{"id":2727,"date":"2019-02-21T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2019-02-21T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T08:52:41","slug":"semana-cultural-raising-awareness-about-clean-water-and-water-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish\/2019\/02\/21\/semana-cultural-raising-awareness-about-clean-water-and-water-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Semana Cultural: Raising Awareness about Clean Water and Water Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Parents:<\/p>\n

This week, for a change, we\u00b4ll address our blog to you.\u00a0 For the past two weeks in English class, we have been working on topics related to this year’s Culture Week Theme: WATER.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the English Department, we have approached the topic from the perspective of protecting this vulnerable, precious resource.\u00a0 Our focus varied by age.<\/p>\n

See the Year One and Two English Blog for explanations about our work in those classes.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish38\/2019\/02\/14\/year-1-and-year-2-cultural-week-water\/<\/p>\n

In Year 3 and 4, we began our discussion by learning important vocabulary in English about water use, the water cycle, and water supply.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 We discussed how much we use water and even tracked our daily water use (in a wholly anecdotal, and unscientific study)!\u00a0 Next, our conversation turned to the question of whether or not it is possible to run out of clean drinking water.\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0After class discussion on the\u00a0matter, we turned our attention to Cape Town, South Africa to examine a real example of a city that nearly ran out of their fresh water supply.\u00a0 Through discussion and videos, we learned about drought, water conservation and how important it is to be responsible with water<\/em><\/span> to avoid the dreaded DAY ZERO<\/strong> that Cape Town faced.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In Year 5 we also learned and revised important vocabulary related to water use and the water cycle. However,\u00a0 our focus on protecting water was different.\u00a0 In this group, we concentrated on discussing the fragility of the world’s oceans, in particular, the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

We learned all about the GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH<\/strong> (GPGP)<\/span>, <\/em>its causes and its effects on wildlife and indeed on our food chain.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span> We observed the ways we use plastic in our lives, from single-use plastic containers to machine parts.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span> We speculated about the ways to reduce plastic use and encourage others to do so<\/span><\/em> also.\u00a0 We also challenged the students to imagine alternative materials to plastic<\/span>.<\/em>\u00a0 Finally, we brainstormed possible clean up solutions<\/span><\/em> for the GPGP.\u00a0 Lastly, the students were introduced to Boyan Slat,\u00a0 via his TED talk, the young innovator behind the founding of The Ocean Cleanup.\u00a0 We hope that early education will help us do a better job of protecting our natural resources.<\/p>\n

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Year 6 also studied and reviewed water-related\u00a0vocabulary, but their principle task for water week was to educate Years 1,2,3,4, and 5 about important hydrologists and world rivers<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Each student wrote the \u00abautobiography\u00bb of a water scientist or world river, dressed in character and presented their life story to the other students in the garden.\u00a0 We congratulate both our actors and our audience.\u00a0 We enjoyed a wonderful morning learning about our world!<\/p>\n

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As a final point of interest, the students in Year 5 and 6 learned about some idiomatic expressions in English related to water, for example,\u00a0\u00abto break the ice.\u00bb\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Students then made small signs demonstrating the meaning of each expression.<\/p>\n

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Queridos padres y madres,<\/em><\/p>\n

Esta semana, para variar, le dirigiremos nuestro blog. Durante las \u00faltimas dos semanas en la clase de ingl\u00e9s, hemos estado trabajando en temas relacionados con el tema de la semana cultura de este a\u00f1o: AGUA.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 En todo el Departamento de Ingl\u00e9s, hemos abordado el tema desde la perspectiva de proteger este recurso valioso y vulnerable. Nuestro enfoque var\u00eda seg\u00fan la edad.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Le recomendamos mirar los Blogs de 1\u00ba y 2\u00ba de primaria en ingl\u00e9s para obtener explicaciones sobre nuestro trabajo en esas clases.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 En los cursos de 3\u00ba y 4\u00ba de primaria, se empez\u00f3 \u00a0nuestra discusi\u00f3n aprendiendo vocabulario importante en ingl\u00e9s sobre el uso del agua, el ciclo del agua y el suministro de agua. \u00a1Discutimos cu\u00e1nto usamos el agua e incluso rastreamos nuestro uso diario del agua (en un estudio totalmente anecd\u00f3tico y no cient\u00edfico)!\u00a0 A continuaci\u00f3n, nuestra conversaci\u00f3n se dirigi\u00f3 a la pregunta de si es posible o no quedarse sin agua potable limpia. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Despu\u00e9s de la \u00a0argumentaci\u00f3n de la clase sobre el tema, dirigimos nuestra atenci\u00f3n a Ciudad del Cabo, Sud\u00e1frica, para examinar un ejemplo real de una ciudad que casi se qued\u00f3 sin su suministro de agua dulce. A trav\u00e9s de la discusi\u00f3n y los videos, aprendimos sobre la sequ\u00eda, la conservaci\u00f3n del agua y lo importante que es ser responsable con el agua para evitar el temido D\u00cdA CERO que enfrent\u00f3 Ciudad del Cabo.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

En 5\u00ba \u00a0tambi\u00e9n se ha revisado \u00a0vocabulario importante relacionado con el uso del agua y el ciclo del agua. Sin embargo, nuestro enfoque en la protecci\u00f3n del agua era diferente. En este grupo nos concentramos en discutir la fragilidad de los oc\u00e9anos del mundo, en particular, el Oc\u00e9ano Pac\u00edfico.Hemos aprendido sobre \u00a0el GRAN PARCHE DE BASURA DEL PAC\u00cdFICO (GPGP), sus causas y sus efectos en la vida silvestre y, de hecho, en nuestra cadena alimentaria. Observamos las formas en que usamos el pl\u00e1stico en nuestras vidas, desde recipientes de pl\u00e1stico de un solo uso hasta piezas de m\u00e1quinas. Especulamos sobre las formas de reducir el uso de pl\u00e1stico y alertamos a otros a que tambi\u00e9n lo hagan. Tambi\u00e9n por grupos hemos pensado e imaginado materiales alternativos al pl\u00e1stico. Finalmente, hicimos una lluvia de ideas para posibles soluciones de limpieza para el GPGP. Finalmente, a los estudiantes se les present\u00f3 a Boyan Slat, a trav\u00e9s de su charla en TED, el joven innovador detr\u00e1s de la fundaci\u00f3n de The Ocean Cleanup. Esperamos que la educaci\u00f3n temprana nos ayude a hacer un mejor trabajo para proteger nuestros recursos naturales.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 En sexto de primaria se ha repasado \u00a0tambi\u00e9n\u00a0 el vocabulario relacionado con el agua, pero su tarea principal para la semana del agua fue realizar una presentaci\u00f3n oral en ingl\u00e9s \u00a0sobre hidr\u00f3logos importantes y r\u00edos del mundo para los otros grupos de primaria. Cada estudio escribi\u00f3 la \u00abautobiograf\u00eda\u00bb de un cient\u00edfico del agua o un r\u00edo del mundo, vestido de car\u00e1cter y present\u00f3 su historia de vida a los otros estudiantes en el jard\u00edn. Felicitamos tanto a nuestros actores como a nuestra audiencia. Disfrutamos de una maravillosa ma\u00f1ana aprendiendo sobre nuestro mundo.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Como curiosidades en 5\u00ba y 6\u00ba se ha intentado comprender algunos dichos relacionados con el agua en ingl\u00e9s. Los ni\u00f1os y las ni\u00f1as han realizado una tarea de Art\u00edstica con ellos.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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