Thought for the New Year

…….by our favourite writer and graffiti artist, Banksy, on Twitter @therealbanksy

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How others see you is not important… How you see yourself means everything.

 Happy New Year!

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Dyker Heights

Dyker Heights? What place is that? Well, I didn’t know it existed until a few days ago, when I came across this photo on the net.

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Lucy Spata’s house in Dyker Heights

Awesome, ain’t it? But I still hear someone ask: “So where is it?”.

Well, it’s a residential neighbourhood in Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Dyker Heights is located approximately near the red arrow on the map above, close to Verrazzano Bridge at the entrance of New York’s Bay.

But above all, Dyker Heights is famous all over the US and perhaps the world (?) for its Christmas lights, which attract thousands of viewers every year for about three weeks.

Take a look.

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R.I.P.

Giulia Marchisio, aged 24, tragically died while practising one of the things she loved most, skiing high up in the mountains near Cuneo.

A former student of mine in 5G of 2008-2009, her premature death has shocked us all.

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The Queen’s Christmas Speech 2014

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has addressed her British subjects in her usual Christmas speech, broadcast on TV a few hours ago today.

You can watch it here:

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The key word of Her Majesty’s speech is ‘Reconciliation‘, i.e. a peaceful end to a conflict. She remembers the Christmas of 1914, exactly a hundred years ago today, when German and British troops met in No Man’s Land. The German soldiers sang ‘Silent Night’ or  more likely ‘Stille Nacht’ , a carol which has become a legacy of the Christmas truce of 1914.

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12 Days of Christmas

Just because we don’t want to forget all those people who suffer and perhaps celebrate Christmas in a hospital ward, here is a special version of the song.

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The 12 Days of Chemo

 

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Christmas songs

This festive season can be spent singing all day long, considering the number of songs dedicated to Santa Claus and his reindeer.

Here are two of them:

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Santa Claus is coming to town

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Rudolph the red nose reindeer

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A Christmas Carol

Well, not Dickens’s story, but a very popular song called “12 Days of Christmas“. It is a cumulative song, with twelve verses, each describing a series of increasingly grand gifts given by “my true love” on one of the twelve days of Christmas.

The song, first published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin; the version we know is a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin.

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A look from space

Take a look at this short timelapse video taken from the ISS (International Space Station), from England to Egypt, Italy included. Can you spot where Cuneo is?

Notice the beauty of the Alps, of Puglia and Calabria and how the Nile is Egypt’s backbone. It literally lights up the desert.

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And here, awesome photos of the Earth from space.

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This is Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia, Northern Territoy

If you are into space voyages, follow Samantha Cristoforetti on Google+ and on Twitter @Avamposto42.

 

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Here you can find the upcoming ISS sighting opportunities.

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Season’s Greetings

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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Hour of Code

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Today, students in 3G, 4G and 2H have completed their first Hour of Code.

What about YOU?

Watch this video and then get started!

 

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Go here and see how easy it is to write a code for a game or an app. Millions of students have done it worldwide, now it’s your turn.
It will boost your confidence in your programming skills. Have a go!

 

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