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"Treball de síntesi" of 2nd ESO

On the 25th, 26th, 27th March, students of second ESO went on a trip to do their treball de sintesi in Delta de l’Ebre. The Delta is an area by the coast in the south of Catalonia.

We met in Andreu Nin street at 8.00 a.m.

We arrived to the camp house at 11.30 a.m. Then, the monitors talked about the rules and the evolution of the river Delta.

At 15.00 p.m. we went to Tortosa. We visited the cathedral and the castle of La Suda.

We returned to the camp house, we completed the dossier activities.

At night, we had night activities and we went to slept.

On the 26th we went cycling near the Ebre river. We did 15 km in 3 hours. After that, we ate in a cottatge. Later, we had the “perxa” activity.

The perxa is a boat for a 7 people.

The perxa is more difficult than the canoe, because the paddle is heavier.

A few people fell to the water.

We returned to the camp house, we ate dinner and went to the disco.

At the disco we had a great time!

In the morning, before the excursion, the last day, we prepared our bags and we got ready for canoeing.

Canoeing is a very fun activity.

The canoe consists of an paddle with two spades; one spade in horizontal and the other is vertical.

We could go alone or in groups of 2 and 3 persons.

The individualy activity is easier than the grupal activity because when we are two or three people, everybody has to be coordinated because if you don’t we could fall.

After the activity we returned to school and our families came to pick us.

We all were very tired because this activity isn’t difficult but is tiring.

by: Sara,Laura,Sergio

1st prize prose St. Jordi

MY FEELINGS

I was in the Maquinista, to promote the Andalusian April's Fair. The weather was nice, the Sun wasn't strong but it wasn't cold. As I was approaching the place where I had to meet my mates, I saw more and more people, people who where already there for hours.

I was there together with my companions, behind a few wide and big stairs. We were waiting, nervous. My body was trembling while we listened to many people behind the stage but I didn't see people.

My hands were cold, I was frightened but at the same time brave, I was worried but, at the same time, determined...

I was feeling as if my heart was exploding because the beats were rapid and strong.

They made a group of people go down the stairs and I knew that in few minutes it would be me.

I was waiting with impatience, I couldn't stop listening to voices. Even though some of them were known, it was a strange sensation, but not a new sensation, I had already lived through it before, but I had never felt so nervous.

Suddenly, I listened to the presenter. A gentleman with an elegant suit was presenting us.

We were going up in pairs, carefully because the stairs had holes.

After the stairs one found a great stage.

We went up at the same time, with a green and black dress and a beautiful green flower on the right side.

I knew that the voices and the clapping were coming from below but I could not see anybody. I was trying to look for familiar faces but it was impossible for me because a few enormous spot lights were lighting us. Suddenly they started extinguishing the spot lights a bit and I could see that wherever I was looking there was always someone.

The music sounded and we started dancing I believe our dancing was good I did my best bearing in mind how nervous I was

Having finished I thought...

Nervous, why? When I dance I feel better.

Toledo

As some of you know we won a prize because of our Comenius project. That's why we went to Toledo for two days, there also were students and teachers from different cities of Spain. There we presented our project and made different activities. Here you have some photos :

Maths competitions

In our school we have different competitions to improve Maths. There are 3 different competitions in which our school participates:

“Cangur” is in March or April, and some students go to UPC, one of the unversities of Barcelona. You go one morning and answer 30 questions, without anyone to help you or calculator. If you win the competition you’ll win one thing of these: a laptop, a camera, an mp3, an iPod, a printer.

“Problemes a l’esprint” is a competition in which you have to resolve maths problems as fast as you can. For each school there is one group of students that will resolve these maths problems.

The winner is the group that resolves all the questions better and faster than the others.

”Olimpiades Matemàtiques” is a competition held since 1965 where you have to resolve problems but these problems are very difficult and you have to be very good at maths. The best three win the Gold medal, the next three win the silver medal and another three win the bronze medal.

The 9 persons have to go to the “Olimpiades Espanyoles” and after that to “Olimpiades Internacionals” and they win cash money.

1st prize poetry St. Jordi

Rats

I like rats
The white, grey, and black rats
I love rats
They are wonderful when they eat cheese.

I want a rat
With red eyes and a long tail
My rat will have
Good teeth and little legs
I love rats.

I will have a rat
Because I don’t like the cats,
The only cat I like
Is Garfield because he doesn’t eat rats
I love Garfield.

I want a rat
Because they don’t pay mortgage
They live in the sewer
They don’t pay water; the water is free in the sewer
I love rats.

I like rats
The white, grey, and black rats
I love the rats.

by Vladimir

Saint Jordi

Last Thursday, we had a fantastic day of Saint Jordi.

The school had been previously decorated with the art works by students in 4th of ESO. As you can see in the pictures, they painted a fantastic dragon and drew plenty of pictures with symbols associated to the festivity.

In the morning, we enjoyed the celebration at school with different activities: a poetry reading, a short play, songs by the school choir and by the guitar group, dancing etc. Also, something which is really traditional: the ceremony in which everyone knows the winners of our literary contest. Participants had written either poems or short stories in Spanish, Catalan, French or English. By the way, some of the students who usually collaborate on this blog got a prize. Maybe they want to share their compositions with us.

We also read a sentence from La Plaça del Diamant by Mercè Rodoreda, a very important Catalan woman writer, in all the languages spoken at school. There were 18 different languages!!!!!!!!!!!

We were free in the afternoon (that really makes a difference!!!) and it was fantastic because the weather was sunny and warm and we could spend quite a few hours strolling to see the roses and book stalls. Did you buy or got any books as a present? Any roses? Or both?

