The November Activities from Turkey

              It is difficult to find the direction of the wind,because the weather is really nice and clear.

                                             We have found and taken the protos of ants and insects.

The oranges are getting like a real orange day by day.Can you see the differecens in te photos of October of this tree?

Here is the olives.They seems 'ok'..and we can pick them up and we can prepare them for breakfast tables.

These are the tangerines which were green in october in our school garden.They are ready for eating.

By looking at this tree we can understand there is the winter.The leaves have returned yelloow and one by one they leave the tree.

Here are the insects on the trees.There are lots of them on the trees.

The November Report from Turkey

                                            The View from Our Window

DATE AND TIME:

25 th of November at 10:00

THE SKY:

It is clear and almost sunny

THE TEMPERATURE:

25 degrees Celsius

WIND:

The wind isn't blowing.But we can feel a little cold

ANIMALS:

Small birds  are flying, insects such as ants,snails  are around.

                                             We have seen small insects on the trees.

PLANTS:

Grass is still green and also most of the trees are green.Some of the trees have started to fall down their leaves slowly.The orange,lemon , tangerine and olive trees have fruits on them and they have started to change their colours slowly..

We can see the tangerines are almost orange but the oranges are stil not on their colour.

CLOTHES:

Trousers,sometimes tshirt but with a jackets,caps,tights,blouses,coats and jumpers.

GAMES:

Playing outside in the playground at the breaks,playing marbles on the ground,running and playing football and baseball

  FAMILY ACTIVITIES:

            Going outside for walking ,going picnics with their families to the seaside,the  students .

  The students help their families to pick up oranges,lemons and pomagrates in this   month.The  students g oto the mountains with their families to find wild mushroosm which are delicious and trying to find mushrooms in the mountain is like tracking in nnature.                 

                                                           

                                                                         HOLIDAYS:

                                        There isnt any holiday in this  month.

                        We were very sad 10th of November because the Great Leader of Turkish People, Atatürk died on this day.The students showed on that day they still remember him and 

respect to him. We just celebrated 24th of October as a teachers day.The students

prepared a programme for the teachers and they gave small presents to their teachers and

 we feel the importance  of being teachers and see how we are important for them.

FOG IN SPAIN (Monday 28th)

When we arrived this morning it was really foggy!! The ones who come from villages in the mountains say the sun was shining up there but here in the valley it´s cold and wet :-(

The view from New Zealand's window. November

The view from our window: Christchurch, New Zealand

Temperature: 27 degrees celcius

Insects: caterpillars, ants, slugs, slaters

Conditions: light wind

Clothes: shorts, t shirts, swimming togs

What we are doing: Athletics day, we can't wait until Christmas.

NOVEMBER ACTIVITIES IN SPAIN

On first November we celebrated All Saints Day. We didn´t have school and some of us ate “saints´ bones” (they are made with marzipan).

When we went to the yard to look for animals we caught “our friend” red handed eating our cabbages!!

Some trees have lost all their leaves and one had only three left :-)




On 18^th November we were invited by a nearby school to celebrate “ El magüestu” a traditional party when we eat roasted chestnuts and drink sweet cider. We were wearing a funny hat that is typical from our region ( the real one is made of woolen cloth but ours was made with cardboard












This year we played traditional sports.

And afterwards we enjoyed lunch toguether: red sausage rolls , Spanish omelette , cider and chestnuts :-)

Croatia - November activities

This month was very cold, with temperatures down to -5°C/23°F so we had all of

our lessons inside our warm school.

We learned new clothes vocabulary and made drawings.

6th November was really foggy.

And the leaves were beautiful and yellow.

We had an exhibition of art works called "Peace Poster" that older students made. The works will be sent to America next month:

This exhibition was also connected to remembering victims of Vukovar and a wish that the whole world can live in peace and happiness.

PEACE & LOVE FROM CROATIA! :)

Croatia - November report

OUR REPORT - NOVEMBER

DATE and TIME:

25th of October at 12.30 p.m.

Today is a cloudy and cold autumn day.

THE SKY:

white and gray, very cloudy

TEMRERATURE:

0˚C/32˚F

WIND:

light south-east

It is not windy.

ANIMALS

We can see crows and birds, dogs and cats in our yards. The mole-hills are still here.

PLANTS

The grass is very dry and frosty. The trees lost most of their leaves. The shrubs and the tree tops are white in the morning and the evening because of the frost. The needles of the pines are green and frosty. The flowers in our garden are still colourful.

CLOTHES

People wear long sleeves and shirts or pullovers, warm jackets, socks, jeans or trousers. If you go outside you must wear a cap, scarf, gloves or mittens and warm boots or shoes.

GAMES:

We play inside. We have PE lessons inside. We play computer games, football, hide and seek and jumping or tag. This month we played quiz games in English lessons, too.

FAMILY ACTIVITIES:

Going to the cinema - the new movie of Twilight is out. Going to the shopping center. Walking the dog. Walking in the park.

