COMICS

18 dic 2015

Granada Calling.Hola Charleston

Buenas tardes a todos en clase del Señor C.
Hoy hemos realizado unos vídeos explicando lo que queremos cambiar de nuestro mundo en el próximo año 2016.
Esperamos que tengáis una Navidad genial.
¡Saludos de los chicos de nuestro colegio!



15 dic 2015

Let them know it's Christmas

Good afternoon.
Our kids in 3° and 4° have done some Christmas decorations to hand them in several classes.They tried their best.
Our kids in 5° will perform an Irish sort of Christmas carol,with a few Irish dancing steps in it while their classmates do the singing...
So it seems we can call it an international Christmas,thanks to these cards we got from several countries three years ago.
Have fun and enjoy your holidays!

2 dic 2015

Control de Inglés.Puntuación máxima:3 PUNTOS

Buenas tardes a todos.
A lo largo de estos días aparecerán colgadas en PASEN las notas de los controles de esta semana de 3°,4° y 5°.
La puntuación máxima del control serán 3 PUNTOS.
Como ya informé por PASEN con respecto al control anterior y ,de acuerdo con los criterios de evaluación que se les entregaron a principio de curso,la nota final de cada trimestre corresponde a cómo se han abordado las cuatro destrezas (Listening/Speaking/Reading/Writing) en clase y en las actividades propuestas para casa, asi como al nivel de compromiso con la asignatura.

27 nov 2015

16th November. International Day of Flamenco!


Buenas tardes a todos.
La UNESCO declaró al flamenco "patrimonio de interés cultural mundial" en 2010.
Los centros educativos lo celebramos cada 16 de noviembre (como ya hicimos el curso pasado).

Tuve la suerte de participar en un taller de flamenco cuando viví en Irlanda del Norte, a petición del Departamento de Español de uno de los colegios en los que trabajaba.
Como única habitante española del pueblo, un colegio me  invitó a ir con ellos y sus alumnas de español de bachillerato a ver un espectáculo flamenco llamado "Jaleo" que se representaba en el teatro de la Ópera de Belfast.

Me di cuenta,entonces, de lo que se valora el flamenco en cualquier rincón del mundo.

 5º de primaria ya está realizando su proyecto en Inglés sobre el Flamenco:




Mientras tanto os dejo con este vídeo bastante divertido:
Flamenco Dancing. Sesame Street
 (Pinchad para ver el video)





14 nov 2015

Sending loads of love to the Paris people

Cada vez que hay un atentado, cuelgo esta fotografía.
La primera vez que visité Londonderry o Derry en Irlanda del Norte, me impactó esta estatua.
Un amigo de alli me explicó que simboliza las dos religiones que están próximas a entenderse pero siguen sin darse la mano.
Hoy mis pensamientos van a París, a mis amigas de alli (una de ellas,musulmana de raíces argelinas) a las que conocí en mis dos años en Irlanda del Norte.A sus familias.
Siempre han sido tan generosas,tan bonitas por dentro y por fuera.
No juzguemos una religión por las atrocidades de los extremistas radicales.
Mi primera toma de contacto con los conflictos entre religiones fue al vivir en Omagh y trabajar en un colegio católico y otro protestante.Conviví con católicos y protestantes como amigos.
Alli aprendí a ver lo que es querer conseguir que se unan esas manos y se acabe el dolor.

Viví el 11M en Omagh y recibí tanto cariño del pueblo aquellos días que es una deuda moral que me acompañará toda la vida.Por eso, cada vez que sucede algo que tiene como base alguna religión, recurro a esta foto y al aprendizaje vital de aquellos días.

Hoy dedicamos esta fotografía a todos los que sufren a diario por la sinrazón de otros.

12 nov 2015

Learning about jobs.Video about Teddy Bear technicians

Good evening.
We have already started our unit about Jobs in 5°.
-What does this person do for a living?
-Someone who plays music is a
musician.

Let's watch a couple of videos in
which one of our students talks
about that time she got her Teddy
Bear repaired in USA, in those shops in which you choose how to
fill up your teddy bears!



-A thief is someone who steals things.


-Someone who rides a bike is a
cyclist.

