The last few sessions we have been learning how airplanes can fly as well as some of aircraft history.
Yesterday we put all those concepts together in a lab about paper airplanes.
We built two different models of aircraft. The we make them fly in similar conditions.
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We have played bingo this week, learning some essential vocabulary while playing. There were five groups and they worked together really well.
A fun game where the winners get to shout “Bingo!” at the top of their lungs.
Playing this game has helped us to implement and practice some of the essential language skills as reading, listening and speaking.
We are carrying on working on climate. It’s not just knowing what is climate change and what causes it. What is really important to us is what we can do to make less CO2 into the air. Here are some examples: walking, cycling, swithching off lights or the TV when not using, buying local food…
You can find below a video and part of some of the activities we have done in class.
We have been watching a video of Harry Potter while asking questions and giving answers as it can be seen above. Students liked it. Another funny way of learning English using new technologies in class.
Tintins, Petits Prínceps and Massagrans have explained their week away. In a first activity, we all translated in to English the scheduled activities of their trip to Valls d’Àneu. We wrote every single thing they had done the previously week together. Following their descriptions, the next activity was to reorder the sentences, starting from the morning of the first day when they met before 8 am at school to get a bus to their destination, and finishing when back to school on Friday evening.
A meaningful activity in fact, as it is something they have already done themselves, and it is in their living memories, remaining vivid pictures in their minds, easy to understand when translating to English.
We have made a competition in class trying Kahoot in English for the first time this year, and it won’t be the last. It has been amazing seeing students competing to get the best grades. An incredible way to learn English having a lot of fun. A special thanks to Dani, our PE teacher, who inspired us to try it in the English class.
We have been working the song Perfect by Ed Sheeran. Students love learning English through songs. They have paid their full attention to get the meaning of the song and to find the missing words from the lyrics of this beautiful song.
As we are going deeper into the knowledge of climate change, we have discussed about if it could be possible that fiction facts as in the movie The Day After Tomorrow happen in our life. The consequences would be devastating. We have worked online creating… Llegeix més»
We have celebrated Christmas these days at school, making some Christmas cards, watching Christmas stories and singing some Christmas carols and songs. A very special time to be celebrated with friends at school and with family at home. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2020!
After reading another chapter in English, we have learnt some important facts about the author of The Little Prince, the novel that gives name to our class this year. These facts helped the author to create the world of The Little Prince.
Some interesting facts about the man behind The Little Prince:
– “The Little Prince” has been a beloved children’s story for over 70 years.
– Much of “The Little Prince” is autobiographical.
– The Author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry lived an exciting life that shaped his writing.
– In the early 1920’s he served as a pilot in the French air force.
– Later he piloted an airmail route across Africa, South America and the South Atlantic.
– In 1935 during an air race from Paris to Saigon his place crashed in the Sahara.
– He and his navigator we rescued by Bedouin tribesman.
– Leading up to WWII he was a military reconnaissance pilot.
– He published “The Little Prince” in America in 1943.
– In 1944 he was piloting a flight from France to Corsica and was never heard from again.
– His plane was found at the bottom of the ocean in 2000.
– For his 100th birthday, the airport and train station in Lyon France we re-named after him.
– “The Little Prince” was immortalized on France’s 50-franc note.
– And of course he has an asteroid named in his honour, “2578 Saint-Exupéry”
