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GOODBYE FEBRUARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOODMORNING SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Martin Luther King  Day is celebrated  on 21st January 2019

  ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS ? SOME  SUPERSTITIONS THAT GREEK  PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE Spitting to bring good fortune Spitting, or rather the spitting sound ( ftou ftou ftou , always three times to represent the Holy Trinity) is believed to protect against the curse of the evil eye. It is not rare to also hear someone say ‘ ftou ftou ftou ’ when they hear about someone’s misery or misfortune to protect themselves or their loved ones from it. But the most common occurrence is with babies, where people make the spiting sound to protect the child from any harm. Never hand someone a knife Greeks believe people should never hand a knife directly into another person’s hand if they want to stay friends. Instead, they tend to place the knife on the table and let the other pick it up themselves. Never give perfume as a gift Greece has a weird taboo against giving someone perfume as it is thought to ruin any kind of relationship. To counter this, the recipient of the gi...

WISHES FOR A PEACEFUL HAPPY NEW YEAR

3rd December, 2018 will be... Disability Day What is a Disability? A disability is defined as a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. The term is used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment mental illness, and various types of chronic disease. Disability is conceptualized as being a multidimensional experience for the person involved. There may be effects on organs or body parts and there may be effects on a person's participation in areas of life. Correspondingly, three dimensions of disability are recognized in ICF: body structure and function (and impairment thereof), activity (and activity restrictions) and participation (and participation restrictions). The classification also recognizes the role of physical and social environmental factors in affecting disability outcomes. Vision Hearing ...

World Toilet Day, which has been marked every November 19 since 2001,  raises awareness about poor sanitation - the leading cause of illness and death around the world. Visit   http://worldtoilet.org

teaching the Present Continuous with Mr Bean