PEACE DAY AT SCHOOL

Imagine all the people sharing all the world
imagine people living in peace with no wars
you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one...

MOVING

Spanish rock group Macaco collaborated with National Geographic and stars, like actor Javier Bardem and musicians Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra, and Carlinhos Brown, on this video  about the movement of people into different  countries.

 

ARE YOU LEFT OR RIGHT BRAIN?

SIMPLE PAST

Here you can find many good exercises to learn about the Past Tense. How many are you going to complete?

INTERACTIVE FLASH WEBSITE TO CREATE YOUR OWN MUSIC

INCREDIBOX is an online music arranging and remixing tool that looks great, is easy to use and is free. It also happens to work really well on interactive whiteboards.

  With this application you can also create a capella beatbox vocal group. Just select your vocalists, set the effects, and let them sing.
Here is my musical composition :

Come on create your own ones  too !!

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Enjoy the entrance of 2013 with these wonderful performances by Michael Bublé and Rod Stewart in their own countries:

CHRISTMAS TIME

Finishing this first term all our students from our Bilingual Section, some teachers and our Language Assistant, sang some of the most  traditional carols in Spanish, French and English:

 

And of course, David also showed us about Christmas in his country:

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 HURRY UP !      IT´S NEARLY CHRISTMAS TIME!

 

Another year Christmas is on its way and as usual we are holding our traditional CHRISTMAS CARDS COMPETITION .

 Here are some guidelines to consider:

1.  Students can participate with different designs (bilingual too)
2.  They will hand their cards to their English teachers. Deadline is December 20th
3. We will value: creativity, presentation, use of different languages,originality etc.

A MUSICAL FOR OUR BILINGUAL GROUPS

Next Wednesday 5th of December,our Bilingual Groups and  some teachers will be assisting to the musical in English called ABROAD 

Here you can find some of the  LESSON PLAN AND RESOURCES we are working in class these days.

WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO BE CREATIVE?

What do you think creativity is?
What inspires you to be creative?
 A teacher asked these questions to some random kids.
 Watch the video to hear what they said:

THANKSGIVING HISTORY

OUR COMENIUS PROJECT

This week  we will be hosting the other five countries of our Comenius Project: Turkey, Romania, Lithuania, Hungary and Poland.

    As you can see here in our programme, we have prepared a number of activities, either at school , around Málaga or Granada.

This visit is also important to establish stronger links among all the countries participating on it and of course, our English Departament at Portada Alta is going to be very welcoming and involved in most of the activities 

CARVE YOUR PUMPKIN ONLINE

This is my virtual Jack o´Lantern . Did you know about this tradition ?

INTEGRATING MATHS, MUSIC AND ENGLISH...WHAT A NICE WAY TO LEARN!

Enjoy watching this super video by Meyer Levin School performing the famous Gangnam Style.

What a funny way to learn Maths! 

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Perhaps Britain's greatest contribution to the world is not art or technology or sport, but the English language itself. Great Britain is home to the first language of business, science and travel.

The story of English begins more than a thousand years ago, but its global importance means it is still making history now.




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HEALTHY BREAKFAST

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY YOUR PARENTS AND TEACHERS TELL YOU TO  HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT IN THE MORNING ?

 When you wake up, it’s probably been at least 10 hours since you had dinner. Imagine waiting that long to eat during the day! Your brain and your muscles need energy, and going to school without breakfast is like trying to fly a kite without any wind.

So breakfast is important because it provides you with fuel to start your day.It doesn’t matter what you eat, because food groups (the ones that you can see in this project) work together. The most important thing is that you get the nutrients.

For example, this "cola cao" you just drink in a hurry is made of simple carbohydrates, which does not give you the necessary strength you need, in order to do all your things in Portada Alta every morning until your lunch time at three!

From tomorrow on , you should take your time and  add some more food like a ham or cheese sandwich, to give you the right amount of energy, plus some juice, piece of fruit or other diary product like a milkshake or a yoghurt (whether alone or mixed with carbohydrates such as cereal or honey),in this way you are also providing your body and brain with the right nutrients such as protein, fat, mineral and vitamins that are needed inside yourself because of your growth.