2nd TERM EXCHANGE: MEALS+TIMETABLES-DR. CONDE ARRUGA

2nd term exchange with our twin school has been AMAZING!!!. It was planned around differences in meals and timetables betweeen Spain and England.

Students made surveys in London to show what did they like best...what was their favourite dish...and even the less popular...Madrid students made some arts and Crafts 3D meals to show: paella, tortilla, etc.

Un alumno de 2º dice: -¡Me ha encantado la canción!...mamá yo quiero, mamá yo quiero, mamaaaa yo quiero comer!!-

Otro alumno de 5º comentó: -Es curioso ver que comen mucho antes que nosotros, y diferentes cosas-.

Find here some pics about the exchange with different groups.

 TAPAS

 GAZPACHO

 COCIDO MADRILEÑO

 PATATAS BRAVAS

CONGRATULATIONS!!! ENJOY YOUR EASTER HOLIDAYS!!

¡¡ENHORABUENA!! DISFRUTAD VUESTRAS VACACIONES DE SEMANA SANTA

Second Skype session Today

Today year 6M took part in their second skype session with their twin school in Madrid. The children from Dr Conde Arruga school made some very impressive 3D models of typical Spanish food and shared them with us during the session as well as talking to us about these typical Spanish dishes and which they prefer. We found out about la tortilla and la paella.

Year 6M sang a Spanish song about different foods and spoke about some typical English dishes like: "Fish and chips" and "sausage and mash."  We shared the results of our class survey where we discovered that Pizza was the most popular meal and Spaghetti the least popular we did this all in Spanish!

We really enjoyed the question and answer session in English and Spanish where we found out about the similarities and differences between dinner time in England and Spain. One striking difference between the two countries is the the time we have our supper. As in Spain we found out that dinner time is betweeen 8-9PM . One boy from Spain asked: "Why do you eat so early"? . 6M found this particularly funny as they said they are often in bed by this time!

Year 6M would like to thank you so much for this amazing experience!  Here are some photos from today:

Wykeham preparing for the second Skype session!

Year 4 were preparing for the second skype session today all about food and meal times. The children learnt the different meal times in Spanish: el desayuno, la comida, la merienda, la cena... We discussed some of the possible differences between England and Spain and learnt the names of some popular Spanish foods like Paella and Churros. The children are excited to ask you about how to make these!  


One  group is preparing a menu chart in Spanish to show what the school dinner menu is like and the different meals the children eat  at school each day. The children are learning all the food names in Spanish to be able to tell you on the day of the skype sessions...

We are also learning some songs in Spanish about different foods and we can't wait to sing our favourite ones to you! Singing in Spanish helps us with our pronunciation and we enjoy putting actions to our songs as this helps us remember what the words mean...

A belated thank you!

A quick belated thank you for all your amazing christmas cards they were very impressive! The children at Wykeham school loved receiving them and reading your messages in Spanish they were so proud to be able to understand your notes in Spanish muchisimas gracias!

TONGUE TWISTER'S EXCHANGE- INTERCAMBIO DE TRABALENGUAS

¡Hola de nuevo!

Nuestros alumn@s de 5º del Dr. Conde Arruga realizaron una actividad muy interesante con su grupo correspondiente de Wykeham School acerca de TRABALENGUAS-TONGUETWISTERS.

They learnt a lot in terms of accuracy in pronuntiation...some were really difficult...HAVE A LOOK!!!

Then Dr. Wykeham students told us their spanish tonguetwisters...

Mirad a los alumn@s de 5º del Dr. Conde Arruga durante el intercambio...¡¡se lo pasaron muy bien y se rieron muuuucho!!!

 

DOCTOR CONDE ARRUGA SCHOOL RECEIVED YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS

¡¡¡Hola a tod@s!!

En primer lugar...¡¡¡¡feliz año a tod@s!!!. Hemos recibido vuestras tarjetas de felicitación de Navidad...¡¡¡nos han encantado!!!. Muchas gracias. ¿habéis recibido las nuestras?...creemos que sí, pero decidnos cuando podáis si es así.

Find here some of the photos we took in some groups when we received them.

YEAR 5

YEAR 3

YEAR 2

YEAR 1

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