We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy new year
(2x)

Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy new year

We all want some figgy pudding
We all want some figgy pudding
We all want some figgy pudding
So bring some right here

We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
So bring some right here

Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy new year
(2x)

We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy new year
(2x)

Christmas is Here!

Chegaram as férias! Christmas holidays are here! Para começar em boa forma, toca a ouvir e a dançar! Atenção que a mensagem não é para levar à letra na sua totalidade. Depois falamos...

Human Rights Day

December 10th is Human Rights Day.
We must remember that, all over the world, many people suffer from all kinds of violence, hunger and discrimination. Many don't have food or home.
Just for today, think about them and try to change things in any way you can.

The Climate Change Summit - Copenhagen

Hoje começa uma Cimeira que pode contribuir decisivamente para o futuro do nosso planeta enquanto tal. Durante 14 dias, na capital da Dinamarca, Copenhaga, líderes mundiais vão tentar chegar a um acordo acerca da redução das emissões de CO2 (dióxido de carbono). Este gás é, como sabemos, um dos principais causadores do efeito de estufa, o qual e reconhecido por inúmeros cientistas como o "interruptor" do aquecimento global.
No título da mensagem tens a ligação para um editorial, em língua Inglesa, publicado por 56 jornais à volta do mundo. Aqui tens a versão portuguesa.Lê e reflecte.Muda algumas atitudes, se tiver que ser. O Planeta agradece.
Starting today, many world leaders will join in a 14-day climate summit, trying to reach an agreement to reduce carbon emissions. The future of our Planet may depend on the decisions they make.
CO2 is one of the major responsible for the phenomenon known as "global warming". The reduction of carbon emissions, mainly from industries and transports, will prevent a catastrophic rise in global temperature. Read the Editorial and think your attitudes over. The Earth will be grateful.

You can read more about this subject by clicking here

Where does it come from?

Where does the light in your home come from? Click on the title of the message and find out. Roll the mouse over the black screen.

Play and Learn

Nesta mensagem há uma ligação para um sítio onde podes encontrar muitos jogos e actividades nas quais irás pôr à prova o teu Inglês. Podes completar frases, ligar imagens, encontrar palavras e muito mais. Os temas vão desde os objectos da sala de aula até aos dinossauros, passando pelas cores e pelos planetas. Basta carregares aqui
Estas actividades são para os mais novos mas servem muito bem para os mais velhos se divertirem.

Paired Conjuntions

It's for you, people on the 9th grade!
Click on the title of the post and use the correct conjuntions to complete the exercise.
Go for it!

Countable and Uncountable nouns

Students of the 8º ano:
Click on the title of this message and do the exercise on countable and uncountable nouns. Choose activity 1 on the menu on the left. You can view all the questions by clicking on the words "show all questions".
Good luck!

Convention on the Rights of the Child

"In 1989, the Convention on the Rights of the Child became the first legally binding international convention to affirm human rights for all children. While great progress has been made on child rights in the past 20 years, much work remains to be done."
By clicking on the tittle of the post you will have access to a summary of the Convention. If you want to read it in Portuguese, you can click here .
On December 10th, the Declaration of Human Rights will be 61 years old. Here his a video about it. Enjoy!

Global Warming

We must take action in order to stop Global Warming.
Re-use
Reduce
Recycle

Test your English!

Click on the title of this post and you will be redirected to a page where you can practise your English. There are online and downloadable quizzes on grammar, culture and vocabulary. It's a must!
At the bottom of the page there is a "downloads" section where you will find many usefull podcasts.

Pumpkin Contest

On Thursday, 29 th October, our students of 3º ciclo participated on a pumpkin contest. There were lots pieces and creativity.
You can watch the slideshow here.

Climate Changes / Global Warming

Hello everyone!
The first topic of 8th and 9th forms is about climate changes, and all the aspects of life on Earth affected by them.
If your click on the title of this post, you will find a simple explanation of the greenhouse effect

The Story of Stuff

Here is a video that will make you think. Where do the things you buy come from? Where do they go to when they are old?
The world needs you to think about this problem!
This is the original documentary with portuguese subtitles (brazilian portuguese) so you must pay attention to the spelling.
The ideal thing would be for you to listen and look at the subtitles in case of emergency only.

Summer Holiday

Keep enjoying your holiday! School will be there soon.

Holidays... so niceeeee!

The school year is over. We, the English teachers, want to wish you all, our students, a very good time this Summer and hope you bring new ideas and excitement to study the next year. Remember... English is EASY... you just need to pay attention in class and listen to your teacher.

HAVE FUN!
See you in September.

