Hallowe´en

Hallowe´en or Halloween is a popular festival in Britain and in the USA. It is on 31 st October. The word is a short for "Hallows" "Evening"- the night before "All Saints´ Day". On that night, according to the tradition, ghosts and witches are free to be on Earth.
Nowadays Halloween is an amusing festival celebrated also in Portugal. Children usually dress up withes and ghosts, as dracula and vampires and go to parties.
People cut faces in pumpkins and use them as lanterns.
In our schools some children dress up as witches, cut pumpkins and use them as lanterns. We did a party and students loved this festival.

Halloween

Thanksgiving

In the United States is an annual one day legal holiday to express gratitude for things one has at the end of the harvest season, usually directed to God. It is celebrated on the fourth thursday of November.
The holiday´s origins trace to harvest festivals that have been celebrated in many cultures since ancient time, and most people celebrate by gathering ta home with family or friends for a holiday feast.
A tradition also exists to share the fruits of harvest with those who are less fortunate.
Thus, in Vale e Cova do Pico School children celebrated this tradition doing a fruit salad to symbolize the fruits of harvest and in Jardim Do Mar School students celebrated doing a pumpkin pie.

Thanksgiving

St Valentine´s Day is celebrated on February 14 th. It´s a day of love and friendship.

Our children exchanged cards and Machico´s legend.

We talked about this legend and Romeo and Juliet.

St Valentine´s Day

Carnival

Carnival is the period before Easter . It is a period to have fun, to come to the streets to see and participate in parades.

People usualyy disguise themselves with masks and costumes.

In our shools we celebrated Carnival.

We exchanged ideias ,postcards, masks and a clown puzzle.

Carnival in Jardim do Mar

Jardim do Mar "Auxiliar de Acção Educativa" busy doing "Malassadas".