We read about Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer in history.
Please check this link for further information about this genius, who was Lord Byron's daughter, by the way...
Ada Lovelace

10 nov 2015

The best news ever :)

5 nov 2015

Cartoons

Good evening!
We are dealing with TV programmes and cartoons in 5° this week.
I told your kids that I once gave this book to my nephew as a present.It is a book for those who love drawing.It is about all the Marvel superheroes we grew up with and they teach you the techniques you need to master to be able to draw them by yourself.
"Cómo dibujar personajes Marvel"
Ed. SM

30 oct 2015

Halloween y el Día de los Santos





The biscuits and cake were yummy!!!










It seems Halloween is here to stay.
I obviously deal with it in my lessons, since it is a festival concerning the English speaking
countries.
Some facts I would like to deal with:


1. Halloween is not from the USA. 
2. Halloween dates back to the Celtic festival known as Samhain.
3. The main city to celebrate Halloween is Londonderry (or Derry), in Northern Ireland, the place which claims to be the area where it started to be celebrated
4. I was lucky enough as to live an hour away from Derry, therefore my two and only
Halloween parties took place there. I don´t believe in it outside Ireland, and, therefore I am not in the mood for it if I am not in that country. So, it is time to deal with this Celtic based festival, bearing in mind that I don´t think
it looks real if not in Ireland, since it is there where it makes sense.
I still prefer eating some buñuelos on 1November, I guess it is the tradition I always
kept at home.























 


 
 

Happy Halloween (Video)



21 oct 2015

To the 80s kids

So finally the day has come.
We are dealing with TV in 5° this week.
We will be learning a few words about that field and I couldn't miss the chance to post this video.
We,the 80s kids...were definitely lucky to live in a world of no internet, in which a ticket to the cinema
 or renting a Beta or VHS film was the best present or time spent ever.
"Back to the Future", together with "Young Sherlock Holmes", "The Goonies", "The Gremlins" and "The Changeling" (I got nightmares about it for a long time...) were those films you would rent once and over 
again if you were lucky enough as to be able to get them.They were always booked by some other families!
So today is the day Marty McFly gets to his future life.I'm still looking up to try and see him arrive on his hoverboard...I'll just keep dreaming!
When I lived in Omagh I realised that the Omagh Courthouse keeps some resemblance with the Clock
 Tower in the film.Do you agree?
Enjoy the video! (Click)

And another video (click)

14 oct 2015

What are you doing?

Good afternoon!
Here we have some videos some of our kids decided to film at home to practise the -ing structure.
What are you doing?
What is she doing?
What is he doing?
Let´s wait and see!!!
It is so good to see our kids trying to do their best in the videos!
Well done, girls! El primer video me da error y sólo he podido recortar un fragmento.
Por su peso no puedo colgarlo íntegro en Blogger. Sorry!









1 oct 2015

Wordsearch

Good evening everyone!
There are three students who fulfilled the task about the wordsearch this morning.
They show their scary wordsearches in this video.
If you want to find numbers from 1 to 10 in them, just check the column on the right side
of this blog. Look for GAMES and then you´ll see "Wordsearch. Numbers 1, 2, 3".
I hope you find them all!!!
Good luck!



25 sept 2015

Video about our Wordsearch and the way we are coping with the project.

Good morning.
Please find attached some videos about how the wordsearch project is going today in one of our classes.
Have a great weekend!






24 sept 2015

Video about our Weekly Project (Wordsearch about numbers)

Good afternoon.
Here you have some videos about our Wordsearch project in class.
The idea is that we can upload those pastimes to our blog so that anyone 
can try and find those hidden numbers...




15 sept 2015

Project and dictionaries

Good evening.
As your kids must have told you, there will be a project day every week.
Depending on the class your kids are in, it will be done either every Thursday or Friday.
The aim is to make them realise how English becomes a powerful tool to cope with our own reality, far beyond our own school walls.
I am sure they will learn to love our weekly project and to work in their teams, pursuing the same targets in learning.
I'll send you some information in PASEN in a few weeks time.
I will leave the summer decoration until Autumn comes. It sort of "breaks my heart" to leave those pools and ice cream icons behind (young at heart, so they say!)
About the dictionary, it's fine to bring any bilingual dictionary, though I particularly prefer My World Learner's Dictionary (Dayton Publishing).
Enjoy the remains of the day.

