European landmarks

A landmark is a monument or a building that makes a city important. Millions of people travel around the world looking for them and taking pictures there.

We have plenty of them in Europe. Primary 1 & 2 students have been looking for them and have selected around 20 landmarks to learn about. Do you want to check their research? Do not miss to watch the mural in the entrance hall ;)

If you cannot go and see it in the school, why not to have a look at this? European landmarks map
Enjoy our work.

What is your favorite landmark in Europe?

Morning prayer.

Every Thursday morning Primary 2 students do the morning prayer in English.

It is a nice experience for the students to compare English and Spanish prayers.

Would you like to do the prayer in English once a week like them?

Can you write another simple morning prayer? Leave us a comment.

The Canterbury tales

Last week our students went to the theatre.

They listened to 5 tales.

 

Each tale had a moral: an idea that summarises the whole story and that can be used to become a better person.

Click on the link to learn more about The Canterbury Tales.

Healthy food VS junk food

Primary 1 students are starting a new unit: Food.

During the next 3 weeks, the students are going to learn new words about the food they normally eat. In addition, they will learn how important is to eat healthy food and avoid junk food. Here you can see a picture drawn during the last lesson in which they draw a superhero and a villian.

We finish this entry with a fabulous song. Enjoy it!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas is not celebrated the same way in every country. Let's analyze New Year's eve.

New Year's eve is the 31st of December. As the clock strikes 0:00, the entire world gets immersed in celebration.

• In Span, people eat 12 grapes at every toll of the clock during the New Year. Spaniards believe that it will bring good luck and happiness for the coming 12 months.

• In Denmark, people stand on chairs and jump from them at midnight. Some families also break the dishes they have just used during the dinner.

• In Germany, people drop melted lead into cold water to see what shape is generated. The shape may predict the future: heart shapes symbolize marriage, round shapes denote good luck, anchor shapes tell that you need help and a cross signifies someone’s sad demise.

• In Puerto Rico, people throw buckets of water out of their window in order to clean the odds of the last year as well as get the spirits out of the home.

Did you do something different on New Year's eve?

Leave us a comment.

Christmas is here!

Christians all around the world celebrate this festivity. Christmas reminds every person that Jesus Christ was born 2017 years ago. Jesus came to the human world to bring us salvation.

Christmas is a time to think over 4 words: solidarity, respect, union and fraternity. After reflecting on the words one is ready to say "welcome!" to Jesus on December 25th.

Some traditions in Christmas time involve the Advent calendar, decorating the house with lights, ornaments & the Nativity scene, baking a gingerbread man and cookies, meals & dinners with all your relatives, singing carols, cards & gifts exchange...
In our school, we have done some of them. 

English teachers want to wish you a merry Christmas. We have prepared you some activities to enjoy the festivity during the holidays.

Vocabulary activities:

• Match the word to the picture 1.
• Match the word to the picture 2.
• Write the correct word.

Games:

• Can you choose the best present for each child?
• Paper snowflake maker.
• Run santa run.
• Santa snowball shoot.

Stories:

• The Nativity story.
• My favourite day.
• Mickey's Christmas Carol.
• The little match girl.
• Peppa Pig - Christmas episodes.
• Pokémon - Christmas night.
• Pikachu's winter vacation.

Songs & carols:

• Phineas & Ferb - The twelve days of Christmas.
• Phineas and Ferb - We wish you a merry Christmas.
• All I want for Christmas is you.

Have fun! See you in 18 days!

The house

Grade 2 students have recently passed an exam about the house. Here you have 4 activities to review the vocabulary. Enjoy them!

1. Look at the number and think about the name of every room. Can you leave us a comment with the names?

2. Look at the pictures and press the speaker's bottom. Listen to the word, find the word and drag it into the box.

• Flash game.

3. Watch the following stories and songs. Have fun!

• Cartoons.
• Short story.
• Song.

