Spain: Relief and Rivers

Hey, take a look at these 3D maps which my pupils made! 

The first two are by Jaime in 4C, then there is a big one by Sofía, and the final one is by Carmen from 5A. You may find it really hard learning the names of rivers and mountains, but if you do it this way it's much more fun and I'm sure you'll remember them more easily!

By Jaime, 4C

By Sofía, 5B

By Carmen, 5A

And here are some projects from both classes...

Now we are making a huge wall display in the corridor with rivers and mountains so that we can remember them more easily. This is what it looks like now...

We just have to add a few more rivers and it will be finished!

Spain

Here is another link for learning about Spain:

Summer Camps in England

Many parents ask me which companies I recommend for sending their children to England in the Summer. I think the best way to help your children learn English is for you to go for 2 weeks or more to England, find a day camp and stay near there, so that your children are with you in the evenings and in the daytime they are totally immersed in English. They are not going to speak English until they have the necessity, and if you send them to a day camp with other English children they are going to have to speak in English if they want to play and make friends. 

The camps are usually about 150 pounds per week per child, with some discounts for brothers or sisters, and many of them are actually checked by Ofsted which is the equivalent of Inspection here in Spain.

It's a much more economical option (and better for the children in my opinion because they are with you in the evenings) than any of the options where everything is organized from Madrid.

Here are some web pages for you to look at:

Camp Beaumont

Team Camp

Barracudas

Xkeys

If you have the possibility of taking a couple of weeks off in July or August and staying in the UK then I think these are good options.

Poems

If you want to learn a poem over the next few days then here are two short ones - you can choose the one you like best and recite it to me next week!

Bed in Summer
 by Robert Louis Stevenson

In winter I get up at night  And dress by yellow candle-light.  In summer quite the other way,  I have to go to bed by day.  I have to go to bed and see  The birds still hopping on the tree,  Or hear the grown-up people's feet  Still going past me in the street.  And does it not seem hard to you,  When all the sky is clear and blue,  And I should like so much to play,  To have to go to bed by day?

From a Railway Carriage
 by Robert Louis Stevenson

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,  Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;  And charging along like troops in a battle  All through the meadows the horses and cattle:  All of the sights of the hill and the plain  Fly as thick as driving rain;  And ever again, in the wink of an eye,  Painted stations whistle by.  Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,  All by himself and gathering brambles;  Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;  And here is the green for stringing the daisies!  Here is a cart runaway in the road  Lumping along with man and load;  And here is a mill, and there is a river:  Each a glimpse and gone forever!

Science & Fun: St. George's Day

Click on the flag to go to a blog which has information about St George's Day and England.

Speaking Competition

Congratulations to Julia, Ana, Verónica, María, and Mireia for getting through to the finals of the Speaking Competition and being the best state school. Thank you to the mothers who assisted and supported us. There was a lot of competition and you did really well!

WELL DONE! WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU!

Relief of Spain

We just finished the unit about relief in Spain and are now learning about the rivers. You can make a map of Spain in 3D like this one with plasticine and card to help you to remember the main mountain chains and rivers.

The Egyptians

Here is a wall display we did in the 4th year about the Egyptians last year. The pyramid is 3D and there are lots of little doors to open and discover information about them. We can learn a lot from history!

Autonomous Communities

Here is a puzzle we did in the 4th year for practising the Autonomous Communities.



It's easy to make and you can use it as many times as you want. You can even have competitions with your friends to see who finishes first!

Rivers in Spain

Watch the beginning of this presentation to slide number 11 to see pictures of and learn about the rivers in Spain:

Rivers in Spain.