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El matrimonio hoy en día

 

Escucha este informe sobre los cambios en la sociedad en cuanto al matrimonio.

Més que un club.....

Click on the school website to see the photos from our exchange to Barcelona October 2010.

Estamos en Barcelona

 

Hola!  After a very long day and a middle of the night start, we have arrived safely in Barcelona.  The weather is great, really warm and we spent the first day strolling around the beautiful town of Sitges.  Afterwards, we headed to our partner school, La Vall del Tenes where our pupils met their partner's family and are looking forward to discovering so much about Catalan culture as well as improving their Spanish.

 

Més que un grup!

Hasta pronto.....

Es un milagro!

'El mejor deportista español de la Historia'

Click here to read more and for more images of this great win.

 

A little bit of a laugh to start the week.....

Profesor: “ ¿Qué debo hacer para repartir 11 patatas por 7 personas?” 

Alumno: “Puré de patata, señor profesor.” 
    

Profesor: “Joaquín, diga el presente del indicativo del verbo caminar.” 
Alumno: “Yo camino, tu caminas, el camina…” 
Profesor: “ ¡Más deprisa! “ 
Alumno: “Nosotros corremos, vosotros corréis, ellos corren.” 

   
Profesor: “llovía”, ¿qué tiempo es? “ 
Alumno: “Es un tiempo muy malo, señor profesor.” 

  
Profesor: “¿Cuántos corazones tenemos nosotros?” 
Alumno: “Dos, señor profesor.” 
Profesor: “¿Dos?” 
Alumno: “Si, el mío y el suyo.”  

¡Gracias Pablo!

Podcasts to improve your listening skills

September is the perfect month to start good habits such as listening to Spanish every day, from a short news video to your favourite song.  The more you expose yourself to the language, the more trained your ear will become and also you will broaden your vocabulary, particularly where there is a transcript available with the audio.  If there is no transcript.....how about trying your own!!  Transcribing what you hear is challenging, but it pays off dividends in the end.  

 

Here are a few free podcasts which would be well worth downloading to your ipod.  You can then listen to them in your own time.  Search iTunes to download.

 

Así Se Hace

Coffee Break Spanish

News in Slow Spanish

News Time Spanish

¡Suerte!

A really useful site for any keen language learner!

 Here is an excellent site which explains all there is to know about the Spanish language.  All those questions you wanted to know the answers to, and answers to questions you hadn't even thought about yet!  Click here.

¡Gracias, Señora McKendry por el enlace!

 

Year 10 - El Cine

This month you are going to learn about going to the cinema and how to speak about films and give your opinions about them.  As part of European Day of Languages, you will get to see El Laberinto del Fauno. Before you watch it, you will do some research into the story behind the film.

¿Qué pasó en España entre 1936 y 1939?

¿Cómo se llamaba el dictador español?

¿Qué tipo de persona era este hombre?

¿En qué año murió?

The history of Spain is a fascinating one, so you will research what exactly happened in the country in the last century.  You will begin to understand that Spanish society has changed enormously since this period in its history.

We hope you enjoy the film!