MUSIC AND MATH

In UNIT 1 we have been working with all the benefits that music can bring to people. Did you know that it can help you improve your maths skills? Watch this short video (good practice for your listening test next Friday!) and try to answer the questions in the questionnaire below. 

MUSIC IN THE STONE AGE

Click on the picture and watch this short video about the origins of music and the first musical instruments and answer the questions in the link below:

MUSIC IN PREHISTORIC TIMES: Rellenar formulario 

2025 HALLOWEN COMPETITIONS WINNERS

Last year's winning short clip suggested "Procrastination kills", but even if we have had lots of procrastinators, it has been really hard to decide on 2025 winners amongst so many high-quality, spooky, hair-raising memes, gifs and clips.

However, after giving it some thought, we can announce the winners this year:

BEST MEME/GIF: Adriana García (2nd Bachillerato)

Her meme shows how scary English vocabulary can be when it comes to pronunciation!

BEST SHORT CLIP: Jaime Alonso (1st ESO)

It is amazing how students (even the youngest ones!) master film-making, managing to create a horror story which will help students at IES Selgas to always remember their homework!

Here you have a group photo of most of the participants with the treats they got: 

There was also a surprise for the rest of the students in the courtyard...

Thank you so much for joining the competitions. See you next year!!

Have a terrific Halloween!!!

FOOD AND NUTRITION

 

Eating good food is one of the most important things you can do to stay healthy. You know a lot about food, but is it enough? Take the challenge! Click on the link below and find out if you stand the test!

FOOD AND NUTRITION: Formulario rellenado previamente

SOUND DETECTIVE

 

Do you want to become a detective for a while and discover how sound works? Click on the link, watch the video about this topic and, after that,  complete a Google Form to show your findings.https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=O26jiJ_XK0qNtkwG0Jc4IfvPejpaUyxJkg3aQoTzkRxUOUZGQVRXNVE3TlZDU0o0WkxEWDNOSzlYMC4u

The hydrosphere-Water purification methods

 How can we make sure that the water we drink is clean and safe? Click on the picture below to find out about the different methods there are:

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?

HALLOWEEN COMPETITIONS

We can already show you the memes, gifs and videos sent by many students. 

Twenty students have taken part in the competitions and three of them have sent two works.

You can choose your favourite and then find out who the winners are on 31st October, during the break.

VIII HALLOWEEN MEMES/GIFS COMPETITION

by Sara Couso (2nd ESO)

by Sara Couso (2nd ESO)

by Paula Muñoz (1st ESO)

by Pablo Martínez (4th ESO)

by Francisco Fanjul (4th ESO)

by Pelayo Blanco (2nd Bachillerato)

by Damián García Marqués (1st ESO)

by Esteban Guardado (2nd ESO)

by Martina Fernández

by Ainhoa Fernández (2nd ESO)

by Valeria Pérez (1st Bachillerato)

by Adriana García (2nd Bachillerato)

by Ainhoa Pulido (1st Bachillerato)

by Julia Larfeuil (1st ESO)

by Hugo Feito (4th ESO)

by Hugo Feito (4th ESO)

by Eloy Larfeuil (1st ESO)

by Nora Álvarez (2nd Bachillerato)

II SHORT CLIPS  COMPETITION

by Martina Fernández (1st ESO)

by Violeta Villasante (2nd ESO)

by Matthew Harvey (2nd Bachillerato)

by Jaime Alonso (1st ESO)

by Sergio López (1st ESO)

Best of luck to all participants, and thank you so much for your work and for taking part in the competitions!

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. 

THE FLINTSTONES

Do you know this TV cartoon series? You have been working with its soundtrack in your music class, so you can watch this video to learn more about it:

HALLOWEEN 2025

Time really does fly! Here we are about to celebrate Halloween once again and it is already our VIII Meme and Gif Competition and the II Short Clips competition. So start thinking and preparing your scariest ideas in order to make our hair stand on end!!

Have a look at the presentations below where you will find all the information: 

MUSIC VOCABULARY (REVISION FOR 2ND YEAR )

After the summer holidays you may need to brush up your basic music vocabulary. Here you can find a series of activities which can help you to do so and have fun at the same time! 

GEOMETRY VOCABULARY

Students in the habLE porgramme are studying Geometry at the time. Since there must be a lot of new vocabulary, here you have some flashcards that may help you study it. 

Now you can test yourselves with this questionnaire:

Finally, you can challenge a classmate and see who can answer the most questions in this game:

4th ESO STARTER UNIT: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

STARTER UNITS are always about revising what you learnt during the past school year. Don't worry if you feel a bit rusty after the summer, we all tend to disconnect 😉!

We will start revising some vocabulary related to HEALTH and WELL-BEING. Click on the words to get to a Quizlet to practise it. If that one is too easy for you, here you have a more demanding version of it: HEALTH and WELL-BEING 2.

Time to revise some grammar. Verbal tenses are essential, so you must make sure you know everything about them.

PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS 

EXERCISES

MODAL VERBS are used all the time. They all share some common characteristics and are a bit tricky, because they can have different meanings:

ABILITY (CAN/COULD)

OBLIGATION (MUST/HAVE TO/MUSTN'T/DON'T HAVE TO)

ADVICE 

Let's have a look at some more vocabulary, this time ADJECTIVES to describe PERSONAL QUALITIES. Here you have a matching game:

We also learnt about some tricky words: JOURNEY - TRIP - TOUR - TRAVEL. This video will help you understand these words:

Back to verbal tenses! 

PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS

EXERCISES

You can also try this activity:

Then we revised USED TO (to talk about past habits and states).

EXERCISE

Need a break? Here you have a GAME to keep practising USED TO.

More verbal tenses, this time PRESENT PERFECT and PAST SIMPLE. 

EXERCISES

Again a GAME can help you learn and have fun at the same time 😉.

Thought you had finished? Unfortunately not! We also have to revise the main FUTURE TENSES. This chart can help you understand how to use them better:

You will need lots of practice, so here you have:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

Now you will certainly need some fun:

If you work with all these activities,  you will be ready to start learning new things! Let's do it!

STARTER UNIT: WHAT DO YOU KNOW? (3rd ESO)

You all know starter units are all about revision and revision means that you have already studied all that, so you should already know it all. However, I am sure that some extra practice can be helpful. Here you have some extra practice for all the things studied in this unit.

VOCABULARY: ACTIVITIES

VOCABULARY:THE ENVIRONMENT

VOCABULARY: ADJECTIVES

If you need extra practice on these contents, just click on them and you will go to a page that offers a lot. Just choose the exercises that suit you best 😉.

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE QUIZ

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS MEMORY GAME

PRESENT SIMPLE/ PRESENT CONTINUOUS

COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES

TO BE: SIMPLE PAST

Need a break? Try this GAME

THERE WAS / THERE WERE

QUANTIFIERS

TOO MANY/TOO MUCH/NOT ENOUGH... + NOUNS

TOO / NOT ENOUGH + ADJECTIVES

Need a break? Try this game:

PAST SIMPLE

Need a break? Try this GAME 

USED TO

A BUSINESS IDEA: 2ND ESO LEARNING SITUATION

We all need money to make our lives more comfortable, but we have to be careful to use it in a correct way. This is what we have been talking about in Unit 4: we have learnt verbs related to money, words to talk about quantity and how to compare things. Students have used all this to prepare presentations about A business idea.

Have a look at some of the businesses these entrepreneurs 😉 are going to set up: 

Candela Lombardero

Llara Pulido

Pablo Miranda and Daniel Pardo

Nora Martínez  and Carla López

Unai Villasante and Martín López 

Hugo Fernández and Manuel García 

Sarah Fernández and Ainara Díaz 

Iris Sande and Nayara López 

Carlos Farpón

 

Tania Dulap and Vega Álvarez

Pepe and Martín Gancedo

Manuel Menéndez

A Better World

Are you worried about the environment? Would you like some cool tips on how to protect it? Check out this video featuring students in the 1st year Bachillerato, who analyse some of biggest environmental issues facing our precious planet Earth. Compete the questionnaire below while you watch.

Meet the platypus

 The platypus is one of the only two mammals that lays eggs. Amazing, isn't it? Well, this is not the only surprise this little weird animal hides. Sir David Attenborough unveils something even more bizarre about this lovely creature in the video below. Click on the picture to watch:

Photo by Aaron De Wit in Unsplash

Teverga Prehistory Park Quiz

Last week you had the chance to visit the Teverga Prehistory Park and you surely learnt tons of things about what people's lives were like in those times, the animals they hunted, the weapons that they used and so on and so forth. 

Now it's time to take the quiz below to show how much you've learnt:

THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: THE DANGERS OF VAPING

 

Year 3 ESO students have already finished their biology lessons on the Respiratory System. In English lessons, we have reinforced this topic by looking at a different side of the issue: the dangers. We focused on vaping, which is currently very popular among teenagers. The students have widened their knowledge by answering some questions in a Microsoft Forms quiz.

BAROQUE MUSIC

During the 17th century there were great changes in music. it was the Baroque period. Click on the image above to watch this video from minute 49'35'' till the end and try to answer this questionnaire! 

Housing shortage

 Hermit crabs are invertebrates, specifically a type of crustacean. They borrow shells from other sea creatures for protection because their bodies are very soft. Click on the picture below to check out what happens when a new shell turns up. It's totally mind-boggling!

Costumes around the world

 Different regions in the world have their own unique cultures and , of course, different traditional costumes. Our 1st ESO bilingual students have done some research and created their own minibooks on a country of their choice. Would you like to have a look?

Here's a selection of some of those minibooks. Enjoy!

Ireland by Violeta Villasante Ortega 

Japan by Llara Valle Iturralde:

Brazil by Esteban Guardado Garcías:

Venice, Italy, by Sara Sánchez Martín

Australia by Llara Arne Prada:

Korea by Lola Lo Campo:

2ND YEAR ESO - UNIT 4: LIFE ON EARTH

GEOGRAPHY AND LANDSCAPE VOCABULARY QUIZLET

COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES:

EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3
EXERCISE 4
EXERCISE 5
EXERCISE 6

EXERCISE 7

Time for a break! Try this GAME

QUANTITY: A-AN/SOME/ANY/MUCH/MANY/A LOT OF

EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3



You can revise and play with the VOCABULARY of animals here

You have more controlled practice HERE 

And now you are ready to try this CROSSWORD, that explains the reasons why some animals are in danger of extinction.