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Across Cultures 5f

St Patrick’s Day is on 17th March. It is a People in Romania celebrate
religious and national festival that celebrates St Patrick, the Children’s Day every year on 1st
patron saint of Ireland. There are big parades in every town. June. There are art exhibitions at
People pin a shamrock on their clothes and some kids paint schools and in public places for
shamrocks on their faces. There are marching bands, dancers children to display
and all sorts of floats. People on the floats throw sweets to the their work. There
crowds. Later, people eat Irish stew, a dish of lamb or beef with are special events in a lot of places
for children to go and have fun
vegetables. Yummy! In the evening, there are Irish with their parents. Some
music concerts and firework displays. families have a special dinner
to celebrate this day.
Children’s Day is a national
holiday in Romania.

Check these words

• religious • patron saint • to pin • shamrock
• marching band • float • firework display
• art exhibitions • public place • national holiday

It’s 1st June. Reading & Speaking
Send cards to
your classmates. 1 Look at the pictures and read the title and the headings.
Find cards on the What do you know about these festivals? What else would you
Internet or create like to know about them? Think of three questions.
your own. Listen, read and see if you can answer them.

2 Answer the questions in your notebook.
1 When is St Patrick’s Day?
2 What do people eat on St Patrick’s Day?
3 When do Romanians celebrate Children’s Day?
4 Where can people see children’s work?

3 Find the sentence in each text that best describes each picture.

Writing

4 ICT Collect information about spring/winter
celebrations in your country’s calendar. Display it to the

classroom. MODULE 5

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