VISIT TO SHAKESPEARE EXHIBITION

On May 2nd and 3rd the students of the 3rd and 4th year of ESO in the bilingual classes visited an exhibition on William Shakespeare organised by Ibercaja, which included a guided tour in English with  a native speaker. The outing was very successful as the students had the opportunity to practise their listening skills for one and a half hours and to learn lots of things about "the bard of Avon" . Among other things, our students could  also try the special effects used at the time, solve some puzzles on Shakespeare's plays  or  guess what play some film extracts belonged to. It was rewarding to see that they participated enthusiastically and used their comunicative skills  in the English language rather  effectively.

In a nutshell, a fun as well as instructive experience that we wish we could repeat in the future as unfortunately there are very few  English speaking activities of this kind in our town. 

NEXT FILM: JURASSIC PARK

The original science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993.  It has become a landmark in the the use of computer-generated images and its release gave rise to a dinosaur fever all around the world . The film gave his director his most important box-office success until then, surpassing  even " E.T. The Extraterrestrial". Spielberg's previous box-office hit.

Una película que definitivamente marcó una época y cuyas dos secuelas dan muestra del éxito de público que tuvo. Ganadora de tres premios "Oscar" en 1994 ( Mejores Efectos Visuales, Mejor Sonido, Mejor Edición de Sonido) , también convirtió en un best-seller la novela homónima de Michael Crichton en la que se basa.

  ON MAY 15TH  AT 5 PM IN ROOM A027

  EL 15 DE MAYO A LAS 5 EN EL AULA A027

YOU CAN'T MISS IT!!   ¡OS ESPERAMOS!

SAINT PATRICK'S CELEBRATION

 

 Here they are some pictures taken at Saint Patrick's celebration. As we promised,  all green-clad students were given a gift. Two of them  ( Daniel Torres and Bastian Aguirre)  had an extra gift due to their original Saint Patrick's dressing and hairstyling .
The winners of Saint Patrick's 10-question quiz were also rewarded with some green green prizes. The latter were: 
 Susana Carrillo, Ane Fernández, Laura Martínez and Esteban Segura (2º ESO).

Estrella Jiménez  and Nerea Oñoro ( 4º ESO

But the most important thing in this celebration was the speech given by Peter MacGrath, teacher at EOI in Guadalajara, English by nationality but with lots of Irish ancestors in his family ,who was so kind as to come to our school to tell us more about the history of Saint Patrick. We are really  grateful to him as he gave our students the opportunity to listen to a native speaker . After this, some students in 2º ESO performed an Irish dance that was the perfect finale for our particular Saint Patrick's Day celebration.

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION

Come to celebrate this traditional Irish festivity dressed in green and you will get a gift!!!
The event will be held in room A027 at  break time on March 19th. 
We will have a guest, a native speaker who will tell us a lot of interesting things about Saint Patrick's history and the traditions linked to this day.  The winners of Saint Patrick' s quiz will receive their prizes and there will be other surprises.
Don't miss the opportunity to broaden your knowledge of Ireland 's most widespread tradition!!

¡Recordad: Si venís vestidos de verde, recibiréis un obsequio!¡Os esperamos el 19 de marzo en el recreo en el aula A027!

SAINT PATRICK'S QUIZ

March 17th approaches, what do you know about this festivity?

Test your knowledge with the 10 questions that are posted on THE ENGLISH CORNER noticeboard and that can be downloaded below:      http://perso.wanadoo.es/fyq/

 After downloading and answering them , put them into the urn at the school entrance before March 15th ,you can win wonderful prizes!!!

¡Acuérdate de meter las preguntas con sus respectivas respuestas en la urna del hall del instituto antes del 15 de marzo! ¡Te esperan magníficos premios!

LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY IN ENGLISH

Conference “Astronomy. From here, to eternity?”

Date:   21st February at 8 pm / El 21 de febrero a las 20 horas.

Place: Centro de la UNED en Guadalajara. Colegio San José.

Speaker: Edmund Leary. PhD in Chemistry from the University of Liverpool. Working at the Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA) Nanociencia Foundation.

If you are interested in the issue and if you like English, don't miss the opportunity to attend this lecture. You can read some comments about it below this post.

NEXT FILM: BILLY ELLIOT

We welcome the year 2013 with this British film which won three BAFTA Awards (the  British equivalent to the American Oscar Awards).  It is an uplifting ,  emotionally triumphant film  we are sure it will cheer you up.
¿Qué mejor manera de empezar el año con optimismo que  con la historia de un chaval empeñado en conseguir su sueño y en escapar del gris futuro que le espera en su barrio?
We are sure that this film won't disappoint you. It was directed by Stephen Daldry in 2000 and it  stars  Jamie Bell as 11-year old Billy Elliot, a miner's son whose main dream is to become a ballet dancer.
Una historia conmovedora y esperanzadora que no os podéis perder. Os esperamos el próximo miércoles día 6 de Febrero a las 5 de la tarde en el aula A027.

Remember: February 6th in room A027 at 5 pm.