ENGLISH CAMP: Doñana Huelva 2022

After two years of pandemic, without enjoying activities or school trips, this year in May our 2nd and 3rd ESO students of the Bilingual English Section have been able to enjoy some fantastic days in Huelva with their teachers Óscar Romero (Physical Education), Estrella Sequeda (English) and Marta Fernández (English).

It has been four fabulous days full of a variety of activities, especially on the beach, as well as a 4 x 4 tour through the Doñana National Park. This was the schedule of the days we were there:

For the three assistant teachers, it was the first time that we enjoyed a bilingual camp. All three of us agree that it has been a very special experience thanks, in large part, to the great behaviour of all the students. Without a doubt, we would do it again and of course with the same students.

I will display some photos of each day below:

DAY 1:

DAY 2:

DAY 3:

DAY 4:

We all thank Carlos Garcia for editing this awesome video of our great adventure. Enjoy it because it is really worth it:

Easter Decorations

A week before the Easter holidays, I gave the students some wooden decorations to colour in: flowers, bunnies and eggs. As usual, we held a mini competition with the decorations made and prepared an exhibition in the school hall.

A jury made up of some teachers and school staff chose the best ones. On the last day of school, we held a prize-giving ceremony for the winners and, of course, all of them were given some gifts for their involvement.

Gifts for all of the students:

Prizes for the winners:

And the winners are:

Ana Sánchez
The best flower

David Almaza
The best bunny and egg

Claudia Díaz
The best egg

Irene Molina
The best egg

Camilo Crucera
The best egg

Carlos García
The best egg

And remember this:

St. Patick's Day 17th March

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Charlie and I spent a lesson explaining to the students the origin of this celebration and other stories related to it. Some videos were shown to the students and they enjoyed learning a little bit more about St. Patrick, the leprechaun and dancing a rap:

Another activity was to learn new words that had appeared in the videos by means of the following photocopy:

To end the class, each student was given two gifts: a homemade bookmark and a  magnet:

Speaking Task Second Term: a story

The Speaking task for the second term was the production of a video, a story was invented by the pupils and they recorded and edited their videos themselves. Although we all know recording and editing a video take some time, this type of activity gives the students the opportunity to learn how to work in teams, also develop their creativity and above all, they have a great time. The good thing is that our students improve their speaking and technological skills. In addition to the great work done by all of them, the results were excellent. 

Students were also asked to grade their classmates'  work and choose the best videos:

Alejandro, Camilo, Víctor & Carlos

Irene, Ángela, Carmen & Moisés

In our last class with Charlie, he showed us several sample poems to write to our friends for Valentine's Day. From all of them, an acrostic poem was chosen for a new project.

To carry out the project, the students had to follow the instructions given by the teacher. Taking into account the following requirements:

• Size: half of an A4 sheet.
• Material: cardboard
• Follow Charlie's instructions on how to write an acrostic poem:

• Use the examples given as models:

Each student received a poem written by their teacher and a bag of delicious hearts:

All projects were reviewed by a jury and the two best projects that fulfilled all the requirements were chosen:

Desi wrote the poem to Marta

Claudia wrote the poem to Victor

All the poems were recorded in this video: