31.12.12

Happy New Year




Click on the link and have a good time playing , singing and ... learning, of course. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!

http://pinterest.com/sacoearce/new-year-celebrations/





Here are the lyrics:
Happy Happy New Year
Another reason to rejoice is here
52 weeks to make your heart sing
And see what four new seasons will bring.
Happy Happy New Year
Toss out bad memories by their ear
Gather up new ones in a bouquet
Ring out the old.Ring in a new day.
Happy Happy New Year our resolutions now we will hear.
If we could all run towards the light
So many wrongs could be put right.

Happy Happy New Year
Let’s not forget about the things that we ´re
so lucky to have in our lives
our sons and daughters, husbands and wives.

Happy Happy New Year
Let there be summer,let there not be fear.
The clouds will pass over our heads,
 and let the sun shine on us instead.
Happy Happy New Year another opportunity is here
to just believe in what we can be
and see our dreams become reality.

17.12.12

December 10th, Children's Rights


Surfing the net, I've found this project: Kids for Kenya.

Students and teachers from Searingtowm School in Albertson, New York, have 

writen and ilustrated this book to help children in Kenya.

 In this country, both public and private high schools are very expensive. This 

means that two-thirds of Kenyans --many of them girls-- will never complete 

their education because they are poor. So, they created this online project to  

help  kids from Africa .

 The students, parents and teachers raised hundreds of dollars that will be 

used to pay for a child to complete his/her secondary education . One of the 

fundraisers was the sale of this book.


This is their  A to Z book of children's rights.

                   
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                                                                   All proceeds from this book go to the Kenya Education Fund. 
                                                                   Please, visit their website to see how you can help a child in                                                              Kenya
                                                                                    http://www.kenyaeducationfund.org/home.html



19.11.12

Songs of the week

Do you like Adele's songs? (click on the photos and sing)

 Rolling in the deep



Set fire to the rain


Someone like you



Skyfall, the new James Bond theme

4.11.12

Creepy crawly Halloween

We didn´t have very much time to work on Halloween project.
 So click on the links and you'll find some amazing activities to feel the spirit of  HALLOWEEN.


  1. A scary  interactive story
  2. The haunted house : read a story
  3. Story maker: Create your own story, then print it out and show it to me.
  4. This is Halloween: Listen to the song and fill in the gaps. Print it and show it to me
  5. The witch's stew : Reading 
  6. I spy with my little eye....: A game

28.10.12

23.10.12

The song of the week

The Beatles never get old. 

50 years on and they still are famous!

Listen to some of their songs and, of  course, sing .....


21.8.12

International Project for the coming school year

Orly Winer is a teacher from Israel. She's starting a new project in September and she's invited us to participate. 
We'll exchange letters or even have Skype lessons together.
What do you think?
 The idea is to work with other teachers and children all over the world and expose the kids to communicative English.

Look at the map below and learn about the project!

11.8.12

aMAZEme

“aMAZEme” is an art project that unites literature, performance, installation, image and cinema.

Created by Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo, aMAZEme immerses the audience in a labyrinth of books.
By participating in the installation, people come into contact with the books , which stimulates their curiosity, knowledge and creativity. They discover  new textures, images and emotions. They become surrounded- hypnotized – by words and thoughts, designs and patterns. 
There appear to be secrets hidden in the installation’s walls;  walls of up to 2.5 metres high, built from thousands of books, forming a large Maze of more than 500 square metres. 
The construction of the labyrinth and the public's participation were  filmed by video cameras and sent to the “aMAZEme" website as well as to social media sites.
  Touch screens were installed to look up information and to screen content, which will also be shown in monitors throughout the installation.
The public will be able to navigate through this hypnotic and surprising “book labyrinth” or attend daily performances from literary figures.

27.7.12

2012 Summer Olimpics

The countdown clock
 in Trafalgar Square

The Basics

     There are 36 sports played by 204 countries. The games will start on the 27th of July and finish on the 12th of August. Events will take place at 26 different venues.
·         The Olympic and Paralympic Games take place every four years.
      People
   The Ancient Games took place in Greece over 2.000 years ago.
A wreath of laurel
Greek men came from every part of the country to take part in sports like wrestling, running, boxing and chariot racing.
The winning athletes were rewarded with a WREATH OF LAUREL LEAVES and were treated as heroes.
There will be more than 10,000 athletes from all over the world in London . They will take part in the competitions and try their very best.
 The new Olympic village will be big enough for 16,000 people. 80,000 spectators will be able to sit in the new Olympic stadium. 
The winning athletes are rewarded with medals: GOLD , SILVER and BRONZE.
A gold medal
News and media
Now we have the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games. The athletes respect each other and are good examples of the Olympic and Paralympic VALUES: Friendship, excellence, respect for the
Olympic Games, and equality, determination, inspiration and courage for the Paralympic Games.
There will be 8000 Olympic torch carriers.
With 200 kilometres of electrical cables, 20,000 journalists will report on the 2012 Olympics 24 hours a day. 
More than 4 billion people around the world will watch the opening ceremony and the rest of the games on TV.
The Olympic rings

The Olympic Rings are five interlocking rings that stand for the five original continents, (Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe) and the athletes from around the world.
The colours of the rings are blue, yellow, black, 
green, and red respectively. At least one of these colours is found on the flag of every nation.




















