WARM CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO EACH ONE OF YOU

CHRISTMAS!!! This word brings not only joy to our hearts but time to rest and recover energy to get a better start the second term.

Remember this:

       There is time for everything. The key is knowing how to organise it!

Here you can see a video of some pics in front of the photocall the eTwinning team has made for this special occasion.

OUR NEW ETWINNING PROJECT

This school year my 4ºESO students and I are involved in a new eTwinning project called EVERYDAY SITUATIONS. Apart from our Irish partner, we are also working with other European countries such as Poland, Ukraine, Italy and United Kingdom.

A new blog has been created for this project. If you follow us, you will see all the different activities carried out by each partner. Just click on the link below:

http://everydaysituationsproject.blogspot.com.es/

HALLOWEEN 2014

On October 31st the English Department organized an exhibition to celebrate Halloween. This time students were asked to bring whatever they wanted to make or design in order to take part in a contest.

Apart from this, I encouraged my 4º ESO students to participate by organizing a mini contenst  among themselves. Those who wanted to be part of it had to bring their projects on October 27th. There were 16 participants. Thanks to Alexandra, our English assistant, the secretaries, Ana and Fidela, and some other students, the best projects were  chosen. They are shown in the following pictures and video of the activity.

All the participants were given a Halloween bookmark and the best projects got some special presents.

THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!!!!

Excellent news for us!!

On October 31st we got this gratifying news: We were awarded with  the European Quality label for our eTwinning project EUROPEAN CONNECTIONS BLOG (http://euroconn.blogspot.com.es). This encourages us to continue working on our current eTwinning project with great enthusiasm: EVERYDAY SITUATIONS.

                                                              

The day before I had attended a seminar on eTwinning projects in Mérida and I felt so proud of my students when suddenly I saw them on a presentation. One of the speakers, Lourdes Gozalo (SNA), mentioned our project as an example to follow.

GREAT WORK STUDENTS!!!

From Spain, we would also like to congratulate our Irish partners:

eTwinning national Quality Label!

WE GOT IT, STUDENTS!!

Congratulations to all of you and thanks you very much for your cooperation. Last school year my students and I registered on eTwinning portal and started a project called EUROPEAN CONNECTIONS BLOG. It was also carried out by the Irish teacher Ciara Rock. The project had a good balance of ICT use (Information and Communications technology) and classroom activities which fit into the school curriculum.

The participation in this project was not considered as an extra work, but a tool used to improve my teaching skills and help my students communicate in a foreign language and work with students from another country.

4ºESO B  2013-14

OUR ENGLISH CORNER

Here is a great part of our job done this year. Thank you very much for your effort and participation in all the activities carried out through this school year. All of them can be seen on the following blogs:

1. http://govetustago.blogspot.com.es/
2. http://euroconn.blogspot.com.es/

TOP STUDENTS (School year 2013-14)

This morning a prize-giving ceremony for the students who got the highest number of stickers during the school year was held during my English lesson with my 4º ESO "B" students. 

The winners are:

Ángel Elías Montaño Quintero
Mercedes Romero Donoso
Raquel Morcillo Morcillo

They also received a diploma in recognizition of their hard work.

SPEAKING SITUATIONS 2013-14

For the third term, my students were asked to record two situations: SHOPPING and AT THE RESTAURANT for their final oral exam. Some of these situations have been included in the eTwinning project we have been working on with Salesian Secondary College, located outside the village of Pallaskenry, Limerick, Ireland.

Click on the pictures to see the videos

SHOPPING

AT THE RESTAURANT

GROUP A

AT THE RESTAURANT

GROUP B

Apart from these situations, some students also had to introduce their Irish friends in front of the other students.

THE BIG CHALLENGE 2014

On June 10th, a ceremony at the gym was attended by the Chief of the English Department, Consolación Riesco, and all the students who took part in the contest. All of them received diplomas and the three best ones at each level some prizes. Also the student who got the first position  was given a gift voucher of 25€ by the English Department.

1º ESO: Mª del Carmen Ruiz Menea
2º ESO: Íñigo López Mulet
3º ESO: Francisco Gómez López
4º ESO: Ángel E. Montaño Quintero

My compliments to the 2ºESO "A" student, Íñigo López Mulet for getting the second position in his level in Badajoz.

