FADO: World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage

Fado,  the Portuguese most traditional music genre, was added  to UNESCO’s list of World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. According to UNESCO, intangible heritage includes traditions and skills passed on within cultures.

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Foi uma decisão esperada durante toda a madrugada e houve sofrimento e nervosismo até ao ultimo momento. E, no final da cerimónia, a delegação portuguesa agradeceu aos delegados da UNESCO com a ajuda da voz de Amália.

MTV winners 2011

The 18th. Edition of the event was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, attended by several artists and performance of today such as the American rapper Eminem, Linkin Park, Bruno Mars, 30 Seconds from Mars and Big Bang. Lady Gaga was definitely the star of the night, collecting four major awards: Best Female Artist, Best Song, Best Video and most fans. Justin Bieber took home the awards for Best Male Artist and also the title of Best Pop Artist

MTV EMA 2011

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - 17th October

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has been observed every year since 1993, when the General Assembly,  designated this day to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries, particularly in developing countries - a need that has become a development priority. 

The theme for this year is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty --  “Working together out of poverty” 


So, let's join hands and fight poverty!

World Teacher's Day ( 5th October )

The United Nations' (UN) World Teachers' Day celebrates the role teachers play in providing quality education at all levels. This enables children and adults of all ages to learn to take part in and contribute to their local community and global society. 

Our task is extremely rewarding.
I wish all the teachers a  good school year !

International School Library Month

October is being celebrated as International School Library Month (previously International School Library Day held on the fourth Monday in October). School librarians around the world have a unique opportunity to share with each other, and perhaps more importantly, others in education and in our school communities.

Go to our school libray and enjoy the pleasure of reading!

Super tramp ( school )

After school is over you're playing in the park

Don't be out too late, don't let it get too dark

They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about

And grow up just like them, won't you let it work it out?

And you're full of doubt

Don't do this and don't do that

What are they trying to do? Make a good boy of you

Do they know where it's at?

Don't criticize, they're old and wise

Do as they tell you to

Don't want the Devil to

Come out and put your eyes

Maybe I'm mistaken expecting you to fight

Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong from right

But while I am still living, I've just got this to say

It's always up to you if you want to be that

Want to see that, want to see that way

You're coming along

Summer Holiday ( Cliff Richard )

Sir Cliff Richard, (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist, who has sold 280 million records worldwide.

After a long school year, the deserved rest. Have fun!

Europe League: FC Porto wins historic victory

Two Portuguese teams were in the final of the Europe League. I'm very proud!

FC Porto beat fellow Portuguese club SC Braga in the final of the Europe League in Dublin tonight by 1 goal to 0. This is FC Porto's second victory in the competition and another excellent period in the history of the club, managed by President Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa since 1982, being his fifty-first title.

Charlie Chaplin

Simplicity is a difficult thing to achieve

Let your imagination fly ....

International Women's Day ( 8th March )

A woman is always ready to care, love and sacrifice for the other. She plays the character of a mother, daughter, wife, friend, nurturer, guide and partner. Emotional and vulnerable, she displays a wonderful range of emotions from being patient to being extremely courageous in times of crisis.

This video is my tribute to all WOMEN.

Lovely!

Three white tiger cubs , one of the rarest and most admired in nature, were born at the Lisbon Zoo. They are two females and one male children of one couple in the existing park. Contrary to what some people think, the white tigers are not albino, nor a subspecies of tiger. The hair colour is due to a recessive gene, when both parents are carriers of the gene responsible for light-colored coat. Their coloring is more intense in winter, as an adaptation to cold, bringing out blue eyes, pink nose and creamy white with brown lists.

The gestation period of the WhiteTigers is 102 to 112 days. Calves nurse for three to six months and accompany the mother for two to three years, learning the techniques of hunting for its future survival as adults lonely. Because of its white coat that does not give the appropriate camouflage for their survival in the wild, white tigers, were for centuries the target of poaching that led to its extinction in the wild.

St. Valentine

The popular festival of love and romances traces its origin to ancient Roman festival and has not been created by card companies as some people believe it to be. There are various legends associated with the festival along with the belief that birds began to mate from this day. Popularity of the Valentine's Day festival stems from the combined effects of all these legends, beliefs and of course the wish to glorify the unparalleled feeling of love.

Have a sweet St. Valentine's Day!

The Future of Work

This video shows how technology is changing the way people work together.

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Chocolate and Child Labour