Welcome to the English Club Blog of Maia Secondary School! We invite you to join our blog and to go on this journey with us. Together, we can learn, share ideas and have some fun too. So, wherever you are from, please feel free to make comments. We'd love to read them. The video below portrays what we have accomplished in one year and a half. Let's keep up with the enthusiasm we've had so far!
Saturday, 12 March 2011
Discover Ireland!
Monday, 7 March 2011
Sunday, 6 March 2011
4th OF MARCH -SCHOOL DAY OF LANGUAGES
Friday, 4th of March 2011! What a great day it was in our school! It just rocked!
All day long something was going on somewhere. Spelling contests involving all the classes, from the 7th to the 12th form, singing and dancing, playing the Trivial of Languages, participating in a lecture about the importance of speaking foreign languages, appreciating the exhibitions of the work done by students in the different language classes and, of course, tasting the delicious foods of Portugal, England, Germany, France and Spain.
What a thrill it was for the teachers to see the joy in the eyes of their students!
And last but not least, a very special thanks to the English Club Staff, who, with their enthusiasm and commitment, greatly contributed to the success of this event.
Here are some photos of this memorable day:
Aren't we cute in these T-shirts?
Special thanks to the Parents' Association for having offered them to us.
Spelling contestSpecial thanks to the Parents' Association for having offered them to us.

English Club Sta(rs)ff rehearsing
English Club Sta(rs)ff performing
Exhibitions
Hummmmmm.....
Just having fun
and now the sta(rs)ff perfomances:
The first video is the follow up of a project based on songs
sung by JP Taylor, a singer who uses music to fight for the
preservation of planet Earth.
The name of this song is "Every living thing".
sung by JP Taylor, a singer who uses music to fight for the
preservation of planet Earth.
The name of this song is "Every living thing".
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Sunday, 27 February 2011
St. David and Wales
St David's Day is celebrated in Wales and by Welsh people throughout the world on 1st March. Saint David (known as Dewi Sant in the Welsh language) is the patron saint of Wales. He was a Celtic monk who lived in the 6th Century and was Archbishop of Wales. His influence is shown by the number of churches dedicated to him in Wales.
Have a look at this video on this wonderful and hardly known country.
Have a look at this video on this wonderful and hardly known country.
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Monday, 21 February 2011
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Love has invaded our school!
Just check out how romantic our 8th and 9th grade pupils are!
Read their poems, both in English and in Portuguese in our school entrance.
Read their poems, both in English and in Portuguese in our school entrance.
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Toothache Day, 9th February
The TOOTHACHE DAY is observed on 9th February to create awareness on the importance of oral health.
Some tips for an effective oral hygiene:
. daily brushing your teeth in the morning and before bed time;
. daily flossing or removal of the food left between the teeth;
. rinsing your mouth after every eating or munching of eatables;
. rinsing your mouth with slightly warm salty water before going to bed.
BUT if you get a toothache...
...here are some home remedies as a first aid for diminishing the pain before visiting your dentist:
•Rubbing the affected area gently with an ice cube;
•Placing a clove of garlic with little rock salt on the affected tooth;
•Rinsing your mouth with wheat grass juice;
•Applying the clove oil on the affected tooth with a cotton bud;
•Applying pepper powder mixed with common salt on the affected tooth.
Go for a dental check up once in three months to have a good oral and dental health.
The Father of Science Fiction
Jules Gabriel Verne: (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French author from Brittany who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated individual author in the world, according to Index Translationum. Some of his books have been made into films.
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