FAMILY DAY FUN!

Last Sunday 15th May it was Family Day, so we prepared a little present for our families. You can see the crafts we made below.

Play-dough coasters by third graders:

 Paper mache bowls/trays by fourth graders:

 And hanging photo frames by fifth graders:

For more photos about the process, click here to visit our Art blog.

EASTER EGG HUNT 2016

Before our holidays we had some fun reviewing some of the things we've learned through an Easter egg hunt. We went outside (well, today we had to use the gym because of rainy weather...) and had a different egg hunt. Our mission was to find the eggs with the image representing our sentence cards. Here you are some photos if you'd like to see!

If you click on the picture below you can download the cards we used to paste in the eggs and to give to the children as cards for them to match with the eggs. 

IT'S EASTER TIME!

Here's a video about Easter in Britain. Let's learn about their Easter traditions!

ART UPDATES ON OUR ART BLOG

Some of our Art lessons ae up on our Art blog.

When Conmeniño  students met Picasso:

And when we drew our feelings cell-fies.

3RD GRADERS VISITED AUSTRALIA!

As part of our school project "Around the world on top of a plate", 3rd graders explored Australia. We did a little project about this fascinating country in the English lessons, and then prepared a little presentation to show everybody at school what we had learned. We made the presentation in Galician, but we also invented a story in English that you can listen to at the end of the video. We hope you like it! We will soon show you our travel journals.// Como parte de nuestro proyecto anual "La vuelta al mundo montados en un plato", los alumnos de 3º visitaron y exploraron Australia. Hicimos un pequeño proyecto sobre este país en inglés y preparamos una presentación para que el resto del cole viajara con nosotros y conociera este fascinante país. La presentación la hicimos en gallego, pero también nos inventamos un cuento en inglés que podéis escuchar al final del vídeo.

THIRD GRADERS, YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FROM FREDDIE!

Hi, 3rd graders! 

It's Freddie, and I have a question for you! Watch the video below.

FAMILY DAY CREATIONS

3rd, 4th and 5th graders prepared a deliciour gift for their families to celebrate Family Day with them Click on the picture below if you'd like to see what they made. // los niños de 3º, 4º y 5º prepararon un delicioso regalo para sus familias con motivo del Día de la Familia el pasado viernes 15 de mayo. Pinchad en la imagen inferior si queréis saber qué hicieron.

AT THE RESTAURANT

Third graders have been working on food, learning food vocabulary and making their own recipes. They made a menu and opened a little restaurant! They've had their first costumers and here you can see how it went....

OUR EASTER CREATIONS

We enjoyed some American Easter traditions this year at school. Here's a little compilation of our Easter fun actvities if you'd like to see ;) // Este año hicimos algunas actividades típicas de la época de Pascua en Estados Unidos. Aquí os dejamos un pequeño vídeo con un resumen.

EASTER IS ALMOST HERE...

Hi kids! Easter is almost here, and that's why we've been talking about Easter traditions in UK. Here you are a video with some of their traditions:




 We'll be decorating Easter eggs in the classroom, so here's a video explaining how to blow out an egg.// Decoraremos huevos en clase, así que aquí tenéis un vídeo que explica como vaciarlos sin romperlos. Y AQUÍ, un vídeo explicando lo mismo en castellano.

THE GRUFFALO - DESCRIBING, ANIMAL BODY PARTS

Hello third graders!

Since you've loved the story of The Gruffalo, here you are a few resources for you to remember the story and have fun with its characters. Enjoy!

The video of the story // El vídeo con la historia completa:

The Gruffalo song!// ¡La canción del Gruffalo!

And, the movie! Here you are the part where the mouse meets the Gruffalo!// Y..., ¡la película! Aquí tenéis la parte en la que el ratón conoce al Gruffalo.

And, a few games to play. Have fun! // Y... unos juegos. ¡A disfrutar!

                                                       

    

That's it!

GUESS WHO-DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Here you are an interactive "Guess who" game like the one we've been using in the classroom. You can download it to your computer and start playing. Enjoy!// Aquí tenéis una versión interactiva del juego "Quién es quién" que hemos estado usando en clase. Podéis descargarla en vuestro ordenador para jugar. ¡A disfrutar!

And to practise some more, some activities about describing people using the verb "HAVE GOT".// Y para seguir practicando, unos ejercicios interactivos sobre describir a gente usando el verbo "HAVE GOT".

And, for a final revision:

VAENTINE'S DAY 2015

Last week, we worked on Valentine's Day. Here you are a little presentation with some of our activities.

 

If you'd like to see all the photos, just click HERE.

And we also worked on the song "Count on me", with its perfect lyrics to reflect on friendship and love towards our friends. We ordered some images of the song while listening to it without watching the video and then we completed the lyrics with the missing words

THE PEACE BOOK

Next Friday 30th January, we'll celebrate Peace and Non Violence Day. As an introduction to this celebration, we've used "The Peace Book", by Todd Parr, a great reminder of those peaceful little things.  There are also a few activities. Thanks to CHELSEA, our auxiliar de conversa, for recording the story for us.