Home

Um filme que nos alerta para a necessária mudança de atitudes que todos temos de ter. Alguns especialistas dizem que se não alteramos a maneira como estamos a explorar o nosso planeta dentro de dez anos, será tarde demais para o salvar. Pensa nisso quando vires as imagens belíssimas que constituem este filme.
"Home" was made for you. The planet was made for all. Save it!
Pressiona o título para veres o filme com audio em Português. (Infelizmente, já não está disponível.)
O filme pode ser comprado, muito barato, em qualquer loja.

O Nono Ano em londres

It was greaaaatttt!!!! We absolutely loved our stay in England. We can't wait to go back! Want to see some photos that we took? Just press the title of this message.

Queres ver algumas fotos que fizemos em Inglaterra? Carrega no título da mensagem.

A descrição da viagem e dos sentimentos provocados pela estadia estarão nos comentários. Boys and girls of the 9th form, please comment.

My Mind

Here are some works made by 8th grade students for the English class.
What is going on inside my mind? How do I keep my brain busy during the day? This was the challenge. Among the various projects, the ones presented here are quite original.

Earth Day - 22nd April

Tomorrow Americans celebrate Earth Day!

It is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. This means that everyone should protect the planet we live in. It is celebrated in many countries every year.

Nowadays this day is celebrated all around the world, but it was "invented" by an American Senator Gaylord Nelson.

Visit this site in Wikipedia and find out more about this day, the activities and the ideas people defend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_day#Earth_Week

Mother's day - 3rd May

Have fun doing the wordsearch!

Have you ever...?

Here is your chance to practise your present perfect.As you listen to this song by the band "Westlife", you can read the lyrics and identify the present perfect tense.A good exercise would be to copy the lyrics to your notebook and translate them.

Resultados do Inquérito

Durante os meses de Janeiro,Fevereiro e Março, decorreu, aqui no nosso blog, um inquérito sobre as expectativas para o 2º período dos internautas da nossa escola.Daqueles que responderam, 72% estavam confiantes que tudo iria decorrer melhor do que no primeiro período. Esperemos que assim seja no final. Os professores acham que sim.

Easter - story and traditions!

The greatest festival of the Christian church commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date.

Easter starts before Easter Sunday – the day when Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Christ. It begins on Palm Day. Small crosses made of palm leaves are given to church-goers.

Then on Good Friday – the Friday before Easter – people in the UK eat hot-cross buns. On Easter Sunday children receive chocolate Easter eggs and play lots of Easter games.

Easter can come as early as March 22 or as late as April 25.

Symbols

Many Easter customs come from the Old World.

The white lily, the symbol of the resurrection, is the special Easter flower.

Rabbits and coloured eggs have come from pagan antiquity as symbols of new life.

The Easter rabbit is a symbol of fertility, and it appears in coloured Easter eggs, originally painted with bright colours to represent the sunlight of spring, and used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts. The eggs: Easter Monday egg rolling, a custom of European origin, has become a tradition on the lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C (U.S.A.)

Hot cross buns

Small round cakes containing dried fruit and spices with cross on the top.

Hot cross buns are typically eaten on Good Friday and during Lent.

Hello and Goodbye

Hi everyone!

Passei por aqui só para desejar a toda a comunidade escolar, principalmente aos meus alunos, um resto de ano lectivo muito bom, visto que vou andar ausente durante uns tempos.

Continuem a dar o vosso melhor e nunca desistam!

Até um dia destes. Bye bye!

Your teacher,

Mafalda.

Spelling Bee

Agora que passou o tempo dos corações, isto é, aqui no blog, vamos voltar ao trabalho. Não esqueças o nome do blog: "English is easy" but we must work on it.
Ao clicares no título da mensagem encontrarás uma página com uma actividade muito interessante e popular, pelo menos nos países de língua Inglesa. Chama-se "Spelling Bee" e o objectivo é ouvir uma determinada palavra e depois escrevê-la correctamente.
Enjoy!

More Valentines

Andreia Nunes nº2 8ºB

Sara Patrícia nº18 8ºA

Valentine

Hello Love


I could not forget this day...it is dedicated to people like us.
People who love...it´s our event...so I could not forget to write to you.
I am not talented to do this.
I think feelings are to be felt, not to be written on a paper.
But it is here...
a love letter...
a simple love letter...
I Love You!

Kisses from Daniel Ferreira

CEF Mesa 1... what messages did they write for us?

With an L we write love

With a P we write passion

With an S we write she

The woman I keep in my heart.

Romão

Hardly will I forget you

Forever will I love you.

Joana

An angel runs to hunt you,

It's me to love you.

Ricardo

When I didn't know you

I was afraid of not knowing you

Now that I know you

I'm afraid of loosing you.

Isabel

Try to love me

When I least deserve it

Because it is when I most need it.

Diogo

Beauty is not on the face but in the heart. I love you.

Flávia

I want to kiss you

To love you

I want to be your passion

To keep you in my heart.

Rui

Love has four letters

But are those four letters

That I live with you.

