A Trip to Knowledge

10 dic 2016

News from England and Italy

By The Leprechaun in charge12:55E, E-Twinning 2016No comments

Hi!
Teachers Linda and Barbara (from England and Italy) just wrote to say they got our letters!
We are already waiting to get theirs by post.
Here I upload something the kids in Verona wrote for us.
They know we are learning about "There is/are..."
¡Nos envían fotos con las tarjetas que mandaron nuestros niños y niñas de 2°, de su clase y de las tarjetas que están enviando por Europa!

Ezine (Periódico Digital)

By The Leprechaun in charge19:07MagazineNo comments

Hace varios años realicé un proyecto de periódico digital con alumnos de 1°ESO. Ahora ya están en ESO/Bachillerato.
Este año, para dar respuesta a la inquietud reportera de varios alumnos, he creado otro en el mismo portal educativo de Finlandia en el que registré aquel "Santo Domingo News" (el nombre que escogieron aquellos alumnos).
Crearé páginas en función de la demanda de los niños y niñas.
Sé que el apartado de tecnología y ordenadores (Technology) será el más visitado, junto con el de música (Music).
Me acaban de dar de alta el periódico en este portal:
Ezine (Periódico Digital en Inglés. 6°)EZINE (periódico digital en Inglés) de 6º

Fechados los controles de Inglés de 3°,4° y6°

By The Leprechaun in charge20:27INFORMACIÓN SOBRE CONTENIDOSNo comments

Hola a todos.
Ya he fechado los controles de 3°,4° y 6°.
La información la colgué en PASEN esta mañana.

Ready to post our letters

By The Leprechaun in charge17:21E-Twinning 2016No comments

Good evening.
Here I am,ready to take our letters to the post.
We'll send the comics and letters to
our partner schools from England,Italy and Poland!

A new school involved in our project!

By The Leprechaun in charge22:17E-Twinning 2016No comments

Good evening!
Teacher Barbara from Verona (Italy) has asked me to become a partner in our project.
She teaches kids ages 7-8.
Happy days!
We'll keep you updated!

News from England!

By The Leprechaun in charge7:22E-Twinning 2016No comments

Good morning!
I just checked our ETwinning space in the internet and I found this presentation they made for us:

What's the matter with you? Starting a new unit in 4°

By The Leprechaun in charge21:02INFORMACIÓN SOBRE CONTENIDOSNo comments

Hi!
We have just started revising something we learnt last year.
Our kids already know they need to revise a few words and structures.

I have uploaded a link below to some interesting material about health:

Video about health

Children's Rights

By The Leprechaun in charge1:12No comments

It is important to remember kids have rights every single day,not only today, when all the mass media will remind us of them despite showing vulnerable kids on TV and the internet in tough circumstances in their lives,depriving them of their own right to be respected when in pain and suffering.

I submit a link to a website whose aim is to protect Irish kids' rights.

There you will find the list of the UN rights for children:

Children's Rights

Happy! There's another partner in our project!

By The Leprechaun in charge1:02E-Twinning 2016No comments

Teacher Ewa,from Poland,has accepted my invitation to take
part in our project,together with
teacher Helen,from the UK.
We'll get some info they are
getting ready at school and
I'll soon post our "comics"
to the English school by
traditional post!

Proyecto E-Twinning

By The Leprechaun in charge15:05E-Twinning 2016No comments

Queridas familias,
Ya me han aprobado el proyecto E-Twinning que elaboré hace tiempo.
Colaboraré con una maestra de un centro de Primaria de Reino Unido.
Probablemente se irán uniendo más centros de diversos países europeos.
Os iré manteniendo informados desde aqui con la etiqueta (Label) "E-Twinning 2016".
Enlace al proyecto

Lest We Forget

By The Leprechaun in charge7:24No comments

Hoy es un día importante en UK.
Armistice Day.
Hoy se rinde homenaje a los soldados británicos que murieron en la Gran Guerra.
Desde el 1 hasta el 11 de noviembre de cada año,se lleva un poppy (amapola) en la ropa como pin.
A mi me dieron el mío y lo llevé en el colegio protestante de Omagh donde trabajé hace ya 14 años.
Aún lo conservo.Hoy lo llevaré,no por razones políticas o religiosas sino como ejemplo cultural también.

