At Caleb British Academy we value the similarities and differences each
person's cultural heritage brings to our lives. We celebrate and share
our diversity on a daily basis both inside and outside the classroom in
order to enrich the learning experience for our students and the whole
school Community.
International Day is a wonderful opportunity for the School Community to
acknowledge and celebrate its diversity, making explicit one of the key
features of our curriculum, namely, International Mindedness.
Through
displays of food, games, drama, music, flags, traditions, costumes and
languages for individual countries and continents, students, parents and
teachers are reminded of the great number of commonalities and
differences we have within our world and are given an opportunity to be
open-minded to others.
The theme for this year’s International Day is Different Colours, One
Race.
The event is
scheduled to take place on Thursday 14th July, 2016 where the best
of different Countries/Continents will be showcased. The students and teachers
have been grouped into six continents and each has adopted a country in their
various continents to showcase at the event.
This group (Group C) will be showcasing
Brazil (South America continent) at this year’s International Day Fiesta. Below are brief facts about Brazil:
Brazil is in South America continent, is the largest country in Latin
America and 5th largest country in the world by land area and
population. Brazil got its name from a tree called "Pau-Brasil" by the
Portuguese. Brazil was a Portuguese cologne, but got its independence in
September the 17th, 1822. It is a capitalist country, and its
government is a Federative Republic. The official language is
Portuguese. Brazil’s population is around 195 million. Christianity is
the major religion, with over 70 percent of Brazilians having links to
the Catholic Church. Brasilia is the capital. The current president of
Brazil is Dilma Rousseff. She was elected to office on January 1, 2011
and was re-elected in 2015.
Brazil has one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, Christ the Redeemer
statue, placed on the Corcovado hill, in Rio De Janeiro. Brazil is
famous for its beautiful land, its lively atmosphere, its coffee and
sugar production, its birds, soccer/football (Brazil has won the World
Cup 5 times), beaches, carnival, tropical rainforests, fizzy drinks.
"Samba" is the most popular and most practiced dance in Brazil.
Brazil has the biggest rain forest of the world, the Amazon forest.
Brazil has the biggest river in size and amount of water (the Amazon
River); the major rivers of Brazil are the Amazon, the Parana, the
Tocantins, the Rio De la Plata and the Sao Francisco.
Brazil major cities are São Paulo (biggest city), Rio de Janeiro,
Brasilia (capital), Manaus, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, and Rio Grande do
Sul. Brazil is a leading producer of coffee, soya beans, sugar, iron
ore, and bauxite. Brazil has vast mineral reserves of bauxite, gold,
uranium, iron ore and platinum.
Education is free and compulsory for all children aged from seven to 14
years in Brazil and is home to many of the most competitive universities
in Latin America. The top universities in Brazil are Universidade de
São Paulo (USP), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp),
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Universidade Estadual
Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), Universidade Federal de São
Paulo (UNIFESP), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG),
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), Pontificia
Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), and Universidade de
Brasília.
