We wish you a Merry Chrismas!

Today, as a Christmas treat, lots of students came together to sing some Christmas Carols for the rest of the school. The Christmas songs we sang were: "Jingle Bells",  "We wish you a Merry Christmas", and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Here are the lyrics for the song "We wish you a Merry Christmas"

We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy new year.

Glad tidings we bring,
To you and your kin,
Good tidings for Christmas
And a happy new year.

Oh bring us a figgy pudding,
Oh bring us a figgy pudding,
Oh bring us a figgy pudding,
And a cup of good cheer.

We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
And a happy new year!

Christmas is often a time to spend with your family and to enjoy delicious food, typical of the season.
Here are some pictures of popular ´Christmas foods´ in the UK.

Mince pies - un tipo de pastel que contiene frutas

Roast Turkey for Christmas Dinner!

Christmas Pudding - un tipo de postre que contiene algunas frutas, nueces y mucho alcohol!

Christmas Cake!

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Dashing through the snow...

This week in school, we have started to learn some English Christmas Carols (villancicos).
Christmas carols are traditional songs, which people sing at Christmastime (la epoca navideña) and they usually have a religious, Christmas, or wintertime theme.
Here are the words to one of the Christmas songs we have learned:

JINGLE BELLS

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh,
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtails ring,
Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.

Christmastime is a time when people get together with their friends and family, to Eat, Drink and be Merry(feliz)! The most celebrated day in the UK is December 25th, Christmas Day. Children get up early to open presents brought to them by Father Christmas (papa noel) and families get together to eat ´Christmas dinner´.

Chrismas dinner usually consists of roast turkey, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts (repollitos de Bruselas), mashed potatoes (pure de patatas), small sausages cranberry sauce and gravy.
After Christmas dinner, some people watch the Queen of England give her Christmas message on the television. The Queen´s speech is always at 3pm on Christmas Day.

Christmas is coming...

Today is the 1st of December and so we are now in advent (el adviento), the period leading up to Christmas.
In the United Kingdom, as well as in some other countries, the main celebrations for Christmas take place on the 25th December. Advent calendars (calendarios del adviento/de la navidad) are very popular with lots of children and are used to count down the days before christmas. For every day in December, children have to open a ´window´ of their calendar and behind each window, they find a christmas picture, or a chocolate!

The advent calendar is said to have originally been a German invention but is now poular in many countries all over the world.

This Giant advent calendar in Friedrichsfehn, Germany, was the biggest of it´s kind back in 1998!

Next week, in school we will start learning some Christmas songs and Christmas carols (villancicos), in English!

Language in short film

Last week, some students took the opportunity to view some English film ´shorts´, at the film festival which took place at the Teatro Salon Cervantes, in Alcala de Henares.
The aim of the programme of ´language in short film´(idiomas en corto),  is to "...provide the opportunity to increase your knowledge of the chosen language by listening and reading the subtitles in the same language"
The films dealt with some interesting themes and the students who took part in the trip, enjoyed the experience.

The short films we watched were as follows:

• Gentleman In Squalor
• Every Good Boy Does Fine
• Junk
• The Third One This Week
• Little Brother
• The Road Home

      ´Gentlemen in Squalor´

            ´The Road Home´

                                            

This link shows a preview of the film "Every Good Boy Does Fine", which proved to be a favourite among the students of San Isidro.
http://egbdf.co.uk/

Here is a link to an interview with the the creator of another of the short films, ´The Road Home´. The filmmaker describes the film as being ¨somewhat autobiographical" Why not take a look to learn more about the film and the thinking behind it?
http://www.thefilmyap.com/2010/10/15/rahul-gandotra-the-road-home/

Introducing the new English language assistant.

Sylvia Cosconea and Ioan Laurentiu Punga, took the oportunity to interview and get to know, the new English language assistant at San Isidro. Read their interview to find out a bit more about her.

