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.