January report from Croatia

CROATIA REPORT - DECEMBER

DATE and TIME:

25th of January at 12.30 p.m.

Today is a cold and windy winter day.

THE SKY:

blue, cloudy, sunny

TEMRERATURE:

3˚C/40˚F

WIND:

heavy north

It is very windy.

ANIMALS

We can see the mole hills, but the moles are hibernating. There are no bugs or ants. We play with our pets. There are crow nests and crows around the school.

 PLANTS

The grass is yellow and green and the earth is soft and moist. The trees are bare. The shrubs and the tree tops are bare. In the morning it is cold, and sometimes there is ice on the road. The needles of the pines are green. The flowers in our garden lost a bit of their colour and are dry.

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. Today we had to protect our heads, face and ears from wind.

GAMES:

We played dodgeball outside, we jumped with the ropes, we threw frisbies. Inside, we play computer games, bord games or with our friends.

The rules of dodgeball: You must hit the opponent with a ball. If the opponent catches the ball he/she takes the ball and can hit you. However, if someone drops the ball or is hit, they go outside the field and help the main player eliminate all the other players. When everyone is eliminated, two main players play against each other to win and other players help them from outside the field.

FAMILY ACTIVITIES:

Board games, cards, walking, going to the cinema or to ice-shows and ice-skating.

SPECIAL DAYS AND ACTIVITIES

·                     On 1^st Jan we celebrated the New Year.

·                     On 8^th Jan we celebrated the Three Kings. On that day everyone takes the ornaments from the Christmas tree down and all the other decorations around the house.

·                     On 16^th Jan we started the second term in school.

ASSOCIATIONS to todays' weather:

cold, windy, winter, jumping to stay warm