MERRY CHRISTMAS

And that´s all for this term... After all your hard work, you deserve a rest, but remember to do your homework. On the left you can read all the tasks to do. I´ll try to do them all!!!

And to make your holidays funnier and, besides, go over the British Xmas traditions, take a look at how Mr. Bean celebrates his Christmas. And after that, try to complete the activities of this Christmas book and see your final score.

Merry Christmas to you all!!!! See you next year....

Christmas book (click here)

HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a  Christmas song released in 1971 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono with the  Harlem Community Choir. The lyrics are set to the traditional English ballad "Skewball".

It was the culmination of more than two years of  peace activism undertaken by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that began with the bed-ins they convened in March and May 1969, the first of which took place during their honeymoon. Also a  protest song  against the  Vietnam War, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" has since become a  Xmas standard, frequently covered by other artists, appearing on compilation albums of seasonal music, and named in polls as a holiday favourite.

Ad now it will be our performance in the next school Xmas concert to be held in our school concert hall next Friday.

TO OUR PENPALS IN CARLOW - IRELAND

This post is dedicated to our penpals in Carlow Educate Together Primary School (Carlow - Ireland). 
We want to wish you a happy Christmas sending a video and showing you our special Christmas activities: Christmas Jumper Day and Secret Santa.

And many many thanks for your collaboration through all these last years!!!

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XMAS JUMPER DAY 6B 2018

TO OUR FRIENDS IN MANCHESTER

This post is dedicated to our friends in St. James´ C of E Primary School (Manchester - England).
We want to wish you a happy Christmas sending a video with our Xmas traditions and another one with our Xmas wishes. Besides we want to share a slideshow with our special seasonal activities: Christmas Jumper Day and Secret Santa.

And many many thanks for your collaboration through all these last years!!!

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XMAS JUMPER DAY 6A 2018

XMAS JUMPER DAY 6C 2018

ROBINSON CRUSOE

Today we have been at the school concert hall watching a play in English by Face2Face theatre company. It was a classic, "Robinson Crusoe", revisited in a funnier and more modern version. Hence, we met a champion surfer called Robinson Crusoe, a famous girl who was swept away by a tsunami to a desert island. There she has to manage to survive with the only company of her friend Friday. Does it ring a bell?

Thank you so much to our Parents´Assotiation for giving us the opportunity to improve our English in this amazing way. It was great fun!!! We danced, sang, laughed, jumped and had a fantastic time.

Now take a look at this pictures. Maybe you can see some familiar faces, who knows...

face 2 face 6th year - robinson crusoe - 12TH dECEMBER 2018

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CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

Christmas Jumper Day is an annual fundraising campaign in the UK organised by charity Save the Children. On Friday 14th December this year, people are encouraged to "make the world better with a sweater" and raise funds for the poor by wearing a Xmas jumper and making a minimum donation of £1.

Those taking part can wear a Christmas jumper they already own, decorate an existing jumper with festive decorations, or even knit their own. Christmas Jumper Day is popular with schools and workplaces. 

Save the Children launched their Christmas Jumper Day in 2012 on Friday, 14 December and it has become extremely popular all over the world.

So... prepare your jumper for this Friday. Don´t forget it!!!

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

Would you like to know how kids celebrate Xmas in Great Britain? Just take a look at this video...

ADVENT CALENDAR

It´s that time of the year again... Christmas!!! You can feel it in the air: the lights in the streets, the Xmas trees at home, the candy canes in the shops, ... A good way to count how many days there are left for Xmas is using an advent calendar. There are many types: with chocolates, with small gifts, with drawings... Try this one, it´s full of games. Just click on the letters below the image.

ADVENT CALENDAR

AUTUMN TALK

Do you need more expressions about the autumn? Take a look...

AUTUMN

Hey! Autumn is here! Have you noticed it? I´m sure you have. But are you able to speak in English about the autumn? Listen to this girl. She is really helpful.

SCARY HALLOWEEN!!!

It´s time for vampires, witches, ghosts, skeletons, zombies and some other evil creatures... Scary!!! It is Halloween!!! The night of fear... Have you carved your pumpkins? Do you have your costume ready? What are you waiting for? Remember that, despite it´s an anglosaxon event, it has got celtic origins, so we can find it in Galicia under the name of Samaín.
Today we have had a spooky party at school where we played some funny Halloween games:

- Pass the Mummy

- Blowing the ghost

- The ghost race
- The eyeball dance

- Apple bobbing

It was great fun! And we even recited a magic spell to pass with flying colours!!! Don´t you believe me? Here is the evidence...

