

A hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for you.~Author Unknown

Who, being loved, is poor?  ~Oscar Wilde

We loved with a love that was more than love.  ~Edgar Allan Poe

Around the world. SAMI MUSIC.

HISTORY 3º ESO 

From the English Department to our dear colleague Xabi Crespo. ENJOY!
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The Sami people, also spelled Sámi or Saami, are the Arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi (northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia) and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway.

In traditional Sami music joiks are important musical expressions. The Sami also use a variety of musical instruments.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SAMI MUSIC QUIZ:

Sami Music listening comprehension

Get ready for... St. Valentine's Day !!

Say it with flowers...

But don't send them in a box, you'll never know what they'll say...

Celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens

READING and LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, probably the best of the Victorian period. He was born on 7 February, 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire

The Dickens family settled at Kingdom of Kent in 1816, where Charles spent early years of his childhood. From early age of his childhood, Charles was interested in reading books and had his own small collection of books in his room. He read books of Robinson Crusoe, Roderick Random, Humphrey Clinker, and Don Quixote etc.

His epic stories, vivid characters and exhaustive depiction of Victorian life are unforgettable.

Some of his best-known novels: Hard Times, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations.

"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."
Charles Dickens

The Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from  1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace and prosperity, but it is also notorious for the employement of young children in factories and mines and as chimney sweeps (=deshollinadores).

When the Industrial Revolution came to Britain there was a high demand for labor. Families migrated from the rural farm areas to the newly industrialized cities to find work, every member of the family had to work in order to survive. This led to the high rise in child labor in factories.Children as young as six years old during the industrial revolution worked hard hours (sometime 19 hours a day).

Watch this video about work conditions for children during the Industrial Revolution

NOW... will you keep on complaining about school and homework???

LISTENING COMPREHENSION about CHARLES DICKENS:
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The Life Of Charles Dickens (BBC)