Changing Paradigms : reforming public education

Take some time to watch the video. You won´t be deceived !

New English Language Assistant

We have a new language assistant at school! Her name is Amanda Dawson and she comes from Ohio, USA.

WELCOME to school Amanda !

We hope you have a wonderful time in Zaragoza and that you feel at home in our school.

Steve Jobs dies

Just take some time to listen to probably his most popular speech. It´s worth it!

WIKI , WIKI

Do you know what a WIKI is ? Do you want to know?

Some of our students of 1st year ESO are working on famous people´s biographies . They are learning a lot and what is more important , they have a collaborative wikispace where they are posting their essays and pictures. Do you want to have a look at their splendid wiki ?

Click here - you won´t believe your eyes .

22nd March - World Water Day

Drops for Niger is an educational campaign carried out by UNICEF that seeks to show the importance of water as a basic human right to be respected an valued, as well as its relation to child survival. It also teaches us about the situation in one of the poorest countries in the world, where only 46% of the population has access to drinking water.

To help UNICEF the IES Goya decided to carry out different acts of solidarity , among which we have to highlight our badges workshop. The students of 2ºBachiller Artes designed 24 different badges , which we later made and sold among students. The sudents of 1st year ESO also made lots of wonderful bracelets , which sold really well. The video "Drops" , one of the educational tools provided by UNICEF, was also projected in our main hall at breaktime. On the whole , it was a great experience in which a great amount of students and teachers got involved. I must say this is not the first time we try to support UNICEF . We are very happy to contribute to their mission.

Go to the link below. There is a picture an a comment on our work

http://www.enredate.org/cas/blog/taller_de_chapas_y_pulseras_para_niger_ies_goya

International Women´s Day

Today we have celebrated the International Women´s Day at school. One of the acts which took place at break time was the projection of this video. I must say it was our language assistant , Laura Krebs , the one who found this wonderful video file on Youtube. Some of our students have already seen this video in class. And probably most of you managed to see it this morning. However, I decided to upload it just in case you missed it. Enjoy it .

International School Day of Peace

Just as every year our school celebrates the International Day of Peace on the 30th January. In this ocassion we want to commemorate Sadako Sasaki´story, a Japanese girl who was 2 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6 , 1945 near her home in Hiroshima , Japan.

Sadako got very ill a few years later. Her best friend encouraged Sadako to fold 1,000 cranes , in reference to the ancient Japanese story that promises that anyone who folds 1,000 origami cranes will be granted a wish .

At break time , next Wednesday and Thursday , our students will be given the chance to fold their own paper cranes. A few desks will be placed in the main hall of our school and and tuition will be provided for anyone who wants to have a go at it. Some students have already been working on this . That´s why you will see a great display of coloured paper cranes and a picture of Sadako on one of the walls of the school entrance hall. Our AIM is to fold 1,000 cranes and send them to Hiroshima with our deepest wish for PEACE.

Watch this video and learn the story of Sadako. Do you think she managed to fold 1,000 paper cranes ?

One more thing !! White ribbons and a new pocket calendar for 2011 will be distributed among students at break time next Thursday. Hope you enjoy it all !!

This is the BBC

A few days ago some of you enjoyed the wonderful play performed by Moving On Theatre Company called "This is the BBC".

I must say that this is the fifth time that we have had the same company in our school and once again the play was very entertainning and the actors very professional.

Every year we find the experience very motivating as students really get to understand what is going on.The children thoroughly enjoy their time and have a good laugh , especially those who are asked to join the actors on stage. Don´t you agree? Watch the video and see what you think ...

If you want to contact the company ,here is their internet address http://www.movingonsl.com/

Christmas Traditions

Read the following journal called "My English Christmas" to learn a little bit more about how Christmas are celebrated in Great Britain. It is an extract form "I love English" magazine nº 3

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Open publication - Free publishing - More christmas

Model Exhibition

Our students of 1st year ESO C organized an exhibition at our school to let their schoolmates enjoy the wonderful models they made of the favourite room in their house.

To make the models they used shoe boxes and lots of imagination.

Did you miss the exhibition? Well , watch the video then.