CULTURAL WEEK

Every year, in February, our high school celebrates the cultural week(although it isn't a week, but two days) when pupils do some activities to celebrate the Andalucia day(February, 28th)

Some days before, students had to make posters that had information about the Andalucia's villages where we said how they are, which are their customes,his traditional dances and dishes, etc.
Others students had to put them in the halls to decorate the school. In addition, teachers organized a lot of activities. My teacher, Mercedes, wanted some friends and we will represent a theater called " El retablillo de Don Cristobal". All week we were rehearsing while others prepared a concert of flamenco.

On Thursday, February 25th, the cultural week began. First ping pong started, football and volleyball tournaments, in addition to dance classes. Some teachers gave lectures of biology and physics, and the library sold book at a great prize in a book fair. Throughout the days also there were games like pictionary, cards on a treasure hunt and we represent the theater. The week ended on Friday and all winners received their prizes(a sweatshirt or a shirt)

Although everybody had a great time, the cultural week had some flaws. Fourth grade students lost a lot of time making the posters(the others groups should have helped more).

Another bad thing are the prizes: they shouldn't give just t-shirt, because there are people who have won several awards and they carry them. They should give us books as prize, too. And lastly, I think that two hours of class that are before activities, they should remove them because we do nothing.

The cultural week was a good celebration. It makes pupils relax and forget about their studies for two days.


Laura Morales Almirón 4ºA, IES Alquivira, Spain.

Open Class

Hi, everybody!Last week we had an open class whose topic was "International Communication". The children were very enthusiastic during the class.

I asked them to draw the portrait of an imaginary friend abroad and then identify some common features that the two of them might have. Guess what they thought they might have in common: sports, of course, such as: skateboarding, football, riding the bike, swimming; maths - isn't this great or what? i was thinking about letting them exchange methods of solving maths problems; computer games and also i found out that they appreciate good behaviour, common sense and kindness.

I have attached some photos from during the class for which we had many guests from inside the school as well as from the local community.

Hello from Tiggiano. Our school is called “Don L.Milani”; it isn’t a big school, there are 90 students, and there are 6 classrooms and 7 laboratories: science, music, computer, art, gym, technology and a hall for shows. The building has two floors. The classrooms are on the first floor. Also the teachers have their own room. The lessons start at 8 o’clock a.m., and finish at 1 o’clock p.m. sometimes we have lessons also in the afternoon especially instrument lesson and gymnastics. In the morning we study: Italian, English, French, Technology, Art, Music, P.E., Religion, History, Geography, Science, Maths. We have two terms: end of January and end of June. Around the school there is a garden and one field for athletics . We play four types of instruments: violin, guitar, clarinet and keyboard. For Christmas we had a concert, it was great! In our school there is also a music band composed by the electric guitar, electric bass, drums, clarinet and keyboard. We like our school! And we are happy to have this etwinning project!
You can see photos of the school and of us!
(Written by Lorenzo Alessio, Silvia Alessio, class 2B, Tiggiano-Italy)

GRANADA

I am going to talk about Granada, my province.

-General: Granada is a city in Andalucía, Spain. It is in the South Spain. This province, it is situated the highest mountain in the country (3,481 m) and it summit's name is Mulhacen. It also has beaches in the Mediterranean Sea.

-Monuments:

.La Alhambra: It is the most visited monument in Spain and it is the top pait of Granada. It's very famous because it has arabic sites.


.Albayzín: The Albayzín is a neigborhood of Andalusi origin and it is below the Alhambra, the streets are narrow and well decorated.

-Natural sites:

.North province: Here there are many cave houses and it is a nice place because we have many species of animals and trees.
.Tropical coast: It is a area of hotels and good lands, the beaches are pebbles in some places. Also grown many tropicals fruits by the warm weather.
.Sierra Nevada: It there is also ski resort, it is very touristic and it is large, there were some ski international championships.

Granada celebrities:

.Federico García Lorca: It is the most international Spanish auther, and he is from Granada. He died in the war and his body hasn't been found because he was assassinated.
.María José Rienda: This granadine is the most international spanish skier, she won some awards. She is very professional.

YOU MUST VISIT ONCE IN YOUR LIFE GRANADA !!!!!

Alejandro Morenilla 4º A . I.E.S. ALQUIVIRA. Spain

NO MORE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SPAIN

The crisis has left thousands of people unemployed in Spain. The government is creating new jobs for these people. Some of these jobs are totally new. We never heard of them before. Take a look at these job advertisements.

LADYBIRD PAINTER

We need people to paint ladybirds. These people can't have shakes because the ladybirds are very small and they many be killed easily.

CITRUS FRUIT COLOURED

We are looking for people that like colouring and want to earn some money.
You only have to know how to colour citrus fruit and have to be very patient, because there are a lot of fruits.
The job is to colour as many fruits (orange and lemons) as the company, NATURA, produces in a day. You have to work 8 hours per day (5h in te morning ' 3 in the afternoon) excluding weekend.
I f you like it, you have jus tfound the perfect job for you. Call us at 937534377 0r send your curriculum at NATURA-company@hotmail.com

COFFIN SLEEPER

Are you the best fan of Count Dracula?
If you want to live like your idol you were born to work in the company coffin '' last sigh''.
You must sleep in a coffin every night and if you have sweet dreams, it is a fantastic coffin!
Everybody will envy you and you will be the heroine of the fashion magazines.

