BLOGOROOOOOOCK 4!!!

See our friends from 4.A and 4.B singing their favourite class songs. Make a comment, please and tell us if you like them.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!

Saya, the robot teacher

Do you want to know Saya? She is the first robot teacher  in the world. In this video, you can see Saya teaching a science and technology lesson to a class of 10-year-old pupils at the Kudan Elementary School in Tokyo, Japan.
Saya can speak six languages and she knows more than 700 words. Would you like to have a robot teacher?

BLOGOROOOOOOCK!!!

 See our 3.B friends singing a wonderful song: I LIKE THE LIBRARY.

Please, WRITE COMMENTS, and tell us if you like this video. Thank you!

 

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!!!

Click on this link if you want to watch a wonderful video.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/B8WHKRzkCOY?rel=0


Listen to the words, they are from a famous song by Louis Armstrong. If you want to listen to the song, click here:

THANKSGIVING DAY

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated in the USA on the fourth Thursday in November. It's a tradition that started in 1863. Together with Chrismas and the New Year, Thanksgiving is one of the most important celebrations of the year in the USA.
Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a day for families and friends to get together for a special meal. This meal often includes a turkey, potatoes, vegetables... Thanksgiving Day is a day for many people to give thanks for what they have.
Click on this link and see the turkey!!!

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1796513126

TAYLOR SWIFT

Do you know Taylor Swift?
Watch this video and sing with her one of her last songs.
Have fun!!!

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

The film tells a story of Dracula, the owner of Hotel Transylvania, where the world's monsters can take a rest from human civilization. Dracula invites some of the most famous monsters, including Frankenstein's monster, Mummy, a Werewolf family, and the Invisible Man, to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter Mavis. When the hotel is unexpectedly visited by an ordinary 21-year-old traveler named Jonathan, Dracula must protect Mavis from falling in love with him before it is too late.


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FRANKENWEENIE

Victor Frankenstein is a young boy who creates films with his dog Sparky. One day Sparky is hit by a car. Victor is very sad but he learns at school about electrical impulses in muscles, and gets the idea to bring his pet back to life. He creates very complicated machines and revives his dog.

Victor is very happy but his neighbours are angry and terrified ... and here problems start...

KIERON WILLIAMSON, THE YOUNG PICASSO

Kieron Williamson is from Holt, England. He started painting pictures when he was 5 years old and  he was on holiday in Cornwall with his family. He liked the boats he was seeing and asked for some paper to copy them.
He went to painting classes and soon he became an artist. On his first exhibition he sold his paintings in 14 minutes and won 18,200 pounds for 16 paintings.
If you want to know him, watch this video:

HALLOWEEN

I want to wish you a very happy

Halloween with this litle surprise

Click Here

EXERCISES FOR 5.A AND 5.B

FOOD

Click on this link if you want to do some exercises about food:

FOOD EXERCISES


Make comments like:

I liked / I didn't like  the exercises.
The exercises were easy / difficult / boring / funny...

EXERCISES FOR 6.A AND 6.B

FREE TIME AND HOBBIES

Click on this link to do the exercises.

Write a comment with your opinion about them.

exercises

IN ENGLISH, PLEASE

You can see this program every day in ETB1 and ETB2.
Alan Griffin is an Australian english teacher who lives in Bilbao.
You can learn a lot of English with him: new vocabulary, songs...
It's really interesting!

If you want to see one of the chapters, click on the following link:

http://www.eitb.com/eu/bideoak/osoa/958600/in-english-please-zazpigarren-atala-bideoa--in-english-please/

Hello, goodbye

Do you know the British band THE BEATLES? Of course!
This is one of their easiest songs, you can sing it watching this video.

BRAVE

Hi kids! Welcome to the new school year.

Have you seen this film? It's in the cinema now.

It tells the story of Merida, a scotish princess who doesn't want to follow the tradition of marrying and preffers to ride her horse and is very good with her bow and arrows.

But her mother doesn't like that, and this will be the beginning of a big problem... and a big adventure.

If you have seen the film, tell us about it. If not, you can see a little of it in the following video:

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GAMES

Do you like Nature, animals, plants...?

On this page you can find lots of games to play and learn about Nature:

.- Maze game: African Animals

.- Tour the world

.- Australia Maze

.- Mystery Animals

.- Mystery Foods...

 Are you ready to enjoy them...?  Then click HERE

SUPERMOON: BIGGEST MOON IN 18 YEARS

Last weekend we saw a supermoon in the sky. It was the biggest moon we've seen in 18 years.
The moon looked 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter, due to the orbit of the moon around the Earth.
Because the moon was low in the horizon, it looked extra big in comparison to other objects in the distance, such as buildings or mountains.
Did you see the moon on Saturday?
Did it look really big?
Tell us about it.

World Book Day is celebrated on April 23 every year.

Why ” World Book Day” on April 23?:

For the simple reason of the death of three of the world’s greatest writers on that date: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes.
In some countries like Cuba this day is a celebration of Language.
In some countries, for example, Spain, Argentina, and Mexico, there are activities dedicated to World Book Day. For example, in Spain they have the Book Fair,where book sellers put stalls in the streets,selling new and some used book and doing a discount.

