Today at Swan Lane we celebrated all the different languages and cultures that are represented in our school. Each class chose a different country as their focus for the day. Year 3 represented the Iberian Peninsula, with 3W celebrating all things Spanish and 3V (perhaps somewhat predictably!) choosing Portugal.
We began by learning some basic greetings - we can now all say hello and goodbye to someone and introduce ourselves in Portuguese. We also learnt the names of the colours and different fruits. Mrs Vaqueiro also brought in some Portuguese language children's books from home for everyone to look through.
At Christmas and birthday parties, Portuguese people will often serve a 'chocolate salami' cake (which isn't as disgusting as it sounds!). We had a go at making one using melted chocolate, biscuits and dried fruit. The cake needs a few hours to set in the fridge, so we were able to enjoy a slice after lunch (although it probably could have done with a bit longer in the fridge as it was incredibly sticky!)
In the afternoon, we found out about the legend behind the famous Portuguese rooster - the Galo de Barcelos - and watched a cartoon in Portuguese!
It was great to have the opportunity to do something a little bit different from usual today - hopefully the children have learnt something new and had some fun along the way!
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