It's Halloween, Trick or Treat?

On October the 31st, the English speaking world celebrates Halloween. It was once called All Hallow's Eve, but it changed to Halloween.

Jack o'lanterns made of pumpkins, ghosts, witches, bats and all kinds of black decorations to make the bad spirits go away. And, of course, groups of children going "trick or treating" to their neighbours' houses.

Here at school, we also celebrate it by doing some activities related to this traditional british-american festivity.

Happy Halloween !!!

Luis Fdez.

New Teaching Resources: Techno 12-18

Our Technology Department has subscribed to an online programme whose contents deal with all kinds of technological matters: tools, structures, computers, electricity, etc.
It can be used both in English and in Spanish and it has lots of texts, pictures and activities.
An easy and funny way to teach and learn using TICs.
Technology department.

Welcome, Mark !!

Mark Leephaibul is our new Auxiliar de Conversación this year. He comes from Chicago (USA), he has just graduated in Political Science and Economics and he is here to help teachers and students to improve their English.
Denia Delgado, a student in 2º ESO A, has interviewed him:

Denia: Hello Mark, is this your first time in Spain?

Mark: No, I was here on vacation when I was 12.

Denia: How old are you now?

Mark: I'm 22.

Denia: Have you visited any other European countries?

Mark: Yes, I went to The Netherlands, Germany, France, Greece, The Czetch Republic and Italy before coming to Spain.

Denia: What is your favourite kind of music?

Mark: Reggae, Hip-Hop and Rock.

Denia: And your favourite sport?

Mark: Soccer.

Denia: Do you like Spain?

Mark: Oh yes, I love it.

Denia: And our school?

Mark: Yes, the students are great and everyone is friendly.

Denia: Do you have a girlfriend?

Mark: At the moment, no. But I've only been in Spain for 2 weeks so I will keep looking for one.

Denia: Do you speak Spanish?

Mark: Sí, hablo Español pero quiero mejorar.

Denia: Thank you very much Mark and welcome to Spain and to our school !

Mark: Thanks to you !

2009 /10: A NEW ACADEMIC YEAR, NEW CHALLENGES

A new academic year has just started. Our students in the European Section reached 3^rd ESO,

It seems like only yesterday!!!

There are around 110 pupils studying in our Section this year, distributed in two 1^st ESO groups, A and B, one 2^nd and one 3^rd ESO groups, A and B respectively.

Apart from the increasing number of students, two new Departments join the Section: Physics & Chemistry and Art, and some new teachers from these and other Departments.

We want to wish all the students, teachers and people working at “Cañada Real School”, a nice year from this blog.

At this time we close with a quotation from Zig Ziglar, an American writer: You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.