HANDS-ON: Building secret pyramids

With 1^st of ESO on Friday, Geography/History teacher Abel and language assistant Sara decided to take a more creative approach in the bilingual class by having the students create their very own pyramids! We thought that this was a good way of ending the chapter on Egypt and allowed the students to enjoy a more light-hearted class on Friday. We all know that on Fridays students have one thing on their mind - the weekend! 

They were each given two sheets of paper with a set of instructions and the cut-out, one for the base and the other for the pyramid itself. The instructions were read out and as soon as they were, the students dived right into the task – they were unstoppable! It was interesting to see how some students approached the task. Some got right to the cutting, while others meticulously coloured each little brick one by one on the handout. 

It’s fair to say that they thoroughly enjoyed this task and that creativity is refreshing for students. 

Australia is on fire

In class on Thursday with 4^th of ESO we touched upon the topic of the Australian Bushfires, which to no surprise, is a topic the students were all well aware of. 

We started off the class by showing a short documentary report of the devastating situation in Australia – which included many shocking details and statistics about the disaster. 

When we watched the video for a second time, we would pause the video and allowed the students to have more time to look at the facts and excerpts so that they could give us their opinion on what was happening, in English of course! We had the students tell us what the causes/reasons for the bushfires were and the consequences. 

The aim of the activity was to talk about the very important and relevant issue that is climate change as we believe it’s vital that young people are aware of what is happening in the world, both good and bad. We asked the students about climate change: if they knew the difference between climate change and global warming; whether they believe in climate change and why; how it is affecting the world we live in and what we can do about it. They seemed to be very interested in the topic and shared interesting opinions and personal insights. It’s fair to say that they would do pretty much anything to save the poor animals affected by this devastation in Australian given the opportunity!

Christmas Crackers

Preparando nuestros Christmas Crackers

Para la celebrar la llegada de la Navidad los alumnos/as del IES Sierra Morena han realizado “Christmas Crackers”. Los Christmas Cracker son un artículo navideño típico de Reino Unido que consiste en un cilindro de cartón decorado y que suele contener una corona de papel, una pequeña broma y un pequeño regalo. Se comparte entre dos personas que tiran de los extremos haciendo que suene un bang.

Nuestros alumnos han aprendido sobre esta celebración decorando sus crackers y haciéndolos explotar. 

Aquí tenéis más información sobre los Christmas Crackers:

https://www.oldenglishcrackers.com/faqs/history-of-christmas-crackers/