COMPARTIM EL JARDÍ AMB LES FAMÍLIES

Laura Lorenzo14/06/25  

“La fuerza del equipo reside en cada miembro. La fuerza de cada miembro es el equipo”, Phil Jackson.

Després de tot el que hem investigat i treballat per millorar el jardí i, malgrat que encara ens agradaria continuar fent coses, arriba un dels millors moments… Compartir-ho amb les famílies!

Ens preparem pel tancament recordant tot el procés i distribuint el que volem dir per tal que, el dia que vinguin les famílies, quedi ben clar com hem arribat JUNTS al fantàstic jardí que tenim avui. Però, com que el jardí és de tota l’escola, creiem que les famílies també hi han de participar d’alguna manera i decidim que seria divertit decorar la reixa que el separa de la pista.

Arrel d’un còmic que llegim en anglès, ens preguntem si podríem portar el jardí a fora de l’escola i fer de Vilanova un poble més verd. Descobrim les “seed bombs” i decidim que farem bombes de llavors amb les famílies.

Com fem seed bombs? Llegim les instruccions en petits grups i, fent servir petites estratègies, entenem i transcrivim els passos.

Pot semblar molt difícil llegir en anglès però amb les següents recomanacions podem comprendre’n la idea general.

Ja ho tenim tot a punt: tenim el guió de l’exposició assajat i ja hem preparat tot el material per fer les activitats amb els nostres pares, les nostres mares, germans, germanes, avis, àvies i la resta de familiars.

Estem una mica nerviosos i nervioses però, per fi, ha arribat el dia i obrim les portes de la nostra aula. Les famílies ens escolten atents mentre expliquem de manera ordenada i clara els passos que hem seguit per transformar el jardí.

Un cop al jardí, els convidem a teixir per cobrir les reixes de la pista, a fer bombes de llavors i, així, fer seu també el jardí.

Gràcies famílies per aquesta estona compartida i per ajudar a fer més gran i únic el jardí!

READING ABOUT FLOWERS

Laura Lorenzo20/05/25  

We discovered that there are different trees in our garden with different names. Now, that there are flowers in our garden, we also discovered that they have different names… Also in English!

We discovered the name of different flowers in English by reading!

We had the photos lot of flowers on one page…

and the names and the descriptions on another page.

In pairs, we read the descriptions and wrote the correct names under the photos. It was a bit difficult at first, but soon we noticed that by recognising numbers and colours (words that we are VERY familiar with) it was very easy!

Doing achievable activities that like this, we develop strategies that make our reading (in both English and Catalan) better and we are motivated to read more!

Don’t be afraid and try to find the names in English too!

COOKING PANCAKES

Laura Lorenzo06/04/25  

We discovered that we have a maple tree in the garden, which is the source of a delicious food… maple syrup! Have you tasted it?

We wanted to taste it but not by itself… It is very common to eat syrup together with pancakes so, it was time for us to learn how to cook pancakes.

What were the ingredients to cook pancakes? We watched a video to get the information and we were surprised to see that, in England, there is the pancake day!

After watching the video and playing a game to recognise the vocabulary, it was time to get the recipe. It is very easy!

Reading a recipe in English is not very difficult because we can use the images and the similarities between English and Catalan words to understand the text, so we soon knew how to cook the pancakes. We were ready!

The pancakes were delicious and we had fun cooking them. Are you going to try the recipe at home?

A STORY ABOUT DECOMPOSERS

Laura Lorenzo03/04/25  

As you know, after finding a dead bird in the garden, we learned about the important role decomposers play in the life cycle.

We listened to a story in English called “The soil in Jackie’s garden” and, while revising the vocabulary about the garden we already knew, we quickly realized how all the stages are connected and how important it is that the soil has nutrients too.

It was a simple and fun story that, with its repetitive format, helped acquire new vocabulary and structures. Watch the video and play the game to revise the vocabulary like we did!

LET’S GO TO THE THEATRE!

Laura Lorenzo21/02/25  

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 the story to fit her true desires.

The students laughed and sang together with the characters and… some even became actors and danced or rode toy horses!

All in all, students discovered that, knowing the context and some basic language, it is possible to understand a complex story with lots of unknown words. Why don’t you give it a go and watch cartoons or films in English? You may be surprised!

WHERE IS THE GARDEN?

Laura Lorenzo29/01/25  

Alicies are focusing on the school garden and ways to fix it. We are using floor plans of the school (not maps!) to locate the garden and we were able to locate our classroom as well. It is very easy! Looking at the floor plans we were curious about the other spaces in the school and we learned how to say the spaces in English. Do you know what the gym is? And the playground?

We also went to the playground and played games to learn expressions very useful to give directions. It was very fun!