Indians and Puritans

Fancy celebrating Thanksgiving? At our school we did!!! The Mayflower brought us two Puritans. A native American was awaiting to welcome them as her ancestors did long long ago. The three of them told us about the origins of this special day in the USA. After their lecture, our students wrote their thank you messages that were posted into our super cool turkey box and later displayed in the main entrance hall. There are always so many reasons to be thankful for!!!

Broadstairs again!!!

Last October teachers Joel Gallardo and María Victoria Fernández took our 3º de ESO students to our favourite destination in England. There our pupils stayed with native families and attended lessons at Kent School of English. They also had real fun activities, such as hiking, pub and karaoke night, going to the cinema and barn dancing. The programme included visits to nearby Ramsgate, Canterbury Cathedral and King's College in Cambridge. They had an unforgettable experience as you can tell from the photos below:

Countdown for Broadstairs

Just one week to go to England!! By now our 23 students are so nervous that they can't hardly concentrate on their lessons... They can't wait to get on the plane and enjoy their exciting stay there!!!

Broadstairs

Climate Week

This has been a climate and environmental awareness week for our students. They have shown their concern for the worrying Climate Change Issue with posters written in English. Some works are so artistic, creative and imaginative that we couldn't help displaying them in the main entrance hall, so that all the visitors to school could admire them. Here you are some stunning samples:

Not a Good-Bye, but a See You Soon!!!

Pete, these eight months have flown so fast. You are leaving today, but we don't feel like saying good-bye, but see you soon. You know you will always be welcome at our school, so come back whenever you want!!!

3º de ESO and Recycling

This year different subject teachers have proposed 3º de ESO students to work on the issue of recycling.

In English the unit Recycle your Fashion finished with students' own fashion designs using recycled materials, such as plastic, cardboard, old clothes, paper and most important of all: work, enthusiasm, motivation, creativity and imagination. Some of them were amazing as seen in the photos below.

No wonder some of our students may become famous fashion designers in the future dressing kings, queens and celebrities as Lorenzo Caprile, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada or Alejandro Gómez Palomo do or maybe founding clothing companies such as Ecoalf imitating the example of Javier Goyeneche and his concern about the environment.

A Cool Technology Project

Can't you get a big town inside a small school? We can!!! How? That's easy thanks to our technology teacher Jorge García Angélica and his 3º and 4º de ESO students with the help of other teachers such as Aurelio Vega and Francisco Dueñas. They have developed a stunning project not only shown at our school, but beyond as their "Smart City Project" has taken part in the XI Encuentro de Ciencias at IES Bezmiliana on 2th May and in FANTEC/19 in the Facultad of Ingeniería at the UMA on 24th May. There is also an information brochure in three different languages: Spanish, English and Portugese because our English assistant teacher and a Brazilian exchange student have also been involved in this fabulous initiative.

With this ambitious project, Jorge doesn't simply want to teach technology making use of 3D printers and stuff like that. He also aims to make young people concerned about the worrying evinronmental issue and we think he got it.
According to him, this work will be retaken up next year. In the meanwhile we can enjoy some photos taken at the different exhibitions:

Gibraltar 2019

The trip to Gibraltar has become a must at our school. Last Friday, our 3º de ESO students enjoyed a wonderful day there. The weather was great: we could see Africa so clearly from Europa Point!!! We also visited the Saint Michael's Caves, we went up the Rock and had an amazing sight. As usual, the apes came to welcome us!!! We also had some free time for luch and for some shopping. We learned some of Gibraltar history and had the chance of listening and speaking some English. Next year, we will go back!!!

The End of the Beginning

Last Tuesday we had a great time with theatre company Moving On and this year's play The End of the Beginning. The play dealt with the difficult situation of immigrants in foreign countries. Almenara and Salvador Rueda students had the chance of acting on stage because, as usual, the company didn't have enough actors!!

Have you got 4 euros to spare?

