Cathedral's project: Our presentations

The 6th graders prepared in small groups some presentations about Girona's cathedral. It was not easy to write about Art in English but they worked very hard.

Power point cathedral English from verdenglish

Power point cathedral from verdenglish

English cathedral GN from verdenglish

Cathedral amc from verdenglish

Cathedral 3 from verdenglish

The cathedral SRF from verdenglish

Cathedral's project: Girona

Girona is a beautiful city on the North East of Catalunya, Spain. It’s near the mountains, the beach and Barcelona too.

The population of Girona is about 97.000 people.

The weather in Girona is good, hot in summer and cold in winter.

The main language is Catalan but people can speak Spanish too.

In Girona there aren’t many houses, there are lots of flats. There are some famous modernist houses made by Masó, an architect from the city.

There are four rivers in Girona: Ter, Onyar, Güell and Galligants. There are lots of beautiful bridges to cross them: Pont de Pedra, Pont de Ferro (made by Eiffel) ...
 

Girona has got a big natural park named La Devesa, full of enormous Platanus x acerifolia. A lot of people go there to do sport.

The typical food is bread with tomato and a typical dessert from Girona is ‘xuixo’.

Girona has got a football team, Girona FC, and a stadium. There are famous football players.

In Girona there are many museums: the Art Museum, the Cinema Museum... There are also restaurants and lots of shops.

If you come to Girona, you have to visit Barri Vell, the Old Town. It is the most famous area in the city. It has got narrow streets and beautiful squares. 

It is full of bridges, pubs and shops. There is a very big and beautiful Cathedral. Sant Fèlix is another church you can visit.

There’s a tradition in Girona which says that if you kiss the bum of the lioness, a famous statue in Barri Vell, you will return to the city. Barri Vell still conserves part of the Wall that surrounded it before.

In May there’s a flower exposition very interesting to visit.

  5th graders

3rd graders CAN SING!

As you can see, we can sing and we can do sport but we still can't write a book in English!

EARTH MOVEMENTS

We are studying the Earth movements.
To do this we had an Earth balloon and torches in small groups. We had to discover things and answer some questions:
- Which is the movement that produces day and night?
-If now in Girona it's 10 o'clock in the morning, what's the time in other countries?
-What would happen if the Earth didn't move?

It is quite difficult but fun to discover things and not just read the information.

 We also had some help watching videos.

Another day we had a Tellerium, which is a reproduction of the Sun and the Earth movements. It was helpful to understand the seasons.

Roanoke Island (backgrounds)

These are the backgrounds for the film: the queen's palace, the harbour and the island.
They are awesome!

Roanoke Island (sound)

Our Stop Motion is in progress.
We already recorded the sound and the backgrounds are almost finished.
Now we're ready to move the toys and take the pictures. Roanoke Island Stop Motion by Verdenglish