Why did the Easter egg hide?

He was a little chicken!

How does the Easter Bunny stay fit?

EGG-xercise and HARE-robics!

How does the Easter Bunny travel?

By hare plane!

How did the soggy Easter Bunny dry himself?

With a hare-dryer!

What kinds of books do bunnies like?

Ones with hoppy endings!

What do you get if you cross an elephant with a rabbit?

An elephant who never forgets to eat his carrots!

I´M THE EASTER RABBIT

ONE, TWO, THREE

LOOK FOR THE EGGS

AND EAT IT WITH ME

YUMMY!

HAPPY EASTER!

A RECIPE:

TORRIJAS

INGREDIENTS - Bread

- Milk

- Eggs

- Olive o il

- Sugar

- Cinnamon

HOW TO PREPARE

IT

1-Soak the bread in

milk.

2- Then soak it in a

beaten egg.

3- Fry it with plenty

olive oil.

4-Sprinkle sugar and

cinnamon on top.

Infant classes look for

Easter eggs at the

English class. Then they

colour the Easter Bunny

and the Easter eggs.

ECO-FRIENDLY HOUSES FRIENDLY HOUSES

HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!

CONSTRUCTION!!!

ON!!!

Chocolate Shredded

Wheat

Eggs for

decoration

Melt the

chocolate

Mix it all

together

Put the

mixture into

cake cases.

Decorate with chocolate eggs and

enjoy.

Break up the

shredded

wheat

Plaza Ecopolis is a project of Urban ecosystem located near Rivas

Vaciamadrid City Council. Buildings around the square are examples of sustainable architecture and friendly environment.

History of The Hot Cross Buns.

In many historically Christian countries, the buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday, with the cross standing as a symbol of the crucifixion. They are believed by some to pre-date Christianity, although the first recorded use of the term " hot cross bun" is not until 1733. According to food historian Elizabeth David, the buns were seen by Protestant English monarchs as a dangerous hold over of Catholic belief in England, being baked from the consecrated dough used in making the communion wafer. Protestant England attempted to ban the sale of the buns by bakers but they were too popular, and instead Elizabeth I passed a law permitting bakeries to sell them, but only at Easter and Christmas.

Hot Cross Buns Recipe.

What you need:

450g/1lb strong plain flour

1 1/2 tsp fast action dried yeast

200ml/7 fl oz milk

1/2 tsp of salt

1 level tsp mixed spice

75g/3 oz caster sugar

50g/2 oz melted butter

1 medium egg

25g-50g/1-2 oz currants

25-50g/1-2 oz chopped mixed peel (or extra dried fruit)

What to do:

Put all the dried ingredients including the yeast into a bowl. Stir in the melted butter.

Mix the egg and milk in a jug, and gradually mix into the dried ingredients a little at a time. Knead well

until you have smooth, but not sticky dough. Add a little more flour if needed.

Knead the dough on a floured surface until perfectly smooth, put back into the bowl and cover the bowl

with cling film. Leave in a warm place to rise for an hour.

Alternatively, make in a bread maker using the dough setting. Add the dried fruit at the raisin beep.

Grease and flour two baking trays and preheat oven to 200C/gas 6.

Divide the dough into 12 pieces and shape into buns. Set the buns well apart on the prepared trays and

leave them in a warm place until doubled in size. Make two cuts on the top of each bun to form a cross.

Bake just above the centre of the oven for 15-20 mins. Leave the buns to cool on a wire rack; while still

warm brush them with a glaze made from 40g caster sugar dissolved in 2 tablespoons water.

La Plaza Ecópolis es un proyecto de ecosistema urbano ubicada cerca

Ayuntamiento de Rivas Vaciamadrid. Los edificios que la componen son ejemplo de arquitectura sostenible y respetuosa con el medio

ambiente. After a visit to Ecópolis, our 6th grade students have designed their

own sustainable homes. Hopefully some of these designs come true. Después de una visita a Ecópolis, nuestro alumnado de sexto ha

diseñado sus propias casas sostenibles. Esperamos que algunos de estos diseños se hagan realidad.

Carla's house is built on water. Water serves to control

the temperature of the house, but also is useful for providing electrical power through a turbine.

La casa de Carla está construida sobre el agua. El agua sirve para controlar la temperatura de la casa

pero también es útil para proporcionar energía eléctrica mediante una turbina.

Leyre has devised a Mediterranean garden with

herbs: thyme, rosemary ... She also thought of a pond of

macrophyte plants in order to recycle the water.

Leyre ha ideado un jardín

mediterráneo con plantas aromáticas: tomillo, romero...

También ha pensado en una laguna de plantas macrófitas

para reciclar el agua.

Paula A. has designed a seesaw with a

dynamo that stores energy. Paula A. ha diseñado un balancín que

mediante una dinamo acumula energía .

The house of Andrea M. is

designed to save energy,

water, heat and light. Large windows and solar panels

take advantage of the long hours of sunshine in Rivas.

