New School Year 0910

Welcome everybody to our new edition of Bilingüe Heliche.
First of all, say hello to our dear Cat. She'll spend another school year with us, her third. Brave girl! Thank you very much for coming, Cat.
But she won't be alone in the task of promoting spoken English at school. And here comes the great news: this year we'll have the help of a new language assistant, Yasemin Konuk. She's an English teacher coming from Turkey to give you a hand with your English.
Their presence at school is a good opportunity for all of us to practise. So we shouldn't waste it.
Let's talk in English; the more, the better.

Good moments

We have had very good moments this year, don't you think so? I'd like to show you and everybody some of them. Tell me, which one was the best for you? why?

Congratulations on your good job! You have made much progress with your English. It was a pleasure to be your teacher.

See you, Cat

It was weird in class today without you. All of us want to thank you for your valuable help and work throughout the year. Here we send you our love.

Enjoy your deserved vacation!

The bilingual class

Colour Wheel

In art class, we're learning about colours - primary, secondary and tertiary. This video uses colored flags to illustrate how colours mix and produce other colours. It's from a musical show called Blast! Take a look!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUkC1lokXU

Reading

I've got two favourite hobbies: reading and travelling. The former is easier to do than the latter. I can tavel only on holidays but I read every day. Sometimes I read in the morning while I'm having breakfast, but not too long if I don't want to be late for school. The good thing about reading is that you can do it almost everywhere: at home, in the bus, in the park or in a terrace. You only need a good book (any kind you like is ok) to forget all about your daily worries for a while. That's why I always read before going to bed. Reading is relaxing and it is good fun.
What about you? Do you enjoy reading? What are you reading at the moment?

Noise Pollution Podcast

This is the first emission of our school podcast programme. As you said in your comments, it was really interesting to work on the script in class because all of us learned quite a lot about noise pollution and its dangers.

Here you have the bilingual version recorded by Victoria, Carmen, José Manuel and Esteban. Listen to either of them, or both, and don't forget to take the speakers' advice.

I'd like to thank my colleague Antonio Gallego for making it possible to have the programme on our blog.

Spanish version

English version

Guernica

Este cuadro siempre me ha atraído. Cuando estaba en el colegio lo veía en muchos libros de texto y siempre me llamó poderosamente la atención. Era un tipo de pintura muy diferente al de las otras ilustraciones y me intrigaba la tragedia que parecía contar. Luego supe que era de Picasso, que esa forma tan diferente de pintar se llamó "cubismo" y que realmente el cuadro contaba algo tan trágico como una guerra. ¿Sabéis por qué se llama "Guernica"?