JOURNEY TO HOLLAND

EXCHANGE WITH THE SCHOOL “MARNE COLLEGE”

( BOLSWARD, FRISLAND, THE NETHERLANDS)

JOURNEY TO THE NETHERLANDS ( 8th to 15th May, 2016)

4º ESO Bilingual students visited The Netherlands from the 8th to the 15th of May. It was the  second part of the exchange with the Dutch school “Marne College” in Bolsward, Frisland.

We stayed with our partners´ families and attended lessons in Marne College.

At school, we participated in an International  Water Conference that was held that week and had the opportunity to learn about the way water use is controlled in the participating countries.

We also presented our projects to the Dutch students about Asturias, Luanco and our school.

On the other hand, we participited in a varied planning of cultural activities, including a visit to Amsterdam.

It was an unforgettable experience for all of us. As well as practicing English, we got to know another European culture and we made new friends.

Here you can see some pictures of this activity.

3º ESO  CRONOCRISOL PERFORMANCE

The 3º ESO bilingual students participated in the Music festival “Cronocrisol”, that took place in the School Cultural Week held from the 20th to the 23rd of April.The 3º years performed  the song  “Summer Nights”  taken from “ Grease”, the famous musical from the 50´s.We prepared the song in our English lessons, directed by the Music teacher Noemí González and our assistant teacher Anne Lee.We all had fun and enjoyed this activity a lot.

Baking with Anna

 During the cultural week, students of 4th ESO took a break to bake with Anna. They learned how to make scones with cream and jam, typical English treat that is usually taken in the afternoon, with a cup of tea, of course!

 Really proud of their work!

 We had a really good time.

 Into the oven!

 

Look at these scones!

Oops! A marañuela creapt in! : )

DUTCH STUDENTS VISIT LUANCO

The first part of the exchange with the school “Marne College” from Bolsward (The Netherlands) took place from the 17th to the 23rd of March. Seven Dutch students accompanied by a teacher visited Luanco and stayed with their partners’ families.

The day they arrived Spanish students showed them around the school. Next day, the Dutch students participated in the lessons with their partners and gave a talk about their country, town and school. That same day Spanish students prepared a tour in Luanco so that their new friends could get to know it as soon as possible and they also visited the Asturias Maritime Museum placed in our town.

Families organized different activities at the weekend.

Visits to the most important landmarks in Asturias, such as Covadonga and the lakes, Oviedo and Avilés were organized the following week days.

The experience was very positive and interesting for the students.

Here you can see some photos of the different activities.

Cervantes & Shakespeare

As 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the deaths of William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, the students of 1st ESO Bilingual 2 prepared a presentation about their lives and works. It was really interesting and most of us learned a lot about the two authors.

The students also prepared a photostory version of their presentations for the celebration of Book Day at school.

Art that Changed the World

On Thursday 28th January, students of 4th of ESO Bilingual made a presentation about art and the different styles and cultural movements throughout history.

 Beltrán talking about Cave Art, explaining the different theories about the purpose of these paintings .

 Andrea describing the main characteristics of Romanesque and Gothic architecture and painting.

 Ángel giving his views on the Renaissance.

Jorge talking about Baroque and one of our most impressive painters, Velázquez.

And Paula explaining how Impressionism changed art and marked the beginning of the modern era.

Christmas Concert

On 21st December, students of Bilingual 1 performed several songs to celebrate the beginning of the Xmas season. Anna Lee, our assistant teacher this year, particinpated singing Do,Re,Mi from the well-known film The Sound of Music.

 

 The students of Bilingual 2 participated as audience and enjoy listening (and singing) to Jingle Bell Rock and other classics.

 After the performance, there was a talk and discussion about Christmas traditions in England and Spain.

Interview with Anna by 4th ESO students

This year at school we are lucky to have Anna Lee as our teacher. She comes from Nottingham, England and she is 20 years old. She is studying Spanish and French at university and she wants to work as a teacher in the future. Let’s discover some things about her!

4^th ESO BIL. What do you consider your greatest achievement?

ANNA. When I was at school I spent two years fundraising and then we spent a month in Borneo. We worked for a charity planting trees, building a kindergarten and teaching English. It was tough being in the jungle with no electricity, and I missed my mobile phone very much! But it was a great experience.

