21 dic 2010
CHILDREN IN 4ºB SANG A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN CLASS THIS AFTERNOON......
15 dic 2010
COOKIE WISHES YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!
4 AÑOS A (Decoración: Seño MªÁngeles)
14 dic 2010
To my students in 4º. A "little angel" craft.
10 dic 2010
PARA AQUELLOS QUE NO HAN LLEGADO AL "SUFI" ESTE TRIMESTRE...
It is important to emphasise that there are times when, even though our children work quite hard that is not enough to get the targets in the subject.
So, despite the reasons why we got to that point (we are to talk about that in a parents-teacher meeting) I´m to set some tasks to fulfill on holidays.
Estimados padres y madres:
Me gustaría hacerles saber que hay veces en las que nuestros niños y niñas, a pesar de haber trabajado desde septiembre no llegan a alcanzar los objetivos propuestos en esta asignatura.
Por eso, independientemente de los motivos por los que hemos llegado a este punto (Tutoría, de lunes a viernes - previo aviso- a las 9 o a las 12) voy a recomendar algunas tareas para las vacaciones.
Cuando reciban las notas el próximo día 22, si su hijo/a tiene un "insuficiente" en Inglés, por favor consulten este blog.
En la columna de la derecha de la pantalla principal verán "Páginas". Vayan a la página correspondiente al curso de sus hijos y comprueben los contenidos que hemos trabajado desde septiembre a diciembre.
Es necesario que los escriban y pronuncien correctamente.
Me he dado cuenta de que me he saltado la pronunciación de "It´s (a) quarter past nine"...en los podcasts de 3º y 4º. Sorry about that.
Thanks a lot and Merry Christmas in advance. Aqui os dejo un video musical (de youtube pero procesado para eliminar los comentarios...) de un "villancico" interpretado por una de las grandes del jazz de todos los tiempos: Ella Fitzgerald. Enjoy.
Canción: "Sleigh Ride"
Y el último video (youtube): Esperanza Spalding. La descubrí este verano en el festival "Jazz entre Olivos" de mi tierra. Hace pocó estuvo por aqui. Es pura magia esta mujer.Exhala música.
A disfrutar de las fiestas en la mejor de las compañías y con mucha música.
See you soon.
The Leprechaun in charge (Seño Loli. Primaria)
21 nov 2010
WHAT´S YOUR FAVOURITE DESTINATION? (2nd PART) Yepeee!! I realised I need more entries to upload your videos. This is going well!
HOMEWORK 4ºA AND 4ºB. SECOND PART
This morning while we were in class, in 4ºB I recorded some of the children´s writings (since you couldn´t email them to me).
Here we find Jesús talking about the beach with his good mate Ángel.
Then, Belén, talking about Menorca with Pablo R. He then talks about Barcelona, where he was born not long ago, by the way.
And then, MªInés, reading a bit about "La Alhambra":
25 NOVEMBER
Good evening, Begoña.
I just got your video about Fuerteventura. I´ve never been to that place, though I know it´s quite nice. Did you have the chance to ride on a camel? It guess it must be good fun!
See you tomorrow.
26, 29 NOVEMBER.
This afternoon I had the chance to record some of our children´s voices, since they could not send their podcasts.
Zamara asks Pablo P. and he talks about Madrid. Then, Marina, who talks about the Alhambra, asks Clara and she talks about the Niagara Falls. To finish, Pablo J. asks Jorge about his favourite destination, Huelva and Jorge asks Pablo B. about it, too in the last video:
30 NOVEMBER
I had the chance to record some of our children´s descriptions this afternoon:
Jesús asks Juan Antonio about Valencia.
Then, Eva asks MªÁngeles about Galicia and, to finish the podcast, Guille asks Ángel about Granada ( I like the final laughter...)
20 nov 2010
"UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD"
I found this video last year and I loved it!
Fuente: youtube
12 nov 2010
WHAT´S YOUR FAVOURITE DESTINATION? HOMEWORK 4ºA AND 4ºB
Buenas tardes a todos.