Tânia

The sun is shiny and my love is forever.

Miguel

Like the sun kisses the moon

So my mouth kisses yours.

Marcelo

I love you. I love you. I love you.

Of that can you be sure

I even think that our love was made by Nature!

Hugo

I confessed never to confess

Of confessing that I never loved.

But now I will confess

That I'll never forget you.

Tiago M.

One day my tears fell in the ocean.

When you find them

It's the sign that I stoppped loving you.

Pedro

If I were a cook

I would give you a soup spoon.

But as I am your boyfriend

I'll give you a kiss on the mouth.

Mário

All my life I have problems

All problems have solutions

And the problem in my life

Is to conquer your heart.

Tiago

More messages... CEF Cozinha 2

I went to the fountain to drink


But when I saw you


I forgot my thirst


Because your thirst I received.

Paulo Neto

Only when the rocks speak and the water stops running,
will I stop wanting you.

Filipe

You are the best thing of my life!
I will stay with you forever.
You are my best friend...

Helder Vieira

A friend isn't that that makes you smile with lies

But that that makes you cry with the truth.

Catarina

Love is gratitude

Yours are my thoughts

Deeper, more subtle.

Near you I am myself

Completely happy.

How can I thank you?

So much light, so much emotion!

I love you, my little sweet heart.

Carlos, nº5

If I offered you a present the size of my love,

I would offer you the world.

Carlos, nº6

I did an exam and I got a zero

Because in all the questions I answered that I wanted you!

Rosa

I admire you for what you are not for what you have or for what you do,

What you have evybody may have, what you do everybody may do.

But like you no one can be.

Patrícia

If between two rocks a flower is born, why isn't there love between us?

André

There are many doctors in this world

But no one knows the feeling

A kiss on the mouth feels like in the heart.

João Pedro

My heart beats 100km an hour for you!

Tiago

If you want to know who I am

Go ask the moon!

I am the son of a star

That was born to love you.

Bruno

Everybody knows that we aren't eternal

But we spend life psushing it - tomorrow I will do it...

Tomorrow I will say...

Tomorrow I will go...

But there will be a day when there won't be a tomorrow...

And the words and the feelings will die inside us.

And after all it is so simple to say "I love you so much!"

Vânia

I want to love,

To love desperately,

Loving for the sake of loving

Here... there... this one and that one

The other and everybody... to love! To love!

And not love any one!

Remember? Forget? Indifferent!

To arrest? or set free? Is it bad?

Is it good?

Abel

Love looks like the sun,

In the morning it starts to shine

And at night it is the sunset.

Eulália

Saint Valentine's Messages

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Kiss me my love
Because I love you
Ana Bessa 7ºG


My friend.
I like you and your friendship very much. You were the best thing that happened to me.
You are a true friend and you can keep a secret.
Thank you for being my friend.
Ass: Ana Caldas 7ºG


Hello...
I miss you.
I loved you in the past; I love you in the present.
I want to be with you forever.
I will always be next to you.
From: Bruna Filipa Lemos 7ºG nº4
To: Elizabete Ribeiro 8ºE (Escola Dr. Manuel Pinto de Vasconcelos)


You are my best friend. You are beautiful.
I like you. You are very cool.
I love coffee, I love tea,
I love Micael next to me.
A big kiss!
From: Glória 7ºG nº15
To: Micael 8ºano


Roses are red, Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet, and so are you.
Thank you for helping me when I need.
You are beautiful.
From: Sónia 7ºG
To: Teacher Mafalda


Roses are red, Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet, and so are you.
Thank you for helping me when I need.
You are beautiful.
From: Sónia 7ºG
To: Teacher Ana Silva (Physical Education)



From: Juliana 7ºG
To: Micaela 7ºG



I just want to send a hug to all my friends!!!
Rui 7ºC


Hello Rita! You are a funny, nice, friendly and very cool friend. I wish you a good, happy Valentine's Day, full of joy and other good things. Happy Valentine's Day!
From: Cristiana Costa 7ºC
To: Rita Matos 7ºC


To the coolest friends:
I love you very much. You are the best friends in the world.Thank you for everything.
Big kisses to Jéssica and Rita Maria (7ºC)
From: Tatiana 7ºC


I love you my friends!!!
From: Rita Fernandes 7ºC nº21
To: Jéssica and Tatiana 7ºC


Hello my friend!
You are a good friend. You are cool!
Bye, bye.
From: Solange 7ºC
To: Ana Sofia 7ºD (Escola Secundária)


On this day I send a big hug and all the PEACE in the world to all my friends!
From: Tiago 7ºC nº26


You are a cool, funny, amazing friend. When someone needs you, you are there to help. That's why I wrote this message.
From: Ana Moreira 7ºC nº1
To: Rita Matos 7ºC nº20


A big kiss to all my friends: Joana Vaz 8ºA, Tatiana 7ºC, Rita Maria 7ºC, Rita Isabel 7ºC, Ana Perdigão 8ºA and Iniciados do LAC. I love you all. Thanks for being my friends.
From: Jéssica 7ºC nº6


FOREVER BEST FRIENDS

From: Joana 7ºC
To: Daniela 7ºC

St. Valentine's activity: 12th February (next Thursday)

For the whole school...

