On Monday 14th of November the students of 1st of Baccalaureate of INS Isaac Albéniz went to can Fabra library, in Barcelona, to attend a jazz event offered by a band from New York.
In the jazz event there were four musicians: a flute, a piano, a cello and a drums player.
They explained us how they improvise with their instruments, and they also explained the difference between jazz and classical music answering the questions we had prepaired beforehand .
Finally they played some beautiful pieces of jazz for us, showing how Brazilian or Indian music can influence jazz.
Je me présente: je m’appelle Alice, je viens d’arriver à l’école Isaac Albéniz pour travailler comme auxiliaire de conversation dans le cadre d’un programme international qui s’appelle le CIEP. L’année dernière il y avait Amy, une auxiliaire d’Anglais à ma place.
(oui, il fait froid à Paris)
Je serai avec vous jusqu’au mois de juin pour aider Núria, la professeur de français, avec les élèves de 1°ESO jusqu’au 2°Bachillerato. Je ne suis pas professeur, mais je suis là pour parler avec les élèves de mon pays, sa culture, ses traditions… L’objectif est qu’ils puissent s’exprimer en français. L’avantage, c’est qu’avec moi on ne parle que français donc ils n’ont pas le choix !
Moi, je suis étudiante. Je viens de terminer une double licence de Droit et Langues Etrangères Appliquées en Anglais. Je viens de la ville d’Angers, qui se trouve au Nord-Ouest de la France, dans la région des Pays-de-la-Loire où il y a beaucoup de châteaux. Là-bas, c’est très joli, mais c’est beaucoup plus petit que Badalone, et il y fait moins chaud…
Je pense que c’est une opportunité formidable de pouvoir venir en Espagne pendant un an pour travailler, visiter, voyager… J’ai choisi de partir à Barcelone parce que j’adore sa culture : l’ambiance, la cuisine, les gens… Cela fait trois semaines que je suis ici et je me sens déjà chez moi!
En plus, ce travail me convient très bien parce que j’adore travailler avec les jeunes, et j’aime bien enseigner. Peut-être qu’un jour je deviendrai professeur de langue; ça, je ne sais pas encore !
I’m mostly here to speak french but i will also speak some english in «Tutoria» classes because it’s important for all students to understand how important it is to speak other languages and to discover other cultures.
Apart from classes, I would like to get involved as much as possible in extra-scholars activities organized by the school because I think it will be very interesting for me. So I’m already helping the students who are part of the choral with the french song they are learning: “Je veux” de Zaz.
And whoever you are, whether you speak French or not, don’t hesitate to come and talk to me, I would be happy to have a chat! Language is not a barrier, and moreover, French and Catalan are very similar!!
La Paula Olid, de 3r ESO, va escollir Saturo Iwata com a model d’emprenedor. Va ser el president de Nintendo. La Paula ens explica en què va consistir la seva carrera i per què considera que va ser un emprenedor.
We have created a new web page where all materials used in the Project ‘How can I contribute to reducing Greenhouse effect’ can be found. This work is included in the GEP 2016 project.
It is still ‘Work in Progress’ but you can already see the materials used by the teacher and some of the works done by our students from 3rd ESO. Please, click here to see the content.
The practice of dissection of a lamb heart consists of two parts. The first deals with the study of externally heart and the second deals with the study of the heart inside.
The first thing we had to do was put the heart on a platter and once there, put a color straws for veins and other color straws for artheries.
And in the first part, the first thing we did was examine the appearance of the pericardium with the tweezers, which is a transparent, hard and resistant layer. All continued, we note that the same heart has a conical shape with a size equivalent to a fist. And finally we explore the veins and arteries that are externally.
And the second part takes place the dissection with the help of the scissors. First we had to make a cut in the left ventricle for inspection. And secondly we did the same in the right ventricle.
And finally we had to take a conclusion. In our case, we explained that the dissected heart is not symmetrical as the left ventricle is larger than the right to carry blood through the heart and comply its function.
In November last year, I was invited on a trip to Roman Tarragona with the Latin class. I don’t have classes with this group at school but a couple of the students had prepared something to say in English and they asked me if I could check what they had written. Many students from first and second Batxillerat prepared an explanation of the things we would see during the day and they all did a brilliant job of presenting this to the other students.
The day started off with a visit to the aqueduct just outside of the city, the weather was beautiful and the surroundings even more so. We then got back on the coach to head into the city, the next stop was the amphitheatre. This was a highlight for me as the amphitheatre is situated right next to the sea which was a lovely sight! At this point, the students gathered and two students, Marçal and Dina, explained to the others the connection between Tarraco and Julius Caesar. Both students did a great job and I was very impressed with Marçal who presented his part in English!
We then continued onto the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona where we saw remains from Roman Tarraco, including mosaics, sculptures, busts and daily life objects from the era. The next place we visited was the Volta del Pallolwhich is now an exhibition hall where you can see a large model of the Roman city. Here two students, Cristina and Alba, presented to us the buildings and urban planning of Roman Tarraco. Alba did a brilliant job explaining her section in English!
Afterward we went to the Praetorian Tower, where we went all the way to the top and saw some amazing views of Tarragona. You could see the Cathedral of Tarragona, rooftops for miles and the sea which was a great sight on such a beautiful day! We finished off our day with a trip to Tarraco’s Roman circus.
Photo by Alba García and Cristina Gómez
We had a brilliant day in Tarragona and I was very impressed by the hard work that the students put in to explain all the different things we saw during the day! Marçal and Alba in particular did a great job of taking on the difficult task of presenting in English!
