WORLD BOOK DAY

As you well know, on 23 April, World Book Day is celebrated all over the world. In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is the anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare, probably the two most aclaimed writers in the world. In a historical coincidence, Cervantes and Shakespeare died on the same date, 23 April 1616.

In Spain this is a day to encourage reading and the enjoyment of literature. Due to this COVID-19 thing, this year it will be different. Neither we will go out to get that book we want as a gift for a beloved one or just for ourselves nor others will do it for us. However, we can still enjoy reading something new without having to leave home. For that, here you have our school magazine, SABIR, on his new edition, which includes the 12 Greek Mythology stories and an African one that you wrote.

Hot off the press, take it as a present from our school on this day and as an invitation to experience the world of letters in a different way.

By Clicking on the top right corner, it will open on an external window. Would you like to have it? Then, get it as a PDF document.

Enjoy!!!

ALEX RAWLINGS

Do you remember the video we saw in class? Here you will find more information about Alex Rawlings and some tips he gives for you to be more motivated and sound more fluent. If he can do it, you can do it, Go for it!!!

Alex is a citizen of the world. He was born and grew up in London, UK. As a child, he spend long summers in Greece, visiting family and wondering why he couldn’t understand anyone. He quickly realised that if he could learn to speak other people’s languages, rather than waiting for them to speak English, life would be much more interesting.

After misspending his adolescence learning languages like Dutch, Catalan and Hebrew, in 2012 he was named Britain’s most multilingual student after being tested for fluency in 11 different languages. His studies of German and Russian at Oxford University led him to study in provincial Russia and work in the Press Office of the Greek Embassy in Berlin. After graduating, he packed his bags and took a one-way flight to Budapest, where he studied Hungarian for a year before living in Spain, returning to London in June 2016.

He moved to Barcelona in November 2018.

Now having studied more than 15 languages, Alex spends his time writing about languages, intercultural dialogue and multilingualism. He lives in Barcelona, but you’ll also find him passing through Johannesburg, London, Athens, Budapest and Berlin, and other parts of the world.

WORLD FOOD DAY

World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honour of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. Since 1979 the day has been celebrated widely by many other organisations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Its aim is to bring awareness to malnutrition, which has taken many forms throughout history.
This year's theme is Healthy diets for a #ZeroHunger, working to make healthy and sustainable diets affordable and accessible to everyone around the world.
820 million people suffer from hunger, while almost 2 billion are either obese or overweight. And as healthy eating is becoming more difficult to achieve, the side effects are negatively impacting the planet.




You can also watch this video by National Geographic about how we can feed our hungry planet



What do you think? Is it a good idea? Do you have any other ideas?

FOOD FUN FACTS

Would you have soup for breakfast? What about rice or beans? Learn about the first meal of the day in different countries. Which surprises you the most?

Stolen Cheese? Eternal Honey? Edible stickers? Frogs in the milk? These and others are part of 12 unbelievable facts about food.