BANABA , SAN MATEO, RIZAL (1850), PHILIPPINES

Center for Positive Futures

Bon apre’s-midi! We are the students from Center for Positive Future (Banaba Branch) in San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines. We read your messages to us and we give our big thanks to you guys. We appreciate all your kind words for us.

WHERE IS THE PHILIPPINES?

The Philippines is located at the South East Asia. The Philippines is an archipelago that consists of 7,107 islands. The 11 largest island contain 94% of the total land area. The islands are divided into three groups: The Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL CITY?

• The Capital of our country is Manila. It is the center of the government where you can find the Malacanang Palace where our President lives. The picture on the left is entrance to Old Manila, or Intramuros, the walled city where the Spaniards had their offices during the Spanish colonializationof the Philippines.

WHAT’S THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE?

Our national language is Filipino, but aside from that we also have 120 to 175 other languages in our country. We also use English language for international transaction and communication.

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WHO IS THE PRESIDENT?

• Our current President is BenignoSimeon Cojuangco “Noynoy” Aquino III. He is the 15th President of The Philippine Republic. He is the son of a former President, Corazon Aquino.

WHAT’S THE NAME OF YOUR CITY?

• Our place, San Mateo, is not yet considered as a city, but we belong to Region IVA of the Philippines, in the province of Rizal.

HAVE YOU GOT HISTORICAL MONUMENTS?

We have lots of Historical Monuments in our country that aims to inculcate awareness and appreciation of the ideals of our heroes and heroines. The Rizal Monument is found in Manila while the Tandang Sora Monument is in Quezon City. Jose Rizal and Tandang Sora are some of the leaders who fought Spanish colonialism.

WEATHER & TYPHOON

What’s the weather like in the Philippines?

Did your home collapse in the typhoon?

How did you experience the typhoon?

Are you still scared after the typhoon?

WEATHER AND TYPHOON

The Philippines has two seasons: The Wet and Dry seasons, because the Philippines is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, our country experiences rains and typhoons and sometimes, drought.

During Typhoon Haiyan last November 2013, our place experienced heavy rains. But Tacloban, Eastern Samar and parts of Iloilo in the Visayas, thousands of families suffered and lost their homes. Many people died and until now some are still missing. And as a sympathy to those who are affected, we helped them by giving some goods, like money , foods and clothes.

DO YOU PRACTICE A SPORT?

Our school is active when it comes in sports. We play basketball, volleyball ,table tennis badminton and chess.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE ACTIVITY?

Our school also participates in contest and friendly games and we are happy to tell that we won on some of the contest. Our school has activities like Battle of the Bands , Eco-Friendly Contest and Dance Revolution.

WHAT DO YOU DO IN FREE TIME?

During our free time, we read books or we study our lessons.

HAVE YOU GOT A COMPUTER?Here in our school , we have computers with internet. But not all of the students here owns a computer.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT AT SCHOOL?

Our subjects include English, Filipino, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology and Livelihood Education and Physical Education, Arts, Health and Music, taken as one. Most of the students in our school have English as their favourite subject.

WHAT’S THE NUMBER OF PUPIL IN YOUR CLASS?

The typical number of students in every class is 30, and in our section we have 27 students.

DO YOU LEARN FRENCH AND WHAT LANGUAGES YOU LEARN AT YOUR SCHOOL?

We only study two languages in our school, English and Filipino, but there are some school in our country that offers multiple languages.

WHAT’S YOUR TIMETABLE LIKE IN SCHOOL?

TIME SUBJECT

AM SESSION AM SESSION

6:30 – 7:30 1st Subject

7:30 – 8:30 2nd Subject

8:30 – 9:30 3rd Subject

9:30 – 9:45 Break

9:45 – 10:45 4th Subject

10:45 – 11:45 5th Subject

Here’s our Timetable, both schedule of Am and Pm Classes.AM

SESSION

TIME SUBJECT

PM SESSION PM SESSION

11:55 – 12:55 1st Subject

12:55 – 1:55 2nd Subject

1:55 - 2:55 3rd Subject

2:55 – 3:10 Break

3:10 – 4:10 4th Subject

4:10 – 5:10 5th Subject

PM SESSION

WHAT ARE THE FOOD SPECIALTIES?

There are lots of Filipino Cuisines, among them are “Sinigang” and “Adobo”. Sinigang is either a pork or fish soup or stew characterized by it being sour through the use of tamarind. Adobo is a pork or chicken dish, marinated and simmered vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and oil.

WHAT ARE YOUR DREAMS?

• Each of every students here have their different dreams with their own different reasons. Of course, first in our list is to finish studying to get our dream jobs in the near future. Most of the students here wants to be a doctor, teachers and lawyers and they have their own unique reasons why..

WHAT ARE YOUR TRADITIONS

Most of our traditions were influenced by different countries. One is celebration of festivals which we got from the Spanish. Festivals are to give thanks for the blessings we receive. We also practice “pagmamano”. It’s a tradition when children or young people greet or say goodbye, we hold the right hand of the elderly and touch the back hand of the elderly on the forehead

HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?• Since most of the Filipinos are Catholics, we highly give importance on

Christmas. On the 16th day of December, we practice a tradition we call “Simbang Gabi”, wherein we go church every dawn until the day before Christmas. We sing Christmas Carols door to door in the neighborhood and in exchange, the homeowners will give the carollers money or candies. We also decorates our homes with colourful designs and Christmas Lanterns.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF FRANCE?

If you’re asking us about France, well, everyone here wants to travel to France. It looks like a perfect place in terms of fashion and delicious cuisines. The “City of Love” is also found in your country, that’s why everyone gets excited when they hear the word “France”.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!