A beautiful vertical garden insulates the house and

adds originality to the project

La casa de Andrea M. está diseñada para ahorrar energía, agua, calor y luz. Los grandes ventanales y los paneles solares aprovechan las

largas horas de sol de Rivas. Un precioso jardín vertical aísla la casa y

añade originalidad al proyecto.

Cristina has thought about the home of your dreams. Take advantage of natural energies so that the inside is completely Domotic. For

example, a robot is responsible for collecting waste and recycling.

The most interesting thing: when you want to sleep, you just press a button and a ready-made bed appears for you. Is not it amazing?

Cristina ha pensado en la casa de sus sueños. Aprovecha las energías

naturales para que el interior esté completamente domotizado. Por ejemplo, un robot se

encarga de recoger las

basuras y reciclarlas. Lo más interesante: si

quieres dormir sólo tienes que presionar un botón y

aparece la cama ya hecha. ¿No es increíble?

Eco-friendly houses survey in the Czech school

In our school two classes (class 2B and class 3A) worked

on the survey. We decided to divide the survey of the

ECO-HOUSES into four parts. First, the children filled in a

“Questionnaire number 1” about Eco-houses and we found out how

much they know about this topic. Then we asked an architect from our

town to give the children a 45-minute lecture on eco-friendly houses.

Then the children from class 2B made models of eco-houses using

recycling material. After that, they filled in “Questionnaire number 2”

to find out how much they learnt about Eco-houses.

The children liked this activity very much. They were happy

to have an architect in their lessons. They listened and watched

his powerpoint presentation carefully and learnt a lot of new things about

houses. Then, they also very much enjoyed making the models. They

were divided into groups and each group made a special house. When

they finished it, they presented their house to the classmates, teachers

and the architect. They made some eco-family houses, an eco-school,

eco-swimming pool, eco-pub and a water-house. Then we displayed their

houses in our school corridor so that the rest of the school

could see their perfect architectural abilities. We also asked a

journalist to come, to make some photographs of the working

children and write an article about this special project day and

put it in the newspaper.

Now you can have a look at both of the questionnaires with their

results. You will see how professional the children got after the “Eco-day”

with the architect

RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE 1

→ 47 pupils filled in this questionnaire before the lecture with the

architect. The children were guessing most of the answers. They did not

talk about it with their teachers before.

1. Eco-houses are houses which:

a. save the nature. 32 pupi ls said YES

b. save us money. 24 pupi ls said YES

c. are made of eco-materials and healthful materials. 31 pupils

said YES

2. Do you l ive in an eco-house? 6 pupi ls said YES

3. Do any of your friends or relatives l ive in eco-house? 16 pupi ls said

YES

4. Have you ever seen such a house? 15 pupi ls said YES

5. Would you be interested in a lecture on eco-houses with an

architect? 39 pupi ls said YES

RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE 2

→ 47 pupils filled in the questionnaire after the lecture and workshop

with the architect.

.

Now you can have a look at some photographs taken during this activity

Do you live in an eco-house?

46

YES NO

ECO-FRIENDLY HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!

Children at Year 1 and 2 are making big eco-friendly houses. They will install solar panels on

the roof to take the advantage of the solar energy. There will be windmills as welll to get enery for

the houses. SOME TIPS FOR A HEALTHY

HOUSE:

-Separate the rubbish in order to

recycle.

-Take a shower instead of a bath.

-Close the tap while brushing your

teeth.

-Use the washing machine and the

dishwasher just when they are

full.

-Use energy-efficient light bulbs.

-Use rechargeable batteries.

-Use organic compost.

I designed my house like this, as this is the kind of home I would like to live in when I grow up, as it’s bright, fun and colourful. It also has solar panels, which provide the recording studio and the house with electricity. It has a balcony and a fantastic garage with an indoor swimming pool.

Easter bunny

Funny little bunny – goes hop, hop, hop.

Funny little bunny, please stop, stop, stop.

Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.

Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.

Spieleanleitung / Easter egg game

“Collect the Easter eggs”

Find a partner.

Get one dice. Get two counters.

Roll the dice. Count the dots. It’s an ……orange dot.

Draw an orange egg on your paper.

You can go forwards and backwards.

Draw always an egg with the colour you reach.

The winner: You are the first at the gate and you have eggs

with all colours.

Welcome to Aschersleben

News in March

Aschersleben, with it’s historical charm, is located at the frings of the Harz Mountains in Saxony- Anhalt. Our historical centre is impressive with different architectural styles of great historical value. The Creative workshop On the site of a former paper factory of Henry Christian Bestehorn in the years 2003 to 2010, the education center was built BESTEHORNPARK. After renovation and refurbishment the old and new buildings now house the free secondary school Adam Olearius, the privat vocational training providers and the Creative workshop. It finally managed to upgrade an inner-city industrial wasteland while also creating a new learning center, as it is unique in Saxony-Anhalt.

