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Tuesday, 26 December 2023
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
HOW IS THIS ISSUE GOING ON?
Spain passes 100,000 confirmed cases
Sam Jones
Spain has crossed the threshold of 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, health officials said on Wednesday.
According to official figures, it now has more cases than any country except Italy and the US. Spain also reached a new record single-day death toll between Tuesday and Wednesday, with a total of 864 deaths. The country has now logged 102,136 cases of the virus and 9,053 deaths.
Sources within the Pedro Sánchez administration said that once the peak of transmission has passed, there will be an evaluation of the shortcomings of the healthcare system in order to prepare for the possibility of a second wave of contagion. Spain’s hospitals are under severe strain as intensive care units continue to fill up, and healthcare workers are struggling to treat patients without enough protective gear for themselves.
Monday, 16 March 2020
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR CONFINEMENT!
Good afternoon you all
As we are going to spend a long time at home, I encourage you to have a look from now and then to this blog and click on the grammar exercises on the right side. You can practise the ones which deal with the grammar points in which you are weaker and the page will correct your answers so that you can see where your mistakes have taken place.
I also encourage you to click on the Daily Mirror newspaper (or any other in the list) to read a piece of news dealing with coronavirus. That way you can get familiar with the vocabulary that is used within the scope of journalism when writing about a virus. Reading is the best way to learn English!
I will send specific tasks to the students of 1st and 2nd course of Bachillerato through their particular e-mails.
I recommend to do at least five exercises every day. Dedicate a specific time of the day to have a look at your books and take advantage of this period of being at home to revise content and practise the last lessons we have seen in class.
Be patient, be regular with your work and don´t let the excess of free time make you forget about English.
Greetings from home,
Icíar
As we are going to spend a long time at home, I encourage you to have a look from now and then to this blog and click on the grammar exercises on the right side. You can practise the ones which deal with the grammar points in which you are weaker and the page will correct your answers so that you can see where your mistakes have taken place.
I also encourage you to click on the Daily Mirror newspaper (or any other in the list) to read a piece of news dealing with coronavirus. That way you can get familiar with the vocabulary that is used within the scope of journalism when writing about a virus. Reading is the best way to learn English!
I will send specific tasks to the students of 1st and 2nd course of Bachillerato through their particular e-mails.
I recommend to do at least five exercises every day. Dedicate a specific time of the day to have a look at your books and take advantage of this period of being at home to revise content and practise the last lessons we have seen in class.
Be patient, be regular with your work and don´t let the excess of free time make you forget about English.
Greetings from home,
Icíar
Sunday, 16 December 2018
WE ARE GOING TO LONDON!
AS WE ARE PREPARING OUR TRIP TO LONDON!
HERE YOU ARE SOME OF THE PLACES WE ARE GOING TO SEE THERE...
LONDON TOWER
SAINT DUSTAN IN THE EAST CHURCH
GREAT FIRE OF LONDON MONUMENT
LONDON BRIDGE
THE SHARD
THE SHAKESPEARE GLOBE
TATE MODERN
MILLENIUM BRIDGE AND SAINT PAUL´S CATHEDRAL
COVENT GARDEN
IT ISN´T A BAD TOUR FOR THE FIRST DAY, ISN´T IT?
PICADILLY CIRCUS
REGENT STREET
TRAFALGAR SQUARE
SAINT JAMES PARK
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND BIG BEN
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
LONDON EYE
AND THAT´S ALL FOR TODAY. AREN´T YOU EXHAUSTED AND HAPPY AND THE SAME TIME?
CANDEM TOWN
REGENT´S PARK
WARREN MEWS FITZROVIA
CARNABY STREET
CHINATOWN
SOHO
TIME TO GO TO BED!
KING´S CROSS AND HARRY POTTER
BRITISH MUSEUM
OXFORD STREET
HYDE PARK
HARROD´S
THE END IS COMING... ONLY ONE MORNING LEFT!
JACK THE RIPPER MUSEUM
HERE YOU ARE SOME OF THE PLACES WE ARE GOING TO SEE THERE...
ON MONDAY, THE 25th
LONDON TOWER
SAINT DUSTAN IN THE EAST CHURCH
GREAT FIRE OF LONDON MONUMENT
LONDON BRIDGE
THE SHARD
THE SHAKESPEARE GLOBE
TATE MODERN
MILLENIUM BRIDGE AND SAINT PAUL´S CATHEDRAL
COVENT GARDEN
IT ISN´T A BAD TOUR FOR THE FIRST DAY, ISN´T IT?
LET´S GO FOR TUESDAY!
PICADILLY CIRCUS
REGENT STREET
TRAFALGAR SQUARE
SAINT JAMES PARK
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND BIG BEN
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
LONDON EYE
AND THAT´S ALL FOR TODAY. AREN´T YOU EXHAUSTED AND HAPPY AND THE SAME TIME?
WHAT ABOUT WEDNESDAY?
CANDEM TOWN
REGENT´S PARK
WARREN MEWS FITZROVIA
CARNABY STREET
CHINATOWN
SOHO
TIME TO GO TO BED!
THURSDAY FOR SHOPPING
KING´S CROSS AND HARRY POTTER
BRITISH MUSEUM
OXFORD STREET
HYDE PARK
HARROD´S
THE END IS COMING... ONLY ONE MORNING LEFT!
