School Exchange IES Infante Don Fadrique - Pascack Valley High School (New Jersey)

This School Exchange, organised by the English teacher Leyre Pérez Quiroz, has been an enriching and valuable opportunity for our students. Next October, the Spanish families will host the American students and they will attend school and visit some relevant sites in our country.

We are looking forward to welcoming them!

School Exchange IES Infante Don Fadrique (Quintanar) - Istituto Comprensivo Ardea (Roma)

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        We want to thank the Italian teachers Gennaro, Laura and Loredana, as well as the families for their warm welcome. ;-)

                                                                                    Ana Botija & Lucía Menchén

Actividades Extraescolares y complementarias - 2º Trimestre (2015-2016)

Actividad	Departamentos	Fecha	Tipo de actividad
Excursión a Madrid para ver una obra de teatro en inglés Alumnos de 1º y 2º de la ESO asistieron a la obra de teatro “Death by haircut”.	Departamento de Inglés	2º Trimestre	Actividad extraescolar
Taller de paleontología en inglés. Alumnos de 4º bilingüe realizaron una exposición de los distintos periodos evolutivos de los seres vivos.	Departamento de Inglés y Biología	2º Trimestre	Actividad complementaria
Visita de alumnos de 1º de la ESO a sus antiguos colegios. Los alumnos realizaron distintas presentaciones  en inglés a alumnos de 6º de primaria sobre su experiencia el primer año de instituto. Después se realizó un debate en inglés para resolver dudas e inquietudes que tuvieran los futuros alumnos de 1º de la ESO.	Departamento de Inglés	2º Trimestre	Actividad complementaria
Clase cultural en inglés sobre distintos aspectos de la cultura británica, tales como la monarquía, la comida y diferentes tradiciones del Reino Unido. Esta actividad se realizó para el curso de 4º de la ESO	Departamento de Inglés	2º Trimestre	Actividad complementaria
Concierto en conmemoración del día de la mujer. Algunos alumnos del centro interpretaron canciones en inglés. Entre ellos la alumna americana Ryan Díaz.	Departamento de música, y extraescolares.	2º Trimestre	Actividad complementaria

"Death by haircut": A theatre play in English.

Our first and second year E.S.O. students travelled to Madrid to attend a theatre play in English language called Death by haircut.

The flamboyant hairdresser Sweeney Todd owns a barber shop on Fleet Street, in the centre of London. His speciality is punk haircuts… this is the 1970’s, rock and roll! One day, he has an unexpected customer: the Queen of England. But whilst Sweeney is cutting her hair, there is a nasty accident and the Queen dies. Sweeney doesn’t know what to do with the body, until the local hot-dog vendor, Mrs Lovett, has a horrific idea…

Enter the detective Shirley Holmes, granddaughter of the legendary Sherlock’s, and her intelligent assistant Dr. Watson, to investigate the Queen’s disappearance. They suspect and question Sweeney Todd. They find the Queen’s scarf and handbag inside the barber shop, but nobody. Sweeney is frightened: it was an accident and he doesn’t want to go to jail. But Mrs Lovett has a plan to get rid of the detectives…

                              

Workshop on Paleontology

Some of the students who visited our school could attend the workshop on Paleontology. Students from 4th ESO taught us in English the periods in the evolution of living things: The Palaeozoic era, The Mesozoic era and The Cenozoic era.

At the end of their presentation, they showed us some authentic fossils that were classified according to the different stages of evolution. We could see and touch a trigonia, an ammonite as well as a shark tooth.

   

 

Our students visit their former schools

Our pupils have recently visited their former schools. They used the occasion to show their power point presentations and talk about their experience at high school. It was a chance to see their old teachers and friends.

After their presentations, students were asked some questions about their experience at high school. We discussed the advantages of starting this new stage.

Thanks to all the schools for their warm welcome! 

Christmas cards from Italy

The first week of January we received some Christmas cards from a secondary school in Narcao, Italy. Our students exchanged the Christmas cards that had designed with some Italian students from the Istituto Compresivo in Narcao. We would like to thank the English teacher Carla Senis for this friendly collaboration. We hope we could take part in more projects.