Thursday, April 27, 2017

SUMMER CAMPS

Summer is just around the corner and some people are planning ahead their holidays. Sometimes we get at our schools offers from different companies about language summer camps in the UK. Many companies offer stays with families, language courses, etc., to improve our level of English, to live abroad for a time, to meet other people, etc.
Today we want to introduce a special Summer Camp in the USA: Wyoming Seminary. Watch the video to know more about it:

For more information on dates, prices, activities, application, CLICK HERE.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

BRITISH LITERATURE THROUGH THE AGES

To celebrate World Book Day which happened at the weekend (23rd April) the board now contains some information about 6 of the most famous British authors from the 16th century up until now. There are some quotes from the authors as well as information about their lives, books and also screen adaptations of their most famous novels. 


I chose these authors as they display a range of different genres; from Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies to the detective novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie; the spy novels written by Ian Fleming to the fantasy worlds of magic and mystical creatures of J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling. These 6 authors have each contributed a large amount to both historic and modern day British literature and have also had a major impact on the global film industry. 


Here is the famous balcony scene from William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". Due to it being a play written in the 16th century, the difference in the language is evident to hear as Shakespeare used Old English in his works. Even nowadays plays are performed using this older version of the English language. 


Thursday, April 20, 2017

CAMPAMENTOS DE VERANO INTURJOVEN

Inturjoven ha preparado su oferta de campamentos de verano con un claro objetivo de aprender a través del juego, potenciar la convivencia, la formación en valores, la participación y la creatividad.
Todo ello con la garantía y la seguridad que ofrece Inturjoven como empresa pública de la Junta de Andalucía, con amplia experiencia en este tipo de actividades.
¿A quién va dirigido Campamentos de Verano Inturjoven?
Está especialmente dirigido a chicos y chicas de entre 7 y 17 años
¿Qué puedo encontrar en Campamentos de Verano Inturjoven en Andalucía?
Una gran variedad de actividades organizadas en torno a diferentes temáticas, durante 7días/ 6 noches y adaptadas a la edad de los participantes:
  • Naturaleza.
  • Deportes náuticos.
  • Baile, canto e interpretación.
  • Inglés, etc.
Plazo de Inscripción
Abierto. Hasta completar las plazas ofertadas
¿Dónde puedo obtener más información y reservar?

Monday, April 17, 2017

GOOD JOB

Here is a simple document full of English expressions we can use when people do things and we want to encourage them, give them credit, appraise them etc.


BECAS CURSOS INMERSION DEL MINISTERIO

Aún queda tiempo hasta el 20 de abril para solicitar la ayuda para los cursos de Inmersión Lingüística que cada año convoca el Ministerio de Educación español para los meses de verano. Aquí dejamos un extracto con las condiciones:
Los beneficiarios asistirán a un curso organizado por empresas contratadas por este Ministerio, debiendo abonar una parte del coste.
Requisitos:
- Cursar Bachillerato
Haber nacido entre el 1 de enero de 1997 y el 31 de diciembre del 2000.
Tener la condición de becario en el curso 2016/17 de la convocatoria general de becas de este Ministerio conforme a laResolución de 11 de agosto de 2016 de la Secretaría de Estado de Educación, Formación Profesional y Universidades por la que se convocan becas para estudiantes que cursen estudios postobligatorios
Tener aprobado totalmente el curso inmediatamente anterior y haber obtenido en dicho curso una nota final mínima de 7,50puntos en la asignatura de inglés.
Tendrán preferencia los solicitantes que hayan obtenido una puntuación superior en la asignatura de inglés. A esta nota se sumarán 1,5 puntos a los solicitantes de nueva adjudicación.

Dotación:
La ayuda cubre todos los gastos de enseñanza, material, manutención y alojamiento. El transporte hasta las instalaciones corre por cuenta del alumno que, asimismo, debe abonar 100 euros a la empresa.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

JORNADAS CULTURALES

Como cada curso, nuestro IES ofrece al final del Segundo Trimestre un par de días llenos de actividades culturales, artísticas, lúdicas y deportivas.

Desde el Programa Bilingüe del IES hemos presentado tres propuestas:

 - Gynkana en inglés para los más pequeños con varias pruebas, juegos y acertijos.

 - Portugués para principiantes (ofrecido por José A. Alcalde) , y

 - Alemán para principiantes (ofrecido por Mari Paz, profesora en prácticas del Máster de Educación Secundaria de la Universidad de Huelva)

Gracias a todos por participar y os esperamos después de Semana Santa para el tercer y último trimestre.

Monday, April 3, 2017

Easter in the UK

I don’t know too much about the Easter celebrations over here in Spain apart from the processions for La Semana Santa and “los penitentes” that wear the big pointed hat on their heads. Anyway, the celebrations back home in the UK are very different to those here. There aren’t really any big parties or festivals for Easter and we definitely don’t have anything similar to los penitentes. Easter in the UK mainly involves chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! Back home we have a tradition of giving people chocolate Easter eggs on Easter Sunday and the next few days are spent eating as much chocolate as possible without being sick. My personal favourites are the Malteser eggs!!

The egg is used as the symbol of Easter as it represents fertility and rebirth which symbolises the resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, despite Easter being a religious festival, the egg is also associated with ancient pagan festivals. I have put a link below explaining some of the origins surrounding the "Easter Egg".

It is said that there is an Easter Bunny who brings chocolate eggs to children, much like Santa bringing presents to people at Christmas. Often, he will hide the eggs around the house or in the garden which then leads to Easter Egg hunts which is an excellent game (or eggs-cellent if you want a really bad Easter joke!) to keep the kids busy on Easter Sunday.
Here's a fun video of a genuine sighting of the Easter Bunny!!





Another tradition in the UK is to decorate hard boiled eggs and then roll them down a hill. The aim of this game is to see whose egg can roll the furthest without breaking. Sounds like a lot of hard work decorating the eggs just to break them later but it is a lot of fun and there are many Easter Egg Rolling competitions all over the country. 


This site offers more information about the origins of many Easter traditions and there is a good video if you want to learn more! It focuses more on Easter in America but the traditions are almost identical to ours.
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/easter-symbols

And here you can see many photos of beautifully decorated eggs. Mine unfortunately never look this good!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/easter-eggs-history-origin-symbolism-tradition_n_1392054.html?slideshow=true#gallery/218226/0