SMART LEGENDS OF CÁCERES ( PART 2)

 During the third term, students from 1st ESO 15 have continued working on their Smart Legends Project. In the second stage of the project, students transferred their legends onto an augmented reality environment using Cospaces Edu and Merge Cubes.

Thanks to this tool, pupils were able to put their knowlede of English into practice in order to write their legends in an attrative and motivating way, as well as gamified in a way as a set of small challenges were  created for each of the Merge cubes. We were, thus, developing not only their linguistic competence, but also their digital one since this tool includes a coding component that allows students to insert actions, movements and reactions. 

On this ocassion, students were asked to work individually although it has to be said that this kind of project promotes cooperative work, dialogue among peers as well as design, critical and creative thinking, that can lead to problem solving thinking when obstacles arise.

The final activity consisted of doing a virtual tour  through our augmented reality legends during the Cultural Week in our school using the QR codes and links that we inserted in a presentation created with Slidesmania. Students had th chance to take part in a competition in which they had to solve the different challenges in each cube. We really enjoyed it!

WORLD BOOK DAY 2021( PART 2)

 As part of the World Book Day activities, students from 2nd ESO made some video-recommendations of books you might be interested in reading this summer. Have a good look at it , grab pencil and paper and write their suggestions down and then you'll be all set to read!!

Students in 1st ESO  and 3rd ESO also wanted to have their say on this bookish day and made these great collages based on the Burlington graded readers they are reading in English and Geography/ History. They used a photography technique known as knolling technique. Aren't they wonderful? 

WORLD BOOK DAY 2021 ( PART 1)

Do you know William Shakespeare? Watch the Edpuzzle video below about his life and answer the questions:

https://edpuzzle.com/media/5ebab6a21488753f16ce554e

Alternatively, you can watch the video below ( no questions inserted!) or read through the presentation created by Teaching Teacup and complete the activity Who said it: Shakespeare or Bieber? You will be amazed at the results! If you scroll down, you will find the link from The Guardian that inspired the activity. 

Who said it? Shakespeare or Bieber?

SMART LEGENDS OF CÁCERES ( PART 1)

 Students from 1º ESO 15 have been doing some research on some of the most popular legends of the city of Cáceres so that they become more visible and accesible to tourists and visitors. It is evident that new technologies are greatly contributing to the digitalization of the cultural contents of our city with the installation of tourist information interactive totem in strategic areas, we must  not forget our mythical legends and their importance for Cáceres. This project's objective is to come up with a digital product in AR ( Augmented Reality) using the educational tool Cospaces Edu and Merge Cubes. 

 During the first stage of our project, students lelanrt about researched about the legends in Spanish, translating them into English; during the second stage, students will transfer those contents onto a digital environment using a collaborative presentation first ( created with Slidesmania) and then the AR toolCospaces mentioned above. 

The legends chosen by students were the following:

• The Legends of the Monkey's House.
• The Legend of the Golden Coin.
• The Legend of Mansaborá.
• The Legend of the Sowrdsmith's Tower.

In order for students to know where these legends took place, we visited the Historic Town, where they also presented their legends like proper tourist guides. Here's their final presentation and some photos of the guided tour below: 

WHERE ARE OUR LEPRECHAUNS? A SCAVENGER HUNT TO CELEBRATE ST PATRICK'S DAY

 After a few busy days working really hard for exams and projects, our Bilingual Section students took part in a digital escape room in which they had to uncode the secret message that revealed where our cute handmade leprechaun hats were. It was really good  fun!! Would you like to have a go too?

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

 Our students in 2nd Year ESO have created some LAPBOOKS to contribute to the activities carried out at school to commemorate International Women's Day (March 8). They show information in a very original and attractive way about relevant women from Extremadura in different fields, such as cinema, entertaining, journalism, literature, and many others. 

Have a look at some examples: 

  

 

SPREAD LOVE... A VALENTINE'S DAY ACTIVITY

 Do you know about the history behind Valentine's Day?

 The day gets its name from a famous saint, but there are various stories of who he was. The popular belief about St Valentine is that he was a priest from Rome in the third century AD. 

Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers. Valentine felt this was unfair, so he broke the rules and arranged marriages in secret.When Claudius found out, Valentine was thrown in jail and sentenced to death.

There, he fell in love with the jailer's daughter and when he was taken to be killed on 14 February he sent her a love letter signed "from your Valentine".

                                                                                                      Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16945378

Click on the interactive image below to find out more things about Valentine's, learn a whole lot of very lovable ( and cheesy!) vocabulary and make your own love poem based on the popular 'Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you'. You can find inspiration in the ones created by our Bilingual Section students in our creative writing workshop. Have a look at them in our 'Spread Love!' display in the gallery! We hope you'll like them!