2015 In Review

Watch the video below to look back at the most talked-about topics of 2015.  Do you agree? Will you include any other one?

The Guardian 2015 Review

CNN 2015 World Review

2015's Best TV by The New Yorker

Six Bits of Good News by The New Yorker

The Biggest Music News Stories  of 2015

• Open a static page in your classroom blog and create a post in which you embed your three 2015 top news stories. Add images and videos to illustrate your picks. 
• Share your best 2015 movie, song, and TV series on twitter. Dateline: January 21st

Grab some tissues now: Four years after 21, Adele released her new album and instantly warmed her way into the hearts of millions of people with Hello, her heartbreaking reflection on  the subject of picking over the past and reconciling yourself to the failure of an old relationship. 

By popular demand here it is the most requested song in my classes.

Glastonbury Festival 26th -30th June 2013

People travel from all over the world to experience this 33-year-old event. The first festival took place on a farm in a small village called Pilton, which is near the town of Glastonbury in Somerset, UK. It was held in September of 1970 and was called Pilton Festival - approximately 2,000 people attended.

Can you find Glastonbury on the map?

The man who created the festival, Michael Eavis, was inspired by a nearby festival he had visited. The following year, a stage shaped like a pyramid was built and 12,000 people attended. There was not another festival until 1979.

 There have been festivals held on most years since 1981 and all the profits are given to charities. It is now formally known as the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and is set in 700 acres of farmland. There are around 25 different stages, fields, and tents where music, theatre, comedy, dance and lots more is all performed.

Listen to this catchy song below and find out where the band Of Monsters and Men are from.

Video: “Space Oddity” Performed By Astronaut Chris Hadfield

A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.You'll freak out, amazing. He’s modified some of the lyrics.
Watch and compare with the old versión. Tell me which one you prefer and let's sing along!