INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

On March 8th our school, as many others worldwide, celebrated the International Women's Day. The bilingual students of 1º ESO made a project in which they had to research and write about some famous women from the past and from the present. Below you can see an example in the powerpoint made by Marta Quesada Villaescusa, Nerea Montañés Montaño and Luis Enrique Ruiz Carreño.

International Womens Day Project

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THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI

The earthquake in Haiti happened on the 12th January 2010. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0 degrees on the Richter scale. This earthquake was the strongest recorded in the area since another in 1770, which measured 7.5 degrees. The bodies recovered since January 25th are more than 150,000, and the deaths recorded more than 200.000. There are also more than 250,000 injured and one million homeless. Now Puerto Príncipe is the poorest city in America.The survivors were transferred to the Dominican Republic.

WHY DID THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI HAPPEN?
The Caribbean plate has got a concave plate. It was a movement of this plate that caused the earthquake. It happened 15 km from the capital, at a depth of 8 km on the Enriquillo fault. Each year it separates one or two centimetres and there are little earthquakes, but there hadn’t been an earthquake for 167 years. The pressure had been accumulating until this year when it exploded and there was a big earthquake of 7.0 degrees.

By Sofía Bizi, 2º ESO

Andalucía's Day

In 1981 a statute of autonomy was established which recognized the right to autonomy for the different Spanish regions and nationalities. In Andalucía this is celebrated on February 28th because the referendum that passed the statute took place on that date.
Most schools commemorate this day with a typical Andalusian breakfast consisting of a sandwich with olive oil and sugar. In my school some students read articles of the Andalusian statute of autonomy while others hoist the two official flags . Andalucía's flag is green white and green.

The anthem of Andalucía talks about peace, hope and freedom in Andalucía, Spain and all over the world.
The coat of arms represents the figure of Hercules between two pillars,
traditionally identified with the Strait of Gibraltar, and it has an inscription at the bottom that says: "Andalucía by itself, for Spain and for the rest of
humanity”.
By Isabel de Sola 2º ESO A

Valentine's Day Cards

The students of 1º ESO made some beautiful Valentine's Day Cards as a project for the English class. Yesterday they chose two cards: the first one with the best design made buy Marta Torres and the second one with the best content made by José Carlos Rodríguez. Below you can see what José Carlos wrote, the cover of Marta's card and the other Valentine's cards made by the rest of the students in the class.

On the right you can see Marta Torres' Card


















Below you can read José Carlos Rodríguez's card.

Dear ................... ,
You are pretty and I love you very much
because you are special and sweet. Today
is Valentine's day and I hope you will be my Valentine.
I also wrote this poem to give you today:

Roses are red,
violets are blue,
I'll kiss you and hug you
because you love me too.
Your Valentine

This month's song is ... Heal the World by Michael Jackson

On January 30th, World Peace Day is celebrated in many countries, as it was the day in which one of the most significant peace leaders, Mahatma Gandhi, was assassinated. This song will help us to commemorate this date and the video will make us reflect on the real needs of the world around us.

Feudal Town Models

The bilingual students of 2º ESO A-B created these amazing feudal town models as a project for the Social Science class. They reflected the main characteristics of feudal towns and used basic materials to make these great copies showing what towns were like in medieval times.

Made by students of 2º ESO A-B

NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS

New Year’s Eve is the last night of the year,on the 31st of December. We consider that the year is over when the clock chimes 12 times at midnight. Then, people hug, kiss and wish a happy new year to each other. In Spain, traditionally, we eat 12 grapes at midnight, one for each chime. If you eat all the grapes on time, you’ll be lucky all year round. We also toast with champagne and many people go to the Puerta del Sol in Madrid to eat the 12 grapes in front of the famous clock of the old Post Office House.

In the USA many people, especially New Yorkers, go to Times Square in New York to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. There is a great party in which a big crystal ball drops from the top of a famous building. In London, people usually go to Trafalgar Square or to Picadilly Circus, but most of them go to the Big Ben to listen to the chimes. At midnight, people take their hands and sing “Auld Lang Syne”. That is also sung in Edinburgh (Scotland) where people go to the castle, listen to live music and see the firewoks display, in a party called “Hogmanay”. So, as you can see, there are many different ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Which one do you prefer?

By Carmen Abreu Fernández 2º ESO A