Información del viaje fin de curso

Este jueves a las 14h, como sabéis, hay una reunión en la clase de 6ºA  para que nos expliquen más sobre el viaje fin de curso.

Aparte de eso, ya hay que pagar lo que queda de la actividad. Serán  205€ a la misma cuenta que antes. Aparte hay que pagar el autobús, pero eso se paga al colegio, no a la empresa del viaje, y os informaremos más adelante del importe exacto.

Aprovecho para comentar además que nos vienen a sacar la foto de la orla el día 30 de mayo. 

Our graduation!

Our graduation ceremony will be on Wednesday, 21st of June, at 11:15. Parents and family are invited!

Viaje fin de curso

Para los que van a ir al viaje fin de curso en junio:

--Ayer repartimos un circular con el número de cuenta donde hay que ingresar el importe de 50€ de reserva de plaza, a lo largo de esta semana.  Cuando se haya hecho el ingreso, hay que entregar a la tutora (Rosalía o Kate) el resguardo del ingreso, junto con la ficha de datos del alumno.

--Más adelante os informaremos de todas las detalles del viaje.

Certamen literario y de dibujo

Here is the information about the literary and art contests at school:

Last day to hand in your entry:   6 April

Good luck!!!!

Carnaval!

Today we had our last day of Carnaval. Congratulations to our "pregoneros" and everyone who helped make this week special!  You did a great job!!!!

For Art this week

You will need to bring watercolours for Art (6A Tuesday, 6B Wednesday).

World Environment Day!

Sunday, June 5th is World Environment Day, the United Nations’ most important day
for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. 

 Above all, WED serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something to take care of 

the Earth or become an agent of change. That ‘something’ can be focused locally,

nationally or globally; it can be a solo action or involve a crowd – everyone is free to 

choose.

Each year there is a theme, and this year's theme is "Go Wild for Life!"  

From the official website:

This year’s theme for WED – Go Wild for Life – encourages you to celebrate all 

those species under threat and take action of your own to help safeguard them 

for future generations. This can be about animals or plants that are threatened 

within your local area as well as at the national or global level - many local 

extinctions will eventually add up to a global extinction! Whoever you are, and 

 wherever you live, show zero-tolerance for the illegal trade in wildlife in word

 and deed, and make a difference.

Remember the threatened and endangered species we learned about at GREFA?

They are having an "Open Doors" day (Día de Puertas Abiertas) tomorrow, Saturday June 5th. If you want, you can go with your family to learn more.

Here is the link: GREFA Día de Puertas Abiertas

English test

You will have an English test on Friday, 27th of May. On the test will be:

Gerunds  

--I like travelling

--He avoids washing the dishes.

--It won't stop raining

  To study, use the exercises and examples from the book, workbook, and your notebook

2nd conditional  

--If I had  money, I would buy a guitar. 

--f it wasn't raining, we could go outside.

Questions

--With do/does/did  and is/are/was/were

Reported speech
--She said that she was interested in animals.
--He said that he didn't have enough money

and also possibly some vocabulary, reading comprehension, listening...  I will tell you soon.

Our field trip was a success!

We had a great time on our field trip Friday. 

First we went to the Museo  Arqueológico Nacional. We got to see many artifacts related to the Visigoths, Al-Andalus, the Christian Kingdoms, and the Early Modern period.   For example:









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We did not have time to see the other wonderful exhibits in the museum, but there is good news!  You can visit the museum for free on Saturday afternoons (starting at 2pm) and Sunday mornings!  Here is the web page of the Museum so you can plan your visit.  Don't miss the exhibits on Prehistoric Era, Roman Times, and the Egyptians!

After the museum, we had a lovely walk in Retiro Park.  

We saw birds:

Reptiles:

and some invertebrates-- an earthworm!  

Do you remember which type of invertebrate it is?  It's an annelid-- long, soft body divided into rings (segments).  

We also saw many plants--   seed-producing plants such as conifers (which are gymnosperms) and also flowering plants (angiosperms).  

Did you see any non-seed plants (like mosses or ferns)?

All in all, it was a wonderful day!

Test time!

Your English Test Unit 6 is on Tuesday. It will include:

--Adverbs  (where, when, and how)

--Last 6 verbs on your list

--so/such/ such a/ such an

--sentences with “that” and “which”

--short listening

--short reading comprehension

--present perfect questions and answers

--general grammar review

You do not need to study vocabulary this time.

***Your Natural Science Test will be in the first week of March.  (A concretar el día más adelante, para no juntar tantos examenes en una sola semana.)*****

Good Luck!

Art on Friday

For Art on Friday you need to bring oil pastels (pinturas de cera blanda tipo MANLEY  o similar.)