Finally, I would also like to thank my 4º ESO "B" students for taking part in the contest and congratulate two of them who got the first and second prize at their level in our school.

First Prize: Ángel E. Montaño Quintero
Second Prize: Raquel Morcillo Morcillo

POTLUCK 2014

Today after school, for the second time in two years, we organized a potluck with all the groups from 2nd of Bachillerato. A potluck is a get together where you have to bring food and share it with everyone else. For this reason, some of the synonyms of potluck are "bring and share", "shared lunch" or "dish to pass". The tradition says that each dish has to be big enough to be shared among all the participants.

The potluck was a great success. It showcased some of the traditional dishes from Spain, such as mouthwatering home-cooked French, Spanish and eggplant tortillas, empanadas, salads, snitzels, stuffed filet, chorizo, salchichón, ..., different types of desserts like brownies, rice pudding, caramel pudding, peach cake, icecream and last but not least cupcakes and cakes decorated with the Canadian flag.

We would like to thank all the students for signing up and for contributing with a dish. Also  special thanks to the following teachers: Encarna, Juan and Mª Ángeles for helping out with the preparations.

As always, we had a delicious time together! Just click on the video and see!

OUR SECOND POTLUCK!

This is the poster Alexandra and I have designed to inform about the potluck we want to organize with our students of 2ºBachillerato on Wednesday 30th. A total of approximately 53 students will take part in this activity.

WORLD BOOK DAY

In celebration of this year WORLD BOOK DAY, which takes place on 23rd April every year, my 4ºESO students and I have made a huge poster full of sentences beginning with "READING IS ..." on long strips of colourful papers and original bookmarks. Also some volunteers from other ESO groups have taken part in this activity.

DID YOU KNOW?

In England, to avoid clashing with St George's day on 23rd April, WORLD BOOK DAY is celebrated on the first Thursday of March every year.

HAPPY EASTER 2014 TO EVERYONE!

I wish you a bright Spring and a Relaxing Easter. Please do not forget to do your homework and study all your subjects. This academic year is about to come to an end and we should make a final huge effort in order to undergo successfully.

EUROSCOLA COMPETITION

This year is the first time I have participated  in the EUROSCOLA competition with a group of nine students of ESO and Bachillerato and the Social Studies teacher, María Díez. Our team is called VETUSTA and our motto :

UNITED WE STAND,

DIVIDED WE STAGGER

Our objetive has been to organize various activities that impact our community and make people want to react and act for a better and properous future.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Alexandra Borostean, our English assistant, for all her help, support and hard work and Marco Sosa, Mª Angeles Escudero, Fidela Centeno, Encarna Casado, Ana Fernández and Marisa Barbero for their cooperation.

Here is the link to see the result:

http://govetustago.blogspot.com.es/

EXCELLENT JOB, STUDENTS!!

     This morning six students have done a fantastic job and should be congratulated for it. As it was announced a few days ago, a conference to celebrate the International Women's Day has been held at Cuatro Caminos High School. Our speakers have given us speeches on four Spanish Women and their acts of courage: Concepción Arenal, Federica Montseny, Dulce Chacón and Carmen Alborch.     

    I should also like to take this opportunity to thank Alexandra Borostean, who has guided the conference with amazing good people skills. 

    From upper left to bottom right our speakers are: Sheherezade Gallego Nieto, Santiago López Flores, Ana Diestro del Campo, Laura López Ruiz-Roso, Santos Yedro Nicolau and Anabel Platero Orejudo.

          I should also like to thank Adrián Rivero and Noelia Flores for their useful cooperation in preparing our huge poster.

IT HAS BEEN A TRUE PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO COUNT ON ALL OF YOU!!!

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Some Senior High School students have prepared a conference in order to conmemorate four Spanish women. The conference will be introduced by Alexandra Borostean, our English assistant, and used as an activity for the eTwinning projects in which my 4 ESO students and I are involved: EUROPEAN CONNECTIONS BLOG.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!

Our goal was to get a very long love worm and we did it!  Thanks to Alexandra's original idea and everyone's participation, we could get such a cute love worm.

Enjoy this colourful photo report!

OUR LOVE WORM

This is the name for the activity the English Department with Alexandra are preparing for this week. 

                               

For the last few days, Alexandra has been explaining our students how easy and quick making a heart could be. Here is her heart. It is so lovely, isn't it?