End of term!!!

Well, well, well... the semestre is over, and this blog hasn't been used as much as I wanted it to! It seems classes started a few days ago! You all know Ms. Mitchell was taken ill at the very beginning of the school year and Zu(Ms. Sa) and I(Ms. Lima) had to teach more groups than we had planned to. I have to confess it's been a very difficult term, but it's almost over now: the second sitting and recuperation exams will be held tomorrow and we'll all hopefully have a great term starting on 4 August.

‘No Country for Old Men’ Wins Oscar Tug of War

Hi! Check out the complete coverage of the Oscar Award ceremony. There are pics and videos and lots of other interesting links. Great to improve your vocabulary! Just click on the postage title. If you´re asked to log in, you need to subscribe. It´s free.
Ed

Are Oscars Worth All This Fuss?

There's an interesting article by A. O. Scott about the Oscar Ceremony and all the fuss around it in The New York Times. Maybe Oscars are really not worth all the fuss, but reading the article is definitely a must-do! Click on the title and check it out!

Ed

Valentine's Day!

Everyone is looking for his card...

Great! I've got a card!!!

Friendship...Happiness...Loads of FUN...That's Valentine's Day!!!

Valentine's day story:

According to church tradition, St. Valentine was a priest near Rome in about the year 270 A.D. During this time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. Claudius was having trouble getting married men to join his army because they were more emotionally attached to their families and, thus, they wouldn’t volunteer to join the army because they did not want to leave their wives and families. So Claudius issued an edict forbidding marriage. Most people thought this law was cruel. Valentine, a bishop, did not support the new law, and seeing the trauma of young lovers, he met them and kept performing marriage ceremonies secretly. Obviously, at some point Claudius heard about this “friend of lovers”. One night, Valentine was caught and thrown in jail. The emperor, impressed with the young priest’s dignity and conviction, attempted to convert him to believing in the Roman gods to save him from certain execution. Valentine refused to recognize Roman gods and even tried to convert the emperor to Christianity. The result of the conflict was that on February 14, 270 A.D., Valentine was executed.

While Valentine was in prison awaiting his fate, many young people came to visit him. One was the blind daughter of his jailor, Asterius. Asterius begged him to heal his daughter. Through his faith, Valentine miraculously restored the sight of Asterius’ daughter. On the day of his execution, Valentine wrote a farewell note to the daughter signed “Love from your Valentine”, a phrase that lived ever after.

From your Valentine: Valentine, thus, became a Patron Saint and the spiritual overseer of an annual festival. The festival involved young Romans offering to women they admired, and wished to court, handwritten greetings of affection on February 14th, the day of Valentine’s execution. So the greeting cards acquired St. Valentine’s name. The Valentine’s Day card spread with Christianity and is now celebrated in many parts of the world.

Source: http://www.thomas.org.br/

Fun Valentine links:

Send a Valentine's Card

Send a Valentine's Card

Valentine's Games

Valentine's Fun Facts

"I Love You" in Different Languages

Valentine's Day Notice Board!

This is what our notice board looks like the day before Valentine's Day!
Most of the kids in our Children courses have put up their cards on the notice board and can't wait until tomorrow to get theirs...

Have a great schoolyear!

Welcome back!!! We hope you've had a wonderful holiday and are now eager to learn as much as you can! Our term has begun,and we have been busier than ever! Classes started on Thurday, 7 February and Alyson (Ms. Mitchell) was taken ill the following day. She was in hospital for three days and is now recovering at home. We hope she'll feel 100% soon. Have a quick recovery, Alyson. We miss u!

Greetings from very cold Canada.

Hey guys. How've you been?

I miss you all so much. For those who don't know it, I studied at B.A. English School for 5 years and then moved on to also teach there before I moved to Canada. Studying there was a great experience and prepared me for life here in huge ways.

Here's a picture of my university, St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Unfortunately, right now the weather isn't as nice as in the pic and and you can see snow (and huge ice pellets) everywhere.

I hope all is well with everybody at B.A.! I'll be down there in June to visit ;)

Sabrina

xoxo

Congratulations, Livia!

Livia has passed the entrance exams for Pharmacy at UFG! Well done, Livia. Congrats, Zuleika !!!

O Popular- Caderno de Idiomas 27/01/08

Caderno de Idiomas- O Popular 27/01

Welcome to our blog. We hope to keep you up-to-date with our news. The ad above was published on today's " O Popular". Have you seen it? If so, what did you think of it? If not, hurry up! Go to the nearest newstand and ask for the newspaper!