Sunday, December 20, 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Looking for some holiday fun?
Here there are lots of things for you to do at home with your family:
  • Print out and colour Christmas colouring pages.
  • Play Christmas games!
  • Make your own Christmas cards,dinner place cards, and gift tags in this holiday crafts section.
  • Don't forget to send musical postcards to wish your friends and family a Merry Christmas!
  • Spice up your website or blog with our free Christmas widgets.
  • Make a Christmas wish list or write a letters to The Three Wise Kings on a Christmas stationery.
  • Sing Christmas Carols.

Friday, December 18, 2009

HAPPY END OF TERM FRIDAY TO EVERYBODY!

The Cure is a British band who were very popular in the late eighties. This is one of their most well-known songs. It was released in 1992 and nominated for a Grammy Award that same year. You weren’t even born at that time, but why not enjoy a classic pop hit from time to time?
Friday I’m in love, by The Cure





If you want to know more about The Cure or listen to some of their songs, try this link: http://www.lastfm.es/music/The+Cure

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

CELEBRATING READING DAY IN OUR SCHOOL

En esta jornada  del Día de la Lectura en Andalucía contaremos con dos actividades muy interesantes:
Por un lado, el alumnado de Bachillerato de nuestro IES mantendrá un encuentro literario con la periodista y autora de algunas obras de temática de género,  Ángeles Caso. La escritora presentará su última obra "Contra el viento" ganadora del Premio Planeta 2009  y nos hablará de su trayectoria como novelista..El acto, que se enmarca dentro de las actividades de la Semana Literaria, tendrá lugar en el Museo Picasso de nuestra ciudad.
También hoy ,  gracias a  la colaboración de  la editorial Vicens Vives, podremos asistir en nuestro salón de actos a  una sesión de cuentacuentos, basado en la famosa obra del escritor inglés Charles Dickens " Cuento de Navidad ", por cierto muy actual,  no sólo por la temática adecuada a estas fechas, sino también por su reciente aparición en cartelera.
Por último , desde el centro se tienen programadas lecturas que se irán haciendo a lo largo del curso para desarrollar la competencia lingüística del alumnado. Así , por ejemplo los alumnos de 1º de Eso leerán durante este curso " EL Gigante egoista y otros cuentos" de Oscar Wilde:
http://www.cuentosparachicos.com/BIL/cuentosclasicos/HappyPrince1.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI92hDyI2HY

http://www.youtube.com/user/happyprince2008#p/a/u/0/hfU56N2Dv64




Tuesday, December 15, 2009

VIAJE A IRLANDA ( fotos)

AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE IN THE EMERALD ISLAND!

A los docentes siempre nos ha entusiasmado ver la voracidad con la que los jóvenes se enfrentan al mundo para contemplar cómo viven, con ojos abiertos de par en par, las nuevas experiencias. Por eso desde el Departamento de Inglés queremos seguir promoviendo este tipo de proyectos como el del viaje y estancia en Irlanda de este año , para así poder seguir descubriendo en sus rostros, sorprendidos y entusiasmados, al joven vehemente que todos añoramos. ¡O quizás todavía llevemos dentro!
 (Nuestro alumnado  y profes visitando el Ayuntamiento de Belfast, Noviembre 2009  )

Saturday, November 28, 2009

SPELLING YOUR NAME IN ENGLISH CAN BE FUN :-)

Fonejacker is a British comedy programme broadcast on Chanel 4 in which actor Kayvan Novak makes a series of prank telephone calls to members of the British public.
In the following clip, a regularly-featured character called Brian Bedonde phones a gallery with a query regarding a piece of art that he has bought:

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

SAY NO TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN!!

By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designated to raise public awareness of the problem on that day. Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).





Sunday, November 22, 2009

PREMIO COMENIUS

El pasado día 28 de Octubre nuestro centro fue convocado a una reunión en Córdoba para otorgarnos una distinción por nuestra participación continua en Programas Comenius. (Podéis ver la placa en la entrada del instituto)
El IES Portada Alta empezó su trayectoria en estos programas en 2001. En nuestro primer proyecto trabajamos con Francia , Norte de Irlanda , Alemania y Polonia. 

Friday, November 20, 2009

CHILDREN'S DAY CELEBRATION


2009 marks the 20th anniversary of Universal Children's Day. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. Today, 193 states have ratified the CRC. In fact, only two countries in the world — Somalia and the United States — have not yet given the CRC legal force, although both have signed it.