We hope you like it as much as we do. We love Todd Parr books!

And, in case you're interested, some more Peace Day resources for Peace Day in English, Galician and Spanish (stories, printables, games...)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

In this beginning of a new year, our best wishes for all of you!

MONTY THE PENGUIN- VIDEO LESSON

John Lewis did it again! As every Christmas, the British department store has released a fantastic Christmas advert. This time, the main characters are a boy and his dear friend Monty. If you want to watch the sweet story, watch the video below.// ¡John Lewis lo ha vuelto a hacer! Como cada Navidad, los grandes almacenes británicos han lanzado un fantástico anuncio navideño. Este año, los protagonistas son un niño y Monty, su inseparable amigo. Para descubrir esta tierna historia, mira el vídeo a continuación.

If you click on the image below, you can download a little pack of activities to discuss the advert in the classroom and a printable to sequence the story.// Pinchando en la imagen inferior, hay un pequeño pack de actividades con ideas para la discusión sobre el vídeo y unas actividades imprimibles para hacer.

Also, you can discover Monty's Christmas by clicking HERE.

And for some more printable activities, just CLICK below.

OUR THANKSGIVING PROJECT (part III)

This year, at school, we are travelling the world on top of a plate. 

In our English lessons we've been travelling the USA with our "auxiliar de conversa" Chelsea. She's from Wisconsin, USA. She told us about the Thanksgiving tradition in her country, and told us the story of the first Thanksgiving. We worked on this and 4th and 5th graders, very concerned for her feeling homesick on Thanksgiving day, decided we should have our own Thanksgiving party at school. We thought it was a good idea, so we started preparing CONMENIÑO'S FIRST THANKSGIVING. We decided to recreate the first Thanksgiving, the one celebrated by the pilgrims and the indians. 4th and 5th graders represented the indians, and  1st, 2nd and 3rd graders were the pilgrims. The pilgrims were in charge of the whole organization and acted as hosts during the party, greeting the indians in English, asking them questions, leading them in the games... It was a great experience, and below is the video in case you'd like to see.



Este año, en el colegio, estamos trabajando en torno al tema "LA vuelta al mundo montados en un plato". En las clases de inglés hemos estado viajando por EEUU con Chelsea, nuestra auxiliar de conversación que es de Wisconsin, EEUU. Ella nos habló de la tradición de Acción de Gracias en su país, y también nos contó la historia del primer Acción de Gracias. Trabajamos en ello y los alumnos de 4º y 5º, muy preocupados porque Chelsea fuara a echar mucho de menos esta celebración, propusieron celebrar una fiesta de Acción de Gracias en el colegio. Pensamos que era una buena idea y comenzamos un mini proyecto sobre ello, a través del cual aprendimos todos los pasos a seguir para preparar una fiesta.Decidimos recrear el primer Acción de Gracias, aquel en el que indios y peregrinos compartieron banquete. Los alumnos de 4º y 5º, representaron a los peregrinos, es decir, los anfitriones y encargados de la organización de la fiesta; y los alumnos de 1º a 3º representaron a los indios. Los peregrinos actuaron como verdaderos anfitriones dando la bienvenida a los indios en inglés, haciéndoles preguntas, siendo los encargados de los juegos... Fue una experiencia genial, con la que aprendimos muchas cosas. Os dejamos el vídeo por si os apetece verlo.

SAVE THE TURKEY-A THANKSGIVING-RELATED ACTIVITY (PART II)

Other of the activities we made related to Thanksgiving, apart from the "Preparing a party" project, was the "Save the turkey" tradition.  After watching THIS VIDEO, we decided to help some turkeys by disguising them. Everybody took a turkey home and disguised it. Below you can see some of the very creative turkeys our kids made, GREAT JOB and THANKS to the families for their cooperation! // otra de las actividades relacionadas con Acción de gracias que hicimos fue la de "Salvemos a un pavo". Tras ver este vídeo decidimos ayudar a unos cuantos pavos a sobrevivir la noche de Acción de Gracias disfrazándolos.  Aquí os dejamos unas fotos de los pavos hechos por nuestros niños. Una vez más, ¡BUEN TRABAJO y MUCHAS GRACIAS A LAS FAMILIAS por su AYUDA!

 

 

TURKEY TROUBLE + SAVE THE TURKEY!

Hi kids!

here's the video of the story we've watched in class this days. What an intelligent turkey!  // Aquí tenéis el vídeo de la historia que hemos visto estos días en clase con motivo de Acción de Gracias. Qué pavo más listo!

And, related to this story, this year we're doing the popular "Turkeys in disguise" project. We sent the activity to be done at home with the families. We'll be soon posting their fabulous ideas to help save some turkeys! In case ypu're interested in the note we sent home and the rpintable turkeys, just click HERE. And for some ideas, click the picture below.// Y, en relación con esta historia, este año hemos propuesto la actividad "Disfraza un pavo". Enviamos la actividad a casa para ser hecha en colaboración con las familias. En breve iremos mostrando las ideas tan geniales que han tenido para salvar unos cuanosmpavos justo a tiempo para Acción de Gracias.