Halloween party snacks and readers

Here you have some "DIY ("Do-it-yourself) snacks to impress your friends for Halloween dinner.

Enjoy your "terrific" meal !!!!

 

As every Halloween , Jack O' Lantern has visited our high school' s library and canteen.

 

Horror & Ghosts stories available in the library for scary Halloween reading sessions

 

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Comics of the story of Stingy Jack

In order to understand where this well-known popular Irish tradition comes from, we devoted one session to telling the story of Stingy Jack, the origin of the present famous pumpkin  we use on Halloween  to scare away the evil spirits.  

According to an Irish legend, Stingy Jack used to be a scoundrel fond of drinking and evil. On two occasions the Devil came for his soul but Jack played a trick on him avoiding death. When he finally died, unable to enter Heaven because of his evil behaviou in lifer, he went down to Hell's door where he met the Devil, who, keeping his word, took revenge on Jack and did not let him in. That's why Stingy Jack was punished to wander in the dark with a burning coal as a lantern for the rest of eternity.

Read this old Irish story about how the scoundrel "Stingy Jack" became " Jack-o-lantern' , the popular scary pumpkin. Click here for reading the story : Legend of Stingy Jack, 

Watch this video of a film short performing the legend.

       

As a go on activity, some students dramatised the story in front of their classmates but others preferred drawing a comic. Here you have some of the comic strips based on the Irish legend of Stingy Jack made by E.S.O artists.

"Fantasy and horror stories" for Halloween

Here you have a great collection of scary short stories written and made upby "terrific" writers with a promising carrer in the literary world.

Halloween corner

Halloween ppt from marinosa

History of Halloween

When did this festival start and why? Where does this tradition come from? Why do we use pumpkins?
Listen to this video explaining the origins of this Celtic tradition that has been exported worldwide and has become one of most popular nights of the year for children and adults alike.

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C'est l' Halloween

Songs and poems for Halloween

For Halloween we have recited some poems by heart in class

                                                               source: https://visitindiana.com/

Witches come on Halloween (Camptown) Halloween

Witches come on Halloween, Here's a witch with a tall black hat,
Heh-heh, Heh-heh! Here are the whiskers of her cat,
Watch out now or you might scream, Here is a jack-o-lantern looking at me,
Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh! Here is a goblin, hee, hee, hee....
Pumpkins shining bright,
With their candlelight.
Bats and goblins coming too,
Watching out for you- BOO!

                                                        

                                                                   Pumpkin, Pumpkin
                                                       Pumpkin, pumpkin nice and round,
                                                          Lying on the cool, soft ground.
                                                        Once you were a seed so small
                                                          Now you are a big, round ball.


 

Jack-O-Lantern (London Bridge)

Jack-o-lantern smiling bright,
Smiling bright, smiling bright
Witches flying in the night,
It is Halloween!

Ghosts and goblins, cats and bats,
Cats and bats, cats and bats.
Witches with their funny hats,
It is Halloween!!

We have also sung an appropiate song for the ocassion: "Dance in the graveyard"