20 November is celebrated as the international day for children. The United Nations General Assembly recommended in 1954 (resolution 836 (IX)) that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of understanding between children and of activity promoting the welfare of the world's children. The date of 20 November marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.
Despite this worldwide consensus on the importance of our children, 70% of the approximately 11 million child deaths every year are attributable to six potentially preventable causes: diarrhoea, malaria, neonatal infection, pneumonia, preterm delivery, or lack of oxygen at birth. These deaths occur mainly in the developing world. An Ethiopian child is 30 times more likely to die by his or her fifth birthday than a child in Western Europe. Among deaths of children, South-central Asia has the highest number of newborn deaths, while sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is taking a huge toll on children, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The number of children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS is projected to reach 25 million by the end of the decade, 18 million of them in Africa. This, along with only modest progress fighting malaria, means the threats facing child survival are as grave as ever.



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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

VIAJE A BELFAST CON IDIOMAS Y JUVENTUD

  Hoy  iniciaron una estancia de diez días  en Irlanda del Norte, concretamente en Belfast , un grupo de chicos y chicas  de 4º de ESO y 1º de Bachillerato junto a un profesor y una profesora  de nuestro Departamento de Inglés .
 Esta inmersión lingüistica de nuestro alumnado se ha conseguido gracias al Programa Idiomas y Juventud convocado por   la Consejería de Educación y la Consejería para la Igualdad y Bienestar Social.
Esperamos que les sea beneficioso y próximamente comentemos aquí  sus experiencias .

PROGRAMA

- Miércoles 4 Noviembre:
Vuelo a Belfast. Presentación en el aeropuerto 3 horas antes de la salida Traslado al hotel.
- Jueves 5 Noviembre:
• Visita guiada al ayuntamiento (10:00 – 11:00)
• Paseo por el centro histórico
• Tiempo libre para comer (12.30 – 13.30)
• Visita a la Asamblea – Parlamento del Ulster (14:30 - 16:00)
• Paseo y tiempo libre
- Viernes 6 Noviembre:
• Visita Belfast Methodist College (BMC)
• Tiempo libre para comer (12.00-12.30)
• Queen’s University / Botanic Gardens / Ulster Museum (13.00-14.30)
- Sábado 7 Noviembre:
 08.00 Salida para Dublín. Recorrido por el centro y tiempo libre. 18.00 Retorno a Belfast.
- Domingo 8 Noviembre:
 09.00 Salida a La Calzada de los Gigantes, costa norte y Derry. Lunch en Portrush. 18.00 Retorno a Belfast.
- Lunes 9 Noviembre:
 08.00 Salida para Rainey School en Magherafelt. Almuerzo en cafetería. 18.00 Retorno a Belfast.
- Martes 10 Noviembre:
• Castillo de Belfast y Cave Hill (walking tour, según tiempo)
• Centro y tiempo libre
- Miércoles 11 Noviembre:
• 09.00 Salida para el Befast High School.
• 14.00 Retorno a Belfast Centre.
• 14.30 – 16.30 Tiempo libre, almuerzo y compras.
- Jueves 12 Noviembre:
• Visita a Armagh y tiempo libre para compras.
Viernes 13 Noviembre: Vuelta a Málaga. Recogida en el hotel a las 12:50.
http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/destinationNI/cityBelfast.aspx
HOTEL STORMONT BELFAST * * * * http://www.hastingshotels.com/stormont/index.htm

Sunday, October 25, 2009

THE STORY OF HALLOWEEN




Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. The holiday we know as Halloween has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.

Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern France, lived the Celts. The Celts worshipped nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favorite. It was "he" who commanded their work and their rest times, and who made the earth beautiful and the crops grow.

The Celts celebrated their New Year on November 1st. It was celebrated every year with a festival and marked the end of the "season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and cold."

On October 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak forest (oak trees were considered sacred). The Druids would light new fires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals. As they danced around the the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness would begin.

When the morning arrived the Druids would give an ember from their fires to each family who would then take them home to start new cooking fires. These fires would keep the homes warm and free from evil spirits.

The November 1st festival was called Samhain (pronounced "sow-en"). The festival would last for 3 days. Many people would parade in costumes made from the skins and heads of their animals. This festival would become the first Halloween.

During the first century the Romans invaded Britain. They brought with them many of their festivals and customs. One of these was the festival know as Pomona Day, named for their goddess of fruits and gardens. It was also celebrated around the 1st of November. After hundreds of years of Roman rule the customs of the Celtic's Samhain festival and the Roman Pomona Day mixed becoming 1 major fall holiday.

The next influence came with the spread of the new Christian religion throughout Europe and Britain. In the year 835 AD the Roman Catholic Church would make November 1st a church holiday to honor all the saints. This day was called All Saint's Day, or Hallowmas, or All Hallows. Years later the Church would make November 2nd a holy day. It was called All Souls Day and was to honor the dead. It was celebrated with big bonfires, parades, and people dressing up as saints, angels and devils.

