At the age of 10 my headmaster informed my parents he believed I would be a teacher, a suggestion I thought was just horrendous and spent the next 20 or so years avoiding. It was in 2003 adventure and warmer weather called, 4 years of life (mostly as a student of music) in Bath was feeling stagnant and the summers far too short. However it was friendship formed in French style café in Salisbury with an EFL exchange student on work experience resulted in an invite to stay
Sumpango is one of the cities in Guatemala where they celebrate All Saints Day in a very different way with a festival of 'Barriletes' (giant kites). There are various legends about how this festival was born, with the most accepted ones being; according to locals the spirits come out on the 1st November (before Day of the Dead on 2nd November) to scare and annoy the residents. Exasperated the locals asked their spirit guide what they should do to drive away these spirits,
Read more about Spain's cultural heritage and how we incorporate this celebration into our Spanish curriculum for children, including links to free learning resources.