HALLOWEEN 6A 2018

HALLOWEEN 6B 2018

HALLOWEEN 6 C 2018

ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD

Today we have been world travellers thanks to Ingrid Clancy, an Irish teacher who visited our school. We entered the English classroom like in an international land, holding our passports and passing through the Passport Control, where an officer put a stamp on them. Once inside, we interacted with Ingrid about 4 English speaking countries: the UK, Ireland, the USA and Canada. This way we learned about their capital cities, flags, symbols and other curiosities. Finally, we went through the Customs again to get another stamp. It was great fun!!!
Here is a memory of this special day. Thank you so much, Ingrid!!! You are always welcome.

ENGLIDH AROUND THE WORLD - 28th September 2018

SING-ALONG WITH ENGLISH

We have started this new school year with one of our talks by native speakers. In this ocassion, our visitor was Declan Mathews, a teacher from Dundalk (Ireland). He explained the benefits of singing songs to help us learn English. All we have to do is sing and sing ang sing, because this way we learn new words and expressions, we improve our pronountiation and intonation, and we enjoy.

What are you waiting for? Sing along!!!

Thank you so much for your visit, Declan!!!

SING ALONG WITH ENGLISH September 2018

PHOTOCALL

Hello everyone!!!! We are back and ready for a new exciting school year.

And I cannot imagine a better way to start than participating in our British Photocall. Do you fancy having a look at the pics?

WELCOME BACK!!!

PHOTOCALL 2018-2019

HELLO AGAIN

SCHOOL IS OVER

LET´S COOK

Following the recipe of the TRIFLE, today we have prepared this typical British dessert in the English classroom. To do it, we counted with the help of a native speaker: Susana Barros, English teacher in a famous English school in Coruña. She explained some basic rules to cook: food hygiene, safety in the kitchen, ... In groups of 4, we became real chefs for a while. We had to arrange layers of different foods: sponge cakes, jam, chopped peaches, jelly fruit, berries, custard, cream, hundreds and thousands, ... And the result was very colourful and delicious... Yummy!!! Take a look...

Thank you so much to Susana for her inestimable help!!!

LET´S COOK 8th May 2018

TRIFLE

There are plenty of recipes to make delicious dishes . One of my favourites is the British TRIFFLE, a typical dessert in the UK. Do you want to make one at home? Follow these easy steps and you will eat a delicious one...

A BALANCED DIET

I´ve already told you about the "5 a day" programme. But... do you know what a balanced diet is? Because it is not only about eating fruits and vegetables. It is much more than this. Watch...

FOOD PYRAMID

Now that we are learning about food, it is very important to know all the groups in the food pyramid in order to eat healthy. Which group do we have to eat the most? And the least? Which group contains vitamins? What is the 5 a day programme? Watch this video and you will have the answer to all these questions...

WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT SPRING?

We already know many things about spring: the months, the colours, the weather, the clothes we wear, the animals we can see, the fruits we can eat, the festivals we celebrate, ... But WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT SPRING?

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

You can feel it in the air, you can smell it in the flowers, you can hear it in the birds, you can touch it in the grass, you can taste it in the strawberries, ... Spring has sprung!!! Days are longer, the weather is warmer and brighter, our clothes are lighter, ... And a new world of activites appears for us: you can fly a kite, you can do gardening, you can make a wish when a ladybird lands on you, you can look for the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, ... 

SPRING IS HERE!!!

IRISH FOR A DAY

Today we have celebrated Saint Patrick´s Day at school. Remember that it is the patron saint of Ireland. That´s why we received once more the visit of Declan Mathews, an Irish teacher from Dundalk, in the very north of Ireland. He explained us many things about his country, especially about the leprechauns, and he helped us with a quiz to get the pot of gold. And guess what? ... we did it!!! The gold is ours!!!

Thank you so much for your visit, Declan. See you next year.

IRISH FOR A DAY 22nd March 2018

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN´S DAY

No words are needed to explain it... 
Happy International Women´s Day!!!

VALENTINE´S DAY

Hey!!! Valentine´s Day is approaching!!! Remember to say "I love you" to your dearest ones: parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, friends, teachers, ... And maybe be you´ll receive an anonymous card too. How exciting!!! Do you want to know some interesting facts about this celebration? Take a look...

Happy Valentine´s day to you all!!! I love you!!!