Picture Description 2°,3° 4°

By The Leprechaun in charge16:37No comments

One of the main targets in
language teaching is to
help our kids overcome
their fears and describe
what they can see in pics.
Here I upload one I took
in the UK.
What can you say about it?
You can write some comments.
As soon as I get them and
have a look,they will be
published.
Os adjunto una foto que,
me pareció muy curiosa y que
hice del escaparate de una
tienda de Inglaterra.
Os animo a describir lo que
vemos y publicar comentarios (antes me llegan a mi y los superviso antes de
que se publiquen).

Tests Info and GAMES

By The Leprechaun in charge15:54INFORMACIÓN SOBRE CONTENIDOSNo comments

Dear families,
You can check the games
I upload on the right side
column (GAMES).
They are useful to revise
all those words and
structures we should learn
for our tests.
Queridas familias,
Os animo a consultar la
columna de GAMES de la
derecha del blog. En ella
voy colgando juegos de
repaso para controles.
Voy a colgar varios para 2°(objetos),3°(habitaciones) y 4°(adverbios).
Os animo a comentar las
entradas y participar en el blog.
Saludos
(The Leprechaun in Charge)

Project

By The Leprechaun in charge21:46No comments

Dear families,
Those who have known me for years also know how I carried out several projects with other countries several years ago.
I already made a new one and I am happy to say that we will be in touch with kids from a primary school in England.
It is in a small village on the coast.
I will make kids take part in it according to several tasks linked to our subject (and others).
More info to be posted soon!

Language can link kids beyond frontiers

By The Leprechaun in charge17:04No comments

Good evening.
As you know,October is considered (at school) to be a month to raise some money for those countries whose kids are deprived of their basic rights.
There was a campaign last week to raise awareness of the importance of cooperation.
English is a language and,therefore,the means to relate to kids all over the world.
That is the reason why kids in 4° have started writing two letters to send them to two girls who suffered devastation after the floodings in Haiti,a few years ago.They are also 9 like them and we will send those letters as soon as we finish them next week.We are all sure they will make them smile when they get them.
Thank you,kids!

Monsters and Mythology in films, songs and literature. 6º approach to Halloween

By The Leprechaun in charge16:42HalloweenNo comments

Good evening.
I hope you enjoy the link below to a Google Drive document which one of our students in 6º has written. It is about a funny film called Hotel Transylvania.
You should have a look!
Thanks, Julia!

Julia´s Review. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (CLICK ON THIS LINK)
Trailer (Click on this link)

Halloween

By The Leprechaun in charge19:32HalloweenNo comments

Welcome to this blog after a long break.

Halloween is here at last and as I do every single year,I'll give my view on it.

I was raised into a generation to which Halloween was something only to be seen in American films of the late 70s and 80s.

However,I was lucky enough as to end up living in Northern Ireland,where the Halloween tradition as an evolution of the Shamáin Celtic festival is supposed to have been originated at first.

Halloween is not an American tradition but one the Irish immigrants brought into the States.

I learned about all that during my stay near Londonderry (or Derry) for Halloween.When you walk through fields,next to graves in churches in the city centre,covered by the mist and with ravens as pedestrians,waiting on traffic lights posts to cross the road,then Halloween makes sense.

Therefore,I do not believe in the "imported" Halloween through mass media but in that ancient festival Celts were fond of.

I'll stick to gachas and buñuelos,what really makes sense to me in my culture.

Here I post a link to what Halloween should be here,something deprived of terror.Liam Neeson,an actor from Northern Ireland and Count Drakko,one of my childhood heroes.

Enjoy the video

(PINCHAD EN EL ENLACE).

Como curiosidad,Drakko hace un guiño a una de las composiciones más famosas del norteamericano

Glenn Miller's 'Pennsylvania 6-5000' ...aqui a modo de Transilvania

6-5000

Counting Halloween style.Good fun!

Recomendación de vocabulario Cambridge para toda primaria

By The Leprechaun in charge8:42INFORMACIÓN SOBRE CONTENIDOSNo comments

Buenos días.
Os adjunto varios enlaces con el vocabulario básico de los exámenes de Cambridge (Starters, Movers, Flyers) como objetivo de todos nuestros niños de Primaria de cara a cuando finalicen 6º curso.
Es el mismo vocabulario de nuestro método Kid´s Box (1-6) que utilizamos en clase, ya que lo escogimos por ser el más idóneo para la preparación de exámenes.

Un saludo y feliz verano.

Enlaces (Pinchad en cada uno):

1. VOCABULARIO STARTERS

2. VOCABULARIO MOVERS

3. VOCABULARIO FLYERS