Wednesday, March 16, 2011

"No Somos Basura"

As part of the Comenuius Green Globe Project, the sixth grade took a field trip to the waste treatment facility for the Sierra Sur in Estepa. It was a smelly trip, but very interesting. Everything can be used and re-used...it's just a matter of finding out how.

Did you know that the garbage you throw away gets converted into fertilizer? Or that the plastics we recycle can become your winter coat? This is why recycling is so important--tell your parents and start recycling today!

Como parte del Proyecto Comenius de Green Globe, los alumnos de sexto fueron de excursión a la planta de reciclaje aquí de la Sierra Sur en Estepa. Fue una visita pestosa pero muy interesante. :) Todo los que usamos puede ser reutilizado...solo es cuestión de encontrar la manera de hacerlo.

¿Sabías, por ejemplo, que la basura orgánica que tiramos se convierte en abono para los campos? ¿Y sabías que el plástico que reciclamos puede llegar a convertirse en un ingrediente imprescindible de tu abrigo? Por esto, reciclar es tan importante--díselo a tus padres y empieza a reciclar hoy!


These are bales of pressed cardboard and paper.


This tractor is stirring the organic garbage to help natural bacteria break it down into fertilizer.


Here's were the different recyclable parts of our garbage get dumped. Can you tell the difference between the two piles of plastics? Not all plastics are created equal. ;)

We learned a lot...even if we had to cover our noses!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Día de Andalucía


Happy Andalusia Day!

The students at C.E.I.P Lope de Vega celebrated Andalusia Day this past Thursday, February 24 although the real day is the 28th of February. Students from the third cycle (5th and 6th grade) prepared poetry readings, a short theater performance, traditional Andalusian songs and dances and even an original chirigota for carnival, all performed in Casariche's newly reformed municipal theater. We all enjoyed watching our fellow students in this very original celebration of Andalusia.


Aside from the fantastic performance, the students of sixth grade C prepared a museum of Andalusian antiques. Here are some of the pictures from this beautiful exposition of yesteryear.
Enjoy!







Friday, February 11, 2011

Friends of the forest

In third grade, as part of the Comenius project, we all put our heads together to write a play about the importance of taking care of nature and our forests. Now we're practicing non-stop to be able to perform for our visitors from France, Poland and Ireland in March. Here's the script we wrote.
Enjoy!

Entre todos los de tercero, escribimos la siguiente obra de teatro. Ahora la estamos ensayando sin parar para poder enseñarla a los maestros de intercambio de Francia, Polonia, e Irlanda que vienen en marzo con el proyecto Comenius.
¡Disfrútala!

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Give Peace a Chance



On January 31st we celebrated International Peace and Non-violence day. We learned about different historical figures who worked for peace, such as Martin Luthor King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Rigoberta Menchu, and Mother Teresa. Here are some of the posters students made in English.






El día 31 de enero celebramos en nuestro centro el Día intercacional de la paz y la no violencia. Aprendimos sobre importantes figuras de la historia que trabajaban por la paz y arriba hay algunos de los posteres que hicimos en inglés.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Be water

Be water
We're learning about matter in fifth grade bilingual science. We learned about the different states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. And we also learned about the properties of liquids: fixed volume, but no fixed shape. Liquids change shape according to their container. We watched this clip of Bruce Lee talking about water. Can you understand it without reading the subtitles?



What does he mean when he says, "Be water, my friend"?

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Christmas in the USA

Here's the Christmas presentation our Auxiliars made for the holidays. Do you know why we have Christmas trees? What about the story of Santa Claus? Find Out!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas! Here are some of the things we did to celebrate Christmas at our school.
Enjoy!