Día de la Paz

On Friday, January 29th, we will celebrate El Día de la Paz at 13h in the patio.  Everyone must wear a white T-shirt (if it is cold you can wear it over your coat.)

We will sing this song:



and this one:




Here are the lyrics:

Busco sonrisas que no lleven prisas,
que sean de verdad con credibilidad,
que salgan de dentro.
Busco ese gesto,
en peligro de extinción.
Yo quiero sonrisas
que llenen esta canción.

Busco en las caras de todos esa gran sonrisa,
ojos que brillen llenos de emoción.

Busco sonrisas para enamorarnos,
para sentirnos vivos,
para ilusionarnos.
Busco sonrisas,
dame una sonrisa. (x2)

Busco sonrisas que no sean postizas,
busco afinidad,
esa complicidad después de ese momento.
Busco ese gesto lleno de satisfacción,
yo quiero sonrisas que salgan de corazón.

Busco en las caras de todos esa gran sonrisa,
ojos que brillen llenos de emoción.

Busco sonrisas para enamorarnos,
para sentirnos vivos,
para ilusionarnos.
Busco sonrisas,
dame una sonrisa.(x2)

Busco sonrisas.
Busco sonrisas.

(Sonrisas, sonrisas, sonrisas)

Regalame una sonrisa,
(sonrisas)
solo quiero sonrisas,
busco sonrisas,
busco sonrisas.

Social Science test

On Thursday, 28th January, we will have our test on Social Science Units 4 and 5. The pages you have to study are: p. 50, 52, 53, 62, and 65. 

After the test we will study pages 66 and 67 and do some activities about them, but they will not be on your test.

Teatro de Navidad

Mañana lunes a las 12:30 los alumnos de 5ºA y 5ºB  realizarán dos obras de teatro en la Sala de Usos Múltiples del colegio. Están invitadas todas las familias a asistir. ¡Nos vemos allí!   

It's electrifying!

In Natural Science, the next unit we will study will be MODULE 3: TECHNOLOGY: OBJECTS AND MACHINES.  More specifically, Unit 6: Electricity and Inventions.  So, after the break you need to bring this book to class for Natural Science.



Si tenéis oportunidad, intentad activar el código en la parte de atrás del libro correspondiente a ese módulo, siguiendo las instrucciones que da Teacher Isabel en su blog en esta enlace.

Si lo hacéis, por favor poned una nota en la agenda para decirme si ha funcionado o no, y en caso de que no funcione, qué mensaje os ha salido.

¡Gracias!

Social Science test Unit 3

Our Unit 3 test will be on Tuesday. You need to study pages 32-38. You should be able to explain the concepts in the book, the words in pink or purple letters, things like "brain drain", "rural exodus", etc.  Also, you should understand and be able to answer questions like the ones from the book that we have corrected in class.

 The students from class 5ºB should bring their Social Science books and notebooks on Monday to work on after the trip to MAPFRE.

Upcoming tests

The upcoming tests will be:

Tuesday, 1 December: Unit 3 Social Science.

For this test you do not have to study pages 40-41 about Europe's population. We will work on that topic with some different activities after the exam.

Thursday, 3 December: Unit 3 English Test.

Later I will tell you what you have to study for this.

Monday, 9 December: Natural Science "Heat and Light."

Other upcoming assignments:

--For Wednesday: The Natural Science notebook page about Conduction, Radiation, and Convection. Some of you have shown it to me already-- they look good! 

--After you work with Yvonne on your writing from the workbook, you have to make the corrections and copy it into your notebook. This is for Friday (5ºA) and Monday (5ºB).

Material para Art el viernes

Para la clase de Art el viernes, hay que llevar una cartulina blanca tamaño A4, pinturas (lápices de color, o ceras Plastidecor), y un compás si lo tenéis.

                                           

Halloween

We will celebrate Halloween on Thursday, October 29th, so that the language assistants can be with us. You can wear a costume (all day) if you want to.  

Código de activación Oxford Plus

Buenas tardes!   Mirad esta entrada en el blog de 3º para una explicación de lo que hay que hacer.    Está muy bien explicado. Sé que en por lo menos un caso, no sale el botón de "OBTENER CÓDIGO" (en su lugar pone "AÑADIR A LA CESTA" para comprar la versión digital),   Lo que no sé es si eso es un problema generalizado o si a los demás si os funcionará así-- por favor, los que probéis me lo dejáis saber.

¡Gracias!

También aprovecho para comentar que como el jueves haremos control de Naturales, ese día no hace falta llevar a clase libro y cuaderno de Sociales. Sin embargo, el viernes al revés, cambiamos la sesión de Naturales por Sociales, y ese día se lleva Sociales y no Naturales.

Un saludo