10 sept 2015

Welcome Back, my young fellas!

Good evening, my dear fellas.
Sorry for the mistakes you 
might come across in this post.
Writing it using my mobile
phone is giving me quite a hard time.Anyway...
I'm sure your kids must have talked about our new companions at school for the whole year.
As you know, there are several kids from other countries and who will try their best to communicate in Spanish in due time. Your kids have been really
"cool" (as our new students would say).They've tried their best to make them feel at home all the time, making it so nice to stare at them all playing in the playground and making good friends from the very start of the school year!
So far so good and still counting. 
Let's call it a day!
Sleep tight and see you tomorrow.

28 may 2015

Farewell, teacher Carmen

Hola a todos.
Hace unos años que soy tutora de alumnos de prácticas de Magisterio ( Lengua Extranjera ). Este año he tenido la suerte de tener conmigo a Carmen. Llegó en el segundo trimestre. Desde el primer día, se ha convertido en un gran apoyo en las clases, con una implicación total. Ha sido la lucecita que alumbra el camino de los que se encontraban un tanto desorientados y les ha ayudado a no perderse. Los niños han valorado su trabajo y atención constantes.Le han querido regalar algunas cosas (incluso ha habido alguna que otra lágrima).Carmen me ha regalado estas dos manualidades tan bonitas (hechas por ella) para las clases:





 Me alegra mucho saber que ya es maestra, mucho más allá de la espera de un título. La vocación no se consigue a golpe de títulos sino que es algo innato.Carmen ha demostrado a diario que tiene vocación, un nivel lingüístico que le permite transmitir perfectamente lo que queremos enseñar y comunicar y una experiencia personal y profesional previas: lo que llamamos: "tener tablas".
Por eso sé que la querrán donde trabaje,porque alguien con tanto entusiasmo por lo que hace no se merece otro trato.
Como dicen por Irlanda...
"May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and the rain fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand."

27 may 2015

A Scrapbook for Our Mate Overseas .Week 7

Good evening.
Here I submit a video about how our our Scrapbook is going.


 


21 may 2015

Publicadas las "notas" de 2ºB,3ºA,3ºB,4ºA y 4ºB en PASEN

Estimadas familias,
Os informo de que ya he colgado las notas del control de 2ºB,3ºA, 3ºB , 4ºA y 4ºB en PASEN.
Recuerdo que para 2ºB, 3º y 4º, al no ser determinante para la nota global de la evaluación, la nota de este
control es cualitativa.
La correspondencia sería:
-Excelente: notable alto/sobresaliente.
-Bueno: bien/notable
-Adecuado: suficiente
-Regular: Insuficiente


20 may 2015

Videos of 1ºbachillerato, with the voices of some students in 4ºPrimaria

Good morning.
I got one of the videos that teacher María recorded in 1ºBachillerato.
The dialogue was made by some students in 4ºPrimaria.
It was an activity promoted by Carmen, the trainee who is working with me until next week.
I´ll upload some more once I get them.
Enjoy!

A Scrapbook for Our Mate Overseas.Weeks 4,5,6.

Good evening!
So, as every Tuesday, we deal with our Scrapbook 

Project.
This week we did as usual 

(we wrote about our planning) and the kids kept on sticking those items

 they think suit their memories best.
We could see those T-shirts

 they were wearing for their match 

today and Elena was really proud to say it was her mum the one in charge of

 getting them ready. They look great!
Here I upload some photos

 of our work.

Have a great evening!

14 may 2015

Iniciativa solidaria.Omagh.

