We were on TV!

On Thursday 14th of November, TV3 came to our school. They wanted to record us because we study Science and Art in English.

They recorded us while we were giving a presentation to the other students in our school. We explained them how to save energy. It was part of our Energy Saving Campaign.

Doing a presentation with the television recording us wasn't easy beacuse we were very nervous, but the cameraman was very friendly with us!

The video appeared on TV3 the same day at midday. It was an amazing experience!

 

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Energy saving campaign (II)

This term, the 6th graders are studying Energy. We are doing different activities in class: worksheets, on line games, videos, models of solar toys,  ...
Now we are making posters with different tips that we think are important to save energy at school and at home.
We are preparing some presentations to explain to the other classes what they should do to save electricity. We are going to explain it in Catalan to the little ones, in English and in Catalan to the 1st and 2nd graders, and to the other ones in English.

We think that saving energy is important because we save money. It's also important to be aware of the energy we spend because we need it, and the energy we waste.

6th graders

"La Castanyada"

Two weeks ago, on the 25th of October, we celebrated "La Castanyada" which is a popular festival in Catalonia.
Our class, the 6th graders, dressed up as chesnut sellers, and we handed out chesnuts in newspaper cones. The chesnuts were delicious!

The youngest students sang a song called "El bolet" (the mushroom, in Catalan). Each grade made a circle in the playground and then everybody ate chesnuts. Even our families!

We had a great time and we want to repeat this festival next year!

6th graders

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Energy saving campaign (I)

On Thursday 17th a mechanical engineer called Fèlix Mora came to our school. He explained us how to save energy at school and at home. He gave us some tips:

* It's better to have a shower than a bath because we are saving water and electricity at the same time.
* We have to put the dishwasher and the washing machine when they are full.
* We have to clean the light bulbs because they make more light with the same energy.
* We should use natural light, heat and cooling.
* We have to switch off the projectors when we don't need them.
* We should switch off the lights if we are not going to be in the classroom for more than half an hour.
* When we have to buy new light bulbs we should look at the scale energy label and the light they produce (lumen)

It was an interesting and usefuk talk. He was a good communicator because he's also a secondary school teacher.

Units of measurement

If we travel to the United Kingdom or the USA we should be careful with the road signs. They use a different system of measurement called The Imperial System.

1 mile /maɪl/ = 1.609344 kilometres /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/

When they talk about how tall they are, they also use different units as the ones we use.

1 foot /fʊt/ ( pl feet /fiːt/) = 0.3048 metres /ˈmiːtə/

1 inch /ɪntʃ/ = 2.54 centimetres /ˈsɛntɪˌmiːtə/ 

The Catalan National Day in the international mass media

 

You can practice your English reading about the Catalan National Day and watching the BBC's videos.

BBC : Catalans' human chain stretches across north-east Spain

The Guardian: Catalans join hands in huge human chain for independence from Spain

The Telegraph: 400,000 person human chain stretching 250 miles for Catalan independence

The New York Times: Linking Hands, Catalans Press Case for secession

Welcome to the new school year!