A New Challenge: Giant Trivial Pursuit

Our wonderful IB students decided that it was time to improve their fellow students’ (and their own) general knowledge so they made a giant Trivial Pursuit with five different categories of questions. The classes that this particular edition was designed for, were 4 ESO and 1 Bachillerato so the questions were quite tricky at times. The students were put to the test in Science, Economy and Politics, Geography and History, Sports, and finally Language and Culture and they all had a great time competing against each other. As the activity worked so well, we will probably make new versions for lower secondary and primary as well, so stay tuned!

Well done!

Patricia

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Preparing our Zumba activity!

Hi there everybody!

In the CAS department of the International Baccalaureate we’re busy bees right now. Our 2 IB students are preparing the AMAZING Zumba activity that they have planned for Monday 14th March 16:30-17:20. It’s only €1 and the full amount goes to Human Appeal, a charity that helps people in need. The activity is an action packed 50 minutes of choreography that the IB students themselves have prepared so get your tracksuits on and comfy trainers and come Zumba-ing with the IB for a good cause!

Hope to see all of you there 🙂

Here are some pictures of the preparation process.

 

Child Cancer Awareness Day

Hi folks.

As always our IB students are busy bees, and they are always involved in some kind of interesting experience involving creativity, activity or service. Right now our 1IB students are immersed in a wonderful gardening project, where they are designing an ecological garden that can later be used to do workshops with the other students in the school. You can see in the pictures that there is still a lot to be done, but little by little we will soon have an amazing green space to enjoy.

This week we also had Child Cancer Awareness Day and our 1IB students made some lovely bookmarks that they sold together with bracelets in order to raise money for the Spanish Cancer Asociation (AECC).

Since our 2 IB students have been busy doing their mock exams, they have had less emphasis on CAS experiences in school these last 2 weeks, but they are carrying out their individual activities that range from helping out at a dog shelter to singing.

 Patricia Bergström, CAS Coordinator

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CAS Talk!

This week the students of 1IB and 2 IB gave an informative talk to 4ESO about the IB Diploma programme. The students in 1IB were in charge of presenting the IB as a whole, explaining what it consists of and how they have found the start of their journey, while the 2 IB students concentrated on solving any doubts 4 ESO had concerning the programme and providing important insights into how their almost two years have been. All the IB students stressed how valuable they find the IB for their personal development, as preparation for university and for life. The presentation itself also counts towards these students’ CAS programme and they all did an excellent job explaining what the IB is all about.

Patricia Bergström

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Readers!

Happy February!

Here is a little update about what we have been working on in my subjects.

In English Readers, the students in the advanced group of 3 ESO have been presenting their projects on “Death of an Englishman”. The projects have been designed entirely by the students and we have enjoyed a wide display of different formats: imovies, Kahoot quizzes, summary presentations in Keynote to name but a few.

 In the Intermediate group we have re-invented Robinson Crusoe producing our own versions basing them on keywords from the story and we are now working in groups on reading and understanding the chapters. Each chapter has a different task attached to the reading and this week we have done a drawing representing chapters 4&5. Let’s see what adventures chapters 6& 7 will take us on!

 In 1 IB and 2 Bach we are working on the process and product in Literary Analysis, basing our analysis on the book “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”. We have explored the importance of drafting and re-drafting, of letting a writing rest before checking it and co-editing with a partner. We are now in the last stages of the process so we should hopefully soon see some amazing products.

In 4 ESO we have started to prepare a play on Dr.Jekyl and Mr Hyde in the Advanced group, and to explore what we know about Sherlock Holmes and Sir Conan Doyle in the Intermediate group.

 In 2 IB we are exploring “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” paying attention to the Author’s Voice and to how the author manages to portray the world through the nine-year-old Bruno’s eyes.

 1 Bach Intermediate group are working on a Digital version of a Sherlock Holmes book called “The Sign of Four” which is proving very entertaining as we can listen to the chapters on our own iPads while reading and the activities in the “book” self correct so we can use them as a dynamic summary. In the Advanced group we are starting to work on a new book about a 15-year old girl in Afghanistan so the pre-reading project has consisted of exploring what the political, economic and social aspects of this country are like.

 In Ciudadanía in 2 ESO we are continuing to explore the topic of Human Rights and dignity through different means. Apart from our coursebook, we have also watched a film called “El Bola” and discussed different aspects of Human Rights and Dignity in relation to what the main character is experiencing. We have also read an article on Child Labour in Pakistan which has led us to the project we are currently working on which involves exploring different forms of Child Abuse and violations of the Children’s Rights.

 Our TSAFAD students have also been busy these last few weeks doing presentations involving role-playing real life situations that they could find in their professional life. This last project involved the students pretending to be part of a Hotel Animation Team and preparing activities for a set audience. In the Advanced group we have also been working with audiovisual input as our prompt. A particularly entertaining activity was carried out with the group in two rows; one with their back against the TV and the others facing it. The students facing the TV had to describe what they were watching to their partners who then had to re-tell what they understood. After the activity we all watched the video clip with audio to check how well we had understood our partner’s explanations. Another interesting activity we have done in conjunction to audiovisual input, speaking and listening has been to write the audio script for a mute animated short and then dubbing the film accordingly. The students really enjoyed this activity and we had quite a few laughs while sharing the versions.

That’s all folks!

Patricia Bergström