Teddy bear Ben The teddy bear Ben visited us in March. He came from England and visited our second classes. There were two real, furry teddy bears, Alex from Germany and Ben from UK. Alex travels to schools in the UK, Ben to their respective project partner schools in Germany.

Participants oft he Mathematics-contest Five students of our students struggled with the mathematics competition of the city and were able to convince with very good performances.

Great!

Our Year 5 class designed a range of futuristic homes based around topics they have learnt this year. As part of their Geography research, they looked at the contrasting locations of Wales and Iceland. Part of their research involved looking at homes and they discovered how Icelanders had adapted their homes to suit their environment.

Icelanders used natural resources of soil and grass to cover the roofs of their homes. This provided a cost effective and efficient way of insulating their homes. They also used other natural resources to create geothermal power to produce electricity to power other homes.

Year 5 felt that these two environmentally friendly methods of heating a home would suit a futuristic house due to their low carbon footprint and limited effect on the environment.

Every year our school holds an annual ‘Easter Bonnet Parade’. The pupils bring in hats or bonnets that they have created at home and they are displayed in the hall for all to see. They are then judged and the winners are presented with prizes, to

reward them for their great effort. Throughout the parade children sing joyful

Easter songs.

Why do we celebrate Easter?

We celebrate Easter because Jesus Christ died, so that we could be free of sin.

He rode on a donkey to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. He was treated as a king.

On Maundy Thursday Jesus ate his last meal,

known as the last supper, together with his

disciples.

Jesus was crucified and put in his tomb on

Good Friday.

On 1st day of Easter Jesus arose from death.

On 2nd

day of Easter Jesus showed himself for

the disciples.

By John Even Bjørnevik,

Sofie Brynjelsen and Henning Nedrebø

Norwegian Easter Traditions

At Easter Norwegians go skiing and eat

“Kvikk lunch”, that is a chocolate bar with

bisquit in it. Some go fishing or make a fire

outside to eat sausages and look at gooselings.

In the world there is a wide selection of fruits,

but at Easter it is orange that`s the most

popular. On television we can watch crimmies, and on the milk cartons there are

written “Easter crimes”, where you have to solve a riddle. We drink hot chocolate

and have our carton eggs filled with candies. The most popular candy is “Freia

Påske egg” which is an Easter egg made of chocolate filled with white soft

chocolate. The Easter holiday is filled with family time.

By Marius, Gerd Johanne and Ørjan

Drawings:

Elida, Amalie and Torbjørn

Log Cabins On March 23

rd, the pupils in grade 6.-10

went to Karmsund Folkemuséum in

Haugesund. They learned about the

constructing of log cabins back at the

1700th-1800th century. They learned that

these cabins usually had only one or two

rooms, that they contained very few

furniture, and that there was an open

fireplace in the middle of the room. The

pupils also made a model of a log cabin.

Toy-House

The eldest children in our

kindergarten also have learned about

houses and buildings.

Gapahuk At the local shore where people go for

picnic and swimming during the

summer half of the year, a shelter is

now being constructed. The «gapahuk»

will be open all year for everyone to

use. It is being built the same way the

fishermen and farmers at the west coast

of Norway have built boathouses and

barns for more than a thousand years!

The picture is from the opening of the

Gapahuk. People gathered to have a barbecue The Sami people Every third year our school have a so-called ”Sami-week”. The

students learn about the Sami people and the Sami culture,

about the history, the music, the literature, the religion and their

arts and crafts. We use our lavvu and make ”bidús”, a special

Sami dish. The 6th of Febuary is the national day of the Sami

people.

They have their own flag and their own Sami Parliament.

Students and teachers making and

eating bidús outside the Lávvu

Sunniva and Alexandra sitting on

reindeerfur inside the Lávvu.

Nora Elise

and Sunniva

in front of the

Lávvu

Le panine sono un pane tipico della zona di Arezzo e si preparano nel periodo pasquale, esistono in due versioni: la prima detta panina unta ha impasto arricchito con pancetta di maiale toscano che si chiama rigatino e pepe. La seconda invece contiene zafferano, che conferisce il classico color oro all’impasto e uva passa ed è leggermente dolciastra. Ogni aretino ligio alle tradizione nella mattina di Pasqua mangia una fetta di panina con uovo sodo ( benedetto dal prete per i credenti) e fette di salame. Inutile dire che sono un ottimo accompagnamento per ogni tipo di salumi ma che sono semplicemente stupende mangiate da sole.

The panine is a typical bread of the Arezzo area and are prepared during Easter period, there are two versions: the first that has panina greasy dough enriched with Tuscan bacon and pepper. The second one contains saffron, which gives the classic gold and raisins to the dough and is slightly sweet. In the morning of Easter eat a slice of panina with boiled egg (blessed by the priest for the believers) and slices of salame. Needless to say, they are a great accompaniment for all types of meats, but they are simply stunning eat by themselves.