Sunday, 10 May 2015

What an exciting week this has been!

First, an explantory clip:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/how-general-election-works

Here's some political vocabulary:

http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/elections.html

Some of you have to give presentations, here is an online tutorial;

https://www.englishclub.com/speaking/presentations-intro.htm

And for the rest of you, a quiz about Adverbs
http://www.esldesk.com/grammar/practice/identify-Adverb

And last but most certainly not least, Crest of Gordon led by Pipe Major Robin Davies at their Grade 3 Performance in Peine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl1s_szqyuw

Next Weekend The Penguinet is in the UK.

Sunday, 3 May 2015

A new Princess! How very exciting!

Here's a documentary made by the BBC when Prince George was born:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8KS6XvlaEs


I spent yesterday planting new rhododendrons, azealas and tons of nastrutium seeds which were promptly eaten by two pigeons.
Shouldn't grudge them a Snack as today is International Dawn Chorus Day:

http://www.idcd.info/

Lovely photos and lots of information.


And here is an online Memory game for bird vocabulary:

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/vocabulary-of-birds-esl-bird-vocabulary-memory-game/


Back out to the garden!