In other places, couples give gifts. The woman gives the man a book, and the man gives a rose to the woman.
However, although the World Book Day is celebrated on April 23, we must remember that some countries either do not celebrate, or celebrate the day on a different date. For example, in Ireland and the UK they celebrate “World Book Day” every year on the first Tuesday in March.

WORLD WATER DAY 2012

On March 22nd we celebrate the World Water Day.

Water is a Precious Resource.
Water is essential to life on our planet. Yet we often treat it like there is an infinite supply. It's time to get educated about the value of water and how you can protect this important natural resource.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO SAVE WATER?

1.- Don't leave the tap running for a long time while you are washing your hands.

2.- Turn off taps when you have finished using them.

3.- Report leaking taps and toilets to your parents and teachers. One drop per second equals 7,000 litres of water wasted per year.

4.-Wash paint brushes in a bucket or ice cream container.

5.-Take shorter showers.

6.-Never use your toilet as wastebasket.

7.-Don't run water while brushing your teeth.

8.-Water your plants early in the morning or late in evening.

Click HERE if you want to calculate your use of water.

Click HERE if you want to know how to save water every day.

Click HERE and HERE if you want to play games.

OUR ENGLISH WEEK

We had a fantastic English week with children from Aizarna and Antzuola (both in Gipuzkoa). We made very good friends.
In these photos, you can see some of the activities we did: our lessons, presentations, games, the park, our bedrooms, our meals, the disco...

ST PATRICK'S DAY

It was Saint Patrick's Day on Saturday 17th. It was celebrated mainly in Ireland because he is the patron saint of this country. But it was also celebrated in many other countries because there are irish people living all around the world.

The Story of Saint Patrick

When he was sixteen years old, pirates attacked his town in Wales.
They took Patrick to Ireland on their ship. They sold him as a slave to a farmer named Milchiu. He minded sheep on a mountain called Sliabh Mis.

The people only spoke Irish. They were pagans. They didn't believe in God. He felt cold an lonely. He was very sad and homesick. Life was very hard. Patrick prayed every day and every night...

He was six years on Sliabh Mis.

Suddenly one night he had a strange dream. A voice told him a ship was waiting in the harbour. He reached the ship and it took him home. His family was very happy to see him.
Later Patrick became a priest and then a bishop. He had another dream. In his dream he heard the people of Ireland calling him. He went back to Ireland.

For about 30 years he told the people of Ireland about God. He used a shamrock to explain about the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit.

There are no snakes in Ireland. Some say it is because saint Patrick made them leave. Maybe it is just because Ireland is an island and is surrounded by water.

Patrick is buried in Downpatrick, County Down.

READ AND LISTEN TO THESE WONDERFUL STORIES

DO YOU LIKE STORIES?

Here you can find a lot of stories told by famous actors.

You will know some, but it will be good to listen to them again. You can read the story at the same time. Have a good time! Click HERE to choose your favourite one.

Pancake Day

PANCAKE DAY
On Tuesday we celebrated Pancake Day in the English Class.
Aigne told us how to cook pancakes and we helped her to make them and... eat them.
They were delicious!!!

Click on these links if you want to:
.- Know more about Pancake Day
.- Get the recipe

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HOLLYWOOD

Here are our movies!

Performances, direction, edition… well, we know, there are still a lot of things to improve. But this is just the beginning, these are the first steps on the way that will bring us to Hollywood!

So, make yourself comfortable and enjoy the show!

IT'S CARNIVAL!!!

It's Carnival!!! How do you celebrate it? Only at school?

If you want to know how children around the world celebrate carnival, click HERE and read their comments.

And... why don't you write a comment about it?
We want to know about you!!!

ENGLISH CALENDAR 2012

Would you like to have your own English Calendar?

Click HERE, print it and learn a lot of vocabulary:


January: Shops
February: Colours
March: Materials
April: TV
May:The City
June: Money
July: Playground
August: Theatre
September: School Subjects
October: Halloween
November: Weather
December: Sweets

VITORIA-GASTEIZ: GREEN CAPITAL 2012

Vitoria the next Green Capital 2012

Vitoria will be the next Green Capital 2012.

Vitoria is the smallest of all the candidates, as population, as extension, and the winner.
Vitoria´s Town Hall has been characterized for the creation of green spaces around the city, close to the town centre forming what is known as the green ring, the result of an ambitious recovery and environmental restoration plan of the periphery and articulated by various enclaves of high ecological and landscape value.

Vitoria in addition has a serial of measures to reduce light pollution, all of which, together with the effort to reduce domestic water consume below a hundred litres per capita per day are three of the major pillars that have based to award.

The Whispering Palms

Here is another nice story for you to read and listen to.

Click here and enjoy it!

A short story to listen to and read

THE GOLDEN FISH

This story is a classic tale you probably know. Here you can listen to and read it.
Make a comment telling us if you liked it or not, if it was easy or difficult to understand...
Would you like to listen to and read more stories like this?

CLICK HERE

NEW GAMES FOR THE NEW YEAR

Hello again and Happy New Year 2012!!!

Did you enjoy your holidays?

Winter is with us, and we have fog, ice... and 0 degrees!

Here you can find some games to play at home when it is too cold outside.

CLICK HERE