Giant's Causeway (Northern Ireland)

WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GIANTS... Situated on the North coast of Ireland (about two miles north of Bushmills), the Giant’s Causeway is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption; however the legend is more convincing for those who prefer a more colourful story. The site plays a major part of Ireland’s heritage, attracting visitors from around the world each year since it was first documented in 1693 and realistic sketches were published in 1740. The Giant’s Causeway has often been described as the Eighth Wonder of the World and was declared as Ireland’s first World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1986. Once you have visited, you will quickly see why it has become Ireland’s top tourist attraction. Visitors each year marvel at the beauty of the 40,000 unique hexagonal basalt columns which form stepping stones that disappear downwards into the sea. The site is also popular with geologists and, according to them, the Giant’s Causeway was formed some 50-60 million years ago as a result of repeat outpourings of volcanic basalt, during the Tertiary period of the earth’s evolution. Today the Causeway Coast is still an important location for geological study. (by Causeway Coast and Glens)

TEENAGE PREGNANCY

Pink, Family Portrait

The War of The Worlds

Prepare one of the articles to retell it! 10º B

The article we chose is called "The 34th Miner". It is about how President Piñera helped these 33 miners to get out of the mine and is describing how they got stocked in the mine, the life inside of it and how they got out.

Gabriel Abreu
Ana Alves
Catarina Moiçó
Gonçalo Lopes

Browsing newspapers 10º B

Sections:

feature article
home news
foreign news
reviews
weather forecast
sports news
tv listings
crosswords

Mariana Monteiro
Leonor Matias
Heloísa Galante

Browsing magazines 10º A

It has a modern and appealing cover. The articles refer to very actual subjects and overall culture. It advertises really expensive products. In the cover we find the face of Libya's dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the man featured in the main article. The majority of the articles focus on politics, however it also displays articles on economy, health, science and culture.

Gonçalo Coutinho
Manuel Anacleto
Lourenço Lúcio
Patrícia Almeida

BROWSING NEWSPAPERS 10º A

Writing headlines in current English:


LSE lunches investigation
London School of Economics is launching an investigation

Britain ready to use force to free Libya
Britain will use force to free Libya
Maria Assunção Carvalho, André Pereira, João Morais, Melina Marucci, Ana Teixeira, João Ascenção

Study visit to the aircraft USS Enterprise held on January 28, 2011

Some statistics about the ship:
General Characteristics, Enterprise class
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
Date Deployed: November 25, 1961 (USS Enterprise).
Propulsion: Eight nuclear reactors, four shafts.
Length: 1,101 feet 2 inches (335.64 meters).
Beam: 133 feet (39.9 meters); 252 feet (75.6 meters).
Displacement: 89,600 tons (81,283.8 metric tons) full load.
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5 miles per hour).
Crew: Ship's Company: 3,350 - Air Wing 2,480.
Armament: Multiple NATO Sea Sparrow, Phalanx CIWS, and rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) mounts.
Aircraft: Approximately 60+.
Additional information can be found from the official U.S. Navy website here: http://www.enterprise.navy.mil/

Comments by some students:
I liked the USS Enterpriser a lot, everything went fine except for the transportation which took a long time, explaining the huge delay on our arrival. As for food...we weren't allowed to eat onboard so we just had to endure the hunger throughout the demonstration. But I liked it overall and I think everyone else did too.
Lourenço Lúcio, 10º A


I liked it a lot, but the transportation took a long time, and about the food we had to eat before we get there, so we ate in the school.
But overall I think it worth it, and I feel very lucky that I could be in that aircraft carrier, however we waisted time on waiting for the guide to lead us to the aircraft carrier. In the end it was a lifetime experience and I think the people who went there should give value to it because the chances to get aboard the aircraft carrier may not even repeat.
João Ferreira, 10º A


The visit to the aircraft carrier was great, they were all really nice to us. It was suppposed to start earlier but we were late and then, when we got there we had to wait a while so it took longer than we expected. Besides, the visit in the aircraft carrier was supposed to be one hour and it was two. We only got to the school at about 5:30 and that was when we finally ate.
Ana Araújo, 10º B

Are tattoos and piercings a form of body art?

I obviously agree with the fact that tattoos and piercings are simply a form of body art. And "why is that?" may you ask.
Well, first off let me make something clear to you dear reader: Nowadays tattoos are part of the bodies of thousands, so, of course there are several reasons for having a tattoo needled to your bare skin, not just art but simple images with special meaning to each customer. To sum up tattoos or piercings have different meanings to different people.
Although I am a fan of art as well as the culture behind its different shapes, I won't have any tattoos or piercings (put on) for the simple fact that I like my mutating body (from baby to oldman) just the way it is, and a change of this magnitude would alter my natural physical being for a few years but it wouldn't change with it, in other words, when I get old, my wrinkles will have modified my so called "work of art" and I will be naturally sorry. However, I do appreciate acknowledging a good artpiece on others' skin.
In fact, did you know that in Japan, yokuza members (japanese ancient as well as actual mafia), when killed, would be cut open, and their painted skin took off, and stored until today? You can nowadays see these masterpieces in art displays/ museums in Japan.
I think that we can, by this, conclude that, at least on the other side of the earth, tatoos are clearly a form of art, but also a piece of history, and a cultural trait in many civilizations since the days of yore.
Pedro Fonseca, 10º A

To know a language

To be able to express feelings and ideas with other people through words is the greatest human invention yet made.
Gonçalo Coutinho, 10º A

When two persons speak the same language they can understand each other.
Beatriz Machado, 10º A

It means that we can understand, read, speak, write and listen to that language. It means that we have a wide range of vocabulary, we are involved with the country, its people and its history.
Beatriz Romão, 10º A

A language is a world of words which together become ideas and feelings. This allows the relationship among all human beings.
Inês Ceriz, 10º A

What does it mean to know a language?

If people know a language, they become closer to the culture, the aspects and the people of a country.
Leonor Matias, 10º B

We need to learn as many languages as possible, or at least the most spoken ones, so that we can speak to people when we visit other countries.
Dinis Rodrigues, 10º B

I would say that speaking different languages is a worldwide culture connection.
Leonor Matias, 10º B