HALLOWEEN WEBQUEST

This spooky webquest includes activities on popular Halloween traditions, global celebrations and terrifying tales. 
Webquest: Halloween | Onestopenglish

An old post with a video: What do Londoners think about Halloween? Click on here to find out

MOTHERING SUNDAY

When is Mother’s Day 2017? The date changes in Britain every year. This year Mother’s Day will be on Sunday March 26.

At its most basic, Mothering Sunday (Mother’s Day is an Americanisation) is a day to give thanks to your mother.

Why is it celebrated?  While many might think the day was invented by commercial entities, it is actually a Christian celebration dating back to the 16th century.Back then, Mothering Sunday was a chance for those who worked in servitude to go back home to see their families and attend the church in their home town – or ‘mother church’.

Those who did so were said to have gone ‘a mothering’ and the servants would pick flowers to display at this mother church 

The day gradually disappeared until a vicar’s daughter, from Coddington, Nottinghamshire, read an article about American activist Anna Jarvis who was trying to reinstate the day in 1913.

Constance Smith went on to push for a revival of Mothering Sunday and by 1938 it was being celebrated all around the country. 

THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS QUIZ

How much do you know about Christmas traditions?
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NOW, WATCH THIS VIDEO ABOUT  A BRITISH CHRISTMAS

Live from London: Halloween

What do Londoners think about halloween?
Is it only an American holiday? Watch the video Complete the chart.I prefer to watch it on the website                          
Questions:  1. What does Hall. mean to you?
                   2. Do you celebrate Halloween?
                   3. What are you scared of?
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Are you Ready for April Fool's Day?

April Fool’s Day is one of the best days of the year. On no other day are you “legally” allowed to play jokes and pranks on your friends, family and co-workers...

Listen to this podcast about the day

Read about some famous hoaxes

March 17th Saint Patrick's Day

St Patricks
March  17th 
Celebrate Ireland's Saint Patron

You Will Need something green +

• A church An Irish soda bread
• A lamb stew or Atlantic salmon
• Guinness
• A four-leaf clover

Step 1: Dress in a little green

Dress in a little green—emphasis on little. Dubliners don’t go around wrapped head-to-toe in green with “Kiss me, I’m Irish” buttons and plastic bowler hats. A splash of green is all you need.

Go ahead and pinch anyone who’s not wearing any green; that’s a time-honored tradition in Ireland.

HOW TO CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY LIKE AN IRISHMAN

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1.      Step 1:

2.      Step 2:

3.      Step 3:

-          What does the greeting mean?

*When is it especially difficult to say it?

4. Step 4:

5. Step 5:

6. Step 6:

*Why shouldn’t you drink green beer?

7. Step 7:

- Why does he compare St. Patrick’s Day with Thanksgiving Day?

- What’s Gaelic Football?

8. Step 8:

- What happens if you tuck a 4-leaf clover in the heel of your left foot?

9. What’s the population of Ireland today?

* A bit more difficult questions