The Omagh people

I can't believe the news today.
I can't close my eyes and make it go away...
Hoy pienso   en cómo estarán pasando este día en mi segundo hogar después de la noticia que acabo de leer sobre Omagh...
Esa ciudad que me atrapó hace años.Ciudad fuerte y sólida que se crece ante el terror

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Talking about our teachers

We are dealing with ordinal numbers in 4°.
That's why we thought it would be fine to know about those teachers and school staff who taught us to do something for the first time.
Some of our kids have just introduced them to us...

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Will you marry me?

Según una antigua tradición irlandesa que alguien me contó en 2004 (año bisiesto que yo viví precisamente alli...), el 29 de febrero era el día en el que las mujeres irlandesas pedían en matrimonio a los hombres (en una sociedad tan distinta a la actual era todo un logro).

Hace unos años que me traje este Claddagh Ring,el anillo típico de boda irlandés (no en mi caso,you know...)

¡Feliz día de petición de mano,mujeres irlandesas!

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Día de Andalucía

Good morning!
As you know,our kids are taking part in
a cooking contest.
Here you have one of our kids in 5°,explaining how she cooked "Leche Frita"...Video 5°Leche Frita

Yummy!!!!

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What were you doing when...?

In 5° we are dealing with how to talk about past events.
We have also read about some events which made the world change,such as the Titanic sinking back in 1912 or the earthquake in Lisbon some centuries ago.
Here I post a picture I took two summers ago during my summer holidays in Cork.
The pic was taken in Cobh (the former Queenstown) in Ireland.
Cobh is well-known because it was the last calling port for the Titanic before she travelled the ocean and hit that iceberg which brought about such tragedy.
The sculptures are a homage to Annie Moore and her little brothers,who were the first immigrants registered in Ellis Island (where the Statue of Liberty stands) in New York,back to the end of 19th century and who departed Ireland from Cobh.

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Let´s Talk about Our City

There are certain times in which a debate can help us realise how well we know the world we live in.
Children in 5º are getting a speech ready about a city in the world.
During this week, we are also dealing with the Ups and Downs of living in our city.
We all agree that traffic is the main issue to cope with.

What´s your view on it?

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Charleston Talks

Hace dos semanas comenzamos las sesiones de Skype entre varios alumnos de 6° y 1°ESO y los estudiantes de español del Señor C.,de Charleston D.S.,el centro donde estudian habitualmente dos de nuestros alumnos estadounidenses.
Durante ambas sesiones, los chicos de nuestro colegio y de Charleston intercambiaron preguntas y se presentaron en Inglés y Español.
Continuaremos colaborando con el Departamento de Español de Charleston D.S. en diversas tareas a lo largo del curso.

It is such an honour for our school to post a few pictures taken during our first Skype videocalls between Charleston D.S and ours!
Both the students in 6°and 1°ESO took part in them in consecutive days.Mr C.'s students asked several questions to our kids as well as ours introduced themselves, both English and Spanish.
We will carry out more tasks together since we feel honoured to have had the chance to welcome a whole family for the school year among us.
Departamento de Inglés

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Peace Day

We are dealing with songs about peace this week...today it could only be this one by Black (Colin Vearncombe)...
This is the song that made me think about how wonderful life can be (when I was 9 years old and I could listen to it at home so many times!)
Farewell to a great musician.Here is the lyrics:

"Wonderful Life"

Here I go out to sea again
The sunshine fills my hair
And dreams hang in the air
Gulls in the sky and in my blue eyes
You know it feels unfair
There's magic everywhere

[CHORUS:]
Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful wonderful life

The sun's in your eyes
The heat is in your hair
They seem to hate you because you're there
And I need a friend
Oh I need a friend to make me happy
Not stand here on my own

[CHORUS]

I need a friend
Oh I need a friend
To make me happy
Not so alone

Buenos días.

Ya que estamos tratando la Unidad 3 sobre las direcciones e indicaciones

en Inglés, hemos realizado un trabajo sobre varios lugares que nos transmiten paz.

Nos encantaría compartirlos con vosotros, especialmente con el colegio de Charleston con el que nos comunicamos en varias clases.

Esperemos que os guste.
Aqui hay un video que nos explica cómo llegar a un lugar de paz:(Pinchad el enlace)
Mi lugar preferido

Horses

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Health Matters

This task is devoted to learning about health matters.
We are trying to teach how to talk about the feelings you have when you are feeling sick, like having a temperature, taking some medicine, etcetera.
We hope you like it.

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She

It's several years of watching her sitting at the front row during the lessons.
She always wanted to take part,to read even before having a clue whether the reading would be an easy one or not.
I stick to her voice.It was then Alex and Dani got so brave as to try and read the 'rat' role in that reading that started with that of 'Wanda the Witch is at home...'
And then one day she gave me something as a souvenir of the day she took her Communion.I still keep it as a bookmark.
And in 1°ESO,she gave that speech about the different kinds of flamenco dance...
And that day I entered the classroom and she was crying since she had already finished reading a novel whose ending was not as happy as she expected.
You will never get used to this.
It's the second time I will say bye to a student and now the hours we spent in the same class come running wildly from the back of my mind.
When you teach,you see your kids grow up and you know they will stick in your memory as the kids they were. We talked about our shared origins in the sense her parents come from the same place as me.I remember her as someone who craved for reading.
I once wrote her name in my 'school records' book and then it was like that year after year...her name and her surnames.
I just looked for that piece of cardboard with her name and the date of her Communion in it and I read it once and over again.She got stuck in our memories as a little child then and in our memory she will still be like then

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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

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The best news ever :)

Video

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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

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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)

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