Hola de nuevo.
Como ya sabéis, tengo un segundo hogar (Omagh).
Los colegios, bares, pubs y demás instituciones de Omagh están inmersos en una campaña de toma de conciencia sobre el impacto del cáncer a nivel local, ya que los casos van en aumento en estos años.
A pesar de que está la tienda de Cancer Research en Market Street, que obtiene fondos con bancos de ropa de segunda mano, necesitan conseguir los fondos necesarios para que pueda haber caravanas de información, prevención y detección precoz en las calles de Omagh. En los últimos años, el hospital (County Tyrone Hospital),  a pesar de ser Omagh la capital del County Tyrone, ha visto mermadas sus competencias y no recibe fondos suficientes de la administración.
Por eso los comercios y centros cívicos están lanzando esta campaña.Les quedan 17 días para conseguir lo necesario para que se pueda contar con esas caravanas en la ciudad.
Cada persona que se registra puede dar sus 10 votos a esta iniciativa.
Uno de los pubs, McCann's, es uno de los pubs de referencia en cuanto a sesiones de música tradicional y, su dueño era muy respetado en la comunidad.Murió de cáncer hace un par de años.Han publicado la iniciativa en el Facebook del pub y yo la comparto con vosotros para que, entre los habitantes de Irlanda del Norte y los que alguna vez hemos vivido en Omagh podamos conseguir que se materialice algo tan importante para ellos.

Consultad el enlace:
Cancer (Aviva)

Taller de guitarra eléctrica

Buenos días.
Un amigo mío, Manu Durán, guitarrista y músico profesional me ha comentado que dará un taller de guitarra eléctrica a niños de entre 9 y 17 años en varias sesiones del mes que viene en una Asociación Cultural. 
Os adjunto la fotografía del cartel que me ha dado y que ya he puesto en el tablón de la entrada.
Os animo a que participen vuestros hijos. Manu es un gran músico, con experiencia.Su próxima cita profesional será tocar con una cantante israelí en el Festival de la Guitarra de Córdoba. Es un placer escucharle tocar, sobre todo si os gusta la guitarra de los 70 (Pink Floyd).
También participa en Jam Sessions semanales en La Chistera, Monachil.
Que tengáis un gran día.

4 may 2015

New Things We Are Learning These Days...

Good morning!
I hope you had a really memorable bank holiday.
All right, folks...!
Here I am, back after the holiday and taking the most of some free minutes I have now. That´s a great chance to have my blog updated, in fact!
I´d like to comment on some issues we are dealing with in class in the past and next few weeks:

In 2º, we have already dealt with talking about a few places in town, like buildings and shops.
Now we are revising how to talk about clothes and how to describe our own appearance, trying
to be as accurate as possible. 

In 3º, we have gone through "directions", bearing in mind how to talk about places in town. We
ended up so "exhausted" that we have decided to learn how to talk about "feeling sick"and all the remedies we need when we have a back-ache, stomach-ache, a temperature... 
We learnt some questions to show that we care for our friends and family, such as "What´s wrong?" "What´s the matter?" "Are you okay?" and what we "must", "mustn´t"/don´t have to...
or "can/can´t" do when feeling sick.

In 4º, we have learnt about events in the past, such as those deeds some explorers carried out.
We enjoyed our trip on Cousteau´s Calypso (Nice childhood memories to me!) and now we are revising how to talk about pasta events, as well 
as how to compare using "-er  than..." and "more ...than..."
 

23 abr 2015

BOOK DAY. These are some of my favourite novels ever. What about you?

Good evening!
Happy Book Day!
Please feel free to leave some comments below!
So, then...
What´s your favourite book? That book you could read once and over again?
The book which means childhood to you?
To me they were, among many...
- "Hombrecitos" (Louise May Alcott)
- "Viaje al Centro de la Tierra" (Julio Verne)
- "Cuentos que mi madre nunca me contó" (Alfred Hitchcock)
- Toda la colección de Los Cinco (en especial el primero: "Los Cinco y el Tesoro de la Isla") de Enid Blyton...

We have already dealt with this nice topic of books in several lessons.
In 2ºB, we got the chance today to see an old book. It is so old that it does not even have a
copyright. We do not have a clue about the year it was published so our students in 2ºB and
in 4º are trying to find out that information (they will try and do some research in the internet).
It is a task I like doing with my kids every year since they realise books are more related to
personal experiences and  unveiled stories than to the mere fact of reading.

We learnt some questions such as:
1. When was it written or published?
2. Who was the author?

Some students in 4º have interviewed some other students at school and even some teachers.
We recorded their voices (as well as Carmen´s voice. She is our trainee teacher until May)
as they were chatting to some students in ESO and Bachillerato:

They´ve asked some questions, such as:

1. How often do you read?
2. What do you prefer? Books or films about books?
3. Why is it good to read books?





Some students in 4ºA and 4ºB have prepared some dialogues (Trainee Carmen´s project) that will
 be filmed by students in 1ºBachillerato.
Once we get the videos (thanks to teacher María), we will upload them in this blog.




JULES VERNE´S " VIAJE AL CENTRO DE LA TIERRA"

J.R.R TOLKIEN´S " THE LORD OF THE RINGS"

Mary Shelley´s "FRANKENSTEIN"


AND "ANNE OF GREEN GABLES" by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
I bought most of these novels in a second hand bookshop abroad. It´s a good way to get the "classics".

21 abr 2015

A Scrapbook for Our Mate Overseas. WEEKS 4 and 5



Good evening!
Here I submit two brief videos about how the scrapbook is going,
as well as some photos of the ideas we got this morning (after
carrying out our weekly brainstorming) and about how our weeks
develop themselves.









20 abr 2015

Control 2°B,3°B y 4°B (18 mayo); 4°A (21 mayo); 3°A (22 mayo)

Hola a todos.
De cara al control del 18 de mayo de 2°B,3°B y 4°B, de 4°A (21 de mayo) y 3°A (22 de mayo):
Como sé que se sienten muy realizados con la opción de "la hoja comodín", además del control que les prepararé, podrán demostrar lo que se han aprendido y la forma en que lo han hecho (vuestros trucos caseros, etc...) ese día.
Así tenemos el objetivo claro de cara a este mes de mayo en el que seguramente estaremos de comuniones algún fin de semana.Os resultará más fácil gestionar vuestro tiempo si ya conocéis la fecha clave del control.
Lo que tenemos que repasar en cada curso es:
2°B
Como hemos copiado esta mañana, los deberes hasta el 18 de mayo consisten en repasar los animales del tema 7 (hablados y escritos), junto con preguntas y respuestas generales sobre ellos (las que llevábamos de deberes para hoy sobre nuestro animal favorito).
También repasaremos I love/I like/I don't like...
Y el "So do I"/"Neither do I".
Por último, ubicaremos animales con las preposiciones que ya hemos aprendido durante el curso (next to/opposite/in front of.../behind/in/on/between).
3°A y 3°B
Para el control repasaremos un mínimo de 20 lugares de la ciudad (de los que se aprendieron para hoy), imprescindible saberse los que aparecen en el tema.
Además repasaremos lo que se debe hacer o no en cada sitio público (You must.../you mustn't...) y las instrucciones para entender una dirección (las copiamos la semana pasada en la libreta: Where's the...?
go straight on; turn left/right; take the first/second/third street on the left/right; turn around the corner; go over the bridge).
4°A y 4°B
Para el control repasaremos:
Los verbos en infinitivo y en pasado del tema 4 (repaso).
La salud.
Los ordinales desde 1st a 20th.
Los días de la semana,las asignaturas y los lugares que frecuentamos.
Un saludo.

9 abr 2015

What 's your favourite animal?

Good evening!
In 2° we are learning how to talk about animals, where they live, about their habits...
This is my mum's cat. My nephew found it when it was less than a month old. It was alone, in the street. So we decided to keep it.
I had my first cat when I was 11.
It was like Garfield and as naughty as it was!
My cat liked eating its cat food but it loved ham and crisps!
My mum's cat is a Siamese.
It is eight years old.
It likes cat food.
It loves jumping on the wardrobes!
It is naughty sometimes.
It hides under the bed and it loves sleeping on my mum's lap!
Here I show you some pics of it (
when it was just two months old and a pic I took some months ago).
Do you have a pet?
What's your favourite animal?
What does it eat?

8 abr 2015

A Scrapbook for Our Mate Overseas. Week 3

Welcome back to school after our amazing Easter holidays!

Yesterday we kept on working about our scrapbook.
We are organised in teams so that our job can become easier and more cooperative (since this is one of the main targets of this task).

We have already discussed about the events that we consider relevant as to be included in our two weeks report and we have already started preparing some material and decorations for our scrapbook.

We´ll keep you informed!

Have a nice evening!

20 mar 2015

Why Ireland? Summary of the Irish Week (Video)



19 mar 2015

Father´s Day

Good evening,
I am about to upload something we recorded this morning in some classes.
They are several podcasts in which our kids answer some questions about their dads.
Some of the answers are really sweet.
I hope you enjoy them!

