Escola Dr. Alberich i Casas

Unique buildings around the world

About the hotel in Dubai…

1.    How many metres tall is the hotel in Dubai?

2.    How many bedrooms has the hotel got?

3.    Can you get the hotel by helicopter? Why?

4.    How many restaurants has the hotel got?

5.    Would you like to sleep in this hotel?

6.    Do you like the building?

About the Guggenheim museum…

1.                 What materials did the architect use to build the museum?

2.                 Where is the museum?

3.                 Outside the museum there is a very nice sculpture made of flowers. What animal does it represent? What is its name?

About the Malmaison hotel…

1.     What type of building was the Malmaison hotel in the past?

2.     Would you like to sleep in this hotel?

3.     How many restaurants are there in this hotel?

4.     How many gyms are there?

About the ice hotel…

1.      In what country is the ice hotel located?

2.      What materials does the architect use to build the hotel?

3.      How many bedrooms are there?

4.      Is there any swimming pool?

5.      What do you think, is it cold or warm inside this building?

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FOOD GROUPS:

How many tiny seeds are there on a strawberry?

What kind of vitamin do you get from this fruit?

How long (how many days) do you have to wait to grow a broccoli?

Broccoli comes from the Italian word “brocco”. What does “brocco” mean in Italian?

Why do you have to eat rice?

What is the most important thing if you want to grow rice?

Can you make glue from rice? Is that posible?

How many litres of milk can a cow make a day?

How many years can an olive tree live?

How do you say “piscifactoria” in English?

Sou molts els alumnes que em demaneu que pengi al bloc l’enllaç a aquesta fabulosa pàgina web del British Council. Les activitats -jocs, cançons, històries…- acostumen a ser molt divertides i, sobretot, molt interessants per aprendre anglès. Doncs aquí teniu l’enllaç. Que en gaudiu molt!

Congratulations to everybody, you have done a great job guys! The best pumpkins ever have been in the school corridor this week. These are the results of the contest after all your votes:

5th grade

1st Íker Sambró 134 points

2nd Valentín Igual 65 points

3rd Adrià Langheinrich 48 points

6th grade

1st Joan De Dalmau 82 points

2nd Laia Navarro 58 points

3rd Alícia Villalba 36 points

Look at these pumpkin lanterns. They’re nice, aren’t they?

What about using the lanterns a little bit in the classroom?

Democracy is democracy. Let’s vote!

Next 31st of October we will celebrate Halloween.

You already know that a Jack O’lantern contest has been announced at school!

There are two categories:

-Best 5th level pumpkin

-Best 6th level pumpkin

The best Halloween pumpkins will get a symbolic prize!

It is not a compulsory activity but it would be nice if you do participate.

Be careful when using the knives or cutters and ask for help at home!

Deadline for bringing your Jack O’lantern is next October the 26th.

Here you can check out some videos to learn how to make your Halloween pumpkin:

And here you will find a nice tutorial with INSTRUCTIONS!

If you need templates (PLANTILLES) here you can find them. Anyway just type “free pumpkins patterns” on google and you will get plenty of them:

templates 1
templates 2

IF YOU DON’T WANT YOUR ENGLISH TO GET RUSTY DURING THE SUMMER TIME HERE YOU HAVE SOME NICE ONLINE ACTIVITIES.

No les heu de fer totes el mateix dia, ni cal seguir l’ordre establert. Es tracta de descobrir bones pàgines web amb les que pogueu millorar i reforçar els vostres coneixements en anglès. He tractat de triar les més divertides perquè aprengueu i us divertiu al mateix temps. HAVE A NICE SUMMER!!

1. How much do you know about music?

2. Dolphins are amazing creatures. Try this quiz and learn all about dolphins.

3. Here you will find a collection of online word games that give children an opportunity to practise basic English vocabulary in a fun way.

4. Here you will find a collection of online tests and quizzes that give children an opportunity to revise what they have learnt.

5. Here you will find a small collection of the most popular English songs for kids and Christmas carols. Choose your favourite one, then listen and sing! You can also download and print song lyrics and music sheets.

6. Can you spell the words for food in English? Play this game to practise.

7. Spelling Bees / Dictations.

8. Tom & Laia’s stories.

9. One stop english Portal amb jocs, exercicis i un fòrum de participació.

10. World-English Per aprendre, estudiar i practicar la llengua anglesa en línia.

11. Portal interactiu d’autoaprenentatge de la llengua anglesa.

12. Portal interactiu amb jocs, trencaclosques, contes, música… per a l’aprenentatge de l’anglès

13. Take a test to find out where your level is.

14. Diccionari d’accés lliure en anglès.

Next Thursday 24th February  students from 3rd and 4th level are going to La Salle theatre. There they will enjoy a very funny theatre play: Tarzan.

Learn by playing. Here you have a nice game if you want to learn vocabulary related to parks, school and house: