CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN AT SCHOOL

On Octubre 30th, the teachers of the Bilingual Programme organized different activities to celebrate Haloween. 1º and 2º ESO students participated in them.

The activities began in the third period.  While in the interior yard some students participated in “ The hot pumpkin” and “Wrap the mummy” directed by the English teachers, other students participated in “Score the pumpkin basket” and “ Hoops and pumpkins” organized by the PE teacher in the gym and in the assembly hall others danced in the Halloween ball coordinated by the Music Teacher.

In the sixth period, first year students participated in the activity “ Mad Challenge”, organized by the Maths teachers. Divided in groups, the students had to solve several maths problems to be persons again as two witches had enchanted them and turned them into pumpkins.

Students enjoyed the activities a lot, they had fun and use English at the same time.

Here you can read some of their opinions and see some photos of that day.

“ On the 30th of October, some activities related to Halloween took place in the institute. 1st and 2nd level students took part and had fun.

The activities were:

-         Pumpkin ring toss game: In this game you had to throw a ring to a cone with a pumpkin. There were two teams, which aimed to measure the air in the cone.

-         Basketball: There were also two teams, as in the previous activity. The team which was faster hitting the ball won the game.

-         The hot pumpkin: we had to pass a hot plastic pumpkin while the music was playing. When the music stopped, whoever had the pumpkin in his hand lost the game until there was only one student left.

-         Wrap the mummy: This activity consisted in the wrapping of a student in toilet paper, making him/her look like a mummy.

-         Musical activity: For this game the students were supposed to wear black clothes with paper bones glued to them. There were two parts. In the first one, we listened and sang the Addams family song. In the second one, we had to dance a skeleton´s song.

It was a funny and scary hour!”

(Sara Menéndez, 1º ESO B and Lluna Rodríguez 1º ESO C)

“ We had a great time in Halloween. We did a lot of activities. My favourite one was   The hot pumpkin. ( Ignacio Rosal, 1º ESO - A)

“Our teachers organized different activities to celebrate Halloween in the school. I participated in the games that took place in the gym and I also played The hot pumpkin. It was great fun and I would love to repeat it. ( Lidia Gómez, 1º ESO-A)

“I had a lot of fun in the Halloween activities. I couldn´t do all the activities but the ones I did were very cool” ( Naiara  García, 1º ESO- B)

“I enjoyed the Halloween activities a lot. I liked the basketball game and the hot pumpkin. I loved the day because I did all the activities with my best friends”

( Raquel  Gutiérrez, 1º ESO-B )

ENGLISH CAMP MAY 2018

From the 2nd to the 4th of May 2018, twenty eight 1º ESO students participated in an English camp in Foz (Lugo, Galicia).
The objectives of this out-of-school activity were to promote values such as cooperation, sportsmanship, independence and environmental awareness as well as improve students’ fluency in English.  
During the camp, the students did a lot of activities, all developed in English, such as games, quizzes, workshops. They also practiced sports like surf and paddle surf.
Here you can see some photos of the activity. 

ENGLISH COURSE IN KILKENNY (IRELAND)

From the 18^th to the 25^th of March, 47 students from 2º and 4º ESO levels, accompanied by six teachers, participated in one-week English course in the town of Kilkenny, Ireland. The course took place in Mackdonald Language Academy.

Students stayed with Irish families. They attended lessons in the mornings and in the afternoons, they had a complete programme of sport and cultural activities and visited some of the key tourist attractions in Kilkenny such as the Castle with its beautiful gardens or Saint Canice’s Cathedral.

On Saturday, we travelled to Dublin where we went sightseeing and also did some shoppings.

Students had the opportunity to make new friends, practice their English and learn about Irish culture. We had a lot of fun!

Here you can see some photos of this activity.

CULTURAL CONFERENCE AND THEATRE AT SCHOOL

On the 16th of March, students from the Bilingual Section attended a cultural conference about the USA in the school assembly hall. In a motivating and dynamic way the lecturer explained different aspects of the culture and history of the USA. On the other hand, the English company Moving On performed two plays in our school onthe 28th of March. The Trans-European Express was the title of the first one. This performance was atended by 1º ESO students and the 5th and 6th level students from La Vallina and La Canal Schools and from CRA Cabo Peñas. 2º, 3º and 4º students participated in the second one : Fortune´s Fool. Both plays were very entertaining and students had the opportunity to practice their English in an amusing way. Here you can see some photos of these activities.