ADULT EDUCATION CENTER OF TORRENT
IMPORTANT NOTICES AND NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL
WEEKLY CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Check the poster carousel below to find out about the activities organised by the School this week
NEW EVENT
The Cultural Club of the Adult Education Centre is organising a new history activity led by a History teacher, who will invite us to explore history in an engaging and accessible way, through music, art, books, TV series and cinema.
An activity designed to discover key historical moments, give voice to those who were forgotten, and turn history into a living memory.
📍 Location: Adult Education Centre of Torrent, library classroom (Plaça Sant Pasqual, 20)
🗓 Date & time: 27th March 2026, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
📌 Fortnightly sessions, led by Carmen A. Errazu
For more information, please see the poster below or visit the Cultural Club activities section on the website.
SPANISH FOR FOREIGNERS REGISTRATION FOR ALL LEVELS
Unfortunately, we no longer have available places for Spanish for foreigners for the 2025–2026 academic year.
If you wish to enrol for the following academic year, 2026-2027, we highly recommend that you check our website in June or visit the centre in person during office hours to find out when the pre-registration period will open.
NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
“A child, a teacher, a book, and a pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. “
— Malala Yousafzai
PROVERBALIA. Enrich your vocabulary in Valencian, Spanish, and English and learn something more about proverbs, sayings, idioms, or expressions and their origin.
As winter arrives, bringing cold mornings, shorter days and, sometimes, snow-covered landscapes, it becomes the perfect moment to explore traditional proverbs and idioms linked to this season. Popular wisdom, shaped by centuries of experience, has left us expressions that speak of cold weather, hardship, resilience and the rhythm of nature. Winter sayings remind us how people have learned to face the cold, value warmth and patience, and understand the passing of time through language.
| English Idiom / Proverb | Meaning | Spanish | Valencià |
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| 1. Winter is coming. | Hard times are ahead. | Se acerca el invierno. | S’acosta l’hivern. |
| 2. No winter lasts forever. | Difficult times end eventually. | Ningún invierno dura para siempre. | Cap hivern dura per sempre. |
| 3. Cold hands, warm heart. | Someone may seem cold but is kind. | Manos frías, corazón caliente. | Mans fredes, cor calent. |
| 4. Break the ice. | Start a conversation or ease tension. | Romper el hielo. | Trencar el gel. |
| 5. Snowed under. | Overwhelmed with work. | Abrumado / enterrado bajo la nieve. | Enterrat sota la neu. |
| 6. A snowball effect. | Something grows quickly in size or impact. | Efecto bola de nieve. | Efecte bola de neu. |
| 7. Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. | Cold weather biting your skin. | Jack Frost muerde tu nariz. | En Jack Frost mossega el teu nas. |
| 8. Chill to the bone. | Extremely cold. | Frío hasta los huesos. | Fred fins als ossos. |
| 9. To weather the storm. | To survive difficult times. | Sobrevivir a la tormenta. | Sobreviure a la tempesta. |
| 10. White as snow. | Very pure or clean. | Blanco como la nieve. | Blanc com la neu. |
| 11. Frozen out. | Excluded or left out. | Excluido / dejado fuera. | Exclòs / deixat fora. |
| 12. Walking on thin ice. | Taking a risky action. | Caminar sobre hielo fino. | Caminar sobre gel prim. |
| 13. Freeze someone out. | Deliberately ignore someone. | Dejar a alguien de lado. | Deixar algú de banda. |
WINTER POEM
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“There’s a certain Slant of light” (1861)
When it comes, the Landscape listens —
Shadows — hold their breath —
When it goes, ’tis like the Distance
On the look of Death —
There’s a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons —
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes —
Heavenly Hurt, it gives us —
We can find no scar,
But internal difference —
Where the Meanings, are —
None may teach it — Any —
’Tis the Seal Despair —
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the Air —
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“Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson.”