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! 

LANGUAGE EXCHANGE ACTIVITY WITH IES RAYUELA (MÓSTOLES)

 Before the Christmas holiday, we had the chance to take part in a language exchange with a group of students of 1º ESO of IES Rayuela in Móstoles conducted by their teachers Nuria Muñoz and Cristina Muñoz. It was a fantastic oppotunity for our students to practice their English in a more relaxed and informal context. Students had to briefly introduce themselves in the cooperative presentation below, giving basic information about where they live, their hobbies and favourite things.  We then prepared a series of ice-breaker questions in advance based on the presentations of each high school. Students made the most of their time when talking and asking their questions to their peers. We had really good fun and we hope to do this again very soon!

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY 2020

 Once again, in December 2020 we held the already traditional Christmas Jumper Day. Students from all bilingual groups took part in it and the results were truly amazing, as you can see below.

We also had the chance to visit the Bilingual Section Christmas Tree in the hall. It's a very special one since it has been designed using Augmented Reality technology. Tips on how to spend an environmentally-friendly Christmas are hidden behind each of the objects in the room. Have a close look at both the photos and video and see if you can uncover some of the messages!!

Have a wonderful, peaceful and smart Christmas!!!