The students have their say on the English week.

                                                                                                                     

MURALS VIDEO!

A video of the murals we did for English Week!

English Week day 5: Karaoke Concert with Connie Lynch!

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

The last day of our school's English Week was exceptional! We had an amazing time singing out loud accompanied by a great talent with an outstanding voice; Connie Lynch. 
Music connects and brings us closer, singing great songs is a splendid technique, one of the most efficient when it comes to building up the vocabulary data bank. 

A video of our students singing: 
"We will rock you - Queen"
"I feel good - James Brown"
"Imagine - John Lennon"

ENJOY VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 3

English Week: days 3 and 4

Yesterday and today was the time for story-telling sessions. We had two special guests for the occasion: Kirsten Tinkler, who told our younger students some horror stories about the city of London and who even used a disguise for the event; she also played the violin for the students as part of her performance! And Jamie Keddie, the famous author and public speaker, who told some stories from You Tube and got the 3rd and 4th year students really engaged with them! They were both excellent! Here are some photos of their performances:

While all this was taking place in the School Hall, the text book author Paul Kelly was quizzing the Batxillerat students: they had to answer questions from 5 different sections in small groups. There was even a small prize for the winners! All in all, these last two days have been a big success as well!

Scottish Dancing with David Vivanco!

David came all the way from Scotland to Barcelona to share the beauty of his culture with us during our school's English week!
We enjoyed the different types of sportive dancing, the mesmerizing sounds of the Scottish bagpipe, the magical musical spoons, and the delightful stories of the men who wear kilts! 

A video of the activity with an interview with David Vivanco

VIDEO!

Getting ready for the ENGLISH WEEK!

At last! Next week is the big week: THE ENGLISH WEEK! We are all excited about it and we are decorating the school. Each level has been working on a different English speaking country: 1ESO has specialised in the United Kingdom, the second-year-students have been working on Canada, 3ESO has been dealing with Australia and 4ESO with the USA. Finally, the 1BAT students have focused on New Zealand. What have they been doing? They have been searching for information about the country, giving a class presentation, filming a video and making posters. Everything is ready now for next week. And what have we got for next week? Workshops on Scottish dancing and bagpipe playing, story-telling sessions, quizzes, conferences and pop/rock Karaoke concerts!!! We can't wait for the big week to start!!!

Composition Time

Our 3ESO students visited Catalunya Radio station and one of them, Inés, wrote a report on the event:

A day at Catalunya Radio

On Thursday 12th of November the students of 3rd ESO went to Catalunya Radio to find out how the radio works.

We went by bus, taking the H8. We arrived there at 10:15h. First of all, the students ate our breakfast outside the building.

Once we were inside, the first thing we did was go through security control.

Then we entered a reception where a girl explained to them what the visit was going to be about and gave them a brief introduction.

Then we visited the facilities of the radio station, where there were people working. We saw many studios and some people recording a radio program.

The girl explained the characteristics of the studios: We have two windows and double glazing to soundproof the room and the floor is covered with a carpet to improve the sound quality. Some of the rooms have double doors for the same reason.

Once the visit finished, some students had the oportunity to record a radio program like  professionals.

Finally, we returned to the school having spent a great day.