That little amount of money for a play in English in Teatro del Carmen. Once again the company Moving On is performing for us next Tuesday 12th March. Don't give it a second thought and join us if you are a 2º, 3º or 4º student. We'll have a good laugh at the theatre with The End of the Beginning!

Another Assistant Teacher at our School

We are so lucky we got another Assistant Teacher this year!!! Her name is Carmen Rocío Jiménez. She is about to finish her degree in "Estudios Ingleses" at the University of Málaga. She is taking part in an Apprenticeship University Programme for future teachers. As part of her Practice Programme, every Friday, Carmen, will enhance oral skills in some of the lessons in English language at our school. We hope she has a nice stay with us and students learn a lot.

Halloween Activities

As usual, families decorated the hall for us to celebrate this festivity. It looked great as you can see:

1º and 2º de ESO students made terrifying pop up cards in Art lessons. Here you are some samples of the great work:

In the English lessons, 1º de ESO students had the chance to enjoy a fun class by Pete, our great assistant teacher this year; 2º de ESO students visited the English Cemetery in Málaga and 3º and 4º de ESO students went to the cinema and enjoyed the film "The House with a Clock in its Walls".

PTVAL and Aula Específica students wore their fancy dresses and their teachers did a great job making them up:

Again by this time of the year we made most of this festivity at school !!

Interviews at Muelle 1

After visiting the English Cemetery, our 2º de ESO students spent some time in Muelle 1, the best place in Málaga to interview English speakers. Many of them were willing to answer their questions, so our students had real fun and made most of their trip using English with a real communicative purpose.

The Germans' stay on a video

Here you are the great video by our 3º de ESO student Aroa Arrebola showing a wonderful week we will never forget.

Last October will always stay in our hearts and thoughts!!!

German students' stay at our school

At last the 14 German students from Kulmbach Caspar Vischer Gymnasium in Germany visited us from the 20th to the 28th of October! They stayed with 3º de ESO host families, giving our students and their families the chance of speaking English, the common languague.

After the warm welcome at our school with a traditional breakfast, a flamenco show by some of our girls and a great flamenco workshop by Antonio Guerra, the German students and their two teachers, Yvonne and Gaby, ejoyed a full week activity programme. The plan started with a guided tour in English to the main monuments in Vélez by 4º de ESO students. Visits to Málaga, Torrox, Frigiliana and Granada were also inluded. The Germans also took part in PE and English lessons and learned about our educative system.

¡Por fin los 14 alumnos alemanes de la escuela de Educación Secundaria Caspar Vischer en Kulmbach, Alemania, nos visitaron desde el 20 hasta el 28 de Octubre! Se alojaron con familias de alumnos de 3º de ESO. Esto dio la oportunidad tanto a los alumnos como a sus familias de practicar inglés, la única lengua en común.

Tras la cálida bienvenida en nuestro instituto con desayuno típico, una exhibición de baile regional a cargo de seis alumnas y un estupendo taller de flamenco impartido por Antonio Guerra, el alumnado alemán y sus dos profesoras, Yvonne y Gaby, disfrutaron de un extenso programa de actividades a lo largo de la semana. Éste empezó con la visita guiada en inglés a nuestro entorno monumental por los alumnos de 4º de ESO. También se incluyeron visitas a Málaga, Torrox, Frigiliana y Granada. Los alemanes asistieron a clases de Educación Física e Inglés, aprendiendo así sobre nuestro sistema educativo. 

Stay in Bray, Ireland

Twenty four of our 3º de ESO students, together with their teachers Miguel Ángel Jurado and María Eugenia Godoy, have taken part in a stay in Ireland from 7^th to 14^th October.

They stayed with host families having the chance to speak English in a real context and learn about Irish culture at the same time. In the mornings students attended a language course in ATC Language School in Bray. Besides they also enjoyed fun activities such as Karaoke Night, Cinema Night, Irish Pub, Irish Dance, Bowling... They also had several guided tours: Dublin, Howth, Kilkenny and coastal walk to Greystones.