Quiero agradecer su colaboración y destacar la creatividad de los videos que me están mandando las familias de 4º.
Hemos conseguido precisamente lo que buscaba con estos deberes:
La implicación total de la familia en la elaboración y que hagan algo creativo todos juntos.
El Inglés es comunicación, una forma de vida, algo totalmente vivo, lleno de color y matices.
Asi son los videos que estoy recibiendo.
Da gusto actualizar el blog a cada instante con contenidos tan divertidos y que transmiten la alegría que tienen nuestros niños.
El video de Lina es una excepción en cuanto a detalles personales.
Ya saben que sigo unas pautas muy estrictas sobre los datos personales y que no publico fotos de los niños, contenidos con sus nombres, apellidos ni con el nombre del colegio.
Sin embargo, puesto que la familia de Lina ha grabado este video incluyendo sus datos, lo publico a continuación con su consentimiento.
Reitero que en este caso se me ha autorizado a publicarlo.
Disfruten de todos estos videos tanto como he disfrutado yo:
12 NOVEMBER
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE!
I JUST FINISHED HAVING MY LUNCH, SO I DECIDED TO CHECK MY EMAILS.
AND...WOW!!!
I GOT ALEJANDRA´S EMAIL LAST NIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS, ALEJANDRA!!!!!
IS IT YOUR DAD THE ONE ACTING AS PETER?
I´M STILL LAUGHING!!!IT´S SO FUNNY!!!!
THANKS SO MUCH, ALEJANDRA AND ALEJANDRA´S DAD...YOU MADE ME LAUGH!!!!
CHICOS Y CHICAS. AQUI TENEMOS A DOS GRANDES ACTORES: ALEJANDRA Y PETER, HABLANDO SOBRE MADRID. ¡ME ENCANTA!
16 NOVEMBER
Here we have another description. This time, about Granada. A very nice city, isn´t it?
Thanks, Paula!
See you tomorrow.
18 November
I just got Alfonso´s conversation with his dad about Éfeso. I have never been to that nice place. It must be really hot in the summer as Alfonso says. I´d like to try some nice dates...they taste so nice in that part of the world!
Enjoy it:
20 November
Wow. I just got your video, Blanca. It´s a lovely place. I like it when you let me know about nice places like the one in your video!
21 NOVEMBER
Good afternoon, Eli!.I just got your video. I´ve never been to the Warner Park but I´m sure that both David and you had a great time there! (me han autorizado a mostrar las fotografías).
See you tomorrow, Eli!
Good evening, Victoria! I see you have no doubts at all about the things you like!. Enjoy your room! it´s the best place in the world!
See you tomorrow!
Good evening, Ana!
Oh, dear. I must confess I´ve never been to Morocco, either...I´m happy that you know about so many places in the world! I´m learning lots of things from you all!
See you tomorrow.
(He procesado el video por nuestra seguridad)
9 nov 2010
WHAT´S THE WEATHER LIKE? HOW IS THE WEATHER?
Mañana, jueves 11 lo llevarán a casa para repasar. Por favor, firmen el control y que sus hijos/as lo lleven de vuelta al cole el día 17.


Autumn in Ireland

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE!
Oh, dear!
What´s the weather like today?...
It´s raining and it´s windy.
I can see the leaves falling, the birds flying away looking for some shelter...
It´s Autumn at last!!!
And...what about the rest of the world?
Let´s play a game about the weather.
Check this link. I´m sure that you´ll love it.
See you tomorrow...and don´t forget to carry your umbrella!
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/practise-listening/whats-the-weather
4 nov 2010
INFORMACIÓN SOBRE CONTROLES, EN LAS PÁGINAS "PRIMARY 1º,2º; PRIMARY 3º,4º"
I would like to remind you of the contents your children have to revise for the tests.
Please remember I´ll write such data in "PRIMARY 1º,2º" and "PRIMARY 3º, 4º".