On 12th February the CEF Bar1 class is going to present us with an activity to celebrate Saint Valentine's Day... there will be sweet and colourful cocktails to "spice" your romantic dates.

Invite your love to share this romantic moment with you!

If you don't have that "special person" yet... come around the same, because there's always someone out there for you :)

(Para toda a comunidade

No dia 12 de Fevereiro, a turma CEF Bar 1 irá realizar uma actividade comemorativa do Dia de São Valentim... haverá cocktails doces e coloridos para "apimentar" os encontros românticos.

Convida a tua cara metade para partilhar um momento a dois!

Caso não tenhas ainda uma cara metade... aparece na mesma, pois existe sempre "um testo para cada panela" :) )

Saint Valentine's Day

WORDSEARCH - HOUSE

Have fun looking for the words!

Prepositions of place - where is the...?

Study time

In the following site you can find good information and examples about the prepositions of place... Write the sentences in your notebook.

http://www.learnenglish.de/PictureIt/prepositionsplace.htm

Practise time

Click on the following site and solve an exercise related to the prepositions. Look at the picture and choose the right preposition.

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/estante/match_prepositions.html

Our House, by Madness

Watch the video Our House, by Madness and fill in the blanks of the song. Write the song in your notebook before watching the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjPJohh8lOc&feature=related

___________ wears his Sunday best

Mother's tired she needs a ________

The kids ____________ up downstairs

Sister's sighing in her sleep__________ got a date to keep

He can't hang around

Our _________, in the middle of our _________

Our house, in the middle of our

Our house it has a crowd___________ always something happening

And it's usually quite loud

Our __________ she's so house-proud

Nothing ever slows her down

And a mess is not allowed

Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, _________________ of our ...

Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, in the middle of our ...

Something __________ you that you've got to get away from it

Father ____________ late for work

Mother has to iron his shirt

Then she ___________ the kids to ___________

Sees them off with a small kissShe's the one they _______________ to miss

In lots of ways

Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, in the middle of our ... I remember way back then when everything was true and when

We would have such a very good time such a fine time

Such a happy time

And I remember how we'd play simply waste the day away

Then we'd say nothing would come between us two dreamers

Father wears his ____________ best

Mother's tired she needs a rest

The kids are playing up downstairsSister's sighing in her __________

Brother's got a date to keep

He can't hang around

Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, in the middle of our ...

Our house, was our castle and our keep

Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house that was where we used to sleep

Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, in the middle of our street

Rooms in a house and Furniture

Pinta as coisas que normalmente encontras na sala de estar de roxo, as que encontras na cozinha de rosa, as do quarto de verde e as da casa de banho de azul. Clica na divisão da casa que pretendes e pinta as coisas. No final, clica em "submit" para corrigires o teu trabalho.

Snowing in Lousada... 9th January

It's winter... people never thought this would happen. Students in our school were totally surprised and played a lot with the snow. They even got "red" hands... it was really cold! But what an amazing landscape...

Who knew

Para começar tens aqui uma canção da Pink que terás que ouvir para poderes completar a letra, copiando tudo para o teu caderno.

Pink

Who knew

You took my hand, you ____________ me how
You promised me you'd be around
Uh huh, that's right

I took your words and I __________
In everything you ________ to me
Yeah huh, that's right

If someone said: "Three years from now
You'd be long gone."
I'd stand up and punch them out
'Cause they're all __________
I know better
'Cause you said "forever and ever"
Who knew?

Remember when we ________ such fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh no, no no

I wish I could touch you again
I wish I __________ still call you friend
I'd give anything

When someone said: "Count your blessings now
For they're long gone."
I guess I just ___________ know how
I was all wrong
They ____________ better
Still you said "forever and ever"
Who knew?

Yeah, yeah

I'll keep you locked in my head
Until we meet again
Until we, until we meet again
And I won't ____________ you, my friend
What happened?

If someone said: "Three years from now
You'd be long gone."
I'd stand up and punch them out
'Cause they're all wrong
And that last ___________ I'll cherish
Until we meet again
And time makes it harder
I wish I could remember
But I keep your memory
You visit me in my sleep
My darling, who knew?

My darling, my darling
Who knew?
My darling, I miss you
My darling, ______________?

Who knew?

We are back!

The second term has begun. Prepare yourself for a few months of hard work at school and lots of fun with your friends.