An English corner in Tineo!

Do the names of
Barack Obama,
Malcolm X
or
Martin Luther King
ring a bell?
They surely do!!

But what do you know about
Rosa Parks,
Harriet Tubman
or
Jackie Robinson?
And then, they were really important black people
who did extraordinary things!!!

We’ll be working on the history of black people during this month.
Hey, isn’t it exciting?

BARACK OBAMA (OR “YES, WE CAN”)

On January 20, 2009,
Barack Obama was inaugurated as
the 44th president of the United States;
he is the first African American to become president of the country!!

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE? CLICK HERE!!

FANCY HAVING A LOOK AT THE WHITE HOUSE? CLICK HERE!!

LISTEN TO OBAMA’S SPEECH ON VICTORY,
CLICK HERE! - PART I, PART II

MALCOLM X  -  BLACK POWER

Malcolm X,
ex-leader of the Black Muslims,
was shot to death by his old friends
in February 1965,
when he started to reject violence.
His ideas helped to the creation of the “Black Power”.

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE? CLICK HERE!!

And this was only the beginning!
There’s so much about Black History!!

     CLICK HERE
TO LEARN MORE ON
THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN
BLACK HISTORY   

We enjoyed practising weather rhymes, and with Collin’s help it was fun indeed!

“Whether the weather be fine, 
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Or whether the weather be hot,
We’ll weather the weather,
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.” - Author Unknown

We’re soo happy to have Collin with us! Whenever he comes into a classroom, all the faces change and everybody starts smiling! We always always have a laugh when he’s around, and we’re learning so many things from him!

In our Art class, in Bilingual 1B,

our teacher Graciela suggested drawing something related to Collin,

and we had a great time doing it!

Here are some of our pictures!

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE THEM! 

Today in 1º A we’ve decided to have a romantic rest on this rainy wintry Friday, and we’ve listened to Beyonce’s “Halo”.

Some of us understood the lyrics perfectly well, and we filled most of the gaps the very first time! Aren’t we cool? (or, as Collin would say, “aren’t we fly”?)

If you want to follow the lyrics of the song, as we did today, CLICK HERE: LYRICS

If you want to know more about Beyoncé, visit her website: CLICK HERE: BEYONCÉ KNOWLES

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT WE DID FOR CHRISTMAS AT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL?

We did some tongue twisters and I think we did pretty well, didn´t we?

It was quite a laugh, wasn´t it?

Then we did some Christmas singing; it wasn´t bad at all, was it?

THANK YOU COLLIN FOR YOUR HELP!!!

Some even did some presentations; it was great, FANTASTIC!!!

We decorated some of the classrooms with different things; some even posted their New Year´s Resolutions on a Christmas Tree.

Click on the animated Christmas Tree to see:

We finally exhibited all the works for the Christmas competition in the School Library. All the students did a great job. CRACKING GOOD!!!

Click on the animated snowman to see:

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COLLABORATION!

And now click on the animated REINDEER to see the awarded works and the winners

Welcome back, everybody! We’ll definitely weather the weather whatever the weather, won’t we?

It’s been a somehow weird way of starting classes again, with all those tons of snow around us, but never mind! From the English Department we want to wish you all a good start of your second term! It’s going to be a bit long term, but full of interesting activities, you’ll see!

And enjoy the snow while it lasts!

It´s nearly time for Christmas!  Do you want to take part in our Christmas competition?  You can win fantastic prizes!  There are different levels, so have a look !

1st & 2nd ESO: Christmas cards

3rd ESO: Letters to Santa Claus

4th ESO: Posters  about Christmas celebrations

in the different English-speaking countries.

Some guides you should follow:

      1. Christmas cards

• Fold a paper
• Draw a picture on the cover
• Write your Christmas greeting inside

       2 . Letter to Santa

• Begin your letter with a salutation

• Tell him you’ve been very good this year                                                    

• Mention the presents you’d like
  

• Remind Santa of presents your family and friends might like

• Thank him for being so generous
  

• Dear Santa…                                           

• 3. Poster about Christmas in Canada, New Zealand and Australia

• Describe briefly the different celebrations                       

• Decorate your poster with nice pictures

The Jungle Book is a story by Rudyard Kipling.

Disney made a very successful film out of it.

It is about a baby boy that some animals find in the jungle in India.

Bagheera, a friendly panther, takes the baby to a wolf family. The wolves teach the boy how to walk, how to ‘play dead’ and other useful things. And they give him a name: Mowgli. Life with the wolves is great. But there is a problem. A hunter has shot at Shere Khan, the tiger. Now, Shere Khan hates all men.

 He even wants to kill Mowgli.The wolves know that Mowgli is no longer safe with them. So they decide that Bagheera must take him to a village.On the way to the village, Mowgli has some adventures. First he meets Kaa, a snake that thinks Mowgli will make a good meal. But Bagheera saves Mowgli.Later, after Bagheera has saved Mowgli from Kaa, they meet Baloo, an unusual bear.

He likes music and he sings and dances and Mowgli likes him.

When Mowgli and Baloo are swimming in a river, some monkeys kidnap Mowgli. But Bagheera and Baloo help the boy.Mowgli is angry with them because he does not want to go to the village. He wants to stay with them in the jungle. But Bagheera and Baloo know that the jungle is too dangerous for him. So he wants to be alone and runs away from them. This is when Shere Khan gets his chance.He wants to kill Mowgli now. But suddenly there is a flash of lightning from the sky and then there is a fire. Shere Khan runs away, because he is afraid of fire, and Mowgli is all right.He and his friends now walk together again till they are near the village.

Here Mowgli meets a beautiful girl and he follows her into the village. Baloo and Bagheera go back to the jungle.

Our students from  1º ESO did some works on the  book.

CLICK on the monkey to see them all

LABORAL CULTURE CITY

On Thursday 26th 1st bach students visited the Laboral Culture City which is in the surroundings of Gijón.

It was built in the mid-20th century as the “Universidad Laboral”

and after lots of remodelling works and a long period of abandonment,

this monumental space opened its doors once more in 2007 as a place of

21th culture, art education and creation.

We entered the main building by the impressive corinthian patio where we picked up our tickets and our guide in the Visitor Reception Centre.

After that, we continued our visit in the main square, (inspired by that of  San Marcos in Venice) containing around it:

                                                                                     the church

                       the theater                                                     and the tower                     

                    the  university offices      and       the  Café

Then, we went to visit a very original exhibition of very old washing machines, driers, ironing boards ….and other weird inventions.

have a look at it clicking here !!

and finally we went to the theater to watch the film LULU and JIMI,

it was hilariuos and we all enjoyed it a lot.

One more thing! if you like ice-skating, an ice-rink is going to be opened on the 4th december at La Laboral

 looks like lots of fun! would you try?

THE ART OF NOISE:

driers, irons, washing machines, switchboards…

We are so COOL, We love ART