October report - Croatia

OUR REPORT - OCTOBER

DATE and TIME:

17th of October at 12.30 p.m.

Today is a sunny autumn day.

THE SKY:

blue and partly cloudy

TEMRERATURE:

17˚C/70˚F

WIND:

strong south-east

The leaves are flying around on the ground.

ANIMALS

We can see crows, birds, ants, spiders, a dog and butterflies. We can also see mole-hills.

PLANTS

The grass is green and partly brown because there is no rain. The shrubs and the tree leaves are green and partly yellow. Some leaves started to fall off. Needles of the pines are green. There are a lot of flowers in our garden, and we can see some daisies.

CLOTHES

People wear long sleeves and shirts or pullovers, jackets, socks, jeans or trousers. Some people wear caps and scarfs.

GAMES:

We play football, hide and seek and jumping or tag.

FAMILY ACTIVITIES:

Working in the garden, walking in the park, swimming in the swimming pool.

HOLIDAYS (vacation)

• · In October we celebrated Independence Day on 8^th October. That is our Croatian rebuplic holiday.
• · The second weekend in October we celebrated Day of the Bread in Church and in school. We brought bread, cookies, biscuits, cakes and other wheat products and had a feast after the food was blessed.
• · On 31^st October we are going to celebrate Halloween in our English classes, and at home people are preparing to visit the graves of their loved ones.

ASSOCIATIONS to todays' weather:

sunny, funny, games, nature