Los videos, listenings, juegos sobre los contenidos que vamos viendo en clase los publicaré en la página principal.
Las páginas de "Primary 1º,2,3º,4º,5º,6º" serán para fotos de actividades, deberes de clase o información sobre controles y contenidos del curso.
Las fechas de los controles, además de llevarlas apuntadas en las agendas y libretas de Inglés aparecerán en la parte derecha del Blog, en NOTICE BOARD (tablón de avisos).
Las entradas se van archivando. Para encontrar algo que quieran recordar basta con consultar el apartado "Blog Archive" en la parte derecha de la pantalla o "Labels" , las etiquetas que voy poniendo a cada entrada (video, pictures, memories, podcasts...).
CÓDIGO DE COLORES (como sus libros):
LETRA AZUL: 1º DE PRIMARIA
LETRA VERDE: 2º DE PRIMARIA
LETRA MORADA: 3º DE PRIMARIA
LETRA AZUL MARINO:4º DE PRIMARIA
Asi nos resultará más fácil reconocer la información para cada curso.
El color negro será para información global del blog.
Un video para repasar el control de los 2º de la semana que viene:
WHAT´S THE WEATHER LIKE? o HOW´S THE WEATHER?
Sólo pongo enlaces y videos procesados, en los que me aseguro de que no hay pop-ups ni publicidad. Los proceso para eliminar los comentarios...en este se cita la fuente original.
Revising the alphabet in 3º: unos enlaces divertidos.
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/the-alphabet-song
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/were-going-the-zoo
(El British Council es el Ministerio de Educación británico. Todo lo que proviene de esta fuente garantiza la seguridad de los niños. Es una página excelente para aprender Inglés y para aquellos hermanos/as mayores que, ya en el último año de carrera quieran solicitar una beca de "Language Assistant" en Reino Unido e Irlanda. El plazo de solicitud se suele abrir en febrero).
Un saludo.
The Leprechaun in Charge
31 oct 2010
Thanks for your comments!
I feel extremely happy today since I´ver just read your comment. It brightened up my day!
When you teach a subject at school you always dream of making your students an active part in it. What I mean is that you crave for communicating, for making language an important thing in their lives!.
You just wrote a comment that I did not expect, in fact, since I´m no longer your teacher.
However, I can tell you that both you and your classmates play an oustanding role in my memories as a teacher since you were one of the groups I taught in my first year at school.
I remember the Easter cards you made...do you know that I found yours last year? I still keep some of them.
By the way (I love boasting around about this...) I was lucky enough to sleep at Portora Royal, Oscar Wilde´s school in Enniskillen (Northern Ireland). It was great. You enter that school and there is a huge hall, with his portrait on the wall! I remember I was quite shocked since it was the same portrait I saw in one of the compulsory novels I had to read at the uni!!!.
I also like "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and I remember the film in the 1940s. I bought it a couple of years ago with a special edition of the novel.
Thanks so much for taking part in this!!!!.
See you around.
24 oct 2010
SOME "GHOST STUFF" FOR MY STUDENTS IN 6º (now that you are all thinking about Halloween...)

I made my best.
3 oct 2010
Autumn...Fall... Francés: automne Italiano: autunno Alemán: Herbst Holandés: herfst , najaar Portugués: outono Japonés: 秋 (あき, aki):
Well...Autumn came at last. It always was and will be my
favourite season.
Some people will get grumpy and complain about rain, wind
and cold. Cold is maybe the worst of them three.
However, there are loads of nice memories in my brain
concerning autumn and rain...
The best of them...me in my tiny wellies, jumping into every
single pond I would come across in my way to school...
and jumping so high as to get stained
and share those stains with whom dared to get in my way!...
And a few years ago...the smell of the soil, "soaked to the bone"
by the rain drops of the emerald island...
...flavours and smells of nature, wood, factories
and the sight of ravens
scratching their wings with their beaks,
waiting patiently on the traffic lights...
not eager at all to keep flying their way out...
