Exchange programme. Trip to England, November 2009

Composition written by Lucía P.R. 4º ESO A

The aeroplane landed in London at London Stanted Airport. First we went to the school where we were going to spend some of our stay. The school was impressive.
The families that would receive us in their houses were there to welcome us, they were waiting for us. They were very nice!
The students who didn’t have a family to stay with went to the hotel in a family’s car.
The second day, everybody went to the school; “King Edward Grammar School”. We had breakfast there and later we met our partners. We were with them in their class. When the lessons finished, we went to the shopping centre in Chelmsford. There were two shopping centres all together! Finally, we ate in an Italian restaurant and we went to sleep.
On the 7th of November, we went to London by train. When we arrived there, we walked and we got into the underground. When we got out of the underground, the first thing that we saw was The London Eye. It was very very big!
Then, we walked to Big Ben and took some photos there. After that, we went to Coven Garden Street and got into the “Market”. We ate there and finally, we went to Hide Park, a huge park.
When we arrived in Chelmsford, we went to the cinema. I saw “The Man who Stared the Goats”, and other guys saw “This is it”, Michael Jackson’s film.
On Sunday, we spent all day with our families and we were with the teachers in the village centre.
On Monday, we went to school. We stayed with our partners and we met more people.
On Tuesday we went to Cambridge. I liked it so much because the universities are immense! On that day, a Spanish guide was with us. She showed us all the important places in the city. We saw several colleges, universities and churches.
The next day we were at school for two hours and later we went to a close village to play tennis. It was fun because the man who was with us was very nice.
At four we went to a shopping centre in Chelmsford again.
On Thursday, we went back to London. That day we saw Buckingham Palace, but we didn’t see Queen Elisabeth!
Later, we went to Oxford Street and we spent a lot of time there.
On Friday, we went to school and we met the English Students. When we finished the lessons, we went to ice-skate.
On Saturday, we went to Colchester by train, an English guide was with us that day. We saw the village and a Roman theatre.
The day of the arrival in Spain: It was a sad day, because we loved England. We went to London Stanted Airport by bus and we got to the plane at a quarter to twelve.
The travel was fantastic and I will do another travel the same as this one, with all the people!

MY HALLOWEEN

Every year me and my family celebrate Halloween. Between the 20th of October and the 31st of October we shop around for Halloween costumes. We always look great and we are different people every year. This year I was dressed as a very pale woman. I had cuts and scars all over my body and face with black and grey hair with a long white dress. It loooked cool. On Halloween my parents take me and my siblings out trick or treating. We get lots of sweets and money. I think I´m a bit too old for it now, but I love going out with my family. After a little while we go home and finish the decorating. Every Halloween we have a Halloween party. Our house always looks like a haunted mansion. Even the bathroom is decorated. We change the doorbell and whenever it rings it makes everyone jump. It´s always a really fun night.

By Leanne Marie Symons 3º ESO D
Drawing. Leticia Navarro, 1º ESO C

Our trip to Gibraltar

You’ll find here the awarded projects done by students of 1º Bachillerato A & B. The ones done by the students of 1º Bach. C are displayed in the hall, on the first floor. They are very nice. Have a look at them.

1st Prize - Irene and Yaiza 1º Bach. B


2nd Prize - Karen 1º Bach. A

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3rd Prize - Stephan & David 1º Bach. A

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Another 3rd Prize - Vanesa P. 1º Bach.B

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Some nice essays about Gibraltar.

Spanglish

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“Spanglish” is a play that deals with stereotypes. Charlie is one of the characters, and we want to invite him to spend some time with us in Spain
Here you can read some e-mails written to Charlie.

Here you have some pictures of the play.

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Here are the students' comments:
The play was very funny and the actor and actresses performed very well.
The decoration was colourful and beautiful.
It was easy to understand.
Favourite scenes: the scene at the restaurant, on the plane, with the skateboard, in the classroom, dancing to The Beatles’s song with the students, the kiss at the end and especially, the actor pretending to be a bullfighter dancing and singing “Olé!”

Guy Fawkes and the Bonfire Night by Juan R. 4º A

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The Difference

A school in Miami, a school in Spain, there is a difference. In Miami we have something called block schedule, also known as periods. We have three classes per day and in total its six classes. One day you might have 2, 4, 6 and another day it can be 1, 3, and 5. The first day of school you go to every class to meet your teachers, and then you are divided into the six periods. There, in Miami, you have advanced classes known as the Honor Students but then you also have the A.P classes for even more advanced students. A.P classes are classes from the University for students who have higher learning and students whose teachers think they are ready for those courses. In Miami to graduate you need three things: One is to get 24 credits, two is to pass a national test called the FCAT, last but not least to pass all your classes. You get the 24 credits by every class you take and pass, every class is worth different credits. One class can give you 0, 5 and another can give you 1 credit it all depends on the class. Not everyone passes the FCAT, but to graduate you must pass it. If you don’t pass the FCAT, even if you’re the best student in your school with a scholarship awaiting you, you won’t get your high school diploma. The schools in Miami serve breakfast and lunch, here in Spain you have a snack and when you get home you eat your lunch. I went to a school where playing a varsity sport is everything? It can be Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, Swimming, Water polo, you name it you have it. If you didn’t play in a sport you would join a club. Well you aren’t forced to join either a sport or a club but it would look good when you graduate from high school and the universities start looking at you, to see if you are worth being in the school. You have any kind of club like Space Club, Art Club, Medicine, fashion, and the list just keeps going and going. We have bi-lingual schools; well every school is bi-lingual. If you don’t know English you take your classes in Spanish and you take ESOL classes helping you learn English. Here in Spain is different. You don’t eat lunch here, classes are different you have no electives. In Miami you had an elective for every taste. Music classes, Art classes, Phys.Ed, Technology, Auto Shop, Wood Shop and the electives just keep on going. Here you can’t even pick your classes, you pick the level you want and that’s it. The times over there were form 7:15am ´till 2:30 pm and over here it’s from 8:30am ´till 2:45pm. But if you played a sport or were joined in a club you would usually finish your day at school around 6pm or 6:30pm, because of practices and meetings. Here in the ¨Institute¨

For 4ºEso you have to buy your own books, and everyone pays for every photocopy you need and make. Your teachers don’t do them for you, you are responsible for them, and you pay for your work. In Miami you get your book free of cost, unless if you loose them, and you return them at the end of the school year, except for the work books. The methods of teaching are different, our schools are different, but we all learn the same thing just in different ways.

María 4º ESO A