These are the books we are going to read this year 2010/11 in our English classes

(we’ve already started with some of them, haven’t we?)

1st. ESO

-The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling, ed. Vicens Vives

- (and also for the bilingual group) This is London, by Philip Prowse, ed. MacMillan

- 1st ESO FLEX. - Uluru, by Helen Burton, ed. Burlington

2nd. ESO

- The Secret of the Stones, by Victoria Heward, ed. Vicens Vives

-  Bilingual group: Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers, by VV.AA., ed. Oxford

and also A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, ed. Express Publishing

- 2nd. ESO FLEX.- British Myths and Legends, by Julie Hart, ed. Burlington

3rd. ESO

- British and American Festivities, by Gina D. B. Clemen, ed. Vicens Vives

- (and also, for the bilingual group) Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw, ed. Express Publishing

- 3rd ESO FLEX.- The Adventures of Captain Crossbones, by Anne Stanmore, ed. Burlington

4th. ESO

- Legends from the British Isles, by Deborah Meyers, ed. Vicens Vives

- London, by John Escott, ed. Oxford

- 4th. ESO DIV. - The Adventures of Captain Crossbones, by Anne Stanmore, ed. Burlington

1st. BACH.

- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, by Sue Townsed, ed. Burlington

- The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, ed. Vicens Vives

2nd. BACH.

- The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, by Sue Townsed, ed. Burlington

- Australia and New Zealand, by Christine Lindop, ed. Oxford

In 4th ESO we’ve been talking about books these past days,

and many of us agreed that we loved reading stories!

Some of us liked thrillers,

others liked fantasy, science fiction, comics,…

What about YOU? Tell us about your favourite books and stories,

and if you’ve already started reading any of the books above, tell us what you think of it!

We accept any suggestion !

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Welcome, everybody!!!

It’s great to see you all again, and to see so many new faces!!

Holidays have finished and the brand new school year has just started .

There are lots of new things to learn,

of laughs to share,

of work to do…!

We’re going to chat, sing, act, play,…!

Aren’t you dying to start??

We heartily welcome you!! Let’s share a brilliant year together!

Yes, yes, yes!!! Summer’s here to stay and we’re on holiday!!

Isn’t it great???

We’ve worked hard this year, haven’t we? Do you remember everything?

We slogged our guts out for Halloween,

and then again for Christmas!

We did a superb job on St. Valantine’s

and some of us worked hard on Black History Month!

We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day,

and we learned so much about the States and Oregon!

But that was not all! We had some theatre (”Going underground”, remember?),

we dressed up for Carnival…

we went on a fabulous trip to Paris and London,

and then a spectacular one to Margate!!!

We visited Gijón’s Aquarium and the Railway Museum,

and we saw a fabulous film at the Cinema’s Festival (”Jimmy & Lulu”, quite a laugh, wasn’t it?).

And of course we had Collin, our cool language assistant,

who was with us in all this, and even more! How lucky we’ve been!!

So we’ve worked a lot, but now, at last, we’re on holiday!!

Some of us are going to Great Britain, to continue improving their excellent English

- Flabio, Marcos, María, Nereida,…- Have a great time, all of you!!

Some are going to the beach,

others are going to another city for some time,

others are staying home, just resting and relaxing…

Enjoy a great summer, whatever you’re doing!!! See you back in September!!

We celebrated a party on Friday, May 28th,

because Collin Bonsey  , our cool language assistant, was leaving us.

He left us to go to his country, the USA, for his summer holidays.

He promised to come back to pay a visit to us and he will!!!

 We wish him all the best.

He will never be forgotten.

We learnt a lot of things from him; thanks to him, now, we know a bit more about his country, his hobbies and  DISC GOLF.

Browse through these videos to believe what I am telling you

He showed us the basic rules for the game and the three different ways to throw the disc.

Have a look at the photos by clicking on the logo

On the day of the party we did a lot of things.

He even brought his father, JIM, and his friend, JESSE,  for us to meet.

We drank coke and we had lots of crisps, nuts and cookies.

(it was all yummy)

We also listened to some music.

BORJA, from 2º ESO B, played the bagpipes:

And not only did he play the bagpipes but also the accordion .

MARCOS, from 2º Flex, also came to pay tribute to Collin by singing “ASTURIAS PATRIA QUERIDA”.

Guess what we did as well? DANCE AND SING, YES , YES, WE DID IT…

And we did well and had a great time, didn´t we? 

IT WAS A DAY TO REMEMBER!

He was also given lots of presents to take home. Lucky him!

And a lovely LETTER written in English, to his surprise, as a token of our gratitude.

Click on the BALLONS if you want to see some of the photos taken on that day

Good bye COLLIN! We will all miss you a lot!

