Better When We're Dancing!

'Cause We Feel Better When We're Dancing, we recorded this video at school to wish you all a nice dancing summer. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.

THIS IS OUR SCHOOL!

1rst year students have recorded several videos about Samaniego School. Have a look at them!

1rst D

WELCOME TO OUR HOME COUNTRIES!

By 4DC class. 

Hi there!

We are the students in 4DC class at Samaniego Secondary School and we'd like to introduce you to our home countries through some nice presentations we have done this year. 

Here you will find interesting information and nice pictures about their amazing landscapes, wonderful tourist attractions, yummy food and much more.

You are all very welcome to have a look at them and dream about visiting our countries some day.

Welcome to Bolivia, Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Moldova, Morocco, Pakistan, Spain, The Basque Country and Western Sahara!

A nice book to read at Christmas time: Jara Bartzelonan

A NICE BOOK TO READ AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Jara Bartzelonan (Jara in Barcelona)

Last year we read “Jara Bartzelonan (Jara in Barcelona)”, a teenager novel written by Jasone Osoro. The plot was about a teenager girl who has to settle in a new city and make new friends and the setting is the city of Barcelona in the 21^st century.

At the beginning, the main character, Jara, a Basque teenager, moved to Barcelona because her father found a job there. In her search for friends and popularity she started to do silly things such as drinking, not studying and so on.

Will she be the same Jara again or will she become a silly girl just for popularity?

In my opinion, the book is really hard and interesting. 

                               
                                                                                       

A NICE BOOK TO READ AT CHRISTMAS TIME. 

LEONARDO'S ENIGMAS

Last month we read the book Leonardo's Enigmas, a mistery novel written by Marisol Ortiz de Zárate.
The plot was about the search for freedom and the setting was the Medieval city of Amboise in France.
At the begining, the main characters, Isabel, the daughter of a rich moneylender, and Julius, the son of a poor copyist, looked for Leonardo Da Vinci to employ Julius as a helper. They found him at a fancy dress party and he asked them to solve three enigmas. That was when Isabel and Julius' adventures really began.
The book was very exiting and very interesting and you won't be able to stop reading it until the end of it. We really recommend you read it!

Here you are the result of our Happy Lip Dub workshop at school on 17th June.
Enjoy!

And have a HAPPY holiday!

Lots of Activities, Games and Resorces for Students at www.burlingtonbooks.es

On the following link you will find lots of grammar exercises, vocabulary games and "dialoghe builders" as well as Cross-curricular resources, audio scripts of the dictations in the workbook and the reading texts in the textbook, Internet links for games and dictionaries and much more. Just click on Activities for Students by Burlington Books and find out!

                                             

4B ART REVIEWS

In the comments to this post you will find the interesting and motivating art reviews written by our students in class 4B. To read them, just right click on the URL and select "Ir a http://..." from the menu. Enjoy them!

Describing Football

Come on, students in 1B class, write here your descriptions of the King of Sports!

Digital Books in the Classroom

Remember that we use the digital Student's Book and Workbook in the classroom every day, so Year 1 and Year 2 students do not really need to bring their Student's Book, where they can't actually write a word, to school. They just need their workbook
It's up to Year 3 and Year 4 students to bring theirs or not.

Agathon, A Greek Slave in Pompeii.

This is the book that Year 8 students in classes 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D have read this year.
They have also enjoyed doing the digital activities offered by Burlington Publishing House in the following link, which includes an executable file downloadable by anyone that we have installed in our classroom laptops.
http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=186

Meet Me In Istanbul: A book to read and listen to.

This is the book that Year 11 students in class 4B have read this year. Bellow you will find the oral summaries of some chapters recorded by our students.
I also encourage you, 4B students, to publish a review of the book giving your opinion about it.
You can find some tips on how to write a good book review on the following link:
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/teenagers/writing-tips/tips-for-writing-book-reviews/

The Weather: Watch the video and choose the correct option for each question.

Click on the image.Watch the video and choose the correct option for each question on the web page document next to it.

ART Stephen Wiltshire: That´s MEMORY !

HEY BROTHER

Let's revise conditionals with this song!

Hey brother
There's an endless road to rediscover
Hey sister
Know the water's sweet
But blood is thicker
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you
There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do
Hey brother
Do you still believe in one another?
Hey sister
Do you still believe in love I wonder
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you
There's nothing in this world
I wouldn't do
What if I'm far from home?
Oh brother, I will hear you call
What if I lose it all?
Oh sister, I will help you out
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you
There's nothing in this world
I wouldn't do
Hey brother
There's an endless road to rediscover
Hey sister
Do you still believe in love I wonder
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you
There's nothing in this world
I wouldn't do
What if I'm far from home?
Oh brother, I will hear you call
What if I lose it all?
Oh sister, I will help you out
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you
There's nothing in this world
I wouldn't do
Avicii - Hey brother

LET'S LAUGH A BIT...

Let's laugh a bit with this video but let's also think of the dangers in the city. 

SMART ART Banksy: Street Art or Street Act?

YEAR 4, Unit 5: SMART ART

Here is one of my favourites: Banksy.

From: 

http://www.artepinturaygenios.com/2011/02/banksy-un-genio-en-la-sombra.html

And here is the trailer of a film about his work and theory of art, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP:

Some inspiring links

YEAR 4. UNIT 5: SMART ART

Here you are some interesting blogs or web pages where you can find paintings by many famous artists to get inspired for your art review:

http://arteyartistas.wordpress.com/artistas/

http://www.artepinturaygenios.com/

http://arte.about.com/od/Artistas-A-Z/tp/10-Artistas-Clasicos-Que-Debes-Conocer.htm

Web page about international contemporary art:
http://www.artspan.com/

Juan Francisco Casas' official web page. Amazingly realistic ballpoint pen drawings:
www.juanfranciscocasas.com/