What is your name?
My Name is Amy louise Deacon
How old are you?
I am 27 years old.
Where are you from?
I am from the NorthWest of England, from a town called Preston.
Do you have any pets?
I don´t have any pets but I like dogs.
What was the name of your high school?
It was called Leyland St Marys.
Do you play any sports?
No, but I do like to take part in aerobics classes.
Which countries have you visited?
I have been to Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and the Dominican Republic.
Would you like to stay for another year after you finish this year?
I like Spain so I would like to stay for longer, however, I think I would miss my family too much.
Do you like it in this high school?
Yes, very  much so! All the teachers are very friendly and the students seem hard working.
To end our interview, can you tell us about a funny or interesting event that has happened to you?
When I was 11 years old, I appeared on a children´s television game show. The show was called "Get your own Back".

                                             Amy, on holiday in Berlin, Germany.

And the winner is...

Yadira Noemy Arauco Carhuallanqui, of 2a, was the deserved winner of the pumpkin competition held in school last week. Congratulations Yadira!

Yadira's pumpkin was the spooky one wearing the witches hat - very creative!
Well done to everybody who created a wonderful 'jack 'o' lantern', there were some really great entries.

Hello Again! We're back with new enthusiasm and ideas!

Hello and welcome to the first blog of this term! We have returned with lots of new ideas, activities and information for the year ahead.
This week at San Isidro we have been learning about and celebrating, the festival of Hallowe'en!
We have been carrying out different activities in class, as well as hosting a pumpkin carving competition.
Take a look at some of the fantastic 'Jack-O-Lanterns' that our students have created.

It's really simple to carve a pumpkin - why not have a look at our instructions and try to make your very own 'Jack-O-Lantern'?

• Remove (cut open) the top part of the pumpkin with a sharp knife, keeping the knife tilted/on a slant.
• Take/Scoop out the pips and the pumpkin flesh from inside.
• Using a marker, mark out the eyes and the mouth.
• Using a sharp knife, cut along the outline and push the pieces of pumpkin inside.
• Place a candle inside the pumpkin.

We will print the name of the winner of the contest, next week in the blog!

This week we have been learning about some of the traditions and activities that take place on Hallowe'en.
Here are a few of the basic facts:

• Hallowe'en is celebrated on the 31st October
• The name 'Hallowe'en' orginates from 'All Hallows Eve' - The night before All Saints Day
• Activities such as 'trick-or-treating' and 'bobbing for apples', are very popular with children at Hallowe'en
• People often get dressed up in scary costumes, such as wiches and monsters and attend Hallowe'en parties

• Toffee Apples are a tasty Hallowe'en treat!

                            

                                         HAPPY HALLOWE’EN!

Here is a scary story, written by Horas Pop, 4 SSEE, especially for hallowe'en!:

THE INCIDENT FIELD.

One day a family decided to travel to a camp in Texas for five days. John, the head of the family, Emily his wife and their children, Mike and Steve. Mike was 12 years old and Steve only 8 years old.

That same day the family arrived in Texas, the place was full of corn fields all around the old house. John didn’t like that place but he had to be content with it. When evening came the wind began to blow very hard and increasingly, they began to hear frightening noises.

John was sleeping until he heard the front door being closed. He thought that was impossible and he decided to go downstairs to see what the problem was. He didn’t see anything but…When he go upstairs he saw something horrible.

He saw his wife without a head and she had a note that said: ‘’Hi John, go upstairs and visit your children’’.

He was confused and very scared; when he went upstairs he saw Mike had no skin and Steve no eyes or arms. But he saw another note. This was written with blood on the wall, saying: ‘’ John you are the next one ‘’.

John was desperate, he had lost his family but he was determined to find the ‘assassin’. He took his shotgun and he went to search for that guy. When he heard something move around him in the corn field, he shot in all directions until he was out of ammo.

But in a few seconds something got him by his neck and pulled his head and threw it on the floor.

The police never founded that terrible guy.

Remember, lonely houses in the middle of the field never are safe, so keep out of these places.

THE END.

Horas Pop 4ºA