Las lenguas nos unen y la diversidad nos enriquece. DÍA DE LAS LENGUAS

Queridas familias,

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.

¡Gracias! Merci. Xièxiè. Grazie. Shukran. 감사합니다. Arigatô. dhanyavād. ευχαριστώ. Gràcies. Danke. Thanks!

Un abrazo,

Departamento de Idiomas

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Now, a bit of an English version…

Dear families,

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.

With love,

Languages Department

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Welcome back to English!

HELLO KIDS!

WELCOME BACK TO ENGLISH CLASSES!

We hope you had a fantastic summer and are ready for a year full of fun, learning, and new adventures.

This year, you’ll meet new friends, explore amazing things, and have lots of exciting activities.

Remember, your teachers and everyone are here for you.

In this blog we will upload songs, games, and interesting facts about what we are learning and doing during our lessons, so it can be a fun way to review.

These first weeks of school we are knowing each other more and getting ready to learn a lot! We are doing revision of some previous contents and soon we will be celebrating Language Day!

 Let’s have a great year together!

Now… let’s practice how to say hello in different languages 🙂

FUN ON THE FARM!

Hello little friends! 

Today we are going on a fun adventure… to the farm: Huerto Alegre and  Parapanda!
Let’s meet the animals that live there and learn the sounds they make. Are you ready? Let’s go!

COWS    PIGS     CHICKENS    SHEEPS     HORSES     DUCKS      RABBITS

IMAGINE YOU’RE A FARMER…

What activities can you do in the farm?

-We can feed and take care of the animals.

-We can work in the garden.

-We can make traditional food like bread, cheese, or butter.

-We can also take nature walks to explore the fields and forests,  observe insects and birds, and learn about different plants.


Farms are amazing places where animals live and help people every day.
Which farm animal is your favorite?

See you next time for more animal adventures!

Teacher Bárbara

Parts of the body

Hi, everyone from «segundillo»!

These past weeks we have been learning about body parts. What an amazing interest and knowledge they have! They are able to describe their body and others’.

Hand drawn 5 senses illustration

Apart from singing some funny songs about the different parts of the human body and face, we also played some guessing and word games in which we were are able to describe monsters, and developing our listening and oral skills in a enjoyable way ,for example playing “Who is who?”, it is so much fun!

Colorful monsters collection

Primary 2 learns really fast… and to keep on learning and sharing soon it is going to be time to talk about an important moment that is coming…

the trip to Dílar! So… let’s have our suitcase ready! 😉

See you tomorrow.

Lots of love!

Teacher Bárbara and Teacher Ana 

 

 

Parts of the house

Hello hello!!!

During the past weeks in “primerillo”, we’ve been learning about the house, rooms and furniture. Our students have been expanding their vocabulary and discovering how to describe their world in English.

We have been creating a house to do an oral presentation to our classmates. We described the house with, for example, the following sentences:

  • This is my house.
  • My house is big. / My house is small.
  • It is white and brown.
  • There is a door.
  • There are three windows.
  • I have a garden.
  • My room is blue.
  • There is a bed in my room.
  • The kitchen is next to the living room.
  • In the living room, we have a sofa, a table, and a plant.
  • My house has two floors.
  • The kitchen is downstairs.
  • The bedrooms are upstairs.
  • I like my house!

Have a good afternoon and see you tomorrow! Don’t forget to bring a matchbox to start creating a suitcase to get ready for our Dílar trip!

Lots of love,

Teacher Bárbara and Teacher Ana