School Trip to Gibraltar - 1º ESO

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.

Time Capsule

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?

Farewell Party

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.

Festivals in the USA

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.

Students presenting "Flag Day"

Students presenting "Kentucky Derby"

Quiz

 

 

Musical Chairs

Whisper Chain

Flags

School Exchange - Montoro / Torino (Italy)

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.

Team Building Day 2015

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.