 
 


 
 
 

17 mar 2015

A Scrapbook for Our Mate Overseas. Week 2

Good afternoon and Happy Saint Patrick´s Day.
Today we celebrated this Irish Holiday by explaining some facts about Ireland.
Carmen (Práctica de Lengua Extranjera en el cole desde febrero hasta mayo)
has explained some things
about Ireland (a video about Saint Patrick, the shamrock and
its meaning...)
I´ll send the pictures of it to the families involved via PASEN.
Here I submit the video of the project in one of the classes.

PLAY the videos (One uploaded. There are four)

 
















16 mar 2015

So it seems Ireland has just entered school, hasn´t it? Céad Míle Fáilte!

Good afternoon!
Well...first of all I would like to say thanks to Carmen (la seño de prácticas de 
Magisterio Lengua Extranjera).She has stuck all the shamrocks that she prepared
 for our kids. She also talked about Ireland and its traditions.
He pedido las banderas a Irlanda. Lo demás son cositas que compré cuando
 viví allí y en viajes posteriores y que sabía que usaría tarde o temprano 
para decorar alguna clase.A lo largo de la semana hablaremos de Irlanda
 en clase y les enseñaré algunas cosas típicas...
I upload some photos I took this morning.

15 mar 2015

Our Irish week is starting tomorrow

Dear readers,
I'm getting all my Irish stuff ready for tomorrow (like this bodhrán
 I bought 13 years ago...)
Hopefully I'll be getting the parcel I ordered (some Irish decorations
 coming from Omagh. We'll be having some funny lessons this week).
In the mood for Saint Patrick's Day celebrations!

11 mar 2015

11M. 11 years already

Hola a todos.

Quiero compartir la foto de este periódico

 que compré en Omagh el 18 de marzo

 de 2004 (una semana después de los atentados del 11M que viví alli, tan lejos

 de España.) 
Aquel día me llamó Ciara, mi compañera

 de casa, quien estaba en el salón mientras

 yo me hacía un té en la cocina.Eran en 

torno a las 8 y algo de la mañana de

 alli (más de las 9 en España).Me dijo

 algo así como:there's something 

going wrong in Madrid.It seems 

it's a train crash...
La BBC mostraba las imágenes 

atroces de Atocha y ya hablaban 

de posible atentado.
Me fui a CBS (Christian Brothers 

Grammar School, el cole católico

 donde daba clase de español) y al

 llegar a la sala de profesores, mis compañeros irlandeses me comentaron

 que ya había muchas víctimas. Recuerdo 

que a media mañana me dijeron la cifra 

de 83. La cifra seguía subiendo.
El periódico muestra al fondo al 

alcalde de Omagh y a un grupo 

de peluqueras que pasaban esos 

días en la ciudad. Al ser españolas

 varias de las víctimas de Omagh 

de agosto del 98, el ayuntamiento

 organizó una ceremonia religiosa 

para solidarizarse con el pueblo 

español y con la otra chica española

 y yo que vivíamos en Omagh.Incluso 

hubo otra española, Language 

Assistant también que movió 

cielo y tierra hasta conseguir

 organizar un recital de música 

en Belfast en homenaje a las víctimas 

del 11M, al que fuimos casi todos los asistentes de español de Irlanda 

del Norte.

Compré este periódico para 

recordar que aquel pueblecito-ciudad

 de Irlanda del Norte llamado Omagh 

nos mostró todo su apoyo a los 

españoles que lo estábamos viviendo 

lejos de casa.Es un recuerdo que me acompaña cada 11 de marzo por 

lo que supuso en aquel momento.
Como recuerdo de lo que 

pasó, he querido compartir esto

 con vosotros.

10 mar 2015

A Scrapbook for Our Mate Overseas Week 1

Good evening.
Today´s the day we started our Scrapbook in one of our classes.
We talked about the rules we´ll need to abide by in order to make it possible and we recorded our first podcast.
In it, "our mate overseas" talks about what he would like to see in the scrapbook we´ll create for him from now on. The picture of the Leprechaun has been done by Carmina as some decorations for Saint Patrick´s Day (to be displayed and celebrated on 17th March).
PLAY (CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO HEAR THE PODCAST).
.

