Extreme Sports

Are you tired of doing the same sports? Looking forward to some excitement? Watch the videos below and find out how to get an adrenaline rush ( or maybe not ;) )

MBA, i.e. Matthew Harvey, Berta Parejo and Arben Bautista unveil all the secrets of PARKOURS:

Eder García, Yaiza Busto and Pelayo Marqueta know it all about HOBBY HORSING:

And last but not least, Carlota Rodríguez, Óscar Valdés and Leila Fernández tell us all about EXTREME IRONING:

1ST ESO: UNIT 2: ME TIME

 Let's talk about FREE TIME and SPORTS!

1. FREE TIME FLIPCARDS:

2. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY HANGMAN

3. LIKES AND DISLIKES CARDS

4. WHACK-A-MOLE GAME: DO, GO, PLAY COLLOCATIONS:

5. WHEEL: QUESS THE QUESTION:

UNIT 2: FRIENDS FOR LIFE? (4th ESO)

 

This unit is all about FRIENDS. Maybe this topic will remind you of the famous TV series... Why don't you relax yourselves for a while and enjoy some of the best moments in the series?

Now it's time to work! You can start by revising the vocabulary related to FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES:

We also worked with INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. Just click on the words to have access to more practice. 

Then we studied RELATIVE CLAUSES. We started with DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES. Do you need further practice? You can try these activities:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

We continued with NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES. Again, here you have some more practice:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

Tired? Need some fun? Test yourself with this 

KAHOOT

If there is one thing friends do is do things together. That is the next vocabulary to practise and you can do so with this Quizlet:

THINGS THAT FRIENDS DO 

Pronouns are very useful to avoid repetition, so studying REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS is a must, and practising them too! 

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

Prefer a GAME? Hope you are good at bowling...

We also studied EACH OTHER, so that you don't confuse it with reflexive pronouns.

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

You can test yourselves again with this:

KAHOOT

We also studied how to write AN EMAIL ABOUT A PROBLEM. You can check this website for more tips:

AN INFORMAL EMAIL

 

MAKE AN INFOGRAPHIC ABOUT A BOOK OR A FILM

Students from 2nd year have worked really hard on this LEARNING SITUATION and they managed to create some beautiful comic stories. 

Besides making the comics, they presented them orally in the English class, giving more information about the stories and the main characters. Surpringsingly, most of the sutdents chose well-known fairy tales. 

Here you can see them:

Adara, Hugo and Sonia (2nd ESO B)

Aitor, Pablo and Miguel (2nd ESO B)

  Helena, Mateo and Luis (2nd ESO B)

Rada and Daniel (2nd ESO A)

Lia, Leo and Carla (2nd ESO A)

Alejandra and Lucía (2nd ESO A)

Deva, Alba, Clara and Izan (2º B)

Alejandro, Nicolás, Pablo and Sergio (2º B)

Lucía, Ricardo, Adrián and Asier(2º B)

Claudia and Adamina (2nd ESO A)

Mencía and Alexia (2nd ESOA)

Laia and Alba (2nd ESO A)

Leticia, Ana and Isabella (2nd ESO A)

Francisco and Leo (2nd ESO A)

Miguel and Gonzalo (2nd ESO A)

Well done everyone! We hope that doing this activity has helped you learn English in a different way and that you have enjoyedf working on your own, with your classmates!

UNIT 2: THEN AND NOW (2nd ESO)

Do you like history and learning about the past? Then you will be a fan of museums. Before you start working, take some time to explore the fascinating British Museum:

This unit is about contrasting the past with the present. As always, we start studying some new vocabulary: EVERYDAY OBJECTS. Try this matching activity to revise it:

In the reading, we learn about how The Aztecs, one of the most ancient civilizations in the world, changed the world. If you are curious and want to learn more about them, we have the perfect video for you:

Now, you should take some time to revise the PAST of the verb TO BE and THERE WAS/THERE WERE. Here you have some practice:

EXERCISE 1

WORKSHEET

You can also test yourselves with this 

KAHOOT

You need to revise or study the modal verb COULD, to talk about past abilities. Just click on the word to see how it works and do some practice.

When talking about the past, PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS are essential, try this EXERCISE to practise them.

The next step is to learn about LIFE EVENTS. If you can answer this QUIZ, it means you have no problems with this vocabulary 😉!

Time to learn the PAST SIMPLE and practise it:

EXERCISES

Want to practise it in a more fun way? Try this game, it's an escape room activity and in a museum!! Just click on the picture to start the adventure...

Finally, we studied how to talk about past habits and states, with USED TO. Again a game can help you practise it but in a fun way:

USED TO GAME

The writing of the unit is AN EMAIL TO AN E-PAL. You can find some more tips here:

AN EMAIL TO A NEW FRIEND

That was a lot of work, wasn't it? Here you have another game (and related to the past) to keep practising your English and to have fun at the same time 😉:

 

AND THE WINNER IS...

Today is Halloween!!! And we cannot think of a better way to celebrate it than to announce the winner of the VI Halloween Memes/Gifs Competition!

This is the winning meme:

Why? Because it clearly shows the teachers' desperation when we see that students make the same mistake once and again. The mistake could be any, not just that in the meme: *I have 16 years old, *Peter work in a bank, *My from is Spanish... Besides, the design of the meme shows the transition from a peaceful situation to a really spooky one at the end, in which teachers want to tear their heads off! Even the font type is different and much creepier! That's the Halloween spirit!