What does Autumn mean to you?
Northern Ireland.
2 oct 2010
To those parents who feel like improving their listening skills. A aquellos padres y madres que quieran practicar el "listening"...
Fuente: "A Bit of Fry and Laurie". "Psychic Spoon Bender" Youtube.
Enjoy!
23 sept 2010
5º PRIMARIA. ABOUT THE NOVEL "STARMAN"
From now on I will submit some podcasts I am recording about the novel "Starman".
I will read some pages, or provide you with some activities you can do at home to improve your listening in English.
Chicos y chicas de 5º, aqui podréis consultar algunos podcasts o archivos de audio que iré grabando para vosotros. Escuchadlos y enviadme por correo electrónico lo que os voy pidiendo en cada uno de ellos.
Serán tareas simples, puesto que no os veo este curso. El objetivo es que os resulte cada vez más sencillo escuchar y pronunciar en Inglés.
Publico el primer podcast en la derecha de la pantalla, en"LABELS". Buscad el "PODCAST 5º-1" dentro de todos los Podcasts.
Os doy hasta el 15 de octubre para que me escribáis el email con lo que os pido.
13 sept 2010
WELCOME BACK, DEAR CHILDREN!
Good morning, dear students.
I have already met some of you in the playground, waiting for lessons to start.
A school looks much better when there is life in it. You fill those empty spaces up!
I´m sure that we´ll have a great year.
See you around.
The Leprechaun in Charge
8 jul 2010
Well...THEY MADE IT POSSIBLE! Spain vs Netherlands. WE GOT THE WORLD CUP,AT LAST
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8687514.stm
http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/world-cup-live-netherlands-vs-spain/?hp
http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2010/07/12/l-espagne-se-hisse-sur-le-toit-du-monde_1386624_3242.html#ens_id=1371076
http://www.welt.de/sport/wm2010/article8416331/Iniesta-schiesst-Spanien-zum-Weltmeistertitel.html
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,27394092-5019291,00.html
http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/TournamentNews/Spain-crowned-World-Champions-20100711
9 may 2010
4ºPRIMARIA. "Around the World in Eighty Days"

Hi, my dear students.
I hope you had a great time this weekend. I know it was quite special.
I found this album when I was tidying up.
I bought it in 1983!!!. Quite a long time ago.
At school (26th May).
VIEWS IN 4ºA ON THE ALBUM:
1 IT WAS CHEAP
2 THE ALBUM IS ABOUT A NOVEL . ABOUT MR FOGG AND HIS ADVENTURES .
3 MY TEACHER LIKED THIS ALBUM VERY MUCH.
4 COLOURS REMAIN THE SAME DESPITE THE YEARS.
5 THERE ARE SOME JOKES IN IT.
6 CHARACTERS ARE ANIMALS.
7 PAGES ARE QUITE VALUABLE.
8 CHARACTERS ARE FUNNY.
At school. 4ºB. VIEWS ON THE ALBUM:
1 THE ALBUM IS QUITE INTERESTING. SOME THINGS ARE DIFFERENT IN IT.
2 INSTEAD OF "PHILEAS" HIS NAME IS "WILLY".
3 INSTEAD OF "PASSEPARTOUT" HIS NAME IS "RIGODON".
4 MRS AOUDA IS "ROMY".
5 THAT ALBUM IS QUITE OLD AND IT HAS LOTS OF GLUE STAINS.
6 ITS PRICE IS AMAZING: 50 PESETAS=0,30 EUROS.
7 IT HAS FUNNY THINGS.
8 CHARACTERS ARE ANIMALS.
18 mar 2010
QUIZ What´s that? Who are they talking about? M.J. got it right!!!!congratulations
Try and write as many answers as possible to these questions:
What´s that?
IT IS A PIC.
Who are they talking about?
THE CELEBRITY THEY MENTION IN THE SENTENCES IS FERNANDO TORRES "EL NIÑO" .
Where was this pic taken?
