HOLA AMIGOS

They are finally here. After some months of contacts, paperwork, planning... here they are. 23 students and 3 teachers for International School Of Indiana in Indianapolis (USA) arrived last Sunday 18th March and will be with us until Thursday 27th).
Here is a photo with the whole group.
Some days to visit our school, attend some lessons, get to know our region, visit monuments and historical places, natural areas, taste our gastronomy, live with host families... Certainly, it is a great experience for our ESO Year 4 students and their families (who we deeply thank for taking part in the activity).
Unfortunately, we will not officially visit them back in the States because the trip is way too expensive and the grant offered for our regional government is not enough. The important thing is to have created the link. We always try to show our students that foreign languages are alive and they make sense when we use them for real communication purposes. Well, here we have the best time to do so!

FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE

In the last weeks we have heard a lot about students' strikes on Fridays. Why? The reason is "Fridays for future", an international student movement that tries to make people aware of the different problems our planet faces and will face in the near future if we don't do something NOW.
Here is a short video about it.

Apparently all this came from Greta Thunberg, an amazingly young Swedish girl. Check the official website.
Here is a video of Greta in a wonderful public speech.

ST PATRICK'S DAY

Like every March 17th we celebrate  St Patrick's Day, the patron saint of Ireland and an important festivity in many places in the USA. Look at the presentation below with some information about its legend, history and more... Also watch a video about how a river in Chicago can be dyed green for this celebration.

St Patrick's Day de José Antonio Alcalde López

BECAS VERANO 2019

Como todos los años, el Ministerio de Educación español ha abierto la convocatoria para solicitar becas de inmersión lingüística en verano de 2019. Aquí dejamos un extracto con los requisitos.

Requisitos

Volver

• Haber nacido entre el 1 de enero de 1999 y el 31 de diciembre del 2002.
• Haber obtenido en el curso 2018-2019 la condición de becario del Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional conforme a la Resolución de 6 de agosto de 2018, de la Secretaría de Estado de Educación y Formación Profesional, por la que se convocan becas de carácter general, para el curso académico 2018-2019, para estudiantes que cursen estudios postobligatorios. (BOE de 16 de agosto).
• Estar matriculado en el curso 2018/19 en:
  • Bachillerato
  • Enseñanzas profesionales de música y danza
  • Grado medio de Formación Profesional
  • Grado medio de artes plásticas y diseño
  • Grado medio de enseñanzas deportivas
  • Enseñanzas de idiomas de nivel intermedio o avanzado
• Tener aprobado totalmente el curso inmediatamente anterior y haber obtenido en dicho curso una nota final mínima de 7,50 puntos 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.

Enlace a la convocatoria completa.

WOULD YOU DO IT??

The world is full of amazing people who do really awesome things. Here is just on example.
One man, Alex Honnold, who has climbed without any safety measures El Capitán. National Geographic has produced an incredible documentary (with some international awards already) telling about the experience.
Here is the trailer

If you want to know more about it, visit the website.