In Year 1 and Year 2 we are busy talking about and applying  the rules of the class. The children in Year 1 have been making a rainbow mobile, asking for all their materials in English, which are mostly finished and hanging up in the English class. Please pass by and see them.
In Year 2 we are working on the rooms in the house – bedroom, dining room, bathroom, kitchen, living room and the days of the week, with their respective songs.
Welcome, to all new readers, and welcome back, to all readers of this English blog for parents or carers of the children in the Orange, Red and Green class in infants and Year 1 and  Year 2 in primary. Our English classes started on Monday 8 September, apart from in the Orange class, where we are just getting to know eachother. At all levels we have been working on listening skills, which come in use when learning another language. We played a series of listening games which prooved to be very popular, and encouraged a concentrated kind of listening. In Year 1 and Year 2 we are gradually moving on to enhancing the time spent communicating in English and reducing the time we spend in Spanish. It is indeed quite a challenge for both teacher and children. Presently, we have Lindley working with us for some of the English classes. Almudena returns from her maternity leave on 21 October and will be rejoining us in our English classes.
The Orange class have been out to the garden with a checklist of the different natural features that we have been working on and were  delighted to find them and tick them off on their list. The photos below show the children playing a little game that we made up that involves listening and following the instructions as indicated:
Put the ladybug on the tree.
Put the spider on the stone etc….
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 La clase naranja ha salido al jardÃn con una lista de los objetos que se encuentra en el entorno natural y se pusieron contentos de encontrar las cosas de su lista. En la foto de arriba, los niños y niñas participan en un pequeño juego que inventamos, que consiste en escuchar y seguir las instrucciones:
The Red class enjoyed watching and participating with «Dora the Explorer» and have been busy organizing their work to go home. If you would like some tips on how to keep your children in contact with English over the long summer holidays then check out the link below.
Year 2 have spent the last few days finishing off work in their notebooks and replaying some of the vocabulary and comprehension games. If you would like some tips on how to keep your children in contact with English over the long summer holidays then click on the link below.
