Skype sessions a success!

The Skype Sessions were a success thank you so much to our twin school in Madrid. 

The children enjoyed their sessions so much and got to practise their spanish in a real context as well as making lots of new friends. 

We look forward to our next sessions next term!

The children were busy making christmas cards this week for their new spanish friends. Last posting date for Spain is tomorrow 12th December so we have to be quick!

Wishing you all a merry christmas and a happy new year.

                                    Feliz Navidad!

YEAR 6 COMMENT ON EXCHANGE FROM A STUDENT

One from our students in year 6 has written this fantastic comment about the Exchange in itself....ENJOY IT!!

La Escuela Gemela.

 

El jueves nos comunicamos con la escuela gemela que está en Inglaterra (Londres). El colegio se llama Wykeham. Los alumnos eran de 6º curso. 

Primero la profesora de esa clase se presentó y luego los niños fueron saliendo uno por uno a hacernos preguntas sobre nuestro colegio en español. Para responderles nosotros teníamos que levantar la mano y nuestro profesor nos elegía para salir y hablar.

Cuando ellos terminaron de preguntar nos tocó a nosotros. Jose, nuestro profesor, les enseñó la clase y luego salieron dos compañeros a hablar y presentarse. Después salió otro alumno y les hizo una pregunta. Los niños del otro colegio tuvieron que hacer lo mismo que nosotros para responder. Así salimos la mayoría a preguntar.

Cuando acabamos les cantamos un villancico a ellos y ellos también nos cantaron una canción en español sobre los colores. 

Algunas niñas tenían pañuelos en la cabeza y los niños tenían el pelo muy corto.

A mi me ha gustado comunicarme con ellos. Ha sido muy divertido.

 

Sharon Nicole Vanegas González  6º curso.

DOCTOR CONDE ARRUGA EXCHANGE

Finally we had our EXCHANGE with Wykeham Primary School. It was from monday 1st to Thursday 4th December 2014. We were all looking forward it...and it fullfilled our expectations. Families, students, teachers, etc...we were all very excited about it. Skype worked out very well, children behaved excellent too...we are all now waiting the next one...which will happen on End of February beginning of March 2015.

Algunos comentarios tras los intercambios fueron:

-¡qué simpáticos!-

-¿...podríamos hacer esto todos los días profe?

-¡¡¡Nosotros también queremos tener animales y una piscina en el cole!!!

As a follow up activity, and to keep in contact, we have sent to Wykeham school some Christmas Cards our students have made.

On behalf all teachers, students and families THANKS A LOT WYKEHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL to give us the chance of such a great experience.

Have a look to some of the pics we took 

 YEAR 1

 YEAR 2

YEAR 3

YEAR 4

YEAR 6

FELIZ NAVIDAD Y UN PRÓSPERO AÑO NUEVO

ESTAREMOS EN CONTACTO

3º PRIMARIA AT DR. CONDE ARRUGA

Our 3rd graders (aged 8-9) worked too on  a brief presentation and interesting questions to be asked. They were impressed about the SWIMMING POOL and GARDEN...and very curious about assemblies...here are some potos.

 

1º PRIMARIA AT DR. CONDE ARRUGA

Our students in 1º Primaria (aged 6-7) at Dr. Conde Arruga have been working on posible questions to ask to their peers at Wykeham Primary School. They worked in teams, and also on a little presentation. They are very excited about the exchange...HAVE A LOOK !!!

Year 5 children at Wykeham Primary School

¡Es increíble que vosotros no llevéis uniforme!

Tenemos muchas ganas de hacer skype la semana que viene. ¡Tenemos un montón de preguntas que haceros!

Year 5 would also like to sing you their favourite Spanish song! 

¡Hasta pronto! 

Year 4 children at Wykeham Primary school Come and meet our Chickens!

                 Venid a ver nuestras gallinas que viven en el colegio. Tenemos 6 gallinas ¡y nos dan muchos huevos! 

These year 4 children wanted to tell you about the chickens they have in school. One of the questions they want to ask during the skype session is:

              ¿Tenéis animales en vuestro colegio?

 Aquí estamos mirando nuestros peces en el estanque.

5º PRIMARIA AT DR. CONDE ARRUGA

Pupils in year 5 were probably the most curious ones about this Project...they were overexcited when we explained the Project...they want to have the exchange:

-¡ahora mismo!! queremos preguntarles  un montón de cosas!!

They worked in groups and looked for similarities and differences after having a loooong look to Wykeham's web page...

Have a look to these pics!!!

4º PRIMARIA AT DR. CONDE ARRUGA

4th graders have been working with her teacher and the language assistants on the TWIN SCHOOL PROJECT.

They had a look to Wykeham's web page...they were impressed about everything...very excited...

Look at some pictures of them working on the Project.

 

 
 -¡qué aula de Música tan grande!...o será un salón de actos...?? se lo tenemos que preguntar cuando hagamos el intercambio la semana del 1 al 5 de Diciembre...
 

 

6º PRIMARIA AT DR. CONDE ARRUGA

Our students started the project by working in groups and deciding about similarities and differences with Wikeham Primary school and their own school.

They did so with the teacher's help, looking at their web page: pics, curriculum, subjects, staff, etc. They are curious about Wykeham's 3D facilities, computing lessons and assemblies...and many other aspects...

-Por qué tienen huerto?..Nosotros tenemos jardín, pero no huerto...-

-Qué rollo...llevan uniforme...-

-¿todos los profesores hablan español?-

THEY DO WANT TO HAVE THE EXCHANGE ASAP!!!!

2º PRIMARIA- DR. CONDE ARRUGA

Our students in 2º Primaria  (aged 6-7...they will be 8 during the year...) have been looking at Wykeham Web Page...they were impressed...they had a SWIMMING POOL!!!...they said:

-¡qué morro!, ¡tienen piscina!

They wrote some questions with the help of the teacher, coordinator and language assistant.

They are looking forward to have the real exchange and find out about swimming lessons!!!

Year 6 Pupils at Wykeham Primary school

The year 6 children (aged 10-11) were asked to prepare a short presentation in Spanish to introduce themselves, their city and their school to their twin school.


 They discussed their ideas in groups and wrote a list of questions in Spanish that they would like to ask through Skype on the day of the first contact.

The children are very excited about the first skype session with the children from Spain they can't wait to practise their Spanish!

Wykeham Primary School Year 3 Pupils check out their new twin school in Madrid!

A Year 3 class (aged 7-8) at Wykeham Primary school finding out about their twin school in Madrid. We looked at the Dr. Conde Arruga's website and discussed the similarities and differences between our two schools. Some of the children's comments:

" They don't have a uniform!" , 

"The classrooms look smaller in Spain and they sit in rows"

" El gimnasio is very similar" 

DR. CONDE ARRUGA YEAR 6 STUDENTS

Our students in Year 6 (11-12 years old) visited the computer's room and found out interesting things about our new "twin students"...Wykeham School....They loved it!!