Electronic Gadget Survey

The Year 5 students are learning vocabulary about electronic gadgets and adverbs of frequency. At the end of the unit, they have worked in groups to make a survey about how often people use electronic gadgets such as mobile phones, tablets, calculators...

You can see them working together:

Then, they have explained their results to the rest of the class:

Group 1: Teresa, Anna and Paula

Group 2: Raúl M., David and Víctor

 

Group 3: Iker and Jordi

Well done!

Shapes portrait

The Year 2 students are learning about shapes and lines in the Arts & Crafts class.

They have made a portrait made by shapes and they have coloured it using oil pastels.

The results are amazing!

My School

The Year 4 students are learning vocabulary related to the school, and as a final task they have made a project about their school.

They have been working in groups to gather all the information to do their project:

Finally, they have explained their project to the rest of the class:

Group 1: Álex, Bruno, Iker and Cristian

Group 2: Laia and María

Group 3: Mohamed, Sualiman and Aitor

Excellent job!

You can download the template here:
My School template

Free time survey

The Year 6 students are learning vocabulary about free time activities and the grammar structure "like+ verb-ING". In order to learn it better they have made a survey by asking 20 people about what they like doing in their free time.

Then, they have worked in groups to draw a bar graph showing their results, and finally they have presented their work to the rest of the class.

Group 1: Joan and Jordi

Group 2: Frank, María and Adam

Group 3: Ángela and Javi

 This has been their first project and I have to say that they have made an amazing job.

Congratulations!

Halloween 2015

During this week all year courses have been doing Halloween themed activities.

Year 1 and Year 2 students have made a Halloween lantern in the Arts and 

Crafts class

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Year 3 students have made a Halloween postcard:

Year 4 students have made a cardboard pumpkin:

And finally, Year 5 and Year 6 students have organized a Halloween party with lots of games and a final surprise :

Thanks to everyone that has collaborated to make this possible!

This is our day

The Year 3 students are learning to say the time in English. To practice it, they have made a poster explaining how is one day in their lifes. Each student has been given a time, they have to draw the time in the clock, write it and make a drawing showing what they usually do at that time.

 

Have a look at the result:

When I was a child

The Year 5 students are studying the past of the verb "To be". To practice it, they have made a poster commenting pictures of them when they were younger.

Food Foodie

As part of a Maths project, the Year 4 tutor, Trini, has created "Food Foodie Grocery Store". The project aim is to help students practice substraction with decimals while they speak in English. 

The students have to buy food items, and the interaction between seller and costumer has to be entirely  in English. The customer asks for things he/she wants to buy and the seller has to calculate the total price and the change if needed.

We've been playing a couple of times and we've had a great time.

Now, the Year 4 students are prepared to buy anything in an English shop :)

Quiet Critters

The "Quiet Critters" are here! These lovely creatures are very scared of noise, they love quiet children, so every time that a child is working in silence a Quiet Critter comes to their tables, but, be careful! if children start to speak while they are working the "Quiet Critter" will go away, so...Shhhh! BE QUIET! 

Year 2: Big Green Monster

The Year 2 studenst are studying the parts of the face and we have been reading the book "Go Away Big Green Monster".

After reading it each child has created his own Big Monster and they have described it to the rest of the class:

 

Very nice Monsters, good job!

Happy Easter!

 The Pre-Primary students have been enjoying the story of "Spot's first Easter".

After that, they have been playing with some colourful Easter eggs.

Little Red Riding Hood

The Year 2 students have been learning the story of "Little Red Riding Hood" to learn and practice the parts of the face. 

They have performed the play to the rest of classes.

A big clap for you all!

Go Away, Big Green Monster

The Pre-Primary students, 3,4 and 5 years old, are revising the parts of the face vocabulary. To do so, we are using the book "Go Away Big Green Monster":

After reading it together we play with the story props. I say a part of the face and the children put them in the right place, and after that they take out the part of the face that I tell them. 

They love to see how the monster appears and disappears:

Go Away Big Green Monster, and don't come back until I say so!

Butterflies in my stomach

This week idiom is "butterflies in my stomach", which means to be nervous or excited about something.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?

The 3, 4 and 5 years old students are working on the book "Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?". It's a fantastic book full of coloured animals: a brown bear, a red bird, a yellow duck, a blue horse, a green frog, a purple cat, a white dog, a black sheep and an orange fish, with which children can learn in a fun way animals and colours.

Here you can watch the 5 years old class retelling the story using stick puppets:

  

   

                   

Have Cold Feet

This week idiom is "Have Cold Feet", which means to be scared of something:

In the Ocean

The Year 6 students are now reading the book "In the Ocean":

It is a very interesting book, with lots of sea creatures, some of them known and others that are unknown, even for me, such as the "Dugong".

Do you know what a Dugong is? Do you want to learn more about them?

You can watch this video about the Dugong:

         

            

Keep it under your hat

This week idiom is "Keep it under your hat", which means: don't tell anyone, keep the secret.

The Moon

The Year 4 students are learning about the Solar System in Science, so in the English class they have made a poster about the Moon and its phases. 

They have been working in small groups:

and then they have put their parts in common to make the poster:

Excellent job!!

The King Carnival

The King Carnival has visited our classroom to gave us the last mandate: tomorrow we'll have to wear a cap backwards, sunglasses and a big medallion.

 

Couch Potato

This week idiom is "Couch Potato": a person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV or playing viedo games:

Portraits

In the Arts and Crafts class the Year 4 and Year 5 students have learned how to draw a portrait.

They have done an amazing job.

Have a look at the results:

Sentence domino

The Year 4 students are learning about routines before going to bed. 

To practice them they have been playing a broken sentence domino: with one half of a sentence in a part and one half of other sentence in the other part, they had to find the two parts to make a complete sentence such as "I read a book" or "I have a shower" among others.

Planting Potatoes

Today we have been planting potatoes in our vegetable garden. Pascual has explained the children how to make a groove to put in the potatoes and the children have planted some potatoes in it.

 

Now we only have to wait to see them grow :)

Flashcards Tower

To review the vocabulary of Toys and Food, the 5 years old students have been building towers with flashcards. 

The tallest tower had 7 flashcards! Impressive!!

Zip your lip

This week idiom is "Zip your lip" which means be quiet. The students' works are getting better every week. 

Check them out here: