BUSY DAISY

Let us introduce Daisy, Oliver and Alfie to you. They will offer you some useful information and extra pratice on the topics we learn in the classroom.

We started revising the present simple so Daisy is chatting to her brother Oliver, and his best mate Alfie, about her new boyfriend. Click on the image below to watch the video and do the exercises.

The Present Simple: Grammar Snacks

The Present Simple: exercises

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to all the students who took part in a new edition of the English contest The Big Challenge!

More than 40000 students participated in Spain. We feel very proud of our students because they've improved their registers regarding last year's. These are some  photos of them showing the prizes they've received.

 1st, 2nd and 3rd ESO students

1st ESO students

 4th ESO students

Lucía (4º ESO student)

We want to congratulate Xu Chen (4ºESO) for an outstanding performance since he has come 1st among all the students who participated in the province. CONGRATULATIONS!

IRENE: AN ITALIAN ERASMUS STUDENT VISITS US!

As part of the Letter exchange activity with Erasmus students, 2º ESO A received the visit of one of them: Irene. She is an Italian student whose reading recommendation was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

She spent one lesson with us and we could ask her questions about her country and reading habits. She also asked us some questions!

It was so good to have her with us! Thanks Irene!

LETTER EXCHANGE WITH ERASMUS STUDENTS IN OURENSE

A few days ago, 2º ESO A students received some special letters with some reading recommendations from Italy, Lithuania, France, Mexico, Turkey, Czech Republic, Portugal and Finland. Those letters came from foreign students who are apending this academic year in Ourense. This is a collage featuring their recommendations.

A few days later, our students replied to those letters sending them their suggestions.

Do you feel like having a look ?

VICTORIA DAY

While we are back to lessons after a long weekend, Canadians celebrate Victoria Day today. 

Why do they celebrate it? Well, they do it to mark the birth of Queen Victoria.

Victoria, who was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India, was born in 1819. She was only 18 when she took over the throne in 1837 after her uncle George IV died. A few years later, she married her cousin, Prince Albert. They had nine children together. When Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria became very sad and she wore black for the rest of her life. She ruled until her death in 1901, when her son Edward the VII became the King of England.

But, what is Victoria Day?

Canadians celebrate Victoria Day on the Monday before May 24. This year Victoria Day is May 18th.  Victoria Day became a popular holiday in Ontario in 1845 and a national holiday in 1901. During the 1900s, it used to be called Empire Day and then it changed to Commonwealth Day. Now Canadians call it Victoria Day. Victoria Day, or May Long Weekend as it's often called, marks the unofficial start of summer. 

To find out more about this celebration, you can listen to the podcast below recorded by Raquel and Noelia (1ºBac). You will need to know what a Penny Black is. The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was issued in Britain on 1 May 1840, for official use from 6 May of that year and features a profile of Queen Victoria.