To finish the school year, the students of 1º ESO had the chance to go to Gibraltar, and try to put in practice what they had learned. The students left Montoro by coach last Thursday, 18th June. They stopped at Carmona, where they visited the Roman Necropolis and the Alcázar de Puerta Sevilla.
Rafa Martínez, the English teacher, explains the most important features of the Roman Necropolis
Going down the ladder into the Circular Mausoleum
Servilia Tomb
Then, on Friday, they visited Gibraltar. First, they went on a boat trip in the Strait and were able to see lots of dolphins.
After that, they took the cable car and spent some time learning about the world-known monkeys. Later, they visited the amazing St. Michael's Cave. Finally, they had to order their food at a typical English pub. On the whole it was an unforgettable experience.
One day in class, in 1º Bachillerato, we talked about the passing of time and I suggested creating a time capsule. We watched videos and found information about how to do it and some days later, we had all the material ready to do it. In the sealing ceremony, the students had to explain what they were going to put in the time capsule and why. It was a very moving ceremony because the students decided to talk about some very personal moments in their lives and the objects related to them.
By the way, the time capsule will be deposited in the English Department and won't be open until June 2025. Will you be there?
A new year has gone by, and our language assistant, Ajah Ogio, is leaving. We had a surprise party for her and she was really moved. Thank you, dear Ajah. We wish you the best that life has to offer.
We all know about Halloween and Thanksgiving Day. However, in the USA there are many other festivals which are worth studying. Since the two bilingual schools in Montoro have shared a language assistant this year we decided to organise a school activity around these not so well-known festivals. The activity took place at Santos Isasa school and the 4th Primary students of CEIP Nuestra Señora del Rosario were invited to join.
The Santos Isasa students (1º ESO) prepared some power points about:
- Arbor Day
- Flag Day
- Kentucky Derby
and the teachers and our assistant organised games, quizzes and other fun activities around the information given.
The students of 1º Bachillerato have had the chance to live a school exchange with a Liceo from Turin, in Italy. Liceo Carlo Cattaneo is a science-oriented school with a bilingual section in Spanish. Our students travelled to Italy in April and enjoyed visiting the city as well as Milan and doing curricular and sport activities with their Italian partners. The Italian students arrived in Montoro in May and took part in all the activities (history, sport, art and music) that we had prepared for them. Italian, Spanish and English were the languages that we used in the exchange, so the students really understood how important being able to speak another language is.
Last May 5th the 4th ESO groups of IES Santos Isasa and IES Miguel Crespo (Fernán Núñez) met in Córdoba for a joint activity around the history of the city. We organised different activities in which teams composed of students from both schools had to work together to find the correct answers.
Legends
The students had to unjumble the sentences to make the whole story.
Treasure Hunt
Around the figure of The Great Captain, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, the students discovered many unknown facts about the most important landmarks in the city centre. The hunt combined activities of English, Maths, History, Art and the students had to use the new technologies (i.e. their mobile phones) to do certain tasks.
History of the City
Again, some collaborative work to decipher some bites of the history of Córdoba
Interview
The students had to interview foreigners in English about their trip to the city.
It goes without saying that everybody had a wonderful time and learned a lot about the city. They all got a diploma and there were special prizes for the winners of each activity.
As you know, a group of 13 students of our school won the Euroscola 2014 competition in Spain. One of the prizes they got was a visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg (France). Last 19th March the much-awaited visit took place. The students and their teachers were able to spend a whole day with teenagers from other 23 European countries and they debated about hot issues in Europe at the moment. Of course, all the talks and discussions were conducted in English. The experience was enlightening and the whole trip was unforgettable since they were also able to enjoy the beauty of the city of Strasbourg.
Who said that the phases of the moon are difficult to learn, let alone in English? Well, with some recycled material and a little bit of imagination everything is possible, as our 1º ESO students can show. This is one of our students' projects.
A new edition of our world famous Fashion Week has just started. New models, new clothes, but the same excitement on the catwalk. The students of 2º ESO A and 2º ESO B have prepared their descriptions in English, French and Spanish. They show their clothes to the rhythm of their favourite music. Look at the photos below and enjoy!
Comme c'est traditionnel,les élèves de 1°eso ont célébré la chandeleur
au lycée .Ils ont fait des crêpes sucrées et/ou salées. Ils ont passé
des moments agréables en leur préparants et en les mangeants en classe
après.C'est une journée amusante et les éléves adorent les crêpes.Ils
sont devenus de très bon cuisiniers!!!!
What’s the meaning of peace? Peace means equality, means respect. It means justice, hope and fraternity. Peace means love and friendship. Peace means freedom. Wherever a positive thing is, peace is there, too.
If everything good includes peace, then everybody wants to get it. But don’t forget that peace starts and finishes in ourselves. Try to be fair, try to be respectful and try to be a good friend each day. Respect freedom, respect everybody’s opinion. If you don’t agree, discuss it: it’s all right! That’s a very important way to achieve peace…
Peace goes like the butterfly effect does. Small actions change the world! At home, at school; try it. Lots of people have changed the world, and they were made of flesh and blood, like us! Thanks to Mahatma Gandhi, India became independent while he tried to build a better society, a society without castes. But Mahatma couldn’t have done this alone: he needed the support of his country, as Martin Luther King did it. He ended with segregation in the United States, like Nelson Mandela finished in South Africa. Peace also consists on fighting (peacefully) to allow girls to go to school, for example (as Malala Yousafzai) or being the first woman who is president in your country. That was the case of Benazir Bhuto in Pakistan.
“Come on girls, come on boys; it’s your future, it’s your choice, and your weapon is your voice: let’s make a new tomorrow today!” [A friend in London – New Tomorrow]
Change it with your music. Change it writing, or change it through sculpture or drawing. Change it protesting like French people did after the attacks of Charlie Hebdo. And in relation to this topic, don’t get confused: although several Islamic fundamentalists have carried out the attack, that doesn’t mean that every single Muslim supports them. Don’t spread irrational fear, because then you are going to collect war.
Rafael Díaz Tendero (1º Bachillerato A)
To finish, John Lennon’s masterpiece Imagine.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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