THE ISLEÑOS

Today our assistant teacher Camilo Montoya played a really interesting video about a small community in Louisiana called the Isleños, descendant of settlers from the Canary Island. It's really worth watching.

PRACTISE PASSIVE SENTENCES

Our teacher Manuel Vaquera has sent this useful video to practise PASSIVE SENTENCES. Don't miss it!

SHORTENED FORMS OF WORDS NATIVES USE ALL THE TIME

SAINSBURY'S CHRISTMAS ADVERT 2017

CHRISTMAS VOCABULARY

5 TIPS TO SOUND MORE NATIVE!

Watch this video with five tips to sound more native and avoid using language native speakers would not use:

BLACK FRIDAY AND MORE...

MUSTN'T AND DON'T HAVE TO HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MEANINGS!

TEEN SLEEP

Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Find out why and get more information about teen sleep. Click HERE and watch this video

500 miles

WHO WAS ISAAC NEWTON?

Probably you have heard about Isaac Newton. Listen and see why he was so important in Physics.
Click HERE


And here you have some of his most famous quotes:


"We build too many walls and not enough bridges." (I wonder if Donald Trump has read it!)

"Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. "

"My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success."

"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." 

NUMBERS

Are you good at numbers?

Think about important numbers in your life and tell your partner.

EASY NUMBERS. SONG

DIFFERENT NUMBERS. LISTENING

LARGE NUMBERS. WRITING

DECIMALS. READING AND WRITING

A SONG FOR SEPTEMBER

How many verb tenses are there in this song by "Green Day"?

ARE YOU A GOOD STUDENT?

4 TIPS TO BECOME A GOOD STUDENT

Do you consider yourself a good student? Do you think you could be a better one? Is it possible to learn? Read these  4 tips to become a good student and give your opinion.

Now go to the comments and add your own ideas.


Finally, watch a video with useful study tips:

SUMMER MEMORIES

We are having a chat about our last summer holidays.

Draw your hand on your notebook to help you talk about last summer.

Thumb: Tell us something special you did
Index finger: Describe the places you visited
Middle finger: Talk about a bad experience you had
Ring finger: Talk about the people you met 
Little finger: Tell us something you wanted to do but you couldn't

 


Add your comments: Write what your partner told you about his/her summer. 

Listen to a boy and a girl telling their friends about their summer. 

LINKING "R"

Welcome to Norba School and our Bilingual Section. One of our goals this year is to improve our pronunciation, so why not starting with a pronunciation lesson dealing with a frequent sound in the English language, the linking "r". Have you heard of it?

Click HERE, learn and practise!

CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE

Can you complete the sentences with the information in the box?

Children Learn What They Live
By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

If children live with criticism, they learn…
If children live with hostility, they learn ….
If children live with fear, they learn ….
If children live with pity, they learn …
If children live with ridicule, they learn …
If children live with jealousy, they learn …
If children live with shame, they learn …
If children live with encouragement, they learn …
If children live with tolerance, they learn …
If children live with praise, they learn …
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn …
If children live with recognition, they learn …
If children live with sharing, they learn …
If children live with honesty, they learn …
If children live with fairness, they learn …
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn…
If children live with security, they learn to…
If children live with friendliness, they learn ….

Copyright © 1972 by Dorothy Law Nolte

to feel sorry for themselves to condemn feel shy to fight to feel envy to feel guilty to be apprehensive

to love respect patience to like themselves generosity appreciation truthfulness the world is a nice place in which to live confidence it is good to have a goal justice to have faith in themselves and in those about them.

 Click HERE to see the original poem.

Or watch:

Finally, watch this video and discuss with your partner:

AN AWARD WINNING MICRO STORY BY RODRIGO TOVAR

Rodrigo Tovar, from 4th.A participated in a national award with this wonderful micro story and he got one of the awards. Congratulations, Rodrigo!!!

Carrera hacia el ocaso

  Había un hombre sin sombra que solo se dedicaba a correr. Corría contra el tiempo porque temía que si no ganaba la carrera, lo perdería todo. Pero por mucho que corría, su eterno rival siempre iba al exacto ritmo de sus pasos, ni uno más, ni uno menos.

  Un día se dio cuenta de que su lucha era inútil. Finalmente se paró. De repente, dejó de ver a su rival. Empezó a amanecer tras de sí, proyectando su sombra hasta el horizonte. De todo esto ya no se percataba; había ganado la carrera.

THE TEMPEST

El próximo jueves,  18 de mayo, se representará en el  Complejo Cultural San Francisco de Cáceres la obra The Tempest, versión libre de Marino González Montero de la obra de Shakespeare. Serán los alumnos del  I.E.S. Profesor  Hernández Pacheco deCáceres  los que estarán sobre el escenario a las 19.30 horas. Entrada libre hasta completar aforo.

La representación se enmarca dentro del Certamen Juvenil  de Teatro Red Natura 2000, organizado por la Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Rural, Políticas Agrarias y Territorio de la Junta de Extremadura.

PHOTOS THAT MADE HISTORY

4th year students participated in the School Week presenting photos with a historical background. The experience was really enriching for the audience and for the organisers!

10 English words that you pronounce INCORRECTLY

BURNS NIGHT

Every January 25th Burn night is celebrated in Scotland and in other parts of the world. To learn about who Robert Burns was click HERE.










And here you can listen to one of the most famous poems by Burns in the beautiful voice of Eddi Reader.

A Red, Red Rose

Related Poem Content Details

BY ROBERT BURNS

O my Luve is like a red, red rose 

   That’s newly sprung in June; 

O my Luve is like the melody 

   That’s sweetly played in tune. 

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, 

   So deep in luve am I; 

And I will luve thee still, my dear, 

   Till a’ the seas gang dry. 

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, 

   And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; 

I will love thee still, my dear, 

   While the sands o’ life shall run. 

And fare thee weel, my only luve! 

   And fare thee weel awhile! 

And I will come again, my luve, 

   Though it were ten thousand mile.

COLD SNAP IN SPAIN

READING HABITS SURVEY

Survey on reading habits conducted by La Universidad de Extremadura.

To fill in the survey form click HERE

2017 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

Have you heard about New Year's Resolutions?

A New Year's resolution is a commitment that a person makes to one or more personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit. People committing themselves to a New Year's resolution generally plan to do so for the whole following year. This lifestyle change is generally interpreted as advantageous.



Here you have some of the most common resolutions:

-Quit smoking
-Get in shape
-Save more, spend less
-Dedicate more time to family
-Read more
-Learn a musical instrument
-Get in to a relationship
-Learn a new language
-Control temper:
-Keep up with the resolutions



Other lists include:

■Keeping in touch with friends more
■Exercising more
■Eating a more healthy diet
■Relaxing more
■Helping family more
■Learning something new
■Saving more money
■Reducing loans and debts.
■Becoming a volunteer for a local organization or charity
■Making regular contributions to a world wide charity
■Being more environmentally aware
■Recycling more products
■Helping a neighbour or a friend in need


Add comments with your resolutions for 2017.