4^th ESO BIL. Who are your heroes in real life?

ANNA. Selfless people. People like nurses, firefighters, … people who sacrifice themselves to help other people.

4^th ESO BIL. What is your motto?

ANNA. Carpe diem, seize the day. I think we can’t take life too seriously, and we should laugh at our mistakes.

4^th ESO BIL. If you were to die and come back as another person or thing, who or what would you choose?

ANNA. I would come back as a cat, because they do whatever they want and have a very easy life. Or I would like to come back as a ghost, to haunt people.

4^th ESO BIL. What’s the quality you most admire in a man?

ANNA. In any person I admire a good sense of humour, I like people who make me laugh. I also like men who can cook!

4^th ESO BIL. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

ANNA. I consider the most overrated virtue immortality. Lots of people think that immortality is a cool thing but they do not realise that if they live forever they would be living on their own.

4^th ESO BIL. Which talent would you most like to have?

 ANNA. I find dancing a very important talent in people; I’d love to be able to dance. However, I can’t do it.

4^th ESO BIL. Where would you like to live?

ANNA. To be honest, I’d like to live in Asturias because I’m very happy here. I find people from Asturias much more friendly than people from Britain.

4^th ESO BIL. What do you most value in your friends?

ANNA. The thing that I most value in my friends is loyalty and, since I’m always the one who does and says stupid things, I really value the ability in my friends to laugh with me.

4^th ESO BIL. What are your favourite names?

ANNA. I think Spanish names are much cooler than English names. I find English names quite boring. I like Alejandro, Roberto, Rafa and Jaime for boys and Claudia, Lucia and Laura for girls. In English, I like Laura, Lauren, Bela, Ruby for girls and Tristan, Elijah and Callum for boys.

4^th ESO BIL. How would you like to die?

ANNA. I would like to die laughing and surrounded by all my loved ones.

We have enjoyed this interview a lot. Thank you very much for answering our questions, Anna. We really wish you a very happy stay in our school and in Spain too!

Questions taken from the Proust Questionnaire

Cinema in the Bilingual Section

At the end of this term, the 16^th December, the bilingual students went to see the film “A Christmas Carol”.

The film is based on “A Christmas Carol”, a short novel by Charles Dickens. This film, which lasts 95 minutes, was produced by Walt Disney and directed by Robert Zemeckis. He is the director of many famous films, such as “Back to the Future”, “Forest Gump” and “The Polar Express”.

Here is a summary of the plot:

Ebezener Scrooge (Jim Carrey) doesn’t like Christmas and he celebrates it in a bad mood. Mr. Scrooge is mean with everybody, nobody likes him. He shouts to his servant (Gary Oldman) and to his nephew (Colin Firth). But on Christmas Eve the ghosts of the Past, Present and Future Christmas appear in his bedroom to take him in a trip along Christmas in his life, and making him face reality.

Carmen Ruiz Gutiérrez, Irene González-Pola Yuncal y Sara Taboada Gutiérrez 3ºC

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, 7th February 1812 and died at Gads Hill Place, England, 9^th June 1870.

Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was sent to prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles. He defended children’s rights, education and other social reforms.

Dickens spent summers in Broadstairs, a town situated in the east coast of England. While he was there, he lived in the Bleak House.  Today you can visit a museum about Dickens inside it. Here, he wrote the novel David Copperfield.

Pablo Mayo Seco and Adrián Artime  Rodríguez ( 3º ESO – C )

Asturian food

On 28th October, the students of 1st ESO _ bilingual group 2_ gave a presentation introducing the exquisite mysteries of Asturian food to our assistant this year, Anna. Thanks to our students' work, she got to discover cabrales cheese, how to prepare a delicious fabada or what a cachopo looks like. And we had a marañuelas tasting, of course!

Thriller

My name is Martin and I am going to explain the experience of dancing "Thriller" at my Secundary School.

My partners and I tried to dance well, but dancing "Thriller" is difficult. We had to do the dance with the other Bilingual and Non Bilingual classes.

Our part of the dance was short, but we did it twice. The teacher danced very well, she is a good dance teacher.

My class did six steps, the other ones were done by other groups.

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