The Olympic torch

The Olympic torch
The London 2.012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will begin with a special ceremony.
In memory of the Olympic Games’ origins, the flame is lit in Olympia, Greece, some months before the opening of the Games. The Olympic flame can only be lit by the sun’s rays.
The torch is carried by relay from Olympia to the host city of the Games. The torch bearer will light the huge cauldron.


Wenlock and Mandeville are the official mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.





9.6.12

Summer is almost here ...

This is a Virtual poster.

Click on the links and you'll find games, videos, songs ... and a lot of activities.

Have fun and... have a nice Summer!!


6.5.12

April 23rd, St George's Day

St. George's Day is on 23 April. It is England's national day.
One of the best-known stories about Saint George is his fight with a dragon.
There are many versions of the story of St George slaying the dragon, but most agree on the following:
  1. A town was terrorised by a dragon.
  2. A young princess was offered to the dragon
  3. When George heard about this he rode into the village
  4. George slayed the dragon and rescued the princess

This is my version of the story:
The Legend of St. George and the Dragon


29.3.12

Scotland Project


1.-Read the Book "Scotland" by Steve  Flinders  and do these activities:
http://www.edu.xunta.es/centros/ceipsacoarce/aulavirtual/file.php/3/scot/scot.htm

2.-Mini-Books
a) http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/projects/british_culture/scotland1.html
b) http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/projects/british_culture/scotland2.html

3.-Click on the links below to find more interesting information for Scotland's project:
Scotland
http://www.scotland.org/
http://www.snh.gov.uk/
http://www.phillipmartin.info/webpage/travel/europe/text_map_scotland.htm
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/studyingscotland/resourcesforlearning/pastpeople/index.asp
http://countries.pppst.com/scotland.html  : ppt presentations
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/culture/Scotland_girl.htm
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandshistory/warsofindependence/castlessieges/index.asp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/scottish-politics/9007300/Scottish-referendum-50-fascinating-facts-you-should-know-about-Scotland.html   50 facts about Scotland
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/culture/Activities/Scotland/Battleship.htm : a game
http://www.stonepages.com/tour/images.html : Scotland tour
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandsculture/gallery/index.asp : Scotland's culture image gallery
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/lifeintheuk/scotland.html  Video and quizzes
Loch Ness 
http://www.loch-ness.org/
http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/projects/british_culture/loch_ness1.htm  video and quizz
http://www.phillipmartin.info/webpage/travel/europe/text_scotland_loch_ness.htm
Nessie
http://www.nessie.co.uk/
http://www.lochness.co.uk/fan_club/thisyr.html
http://www.slideshare.net/mstla/the-loch-ness-monster
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/balamory/stories/balamory-nessiesstory/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4770000
/newsid_4778900/4778992.stm  news and quizz
Famous People
William Wallace
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandshistory/warsofindependence/williamwallace/index.asp
http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/projects/british_culture/wallace_monument.htm  video and quizz
Robert Burns
http://digital.nls.uk/burns/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4200000/newsid_4205100/4205149.stm : a quizz
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandsculture/robertburns/burnsmap/index.asp
Fleming
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandshistory/20thand21stcenturies/alexanderfleming/index.asp
Music
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandssongs/primary/index.asp
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandssongs/about/index.asp
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandssongs/about/instruments/index.asp
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandssongs/secondary/genericcontent_tcm4555466.asp
Stories
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandsstories/
Cities (Video and quizz)
Edimburgh http://www.esolcourses.com/content/lifeintheuk/edinburgh/edinburgh.html
Glasgow  http://www.esolcourses.com/content/lifeintheuk/glasgow/videoquiz.html

28.2.12

Romania Mini Book



This is the new job I have for you:
1.- Click on the image to download and print the Mini Book 
2.- Complete it using the links in Romania Project.
3.- Complete the mini book and show it to me before March 16th

18.1.12

The colours of peace and Our Peace Alphabet


Click  below and you can see   your work  "The colours of peace"  



Open publication - Free publishing - More esl

And here you can see Our Peace Alphabet. Click and read.

Songs for peace

Every year we celebrate Peace and Non-violence Day at school.
We like singing together the songs we've learnt.
 So...
Ready, Steady, ... GO!  Try these songs!
  • I'd like to teach the world to sing






7.1.12

UK Minibook


I have a job for all of you: 
  1. Click on the next link http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/projects/british_culture/uk.html
  2. Make the minibook about the UK .
  3. Complete it using everyting you have learnt about Great Britain  or using the links on the page  
  4. Show it to me before January 31st