Today there was an oral exam for three groups of 4th ESO grade: 4 A, 4 C and 4 D. Some students asked me yesterday about postponing this test as they were going on strike. Unfortunately for them, the school has not accepted this strike and classes will go on as normal. This means that all the students who are not here and have not justified their absence will have a ‘0’ in this test. As stated in the school’s regulations, tests will be postponed only when the strike has been officially announced by the school, something which does not apply here.

XTEC: what do students have to do to go on strike? (Catalan text)

Avui hi havia examen oral per tres grups de 4t d’ ESO: 4t A, 4t C i 4t D. Alguns alumnes van demanar-me ahir que postposés aquesta prova ja que volien fer vaga. Malauradament per ells, l’ escola no ha acceptat la proposta de vaga i les classes procediran de manera normal. Això implica que tots els alumnes que no hagin vingut a classe i no justifiquin l’ absència tindran un ‘0’ en aquest examen. Tal i com diu la normativa, els exàmens s’ han de postoposar només quan la vaga ha estat anunciada oficialment, cosa que no es compleix en el nostre cas.

XTEC: què han de fer els alumnes per organitzar una jornada de vaga?

Today’s session is dedicated to the study of the Catalan education system. After a short overview, we will have some thought about different job families.

• Education system.
• Education system II
• What are the different job families?

Today is also the deadline for handing the teacher your edu365 registration form.

We’re doing speaking and listening activities this week. If you really want to prepare your dialogue (activity 1 speaking, p. 25), I strongly suggest you visit your No Problem website, click on Unit 2 and try the listening exercise. There are two versions, one is the complete text and the other is onlyMike’s (you have to play Sanjay’s part).

And next day… stand up and speak!!

35, and the days of the exams are in the calendar section.

4th ESO B, D : 6th November

4th ESO C, A : 7th November

“The World Conservation Congress closes today in Barcelona. For ten days the Congress has hosted more than 8,000 specialists from the fields of sustainable development and biodiversity. The event was organised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which is made up of over 1,000 organisations and 11,000 experts from 160 countries.” (from Vilaweb Diari d’ Escola)

The results for the first test show that 4th ESO D students have an average mark of 5. Out of the 20 students who took the exam, 9 passed and 11 failed. Most results are between the 4 and 6 region.