4. Answer the following question. Write a comment with your answer.

• What is your favourite room in your home? Why do you like it?

Summer holidays

Here comes the summer!

In summer, we do not have to go to school. We sunbathe on the beach and enjoy water activities. Some of us will travel to other places. And others will go camping and hiking.

No matter what your plans are, because in summer, all plans are great.

If you were to go on a summer trip, what things would you take with you?

Tell us about the activities you are doing this summer and name some items you will need.

What is it?

Look at the strange photo and guess it's name. Use your imagination!

What is it?

Spring

Llegó la primavera y nuestros alumnos del taller compelmentario de inglés han estado realizando un super mural con el vocabulario de esta estación.

Además, han completado un pequeño poema sobre la primavera añadiendo palabras inglés que riman. ¡La mayoría son capaces de recitarlo de memoria!

Os dejamos esta actividad para que no os olvidéis de las palabras aprendidas.

• Drag the words into the correct spaces.

House & furniture

People live in houses. There are different types of houses: some live in blocks of flats whereas others own a detached house or a terrace.

Where do you live?

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A house contains different rooms. Do you know the name of each room? 

Try this online hangman game.

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Rooms are full of furniture and devices. Can you name any objects that you can find in a house? Tell us where can you find them, please.

You can also try the following online games.

• Painting furniture
• Ballon burst
• Finding objects

And listen to an awesome song.

• Animal house

What is it?

Look at the strange photo and guess it's name. Use your imagination!

What is it?

Bambi

The story of a young deer growing up in the forest after his mother is shot by hunters.

You have just watched Bambi cartoon film.

• Did you like the film?
• Can you summarize it?

• What is your favourite character? Why?
• What is your favourite scene? Why?
• Would you recommend anyone to watch this film? Why?

Landmarks

A landmark is a famous building or a statue. Read the story and answer the questions.

 Story

There are four famous landmarks in this story.

• Are there any famous landmarks in your country? 
• What's it called?
• What is it?
• Do you know who built it?
• Do lots of people visit it?
• What do people do there when they visit it?

Online activity. Can you put the famous landmarks in the correct place?

Complete the sentences with the country where the landmarks are located:

Australia - Russia - the USA - Egypt - Malaysia - India

• The Statue of liberty is in __________.
• The Pyramids are in __________.
• St. Basil's Cathedral is in __________.
• Sydney Opera House is in __________.
• The Taj Mahal is in __________.
• The Petronas Towers are in __________.

What is it?

Look at the strange photo and guess it's name. Use your imagination!

What is it?

The jungle book

Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.

You have just watched The Jungle Book cartoon film.

• Did you like the film?
• Can you summarize the film?

You watched 33 scenes.

• What is your favourite scene? Why?

Valentine's Day

El día de San Valentín (que se celebra el 14 de febrero) es una celebración tradicional cristiana. Esta fiesta se ha hecho popular en muchos países, iniciándose en los anglosajones.

Principalmente en este día las parejas de enamorados expresan su amor y cariño mutuamente. En algunos países se conoce también a este día como el día del amor y la amistad.

Nuestros alumnos del taller complementario de inglés han realizado postales para regalar a aquellas personas que aman, aprecian, quieren... para recordarles lo importantes que son en sus vidas.

Para completar la sesión del día de San Valentín, os proponemos una actividad de traducción. ¿Sabrías decir las siguientes palabras en inglés? 

• Amigo 
• Amor 
• Chocolate 
• Corazón 
• Feliz 
• Flor

What's the weather like?

What's the weather like in China? What's the weather like in Egypt? Listen to the weather news and put the weather symbols in the right places.

Activity

What's the weather like today where you are?

What's the weather usually like in your country?

What's your favourite type of weather?

What is it?

Look at the strange photo and guess it's name. Use your imagination!

What is it?

Money

Have you ever seen any of these symbols?

They are all related with money.

Where will you use any of them?