And the author is Leo Durrer (2nd ESO). Here he is, with the prize:

And here we have the rest of the participants, who also got a "no-homework pass" and a spooky but yummy/mummy treat:

Javier and Ismael couldn't attend the prize giving ceremony because they had an exam (things that happen when you are in 2nd bach 😭). Don't worry, they got their presents too:

And the rest of the students had a surprise too: lots of Halloween balloons to play with:

This is the end of the Halloween celebrations at school, but we have a loooong weekend ahead and tonight is Halloween, so you can still celebrate it a bit more with your friends. Have fun!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween!

 

 

Halloween is celebrated the night of 31st October, the eve of All Saints' Day, often celebrated by children dressing up in frightening masks and costumes.

Play these games to learn some Halloween-related vocabulary:

VI HALLOWEEN MEMES/GIFS COMPETITION: PARTICIPATING STUDENTS AND WORKS

Now that the dealine is over, we can show you all the works sent by some of the students. We will do so in the order we received them.

by Ismael Rodríguez (2nd Bach)

by Hugo Feito (2nd ESO)

by Javier Rodríguez (2nd Bach)

by Helena Candano (2nd ESO)

by Candela Lombardero (1st ESO)

by Leo Durrer (2nd ESO)

by Francisco Fanjul (2º ESO)

by Matthew Harvey (1st Bach)

by Matthew Harvey (1st Bach)

Good luck everyone! See you on 31st October, during the break, at the stairs that lead to the 300 classroom.

1ST ESO - UNIT 1: SCHOOL LIFE

Here you have a bunch of activities to practise and revise the contents of Unit 1:

1. DAILY ROUTINES: A MATCHING ACTIVITY

2. THE TIME: REVISION GAMES

3. PRESENT SIMPLE FUN GAME

4. PRESENT SIMPLE: ONLINE GAMES

5. SCHOOL SUBJECTS: A SONG

6. SCHOOL SUBJECTS: A MEMORY GAME

 

When do you do these activities?

Get some practice!

 

Activity to practice Present Simple affirmative and negative:

Third person singular-Spelling rules

Learn the school subjects:

 

Yes-no questions:

UNIT 1: AMAZING PEOPLE (3rd ESO)

This unit is focused on answering the question: who inspires you? All the activities will lead you to answer it in a special way, as you will see...

DESCRIBING PEOPLE

To talk about that inspiring person, you will need lots of adjectives. They will help you talk about that person's personal qualities.  Here you have a matching activity to practise the ones studied:

 

We also revised the SIMPLE PAST TENSE and studied the PAST CONTINUOUS. Here you have some extra practice: 

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE4

Need a break? Why don't you watch this video about how the Moken kids can see under the water? There is an exercise in the book that tells you about them.

HELPING OTHERS

Again some new vocabulary, this time related to the different ways in which we can help people. Here you have some practice:

SUBJECT and OBJECT QUESTIONS

This can be a bit tricky, but with some extra practice you will ace it!

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

Finally, we studied some linking words (because, so, although) you can use to write a profile. Here you have some practice:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

Hope all this has helped you to be able to answer the question we started the unit with:

Who inspires you?

UNIT 1: MAKING MUSIC (4th ESO)

We are sure all students will like the topic of this unit: who doesn't like music? It brings so many positive things...

The WDYT? question is an interesting one: How can music bring people together? There are many answers and you will find out some while working with this unit. Let's see an example: in the following video you will see lots of famous artists who got together to sing the song "We Are the World"  written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie in 1985 to raise funds to help with the famine that was devastating Ethiopia at the time. 

To talk about music, we need to refresh some vocabulary. Here you have a matching activity to practise it:

Time to learn a new verbal tense: the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS. Here you have some practice:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

Need a break? Try this GAME, especially if you like pizza 😉!

Now, you should get back to work and make sure you know when to use the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE or the CONTINUOUS FORM. Need more practice?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

What about learning vocabulary related to FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS?

These FLASHCARDS will help you. 

Time to study something that may be new for many: QUESTION TAGS. Here you have some extra practice:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

Tired? Try this memory game:

Questions are quite tricky in English, aren't they? Well, imagine including prepositions in them, it becomes a nightmare! Don't worry, here you have some extra practice;

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

The writing of the unit is  A REVIEW (of a concert or music festival). If you need extra help, you can try this PRACTICE.

That was a lot of work, wasn't it? Let's finish with some music, the same way we started, to liven up,  things a bit 😉! Here you have a more recent version of the song we started this post with. This time the purpose was to help people in Haiti, who suffered a terrible earthquake in 2010. 

LITERATURE AND CULTURE LESSONS ABOUT THE UK AND IRELAND

Last week, on Friday 6th October, all the students at the school (except those in 2nd bach who are really busy in their last year at school and cannot spare any time at all) attended different lessons that helped them learn English in a different (and much more fun!) way. 

Thanks to Burlington Books, who brought Damien to our school, and for free 😉, students learnt about...

GHOSTS AND LEGENDS:

IRELAND:

ENGLISH LITERATURE:

BRITAIN:

Only two students chose to use the "calling my mum" lifeline. It was so much fun 😂: Damien called his mum and the students talked to her to find out what the correct answer was. They were so shocked!!!

Students really enjoyed the activity, so we are just looking forward to repeating again!