Over the past few weeks, our English classes have been filled with Autumn colours, creativity and a lot of storytelling! As autumn arrived, we explored this beautiful season of changes through vocabulary, songs and engaging activities that helped us learn in a fun and meaningful way.
As we said in our last entry, we created our own autumn book, filled with drawings, new words, and short sentences about the things we see and feel during this time of year. The children used leaves, crayons, imagination and teamwork to bring their little books to life. We shared them with all our classmates.
Also, we have been reading different autumn stories, like “The leaves Thief”, a book that Maeve and Inés brought to the class, this way we learned about animals, windy days and cosy moments following the characters through their adventures.
The story “Room on the broom” that our friend Luis brought to share with us was really funny and made our day in Halloween!
Thanks to all of you!
Here you can see us sharing our reading skills with the smallest children of Primary!
Now that we’ve wrapped up our autumn topic, we have started working on something very exciting:
Our first English oral presentation about ourselves!
And… children are learning how to talk confidentlyabout who they are, what they like, their favourite hobbies, their families, their favourite colours, foods and more. Step by step, they are practicing key phrases, building sentences and preparing small presentations to share with the class.
And honestly…they are doing an excellent job!Their confidence is growing each day, and we are incredibly proud of how brave, creative and enthusiastic they are.
Well done, everyone! Thanks to all the families for your help too!
Keep shiningand keep speaking English with joy and confidence!
Huge hugs from your English Teachers Manolo and Ana!
In Year 3 class, we have been working on autumn vocabulary and reading a book about autumn. They have also created their own autumn booklet with some creative ideas.
Hoy, en Alquería Educación, hemos celebrado con mucha ilusión el Día de las Lenguas
una jornada que nos recuerda la importancia de aprender idiomas, pero sobre todo, de valorar la diversidad y la interculturalidad. Cada lengua es un puente hacia culturas, formas de pensar y maneras de vivir; de ahí el lema:
“We are each unique and beautiful but together we are a masterpiece.”
Gracias a la colaboración de nuestras familias, hemos podido viajar simbólicamente a distintos lugares del mundo y conocer tradiciones, historias y curiosidades que nos han hecho aprender y disfrutar de una tarde muy especial.
En el primer ciclo hemos “viajado” a Australia y Francia, gracias al papá de Brianna que nos ha transportado a Australia con la emocionante historia de Womba Stew; además, hemos hecho un conjuro muy especial y hemos aprendido sobre este país fascinante y sobre algunos de sus animales, algunos muy curiosos.
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La familia de Teo y el chef Teo en cuestión, nos han abierto el apetito con un delicioso taller de cocina típico francés llamado “Recette de crêpes”, en el que elaboramos unos crêpes exquisitos mientras aprendíamos frases y expresiones en francés. El chef Teo junto a su mamá y su papá, nos han hecho pasar un rato divertidísimo y muy sabroso. Merci beaucoup!
Nina y su mamá nos presentaron el idioma de las Islas Maldivas, el Dhivehi, hablado solo por unas 500.000 personas en el mundo. Madre e hija vestidas con un traje típico precioso, nos han hablado sobre los orígenes del idioma (con influencias del sánscrito y del árabe), su alfabeto e incluso ¡hemos escrito nuestro nombre! Una experiencia única. Los juegos de adivinar nombres de estos “profes disfrazados” nos han encantado.
La mamá de Martina viene de Cataluña y hoy ha compartido con nosotros su lengua y tradiciones, nos habló en catalán y nos descubrió tradiciones navideñas que muchos no conocíamos, como los curiosos personajes del caganer y el caga tió, y cómo se celebran las fiestas de Navidad.
El papá de Claudio nos ha acercado a su país, Alemania, y a su lengua. Hemos aprendido sobre su selección de fútbol, la mascota del equipo, y hemos conocido algunos de sus monumentos, curiosidades y ciudades más famosas.
Nuestras compañeras Natalia y Ana Fernández nos han ofrecido un taller de Lengua de Signos Española. Hablándonos sobre sus orígenes y curiosidades varias, hemos aprendido el dactilológico y ahora somos capaces de decir nuestro nombre en lengua de signos.
Para acabar esta jornada y la semana, hemos disfrutado de una merienda muy especial gracias a nuestro equipo de cocina!
Además, en los días previos, nuestro alumnado decoró el colegio con banderas, mensajes en distintos idiomas y muchísimos colores, casi tantos como lenguas existen en el mundo, valorando y enriqueciéndonos así de nuestra diversidad, la que nos hace únicos.
Ha sido una tarde muy especial, con diversión, aprendizaje y enriquecimiento cultural.
Gracias a todas las familias y al alumnado por hacerlo posible.
Today, at Alquería Educación, we joyfully celebrated the Day of Languages, a day that reminds us of the importance of learning languages, but above all, of valuing diversity and interculturality. Each language is a bridge to cultures, ways of thinking, and ways of life, and that is why we embrace the motto: “We are each unique and beautiful but together we are a masterpiece.”
Thanks to the collaboration of our families, we were able to symbolically travel to different parts of the world and discover traditions, stories, and curiosities that made us learn and enjoy a very special afternoon.
In the first cycle, we “traveled” to Australia and France. Brianna’s dad transported us to Australia with the exciting story of Womba Stew. We even performed a very special spell and learned more about this fascinating country and its animals, which we love so much.
Teo’s family, with Teo as our little chef, whetted our appetites with a delicious French cooking workshop called “Recette de crêpes”. We prepared exquisite crêpes while practicing French phrases and expressions. Chef Teo, together with his mom and dad, made us enjoy a fun and very tasty experience.
Nina and her mom introduced us to the language of the Maldives, Dhivehi, spoken by only about 500,000 people worldwide. Wearing beautiful traditional clothing, they told us about the language’s origins (with influences from Sanskrit and Arabic), its alphabet, and we even wrote our names in it! A truly unique experience. We also loved the fun guessing games with these “teachers in costume.”
Martina’s mom, from Cataluña, shared her language and traditions with us. She spoke in Catalan and revealed Christmas traditions that many of us did not know, such as the curious figures of the caganer and the caga tió, and how they are celebrated during Christmas.
Claudio’s dad brought us closer to his country, Germany, and his language. We learned about the German national football team, its mascot, and discovered some of its most famous monuments, curiosities, and cities.
Our classmates Natalia and Ana Fernández offered us a workshop on Spanish Sign Language. They explained its origins and curiosities, and we learned the dactylological alphabet, so now we can even say our names in sign language.
In the days before the celebration, our students decorated the school with flags, messages in different languages, and lots of colors, as many as there are languages in the world. This way, we continue to value and enrich ourselves through our diversity, which makes us unique.
It was a very special afternoon, full of fun, learning, and cultural enrichment.
Thank you to all the families and students for making it possible.
We want to give a special welcome to our Primary 3 to Primary 6 students who will be sharing with us! We look forward to working hard and having lots of fun together!
We are so excited for all the learning and growing we’ll do together this school year! This English blog is for you to reference, watch videos, and play to review the contents in English!
We are going to share useful resources with you, so keep updated!
