RAFAEL DIESTE'S HOMECOMING 2026

Rafael Dieste's 2026

Homecoming 2026 Facebook video link

Homecoming 2026 Instagram video link

Fifth edition of Homecoming 2026 organized by English teacher Isabel Viña on Friday, March 24th.

Video by @rodri_vibees (César Rodríguez) from RafaelDieste social media.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL FATHERS!

 Today it's Father's Day in Spain. Always celebrated on the 19th of March, Saint Joseph's Day. In the UK, however, Father's Day isn't a set date, it's the third Sunday in June, as you can read here in A BRIEF HISTORY OF FATHER'S DAY.

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY 2026: 6 FACTS ABOUT THIS DAY +"WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME"

 

(Info & pics from Toursim Ireland)

Wallace National Monument, Scotland

Telling Stone, Jutland

Cibeles, Madrid

Empire State Building, New York

Reichsburg Tower, Cochem, Germany

Niagara Falls

Trinity College, Dublin

London Eye

Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin

Sydney Opera

Chicago

Pyramids, Egypt

Torre de Hercules, A Coruña                               ⁶

Being today, March 17th, Saint Patrick's day, the patron of Ireland, here are six surprising facts about the day, landmarks and monuments around the world that have turned GREEN (even Coruña's Torre de Hércules) and an Abba's song with an Irish flavour and that takes us to the Irish town of Kilkenny. Song's lyrics on the video so you can sing along.

Video-lyrics "WHEN YOU DANCE WITH ME", Abba:

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FRIDAY, 13th: UNLUCKY DAY'S SUPERSTITIONS

For Americans and British, today being Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, just as for us is a Tuesday the 13th. Below information taken from the Wikipedia about this tradition of unlucky days:

 

Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. For example, 2015 had a Friday the 13th in February, March, and November, which will happen again in 2026. Leap years that begin on Sunday such as 2012 and 2040, also have three Friday the 13ths in January, April, and July. 2017 through 2020 had two Friday the 13ths, as did 2023; 2016, 2021, and 2022 had just one Friday the 13th, as will 2025, 2027, and 2028; 2024 will have two Friday the 13ths.

For a month to have a Friday the 13th, the 1st must be a Sunday.

In Hispanic countries, instead of Friday, Tuesday the 13th (martes trece) is considered a day of bad luck.

The Greeks also consider Tuesday (and especially the 13th) an unlucky day. Tuesday is considered dominated by the influence of Ares, the god of war (or Mars, the Roman equivalent). The fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade occurred on Tuesday 13 April 1204, and the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans happened on Tuesday 29 May 1453, events that strengthen the superstition about Tuesday.

There is a Tuesday the 13th in months that begin on a Thursday.

 On the link below you can find more explanations:

[Taken from USA TODAY]

Friday the 13th: We explain why once or twice a year we have an unlucky da

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Including some superstitions:

MARCH 8th, WOMEN'S DAY: 5 FACTS & VOCABULARY

 

CONFUSING PREPOSITIONS (+Exchange 2026*)

*EXCHANGE A CORUÑA-KRONBERG 2026: "ALTKÖNIGSCHULE" / "RAFAEL DIESTE"

This week (from 26-February to 6-March) eleven German students have been taking part in the fourth student exchange between the "Altkönigschule" in Kronberg and the "Rafael Dieste" secondary school in A Coruña. Their stay here included a welcome reception at the City Hall and visits to Torre de Hércules, the Domus and the Old Town and also trips to Santiago and Baldaio. This time the German students visited first, later on in April, the Spanish students will be visiting Kronberg.