It has been a great experience for both students and teachers!!

Desde el 7 al 14 de Octubre, 24 alumnos y alumnas de 3º de ESO, acompañados de sus profesores Miguel Ángel Jurado Tornero y María Eugenia Godoy Talamonte, han participado en una estancia de inmersión lingüística en Irlanda en régimen de alojamiento en familias, fomentándose así no sólo el uso de la lengua inglesa en un contexto comunicativo real, sino también el intercambio cultural.

A la asistencia a un curso de lengua inglesa en ATC Language School en la localidad de Bray en horario de mañana, hay que sumarle diversas visitas guiadas en lengua inglesa a la capital del país, Dublín, a Greystones, a Howth y al castillo de Kilkenny.

El programa también se complementó con actividades tales como Baile Tradicional Irlandés, Bolera, Karaoke, Cine, Pub Irlandés... que perseguían el uso de la lengua inglesa de forma lúdica.

¡¡Ha sido una experiencia estupenda tanto para los alumnos como para los profesores acompañantes!!

Our new Assistant Teacher

New academic course, new resolutions, new expectations, new friends, new teachers and, last but not least, new Assistant Teacher. Let me introduce Peter Brewis from England!!!

     

      

Hi everyone! 

I’m Pete, your new English Assistant Teacher. I’ll be here until the end of May, bringing my English expertise to the bilingual classes at Salvador Rueda!

A little bit about me... I was born in Carlisle (in the north of England, near to the border with Scotland), but I now live in Manchester. I moved to Manchester 17 years ago, to start work as a journalist. I began working on a nightclub technology magazine, and later wrote and edited a range of a magazine about architectural design.

I now work as a freelance writer and editor, mostly focused on the technology and design of live music concerts. I love the Spanish language and Spanish culture, so I’m looking forward to learning about both during my eight months in Andalusia. 

And, of course, I’m looking forward to meeting all the students at Salvador Rueda! So, if you see me in the corridors, come and say hello!

   

¡Hola a todos!

Me llamo Pete. Soy vuestro nuevo Auxiliar de Conversación. Estaré aquí hasta finales de mayo, trayendo mi pericia a las clases bilingües del Salvador Rueda.

Un poco sobre mi... Nací en Carlisle (una ciudad pequeña en el norte de Inglaterra, cerca de la frontera con Escocia), pero hoy en día vivo en Manchester. Me mudé hace 17 años para empezar atrabajar como periodista en una revista de tecnología de discotecas. Luego, escribía y redactaba para una revista de arquitectura y diseño.

Ahora, trabajo como periodista autónomo, especializado en el tema de la tecnología y diseño de conciertos de pop. Me encantan la lengua y la cultura españolas, así que estoy desando aprender mucho sobre las mismas durante los meses que pasaré aquí en Andalucía.

Y, por supuesto, ¡tengo muchas ganas de conocer a los estudiantes del Salvador Rueda!

¡Si me veis por los pasillos, saludadme!

  

   

Amancio Ortega Scholarships

Are you a 4º de ESO student? Would you like to study 1º de Bachillerato in Canada or in the USA? If so, apply for a Fundación Amancio Ortega Grant. The call is open until Tuesday, 30th October 13 p.m. For more details click here.

¿Estudias 4º de ESO? ¿Te gustaría estudiar 1º de Bachillerato en Canadá o en Estados Unidos? Si es así, solicita una Beca Fundación Amancio Ortega. La convocatoria está abierta hasta el Martes 30 de Octubre a las 13 horas. Para más información pincha aquí.

Kulmbach, welcome!!

Our school wants to welcome the German students and teachers coming next October, so we have recorded a video for them:

Trinity Exams

From now on this is school is a Trinity Examination Venue, so don't make any more excuses and go for the B1 or B2!!!!