I TOOK IT IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND (WHERE FERNANDO PLAYS).
What do you know about that place?
THIS CITY BECAME WELL-KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE OF "THE BEATLES".
JOHN LENNON, PAUL McCARTNEY, RINGO STARR AND GEORGE HARRISON WERE FROM LIVERPOOL.
What do you like about Spring?
The little girl playing with a snow ball has gone back home for good this year.
Now you can see a lovely picture, instead. It is a very special place for me. Do you like it?...
I onced lived in an island where it rains for months, though I think we had such a rainy season this year!!!
MY FAVOURITE THING ABOUT SPRING IS THAT I CAN SIT DOWN ON A BENCH IN A PARK AND READ FOR A WHILE.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
A Spanish Parade in another country
Hi my students in 2ºESO.
Do you remember I told you about a certain parade I took part in to welcome some Spaniards abroad?
Look at this picture. Sure you will never see me in it but I can tell you I was in that very same street.
Can you see the flag?. There were lots of them and some people even learnt a few sentences in Spanish to welcome those Spaniards.
22 feb 2010
Andalusia. My favourite destination
by Ana P.Andalucía is a big region. In Andalucía there are monuments like the Alhambra,the Mezquita and they are very beautiful. Alfonso.
My favourite city of Andalusia is Granada. My favourite castle is la Alhambra. Maria P.
What I like the most about Andalusia is Alhambra castle and fortress.Ana.P.
Andalusia is the place of happiness, peace and hope. Amanda.S
What I like the most about Andalusia is its landscapes.Pablo.R
I live in Andalusia and,my best friend,too.Silvia.M.
For me Andalusia is the most beautiful place in the world.Carlota.R.
Andalusia is earth for all and it´s a pleasure to the senses. Laura.M
Andalusia has got a lot of monuments.Teresa.S.
Andalucia has eight provinces.Elena.S and Jaime .P
One of the things I like about Andalucía is the hymn I learnt to sing when I was at school. The hymn of my city.For those of you who can play music, here I submit the lyrics and score.
15 feb 2010
3º and 4º Primaria

Pictures by Carl Warner.Hi children!. Hola, chicos y chicas.
I hope you had a good Monday despite the bad weather!...Espero que haya sido un buen lunes, a pesar del tiempo. Aqui tenéis algunas fichas sobre comida y sabores, el tema de estas semanas. Pinchad donde dice "HERE".
Here I submit some worksheets about FOOD and FLAVOURS, the topic we are dealing with.
CLICK HERE.
CLICK HERE.
An activity about cooking.Are you a good cook?...Click HERE ... and HERE.
11 feb 2010
1º ESO "THE BIG CHALLENGE"
The Royal Guard
A phone booth
Double decker
A police officer ("bobby").Dear children,
Do you remember that we talked about "The Big Challenge" last Friday?.
Here you have the link to the test in case you want to practise a bit.
Click here
3º and 4º
Here I submit some activities concerning the new topic we will deal with next week.
We´ll learn how to talk about what we like and about those things we don´t like at all!:
1. What do you like? ¿Qué te gusta?
I like cheese. Me gusta el queso.
I don´t like mustard. No me gusta la mostaza.
2. What does he/she/it like? ¿Qué le gusta a él/ella/un animal?
He/she/it likes meat. Le gusta la carne.
He/she/it doesn´t like fish. No le gusta el pescado.
27 ene 2010
International Day of Peace and Non-violence










Good morning everyone.
We already know that "peace" is not a one-day matter. It involves everyday practice and commitment.
We´ll deal with this topic in class and students will stick some "thoughts" about it on the walls.
Some crafts. Click here.
Click here.
Click here.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASgQLgktXyOiZGh0cXNxN18xNzVjejJodHdkZA&hl=es
Click here.















Mr Wilde (Dublin), in a nonchalant attitude...in the best Irish tradition.