SPECIAL DAYS AND ACTIVITIES

• · On 5th November our school started Center of Excellence for Languages and students from around the county come and learn Croatian, English or German.
• In November we remember the war in Croatia and the battle for Vukovar (18th Nov) when many people lost their lives for Croatian independence.
• · Also this month we talk about addiction and older students make posters and have seminars and workshops about addictive behaviour.

ASSOCIATIONS to todays' weather:

cloudy, foggy, cold, sleepy

How we observed the weather

Looking to the sky .... made us not exactly cheerful :S

Our breath got white colored.

Playing with leaves ....

Waiting for the wind in warm clothes .... no succes.

Looking for animals ...

We found dead fly.

The look on the termometer.

Writing a report in our notebooks ....

 (Slovene) JESEN = AUTUMN (English)

November report from Slovenia

DATE and TIME:
22nd of November at 11.00 a.m.

THE SKY:
cloudy with far fog

TEMPERATURE:
2 Celsius / 35,6 Fahrenheit

WIND:
almost none

ANIMALS:
ants, birds and dead fly

PLANTS:
grass is wet, brownish-geen/trees have few colored leaves on the branches/ bushes have more greenish leaves, lots of brown leaves on the ground/pinetrees are green ofcourse/larches are orange-brown, some needles already fell off

CLOTHES:
warm clothes with caps and warm shoes

GAMES:
active games because of the cold (with ball or without it)

FAMILY ACTIVITIES:
trips higher in hills or to the coast where there is no fog but sunny clear skies

HOLIDAYS:
1st of November - Dan spomina na mrtve / The Day of Dead, All Saints day (it is work free day)
23rd of November - The Day of Rudolf Maister

ASSOCIATIONS to todays' weather:
winter, grey, coldness, pirats, clouds, snow, mountains, bordome

November weather report from SPAIN

DATE and TIME:

Wednesday 15^th November, quarter to one am.

THE SKY:

blue with some small clouds.

TEMRERATURE:

15º Celsius- 59 Fahrenheit.

WIND:

light, blowing from the east.

ANIMALS:

birds, many kinds of invertebrates, horses in the surrounding fields.

PLANTS:

some tress have no leaves, some have them brown or reddish.

CLOTHES:

Jumpers, trousers, long sleeves and anoraks or jackets in the morning.

GAMES:

Football, hide and seek, running, skipping.......

FAMILY ACTIVITIES:

picking and roasting chestnuts, picking mushrooms.

HOLIDAYS:

The first November we celebrated All Saints Day

ASSOCIATIONS TO TODAY´S WEATHER:

beautiful, warm, peace and quiet, green, brown, blue....

November weather report from Romania

 Date and  time:

15th of November, 2011

The sky:

There are few clouds in the sky.

The temperature:

5,7 degrees Celsius

The Humidity:

52,8%

Wind:

It's blowing slowly.

Animals:

Some bugs, ants and a dog

Plants: 

Most leaves are yellow and some of them have already fallen on the ground.

Clothes:

Children  are wearing warm clothes like trousers, pullovers, boots, heavy jackets because in the morning it's quite cold. 

Games:

Most of the time children play indoors. When it's sunny they love playing in the  playground with leaves.

Holidays:

A month without holidays! Everybody's working!

Associations to today's weather:

Cold , chilly,cloudy, leaves falling, warm clothes

November Weather Report from Maine, USA

 

DATE AND TIME

15 November at 10:00AM

TEMPERATURE

41F/5C

SKY

cloudy

WIND 

calm, but it feels damp and chilly outside

PLANTS

Most of the leaves are gone. The oak trees have a few leaves left. The grass is starting to turn brown. Our school garden is wet and muddy, and there is nothing left to harvest.

CLOTHES 

long sleeves, long pants, shoes or sneakers, jackets, sweatshirts, sweaters

ANIMALS

We saw a squirrel's nest (a drey) high up in one of the trees. We were excited because we have been studying squirrels! We also saw some crows and a few seagulls.

FAMILY ACTIVITIES
biking, walking, gathering for our Thanksgiving feasts

Some of us will get our Christmas trees soon. Christmas tree farms are a business in Maine. We'll tell you more about them next month!

HOLIDAYS

 The first Tuesday in November is Election Day. We have school, but everyone over 18 goes to vote for our political officers.

Veteran's Day is 11 November. This is a national holiday, and schools are closed. It is a day when we thank our veteran's for their service. This year we wrote to our teacher's father, who is a World War II veteran.

Thanksgiving is 24 November. It is a national holiday, and there is no school for us from 23-28 November. We are celebrating the harvest and our blessings. Families and friends 

 gather together for a big feast. Our Thanksgiving feast includes turkey, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and apple pie. We are thankful for all the new friends we met doing this project!

November activities in Croatia

Today we commemorate the victims in Vukovar, during the war in Croatia for independence (1991-1995). In all the towns of Croatia people light the candles in Vukovarska streets to honour the brave men and women who gave their lives for our freedom. We also lit the candles in front of our school.