We discovered that today it is a very special day in the United Kingdom and in the United States of America… today it’s April Fool’s day! On this day, it is common that everybody plays jokes or tricks to make fun and have a laugh, even companies and newspapers! It is quite fun to read […]
We have just finished writing the script and we are ready to start rehearsing! We don’t want to give any spoilers but, in the play, there is a part in English. Believe it or not, it was us who wrote it! At first, we were a bit scared because it was a complex text we
WRITING TOGETHER THE SCRIPT Llegeix més »
As you know, we’ve just passed on the responsibility of writing the story to Joan Maragall students. It was very exciting to participate in the creation of a completely new story! We analysed all the charaters and we even created a new one. Could we describe them in English! Of course! We needed vocabulary to
WRITING CHARACTERS DESCRIPTIONS Llegeix més »
Last week was the first after the experiment of living without screens during seven days. It was a time to analyse the pros and cons of such an activity and we shared all our discoveries. It was very difficult for some, but the general opinion was that it had a lot of advantages and everybody
TEXTS ABOUT THE SCREEN-FREE WEEK Llegeix més »
As you know, we are trying to find an Irish school that wishes to start a pen-pal project with us so we can learn about their customs while practicing English. We realized that we needed the head teacher permission and we had to adapt the language in our letters. After learning the conventions of a
AVALUATING FORMAL LETTERS Llegeix més »
While reading the novel that names our class, Rovellons discovered the solar clock and the importance of shadows to tell the time. Can you imagine not knowing what a SHADOW is? This is what happened in the story we listened to the other day: “The Black Rabbit”. The story is about a rabbit that one
THE BLACK RABBIT Llegeix més »
As you know, we read in English during 30 minutes every Thursday. We have a portable library with all kinds of books: comics, cook books, art books, picture books, short abridged novels and a lot of science books. Browsing DK’s “Children’s Encyclopedia”, a Tintin found a very curious table with multiplications. It was very intriguing
MULTIPLYING… IN ENGLISH! Llegeix més »
Yesterday we had a great opportunity to practise English while having a good time by watching a play: Sleeping Beauty (or not). “Mitjans” and “Grans” had been preparing the theatre for weeks and they knew the story very well: it was a new version of the traditional fairy tale in which the princess, Aurora, changed
LET’S GO TO THE THEATRE! Llegeix més »
In “The little Prince” it is said that the planet where the Prince lives is so small that he saw the sunset forty-four times. Having this in mind, the Petits Prínceps tried to answer the question that was waiting for them to start the term… Is it possible to celebrate New Year’s twice? As you
WHAT TIME IS IT? Llegeix més »
Checking temperatures around the school we started wondering about the F written on the thermometers. What is that F? We discovered that it was the symbol used to refer to Fahrenheit: what a strange name! It was funny, but we also recognised the word in “Don’t stop me now”, the song we use to start
FAHRENHEIT VS CELSIUS Llegeix més »