5 mar 2015

What a nice surprise!

Good evening!
I was just checking some social networks when I came across this post by a friend.
The video shows some information about exhibitions in Omagh and, near the end of it I just saw Valerie! She was the teacher in the singing group I attended every week.She taught me lots of songs I've also taught my students, such as 'As I Went Down in The River To Pray'.
Os adjunto un video que acabo de encontrar sobre Omagh y me he llevado la sorpresa de ver en él a Valerie, mi profesora de canto de cuando viví alli.Ella me enseñó muchas canciones, como la que les enseñé a los chicos de ahora 2°ESO (entonces 4°de Primaria) y a los chicos de 6°de este año (As I Went Down in The River To Pray).Ya veréis qué canción tan bonita cantan al final.
Me ha hecho tanta ilusión ver a Valerie en este vídeo después de 10 años que lo comparto con mis niños, porque vosotros también habéis cantado canciones que ella me enseñó.
Vídeo

"A Scrapbook For Our Mate Overseas"

Dear families,
There is one of our students who is moving abroad for some months. That´s the reason why her mum thought of keeping in touch while they are away.
Therefore, since I´m carrying out a Scrapbook project in 6º, I decided to devote  every  Tuesday hour in one class to carry out a similar project.
The idea is to film the tasks they do in class as a way to show their classmate how they spend these months far away from him.
They are quite enthusiastic about the idea. We even wrote and signed a "compromise" , which they got as something crucial to do.
We will be in charge of showing, using cuttings, pictures, labels...the issues that go on in that group from now on.
I´m sure we´ll have a great time and we´ll learn a lot about how to express our feelings and ideas in English.

Regards!


3 mar 2015

Publicadas en PASEN las notas del control de la semana pasada de 3ºA y 3ºB

Colgada en PASEN la nota del control de la semana pasada.
Queridas familias,
ya están colgadas las notas del control (actividad evaluable COIng).
Excelente: equivale a sobresaliente.
Bueno: bien-notable.
Adecuado: suficiente.
Regular: insuficiente.
Es conveniente que repasemos por escrito las acciones o hábitos diarios si hemos tenido Adecuado o Regular.
Hay mayoría de "Excelente" en ambas clases.
Os adjunto la fotografía del dictado de mímica que tanto les gusta a vuestros hijos y que una niña me ha escrito en su hoja "comodín":

Un saludo.

24 feb 2015

Publicadas en PASEN las notas de 4° y 2ºB.

Good evening!
As you already noticed I just marked some tests.
You can check it in PASEN (2ºB and 4°).
Thanks so much to that mum for that email I got this evening. When you realise you want to sing in English when you are just 4 years old and you feel you want to devote yourself to teaching it, to make those words and sounds clear to those around you, then you feel you're no longer studying to become a teacher but to help people in their quest for communication.I'm a teacher and I'll always be one.I always knew English would be my target.I'm happy to get the chance to make your kids get into it as I got.
They can get what they want to.Sky is the limit.
Thanks for your nice words today.You made up my day!

23 feb 2015

Changing some features

Good evening.
As you can notice, we are already in the mood for Saint Patrick´s Day.
I was so lucky as to celebrate it twice while I lived in Ireland (in 17 March 2004 I took part in the Dublin parade, dancing and performing with my fellow partners from the Omagh Community Arts. It is a memory I´ll always treasure since it was so funny to see people taking pictures of us while we were singing and dancing in O´Connell Street!)
Si os apetece escuchar algo de música (especialmente dedicada a los que ya tenemos una cierta edad, como yo...), pinchad en la bandera inglesa de la barra de encima del título del blog. Si pincháis el signo + junto a la palabra LONDON, se despliega el menú de canciones ( de todos los tiempos...) La primera, es la primera canción de la que tengo constancia de haber buscado la letra en el diccionario, cuando no existía internet y las letras de las canciones las teníamos sólo si comprábamos el vinilo...tenía su encanto.
Feliz tarde.

Greetings!

17 feb 2015

Información que publicaré en PASEN esta tarde. Controles de 2ºB,3º y 4º

Buenas tardes a todos.
Publico la información aqui primero (PASEN está en su parada diaria de mantenimiento y aún no se puede acceder).
Antes de comentar lo que tenemos que repasar, recuerdo este punto:
Las notas se colgarán en PASEN en una escala de:Regular, Poco, Adecuado, Bueno y Excelente) .
Puesto que el control representa un porcentaje mínimo de la nota global, he creído conveniente
no darle nota númerica.
1. Regular- Poco: no superado.
2. Adecuado: superado.
3. Bueno: bastante bien.
4. Excelente: casi perfecto o perfecto. 
2°Primaria B. CONTROL el lunes 23 de febrero. Repasaremos:
-Family (en la libreta): saber escribir los miembros de la familia.
 -Saxon Genitive: Añadimos ´s al dueño/a del objeto o en la relación de parentesco:

This is mummy´s book (Este es el libro de mamá)
This is Karen´s  sister. (Esta es la hermana de Karen).
  -Present Continuous (to be+-ing verb):

What´s Suzy doing? She´s playing. ¿Qué está haciendo Suzy? Está jugando.
- Verbos en su forma continua (-ing):


Doing (haciendo)
Drawing (dibujando)
Cleaning (limpiando)
Flying (volando)
Eating (comiendo)
Making (haciendo)
Spelling (deletreando) 
 
3°A. CONTROL, el martes, 24 de febrero.
3ºB .CONTROL, el lunes, 23 de febrero. Repasamos:

   Everyday Life:
-Present Continuous (to be+-ing)
-Daily habits: to wake up/to get up/to have a shower/to get dressed/to take the bus/to get undressed/to wash your hands/to go to bed.

-House Chores:
   To prepare breakfast/lunch/dinner
   To help in the kitchen
   To tidy up my room/kitchen/living room/bathroom
   To separate waste
   To take the rubbish out
   To sort the laundry
   To take care of pets...



-Days of the Week:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Parts of the Day:


In the morning: por la mañana
In the afternoon: por la tarde, a medio día.
In the evening: por la tarde/noche
At night: de noche

-Adverbios de frecuencia:

- How often do you take the bus?
I take the bus every day.
Always/every day/sometimes/rarely/never : siempre,todos los días, a veces, casi nunca, nunca.



The Time:
-Horas en punto e y media:

I take the bus at seven o´clock .
I take the bus at half past seven.

4°A. CONTROL, el martes 24 de febrero.

4ºB. CONTROL, el lunes, 23 de febrero. Repasamos:
 
       -Health matters:



What´s wrong? What´s the matter? (¿Qué pasa?):

       To have a cold
       To have a headache
       To have a stomach-ache
       To have a cough
       To have a sore throat
       To have the 'flu
       To go to see a doctor

       To take some medicine...


Adverbios de frecuencia:


- How often do you go to the doctor´s?
 

Always/every day/sometimes/rarely/never : siempre,todos los días, a veces, casi nunca, nunca.

 Healthy habits (lo tienen copiado como Class Activity en la libreta. La actividad que hicimos con hábitos
saludables y costumbres dañinas para la salud).

PAST:

El pasado de verbos (en la primera página del tema 3 del libro de texto:

- To be: 
  I  am (presente) ---------I was (pasado)
   He/She/It is (presente)----------- He/She/It was (pasado)
   You/We/They are (presente)----------You/We/They were (pasado)

- To have:
   
  I have (presente)------I had (pasado)
  He/She/It has (presente) ------He/She/It had (pasado)
  You/We/They have (presente)--You/We/They had (pasado)

-To eat:
  Eat (presente)------ate (pasado)
  He/She/It eats----He/She/It ate (pasado)

- To drink:
   Drink (presente)---drank (pasado)
   He/She/It drinks---He/She/It drank (pasado).
- To go:
   Go(presente)---went (pasado)
   He/She/It goes---He/She/It went (pasado)
- To see:
   see (presente)---saw (pasado)
  He/She/It sees---He/She/It saw (pasado)
-To take:
  take(presente) ---took (pasado)
  He/She/It takes---He/She/It took (pasado)
-To give:
  give (presente)---gave (pasado)
  He/She/it gives (presente)---He/She/It gave (pasado)

Hoy...