If you want to get a glimpse of the beauty of this celebration in Catalonia, just have a look at the images of this Flickr group named "Day of Saint Jordi.. a book.. a rose.."

Congratulations again!!!!

Dear Polish and Catalan boys and girls who collaborate on this blog,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

We’ve learnt that we are in the list of blogs which have reached the final in the state competition of blogs organised by Asociación Espiral , Educación y Tecnología (Spiral association for education and technology). The number of blogs taking part in the competition is quite important and there are blogs from many places in Spain.

We’ll know the final result of the jury on May 4th. However, what matters is that our blog has been positively evaluated so far and that we have to keep on working very hard to do things even better. Perhaps even more important: we have to keep on learning through technology and enjoying blogging as a means of communication.

So, again, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

For more information on Edublog, just click.

Visit to La Garrotxa

Just before our Easter break, 1st, 2nd and 3rd of ESO students and teachers work on what we call our “treball de síntesi”. It is like a two-week’ topic-centred subject which is the perfect excuse to break with the monotony of the school dynamics, work in cooperative groups and spend three days visiting different areas in Catalunya.

Students in 1st of ESO visit an area by the sea side, on the north coast, called Costa Brava, famous for its Greek ruins, and its beautiful landscape. Pupils in 2nd ESO go to the Ebre Delta, on the south coast, famous for its swamps, rice fields and delicious seafood dishes. 3rd of ESO students visit a volcanic area called La Garrotxa and spend three days in an old boarding school near an ancient sanctuary which was turned into a prison during the Spanish Civil war.

In all the cases, they learn a lot about nature, society and culture in the area. Sure they’ll tell you about it themselves and will show you their own pictures. This is only a sample of the 3rd of ESO trip to La Garrotxa.

Carnival in our school

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By Luisa and Ainoa

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Every year, on occasion of its annual convention, the APAC (Associació de Professors d’anglès de Catalunya- Catalan English Teachers' association) gives the John McDowell awards to good educational experiences in the English classroom in the Catalan territory.

The First Prize for group projects was given to a CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) project called “Science in English” carried out by a group of 4th of ESO students and the science teacher in a school in Alcanar.

The “Accèssit” (second prize, in this case) for group projects was given to our former Comenius project “Far Away but Getting Closer”. During the ceremony, it was explicitly mentioned that the IES Sant Andreu had been collaborating with a school in the Netherlands and a school in Poland. A group of students went to collect the prize on behalf of all the participants.

So, congratulations to all of those who participated in the project.

For more information on the APAC and the ceremony, click on the following link: John McDowell Award.

"Niezła szopka"- Christmas crib

On 18th December in our school we witnessed our teachers' letting their hair down, as they transformed themselves into the characters from famous Polish poems for kids. As a result, we felt as if we were in a fairytale.

The discribed story was placed in a teachers' common room which was visited by such extraordinary creatures as the ladybird, Mr Toadstool, the duck and the hippo all of which of course were acted by the profs of our school.

We believe that the person who played the biggest role in the performance was the one who some of you have already got to know and some of you are going to meet during our exchange - it's of course our English teacher. The variety of the characters he played was appreciated by the audience.

The money, gathered during the sale of christmas cards and the tickets for the show bought both by students and their parents, was donated to the 12-yaer-old girl suffering from a serious illness called encephalopathy. We raised over 5000 PLN (about 1300 euro)

Not only did our school help the person in need but also we, as the students, were given the golden opportunity to see the more natural and down-to-earth face of our, normally strict and serious, teachers. The show turned out to be beneficial for everyone involved and we hope that in the future we will be able to see more such events. Since our winter holidays have already started we would like to wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Made by: Agnieszka Paszkowska, Karolina Zając, Kamila Żmijewska

Our trip to France

Last year, French Students went to visit France and I'm going to explain you a little bit of the trip

The trip by bus was very hard, because it was very long. First we arrived to Perpignan, where we visited a school called Arago, because we had sent letters to French Students there who study Spanish. The school is very big and beautiful and the students are very friendly and funny, but we had to leave them quickly, because we had to visit a lot of places more.

Then we went to Nimes. Here we could visit the “Jardins de la Fontaine” a park built in 1745 by the architect Jacques Philippe Mareschal. This park was wonderful! And it has it a lot of gardens and monuments.

Then we visited “La Maison Carrée”, a Roman temple of the first century before Christ. Now it’s a famous monument. And it’s visited for a lot of people from all over the world.

The second day we went to visit “Le Pont du Gard”, in Nimes. It’s a Roman aqueduct 49 metres tall and 3 hundred metres long. Then we went to another village called Orange. Here we visited “Le théâtre Antique d’Orange” with room for 9 thousand spectators where they hold theatre shows.

And then we went to “L’arc de Triomphe d’Orange” one of the biggest around the world. It was built on the year 20 before Christ. And in the afternoon we travelled to Avignon, where we visited “Le Palais des Papes”, a gothic big palace built in 1352.

Then the teachers gave us free time and we went shopping to the center of town. We could buy a lot of things, like cheese, biscuits, strawberry jam, clothes, etc.

The last day, we travelled to “Les Arènes” a Roman amphitheatre, located in Nimes. Now it’s a bull ring. And then we went to “Musée de l’Arles Antique” a museum about Arles history. We saw a lot of old objects of different eras.

And the last place that we visited in France was “Aigues Mortes”. It’s a wonderful village, where there are a lot of souvenirs shops of France.

If you go to France, I recommend you all these places! I enjoyed it a lot! =)