THANK YOU FOR THE MOMENTS WE SHARED!!!

We love travelling so much that we can’t stop doing it! And this time, it was the youngest of our Secondary School, the students of 1st. and 2nd. ESO!!

We’ve spent a marvelous week in Margate (Kent), staying with cozy English families and learning a lot about Britain and British way of life! And of course we practiced a lot of English!!

Do you know where Margate is? We didn’t know before going, but we do now!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margate is a quiet and peaceful village on the south east coast of England. It’s in the county of Kent, also known as “The Garden of England”. It’s a really beautiful place to be!!

But we didn’t just stay in Margate! We went to many other places, for example, LONDON.  

We saw lots of things in London: The Tower of London, Covent Garden, 

the London Eye,the Houses of Parliament, The Change of the Guard, …

We did a river tour on The Thames, we went shopping in Piccadilly, in Oxford Street,… We saw dinosaurs in the Natural History Museum… 

       We even went to a musical, The Lion King, which was spectacular!!!

        We did enjoy it!!

We also spent a great day in CANTERBURY, visiting The Cathedral, listening to some tales in The Canterbury Tales Museum, and doing another river tour with some gorgeous rowers!!!

 

We visited LEEDS CASTLE (which, by the way, is not in Leeds),

and we went to MAIDSTONE, another nice village where we did our last river tour (and our last shopping, also !).

And some of us discovered our ability practicing bowling!

It was good fun!!

It was a great trip and we just can’t wait to repeat it!!

We took trillions of photos!! CLICK on the one below to see a selection of them!

And, as usual, we filmed a lot of videos!! Here’s a brief sample; enjoy them!

Yes, we’re back!!! We had a marvellous, exciting and exhausting trip! We saw lots of new and interesting places, we practised our French and English, we walked miles and miles, we sang, we laughed … and we slept very very little!!!!

First, we went to Paris!!

We visited Montmartre, the Eiffel Tower, the Arch of Triumph, …

We spent a whole day in Disneyland Paris, getting on and off the Space Mountain!

 

We had a delicious walk through Versailles Gardens

cycling our bikes    (though we had a bit of a fright due to our adventurous spirit,

wasn’t it true, Andrea and Belén   ?)

 

We saw Notre Dame, Madelaine Church, the Champs Elysées…

and we had a freezing   but spectacular boat ride on the Seine!!!!

Though we had a lovely sunny   weather, and so Paris was even more romantic  than usual!!!!

 

And then, London!

Bloomsbury, the Tower of London, The Monument, Saint Paul’s Cathedral…

We went shopping in Covent Garden, Piccadilly, Oxford Street …

We had an amazing view of London from the London Eye

and again a spectacular boat ride on the Thames (this time, a sunny and a bit warmer ride !).

 

We saw the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben,

Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace (with the change of guard!!).

We had a delicious hamburger at the Planet Hollywood

 

and then …

we went to Queen’s musical “We will rock you”,

which was just terrific!! .

Finally, due to some volcano ashes (incredible, isn’t it?) ,

we ended up visiting Futuroscope,

which was the perfect ending for a superb trip!!!

We had such a great time, we just didn’t want to come back!!!

If you want to see some of our millions of photos, click on the album!!

And finally, feel free to watch a brief sample of the tons of videos filmed on the premises

 We did a lot of filming, didn´t we?

Some of our students have written a brief account of it all.

Have a look at it!!!

“After spending four days in France, we took the ferry and then we
travelled to London by coach. We arrived in London in the afternoon
and went to the hotel to leave our luggage. It was our first day in
London and we were very excited!…”

Click here to read the rest!! 

And click here to read some more!!!         

                  

It was a special trip because of our special students! Thanks, everybody!!  

We had this show performed at our Secondary School on Monday, April 12th, and … 

WHAT A SHOW!!!

Didn´t we all enjoy it???

Do you remember what it was about?:

The London Underground is the oldest and one of the biggest in the world. The history and culture of Britain’s capital city are inextricably linked with its famous Underground. A train journey through its stations is a journey through time and the chance to savour all that London has to offer.

Apart from 273 Underground stations in use there are more than 40 “Ghost Stations”; closed to the public and to trains. In times of Economic Crisis and population growth there are plans to convert some of these stations into underground car parks.

And remember what William Shakespeare once said:

“The world´s a stage and every man must play his part”

By the way, does this picture ring a bell to you?  I hope so!!!

Now, have a look at these pictures, by clicking ON THIS CAMERA ,
and see if you can spot yourself.

And finally, LADIES and GENTLEMEN, please give a big round of APPLAUSE for the actors and actresses on the show !!!

               Hi, folks!!

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