ATTENTION

The company isn't responsible of accidental funeral.



SWEET TESTER

If you belong to the nono generation (no study, no work) and want to change the situation, this is your job. We are looking for a person to test our sweets. You have to try two hundred Kinds in one day.
You will travel to all our factories spread around the world.
We need you this week.

Call us at 555-621-428
address: Springfield 4296
email: sweets-springfield@yahoo.us

MAYB WE NEED U

Have you ever been a true lazy person?
This is your job!
Is the sofa your paradise? congratulations!
We need people bored and lazy since they were born! Find me! I want you!
We are a furniture company who needs to test their furniture. The job has good conditions. It consists of taking a sit and sleep. Take a sit alone and enjoy!
You must test all our store.



Emilio Pardo, Francisco López, Laura Morales, Enrique García, Alejandro Morenilla
IES Alquivira, Spain

The most important festivities

There are many parties in this area, but the most important ones are :
1) Christmas.In my town there are many activities at christmas.First on 25th of december in the morning two people read a funny proclamation.This marks the beginning of Chrismas and some people wear traditional clothes, and go to house of animals and these people drink "cuerva" ( the popular drink in my town ), sometimes in the evening, there are popular dancer and the people who wear traditional clotes dance with woman.Also, 31th of December it is New Year eve and this night we have dinner with the family and at twelve o´clock we eat twelve grapes to celebrate the new year, and 6th of January the "magic kings" bring us a lot of present.

2)San Anton.In this party some people join their friends and they take firewood and the day of San Anton people burn the firewood and they have dinner with their friends, family......

3)Carnivals.In the carnivals we disguise ourselves and we go to the disco and later there are competitions for the clotes more original, more funny, more work.....

4)Santas.These are two saints Alodia and Nunilón.This party is very beautiful,there are two parties along in the year on May and June.This devotion cause a fight between two towns. In this party there are concerts, sport activites and finally there is a procesion.

5)August. This party last all month of August. In the afternoon there are races, film.... and in the night there are concerts.

These are the most important parties in my town,although these are more parties like, the fair, Faster... and when we arrive to this parties there are many people from differents parts of Spain in my town.
Are there any special festivities that you like in your country? Make a comment to this entry telling about the celebrations that you enjoy most.
Carmen Arias, IES Alquivira, Spain

LOS CHAVOS

Geographic: Los Chavos is situated in the east of Andalucia in the province of Granada. Los Chavos is one village is between 990 and 1012m altitude. Many years ago this area was covered by water.

Traditions and customs: Our parties are in honor of San Antonio de Padua in the months in june. We always eat our rice in the party and make games for all.
We also celebrate the party in our river where you eat and drink all day for free.
In Los Chavos the most popular food is crumbs and rice, and to drink good wine.

Monuments: We have a great monument (Church of San Antonio de Padua) and it's very nice for their sculptures.

History: In reality the name of the village is Almontaras because this village is very near a small hill called Almonte.
Although all the people who live here we say Chavos because the first man who lived here was called "The Tio Chavo".
What do you know about the history of your place of birth? Can you tell us in a comment to this post?


I.E.S Alquivira, Raúl Pérez López

COMPUTERS

Computers are machines that a lot of people use to look for information, keep things, write, etc. Computers are rectangular,some were thick or fine.The computer can be found in school, house, offices, hospitals and a lot of many more places. Computers can be of different models, laptop and it can have more or lees memory.A computer is conpuond by very necessary things like the disk drive, the monitor, the keyboard, the mouse and other not so necessary things, like the scanner, web cam, printer, speakers, etc...

We can use a computer to keep photos, music, videos, documents, and many other things. It can also be used to look for information in internet, play video games, and more...

Nowadays there are many gadgets that we use, and sometimes we abuse! Can you think of any other objects around us that make our life easier? Tell about it in a comment to this blog entry.

Adrián Sánchez López, IES Alquivira, Spain

Cave Houses

My name is Carola, I'm seventeen years old and I'm from the Netherlands. I came to Spain four years ago and since then I live in a cave. The first time I came here, the cave that my dad had bought looked very old and unsafe. My dad stayed here to work on the cave and to make it like a normal house. Six months later me and my mon went back and we were really surprised about the work that my dad had done.
The part of the cave where I live now, the first time wasn't even there but the second time I went he had it already finished! But I still wasn't convinced to live in that place, not because it was a cave house, but because in that area live a lot of gipsy's and I wasn't used to that.
When I started going to school things went better because then I understood that the gyupsy's had always lived there and that they weren't that bad. After four years my dad is still working on the house but I'm happy with it. My schooll is fun and I've got some friends and even a boyfriend. At the beginning I didn't thought that I could become happy here but now I am. Although lots of my friends or family who haven't been here don't understand it. They think that living in a cave is from the prehistorie but it isn't.
I really like living in a cave house because in the summer when it gets up to 40 degrees outside, inside you're at 17 degrees and in the winter the same. It's also really quiet, you don't hear almost nothing from outside. The only bad thing is that there's only daylight at the front part of the cave. My partens have also got a Bed and Brakfast but many people can't sleep in a cave because they aren't used to it or they become scared because there aren't any windows. Another bad thing that I see of living in a cave house is that inside the cave your mobile phone hasn't got any signal so you've always have to go outside. I think that to understand how it is to live in a cave you just have to come around someday and try it!
And how about you? