The 23rd of April is a very important day in Catalonia because of St. George celebration. But, did you know that it is celebrated worldwide as the International Book Day? It all started in 1995 when the UNESCO decided to dedicate a day a year to promote reading, a lifelong skill key in learning that […]
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 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 »
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 »
As you know, we read in English once a week. We have a portable library with all kinds of books; both fiction and non-fiction. In one of these sessions we found a scientific text about MUSHROOMS! It was very interesting because we are investigating a lot about these organisms. We decided to start investigating about
READING IN ENGLISH IS VERY INTERESTING Llegeix més »
Once children are confident using the language orally, they must start reading in order to fully master English. Learning to read in English, though, is quite different. Since the children can already read in Catalan and Spanish, they can activate different strategies to be able to get the meaning of different messages. One of these
Reading in English Llegeix més »