It's the second time that the school devotes its traditional annual Cultural Week to the topic of CINEMA. The first time was 7 years ago in 2019, as you can see above on the first poster, below is this year's. This counts as the 16th cultural week set up in the school.
So today we bring a flashback post and on this link CINEMA you can see the English works done by students for that first time. You can also remember the complete information of that first Cultural Week on our library's blog "ARQUIVOS DO TRASNO".
Here's also the flasback to all Rafael Dieste's cultural weeks held up to now, since 2010 to 2026, except for 2020 which had to be put off due to the lockdown. Each of the links show the previous posts devoted on this blog to each of them.
This year our Cultural Week, held in March, was devoted to the Cultural Melting Pot. At our school there's a significant percentage of students coming from abroad, so cultural richness is very present. It's a repeated topic for our cultural week, as the second cultural week held was devoted to multiculturalism & diversity.
Different activities have been planned and carried out by the different school departments on the topic of the cultural melting pot, a reality in our society.
As you can see on the video below there were different aspects shown, amoung others:
- Bits of the planet: a tour around tables and foods in the world.
- Melting pot experiences carried out by teachers and others in Canada and Thailand.
- Talks by Echoes from the South (Ecos do Sur).
- Migrants: letters, stories and interviews by people who have changed countries to live.
- Judgement of Democracy.
The Cultural Week closed with the already traditional Homecoming, including sports, competitions and talent shows of students competing in each of their class groups.
This week "Rafael Dieste" celebrated its fourteenth cultural week on the topic of "FUSION CULTURE". Our teachers Isabel Viña Vilas, from the English department and Leticia Ogando López, from Physical Education, both talked to the students of 3rd and 4th ESO and the teaching staff about their experience of multiculturalism in Canada, as participants in the PIALE programme. The differences in both educational systems were also discussed and the students showed great interest in those aspects that could be transferred to our school.
Keane's song takes us to the German city of Hamburg. Lyrics after video below.
Video "HAMBURG SONG", Keane:
I don't wanna be adored Don't wanna be first in line Or make myself heard I'd like to bring a little light To shine a light on your life To make you feel loved
No, I don't wanna be the only one you know I wanna be the place you call home
I lay myself down To make it so But you don't want to know I give much more than I'd ever ask for
Will you see me in the end Or is it just a waste of time? Tryin' to be your friend? Just shine, shine, shine Shine a little light Shine a light on my life And warm me up again
Fool, I wonder if you know yourself at all You know that it could be so simple
I lay myself down To make it so But you don't want to know You take much more than I'd ever ask for
Say a word or two to brighten my day Do you think that you could see your way
To lay yourself down And make it so? But you don't want to know You take much more than I'd ever ask for
Being today, March 17th, Saint Patrick's day, the patron of Ireland, so Ed Sheeran's song with a city's name takes us to the Irish city of Galway, and the story he had with a girl he met there. Song's lyrics after the video.
She played the fiddle in an Irish band But she fell in love with an English man Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand Said, "Baby, I just want to dance"
I met her on Grafton street right outside of the bar She shared a cigarette with me while her brother played the guitar She asked me what does it mean, the Gaelic ink on your arm? Said it was one of my friend's songs, do you want to drink on? She took Jamie as a chaser, Jack for the fun She got Arthur on the table with Johnny riding a shotgun Chatted some more, one more drink at the bar Then put Van on the jukebox, got up to dance
You know, she played the fiddle in an Irish band But she fell in love with an English man Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand Said, "Baby, I just want to dance" With my pretty little Galway Girl You're my pretty little Galway Girl
You know she beat me at darts and then she beat me at pool And then she kissed me like there was nobody else in the room As last orders were called was when she stood on the stool After dancing to Cèilidh singing to trad tunes I never heard Carrickfergus ever sang so sweet A capella in the bar using her feet for a beat Oh, I could have that voice playing on repeat for a week And in this packed out room swear she was singing to me
You know, she played the fiddle in an Irish band But she fell in love with an English man Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand Said, "Baby, I just want to dance" My pretty little Galway Girl My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway Girl My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway Girl My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway Girl
And now we've outstayed our welcome and it's closing time I was holding her hand, her hand was holding mine Our coats both smell of smoke, whisky and wine As we fill up our lungs with the cold air of the night I walked her home then she took me inside To finish some Doritos and another bottle of wine I swear I'm gonna put you in a song that I write About a Galway Girl and a perfect night
She played the fiddle in an Irish band But she fell in love with an English man Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand Said, "Baby, I just want to dance" My pretty little Galway Girl My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway Girl My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway Girl My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway Girl
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