Halloween 2018

We welcomed this course with a Halloween party last Wednesday, 31st October.We started the previous week telling our students about the history of Halloween, auditions of famous Halloween songs in the class of Music and the historical relevance of this event  in most of English-speaking countries. Then, we watched a famous horror comedy film (“Beetlejuice” by Tim Burton) and we listened to some  songs sung by our language assistant Clark Williams.


At midday, we had a spooky breakfast. As you can see in the photographs, our students made delicious and surprising Halloween cakes.

 

We also had a Halloween contest and a ghost walk through  a haunted corridor in the unknown parts of our building.

We really had a great time!

This is the sequence of activities that we did with 1º and 2º ESO students during that scary day.

Halloween Activities

1 ESO

2 ESO

8:15-10:15 In their classroom
10:15-11:15 Ghost walk and Quiz (Aula de Idiomas) Film: Beetlejuice (Salón de Actos)
11:15-11:45 Breaktime
11:45-12:15 Spooky Breakfast (Aula 3)
12:15-13:15 Ghost walk(Aula de Idiomas) Film “Beetlejuice”and Performance(Salón de Actos)
13:15-14:45 Music Auditions Prizes

Performance and

Film   “Beetlejuice”(Salón de Actos)

Ghost walk(Aula de Idiomas)

An amazing Saint Patrick´s Day

We really had a great time singing, dancing and celebrating St. Patrick´s at Celia Viñas Gym last 21 March. It was an amusing experience and we had the visit of our Delegate of Education, Ms. Francisca L. Fernández and Canal Sur Television which recorded the Irish dancing that our students made.

It was a great opportunity to know about Irish culture in a funny environment where our students participated in a Quiz Contest

And the winner was…. 1ºC, although all the contestants did a great job.

We also sang the traditional Irish song “I´m a little Leprechaun”  and dance.

1 B

1 A

1 C

We want to thank all the teachers who collaborate with us preparing the dancing and taking photos of the event.

We will celebrate it again, next course!!!

St Patrick´s day in Chicago and …Celia Viñas Secondary school

Today, St. Patrick´s Day (the patron of Ireland) is celebrated all over the world and one of the most famous event is in Chicago where they change its river into bright beautiful green (a little leprechaun magic) . They have been dyeing its Chicago river green for more than fifty years.

Last year we started celebrating St. Patrick´s Day and we are going to continue this tradition. Next Wednesday, we will have an Irish party with a Quiz Contest, Songs and Irish dancing.

So, celebrate St Patrick´s day with us in our gym next 21st March.

We will have fun!!!

 

Happy St Patrick’s Day

1 ESO students are going to celebrate St Patrick´s (the patron of Ireland) from 19th to 23rd March . This is a national holiday in Ireland and it is celebrated in this country and in many places all over the world because the Irish people emigrated to many different places (especially the USA and Canada) to escape from the Potato Famine (your History teacher is going to tell you about it). Ireland is famous because of its traditions, customs and people. They are very friendly people and they love music and dancing as much as we do (You will sing “ I’m a little Leprechaun” with your Music teacher and your Physical Education teacher is going to teach you how to perform the traditional Irish dancing). We are also going to learn about Irish culture and sport in the English classes and we will watch a video to visit the most interesting places in Ireland.

 

Here you have a video to practise Irish dancing …

 

… and a poster to make Irish Top Hats.

So, enjoy an Irish week at Celia Viñas Bilingual Secondary School.

 

Christmas Events

As you could read in our last post, we finished the year singing some of the most famous Christmas songs

But we also did a lot of other activities to celebrate the end of the year …. decorating our classes, the hall, the stairs …. with Christmas images and symbols…

Wishing the best for the new year

And we had a Christmas Cards Contest whose winners were

Alejandro Espinosa, Nicolle Veliz and Lucía Arenas

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Not only the bilingual courses participated in these activities but also some other classes from different levels creating the best background to welcome the year 2018

                          Happy New Year!!!

The Supporting Act

This video is a BBC advertisement and it shows what parents and children do everyday .

How often do you and your parents do things together?

Do your parents pay attention to you? And you?

Do you share activities with them?

Preparing Christmas Activities

1 ESO students are preparing several activities to celebrate the end of the year : Classroom decoration, watching films, singing Christmas Carols, reading traditional short stories, recording a video about this celebration, making a Wishing Wall , sending Christmas cards, etc.

We will post photos and comments of our activities in following entries.Here they are  the songs we are rehearsing:

“Jingle Bells Rock” (1º ESO A)

“Last Christmas” (1º ESO B)

 

” Rockin´ around the Christmas Tree” (1º ESO C)

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November

Our students made some posters in English to express their opinions against Gender Violence and these slogans and drawings were placed on the walls of our building to show all the people in the street our feeling about this terrible fact. This was one of the several activities which were held in our school last 25th November. We wish a brighter future without violence and these actions encourage us to get our goal.

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Halloween 2017

1 ESO students decorated our school for Halloween and organized a Food Competition. It was the perfect combination of fun and culture where we learned about this ancient tradition which comes from Celtic times and goes on in our digital world. We made a presentation to show some highlights.

We hope you enjoy it.

Halloween 2017 Presentation

 

HALLOWEEN AND MUSIC

We listened to Danse Macabre, a piece of music of the French composer Camille Saint – Saëns. At the same time, students could watch a video about the composition with the characters and instruments that represent them. After that, they had to answer some questions and they were given the chance to take  part in a quiz.

And finally, watch this funny and spooky cartoon and answer the questions while you are watching it. Enjoy it!!!