But the spread of Christianity did not make people forget their early customs. On the eve of All Hallows, Oct. 31, people continued to celebrate the festivals of Samhain and Pomona Day. Over the years the customs from all these holidays mixed. October 31st became known as All Hallow Even, eventually All Hallow's Eve, Hallowe'en, and then - Halloween.

The Halloween we celebrate today includes all of these influences, Pomona Day's apples, nuts, and harvest, the Festival of Samhain's black cats, magic, evil spirits and death, and the ghosts, skeletons and skulls from All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

PODCASTS

Podcasting lets you automatically receive the latest episode of your chosen programme as soon as it's available. With our current range of audio podcasts, you can take your favourite radio programmes with you on the move and listen wherever and whenever you like.


You can "subscribe" to receive a podcast, rather like you might subscribe to a magazine and get it delivered each week. All of the BBC's podcasts are free, and you can stop receiving the files at any time. If you'd rather not subscribe, you can download episodes of a podcast series individually.
In order to subscribe for a podcast, you need an internet connection and a piece of podcast software which is usually available free of charge. Once you have installed this software, it will check the BBC for new episodes of your chosen podcast series and automatically download new episodes for you.


 To find out more visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/sharing/index.shtml?initialModule=Pod

Saturday, October 10, 2009

EUROPEAN YEAR OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION




"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world."
 ( Albert Einstein )

Imagination is the faculty through which we encounter everything. Things that we touch, see and hear converge into a "picture" via our imagination. Imagination helps provide meaning to experience and understanding to knowledge; it is a fundamental facility through which we make sense of the world.

Since the arrival of the new millennium, our world has increasingly to face global challenges such as demography and the environment, as well as different value systems. The world of today is getting more unstable and unequal. Traditional communities, values and ways of life are disappearing due to economic change and industrial restructuring. Today, Europe and the world are facing a downturn never witnessed since the 1930s. In this time of rapid changes we need to be more flexible and creative and make full use of human capacities. The recovery will clearly depend on creativity and innovation.




Saturday, October 3, 2009

TEACHERS´ DAY



 5 October is a day to celebrate teachers and the central role they play in guiding children, youths & adults through the life-long learning process. This year, World Teachers’ Day will focus on the role of teachers within the context of the global financial and economic crisis and the need to invest in teachers now as a means to secure post-crisis regeneration.



It is critical, during these difficult times, to seek mechanisms that protect the teaching profession. It is also crucial, despite the crisis, to ensure that investment in teachers is sufficient and proportionate to the demands made upon them. It is the teaching force with its knowledge, experience and foresight which can bring new insights to global solutions. Join us in celebrating this!.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

CONCURSO DE JÓVENES TRADUCTORES 2009



La Dirección General de Traducción (DGT) de la Comisión Europea organiza un concurso de traducción bajo la denominadición, "Juvenes Translatores", en latín.
Los alumnos elegirán libremente cualquier par de lenguas entre las 23 lenguas oficiales de la UE. Ver Cómo prepararse.
Las traducciones serán evaluadas por traductores profesionales de la Comisión Europea y se invitará a los ganadores a Bruselas en 2010 para asistir a la ceremonia de entrega de premios, que contará con la presencia del Comisario europeo de Multilingüismo. Los ganadores tendrán así ocasión de conocerse y de charlar con algunos traductores de la Comisión Europea.
¡Suerte!
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/programmes/jt/index_es.htm#top

Saturday, September 26, 2009

DANISH TEACHERS VISIT OUR SCHOOL

WELCOME RECEPTION PROGRAM


Saturday 26th September 2009

13.00 Reception of the Group of teachers of Horsens Gymnasium in the school lobby
13.10 School tour
13.30 Group assembly at the Common Room for Spanish Danish Educaction System debate
14.00 Power point Presentation on Málaga city and our school Cpnflict Solution System
14.15 Lunch
15.00 Departure

JORNADAS PROVINCIALES DE EDUCACIÓN PARA LA CULTURA DE PAZ


El pasado viernes nuestro centro participó mediante la exposición de un cartel en las primeras Jornadas Provinciales de Educación para la Cultura de Paz en el Instituto Andaluz del Deporte ( Málaga )
Iniciativas como éstas pretenden dar un espacio para el encuentro y la formación del profesorado interesado en temática relacionada con la mejora de la convivencia en sus centros educativos.


Sunday, September 20, 2009

READINGS

Whether it's novels, newspapers or websites that interest you, now is the perfect time to discover the joys of reading.2008 was the National Year of Reading and this fantastic celebration aims to inspire a greater national passion for reading.

SHARE YOUR LAST READINGS HERE.

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!


Hello everybody !! Here we are again after our nice and needed Holidays . I hope you are all ready to learn a lot of English this year!