Newsletter Santo Tirso; ; Riba D’Ave June 2018

17 / June nd 2 Ana F.C.E T rd 3 Mariana B ch ST th 4 José Pedro A ch T th 6 Pedro B teens T 6th Pedro B teens RA

6th Daniel C.A.E ST th 7 Miguel B ch ST 8th Afonso A ch T 9th Ana A adults RA th 9 Fábia B teens ST 11th Ana Rita C teens ST WOW!!! Doesn’t time fly? It just seems like a few 11th Beatriz C teens ST weeks ago that we were starting classes, and here we th are, almost finished!  11 Monica D adults ST th Did you learn new things this year? 11 Simão F.C.E T Did you practice your speaking (in English ) ? 15th Matilde A ch ST Did you make new friends? 16th Rodrigo B teens ST Did you have fun? 20th Luis A ch T We, the teachers at the Institute, all hope your 21st Ricardo F.C.E T rd answers were YES, YES, YES AND YESSSSS! 23 Margarida A ch ST There is still one more phase to get through – the end th 25 Daniela B ch T of year tests. STUDY – it’s almost finished!!! 28th João Jorge B ch RA 28 th Lara C.A.E T Here are some tricky questions for you? 28 th Inês C.P.E ST (see the last page for answers) 1. What is always coming but never arrives? 30th Rute Beg adults T 2. What is it that lives if it’s fed but dies if drinks?

3. What can you catch but never throw? 4. If you have a bowl with 6 apples and you take away 4, how many apples do you have? 5. How can a man go out in the rain without any protection and not a single hair on his head got wet? 6. What goes up and down but never moves? 7. Why can’t a woman living in Europe be buried in Canada? 8. What becomes wetter the more it dries? 9. Where is an ocean with no water? 10. How can someone go eight days without sleeping? 11. How much dirt is there in a hole that is 1 metre wide x 2 metres long x 40cm deep? 12. People work very hard to get me. When they get me, they give me away. What am I?

Student’s Work

My Best Friend Martim is funny, short, generous and helpful. In my class the girls think he's nice-looking. He doesn't study a lot for the tests but he doesn't have bad grades. He helps me and I help him. In football he plays well but he cheats a lot. He likes a girl but this girl doesn't like him. He and I are the funny people in the class. I play Fortnite with him but he doesn't play very well. He's my best friend. (Alex - A Children - St Tirso)

TENNIS To play tennis you must have two teams of one or two players. You must play on a court and you can play outdoors or indoors. You must make the ball touch inside the opponent’s court. The court is divided into two parts, a part for each player. You must hit the ball with a racket and you mustn’t hit the ball with your hand. The tennis court must be 23,77 meters long and 10,97 meters wide. The size of the rackets for adults must be between 68 and 69 centimeters and the length of children’s rackets must be between 48 and 66 centimeters. The tennis ball has to be covered by a uniform white or yellow fabric and its weight shouldn’t exceed 59.4 grams.

(Mariana – B ch – Trofa)

Hi teacher Paula, I’m in Sydney, Australia, this is very hot and beautiful. I’m in uncle and aunt’s house. My sister Isabel is playing with my cousins Lucas and Daniel. In the afternoon we are going to the shops. Yesterday, I went to Taronga Zoo. There are a lot of animals, but my favourite were the koalas. Koalas are so cute!!

My mum says tomorrow we are going to Manly by boat. B chn – Trofa – work on their ideal holidays See you after the holidays, Bye bye Luisa x x x (Luisa Cruz – A ch – Trofa)

My Parents Oporto Cathedral Do you have someone who is very important to you? Someone The Oporto Cathedral is a catholic church located in the that you are proud of? I am and I have two persons so I’m a lucky historical center of Oporto city and one of the most popular person. attractions in Oporto area. First, I think that everyone should be proud of someone. I’m The beginning of it construction was in the XII century, which proud of my parents, for what they became and what they built. made this Cathedral one of the oldest monuments of . My parents have been together since they were 16 years old. At Over the centuries it has had several interventions, which can that time, they already worked but the money was for my be identified by the various architectural styles, for instance grandparents. They got married and wanted to buy an apartment Gothic, Romanesque and Baroque. because my mother discovered that she was pregnant with me, Most people go there nowadays because it is one of the so they wanted their space and built a family. starting points for the Santiago paths. If you want to see the They had nothing and my father had to work hard. Today we Cathedral you do not have to pay anything unless you want to have a house, good life and we’re good, all of that because they visit the cloister which I definitely recommend. The cloister work hard to have what they wanted. belongs to the XIV century and is decorated with tiles reflecting I take this as an example for me and I’m proud of them because religious scenes. From the Cloister you can also enter the “Casa they teach me that we can never give and we have to stay do Cabido”, where is displayed a collection of religious jewelry. together. The Oporto Cathedral is a really good place to visit at the end Most importantly, I think that if we are proud of someone we of the afternoon because on the outside you can see a beautiful take that person as an example for us, and I take my parents as sunset looking at Douro River and in the inside the sunlight an example for me. (Carolina Pereira – C teens – creates a fantastic mystique. (Cátia Costa – C adults – Trofa) Trofa)

Unpopular sport in Portugal We all know that there are many types of sports that we can practice. However, in Portugal there are some unpopular, such as ‘Lacrosse’. So what does this sport consist of? Lacrosse is a team sport played with a small solid rubber ball and a long cable bat called a crosse or lacrosse bat. The head of the Lacrosse club is tied with a loose knitwear, designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. The goal of the game is to score, throwing the ball at the opponents’ goal, always using the lacrosse stick to capture, carry, pass the ball and score points. In Portugal, the only team of this modality are the “Gladiators”. And according to the members of this team, this is a modality in which people should be involved more because it increases team spirit as well as develops and requires a lot of mental and physical strength.

Why not learn more about this sport and try it out? If you would like to have more information about the practice of Lacross, just contact the Association “Lisbon Gladiators Lacrosse”.

(Cátia Gomes – D adults – Trofa)

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Tricky question answers: 1. Tomorrow / 2. Fire / 3. A cold / 4. The four you took / 5. He’s bald / 6. Stairs / 7. A living woman can’t be buried anywhere / 8. A towel / 9. On a map / 10. Sleep at night / 11. None. Holes are empty / 12. money