FRIDAY MORNING. LET´S GO HOME...
JACK THE RIPPER MUSEUM
Friday, 2 November 2018
WEIRD TRADITIONS ON ALL SAINTS DAY IN SPAIN
El Día de Todos los Santos, a public holiday across Spain that falls on November 1st every year, is for most people a day of remembrance.
Most Spaniards visit their loved ones at the local cemetery, leaving flowers at their tombstones and then spend the day with their families. This is what most of them do. But not all...
Fancy dress for animals and food in Cádiz
The southern coastal city of Cádiz treats All Saints’ Day (Tosantos as they call it) as a bit of a carnival. But rather than succumbing to Halloween’s scary dress trends, Gaditanos put clothes on rabbits, pigs, fish and hens in the city’s Virgen del Rosario market.
Porridge in keyholes near Jaén
In the small Andalusian village of Begíjar, young people celebrate El Día de Todos los Santos by taking a casserole of gachas (a type of local porridge) out for a stroll and then proceed to fill up every keyhole they can find with a dollop of oatmeal. Why, you ask? Tradition has it that the porridge stops evil spirits from seeping in through Begíjar’s keyholes.
Children begging in Seville
Okay, we’ve embellished the title slightly. In the Sevillian town of El Ronquillo, kids essentially hit the streets and carry out a more low-key (but equally full-on) version of Halloween’s trick or treat tradition. Legend has it that long ago El Ronquillo’s altar boys would chime the church bells incessantly during the month of November to remember the dead, and that they’d accept food offerings from the villagers to keep up the hard work. With time, all of El Ronquillo’s children began knocking on doors, and in true Andalusian fashion would sing to the villagers in return for whatever food was available. The lyrics of the most common song (La Cachetía) were a tad threatening however, along the lines of “If you don’t give me some nuts, I’ll ruin your wall” and “If you don’t hand over those chestnuts, I’ll stay here all day”.
The tradition lives on to this day (as does the song), but it’s all healthy snacks such as nuts, fruit and veg for these kids. This after all is some no-nonsense trick or treating, no sugar rushes or scary costumes. All in all, a relaxing break from life and all that ‘dead talk’.
Galicia has its own Halloween and it’s older than that US’s
This sea-swept northwestern region of Spain, with its Celtic roots and traditions, claims its ancient festivity - Samaín - was a precursor of America’s Halloween. And there’s no reason to believe the rumours aren’t true, as the Gaelic ‘Samhain’ festival did merge with Christians’ All Saints’ tradition to form the foundations of modern-day, sugar-crusted Halloween. In Galician villages such as Cedeira, O Vicedo and Narón, kids and adults have for centuries dressed up as spirits and magical beings, organised death marches, carved scary faces in pumpkins and gone trick or treating.
Sound familiar?
Fancy dress for animals and food in Cádiz
The southern coastal city of Cádiz treats All Saints’ Day (Tosantos as they call it) as a bit of a carnival. But rather than succumbing to Halloween’s scary dress trends, Gaditanos put clothes on rabbits, pigs, fish and hens in the city’s Virgen del Rosario market.
In the small Andalusian village of Begíjar, young people celebrate El Día de Todos los Santos by taking a casserole of gachas (a type of local porridge) out for a stroll and then proceed to fill up every keyhole they can find with a dollop of oatmeal. Why, you ask? Tradition has it that the porridge stops evil spirits from seeping in through Begíjar’s keyholes.
Okay, we’ve embellished the title slightly. In the Sevillian town of El Ronquillo, kids essentially hit the streets and carry out a more low-key (but equally full-on) version of Halloween’s trick or treat tradition. Legend has it that long ago El Ronquillo’s altar boys would chime the church bells incessantly during the month of November to remember the dead, and that they’d accept food offerings from the villagers to keep up the hard work. With time, all of El Ronquillo’s children began knocking on doors, and in true Andalusian fashion would sing to the villagers in return for whatever food was available. The lyrics of the most common song (La Cachetía) were a tad threatening however, along the lines of “If you don’t give me some nuts, I’ll ruin your wall” and “If you don’t hand over those chestnuts, I’ll stay here all day”.
The tradition lives on to this day (as does the song), but it’s all healthy snacks such as nuts, fruit and veg for these kids. This after all is some no-nonsense trick or treating, no sugar rushes or scary costumes. All in all, a relaxing break from life and all that ‘dead talk’.
This sea-swept northwestern region of Spain, with its Celtic roots and traditions, claims its ancient festivity - Samaín - was a precursor of America’s Halloween. And there’s no reason to believe the rumours aren’t true, as the Gaelic ‘Samhain’ festival did merge with Christians’ All Saints’ tradition to form the foundations of modern-day, sugar-crusted Halloween. In Galician villages such as Cedeira, O Vicedo and Narón, kids and adults have for centuries dressed up as spirits and magical beings, organised death marches, carved scary faces in pumpkins and gone trick or treating.
THEATRE IN ENGLISH AT OUR SCHOOL
The 25th of January of 2019 the theatre group CLAP will come to our school to represent the Theatre play BUCCANEERS. All students from IES Juana I de Castilla will go to Casas del Tratado to watch the performance.
We hope you enjoy Clap´s play and have fun with them!
WELCOME EVERYBODY
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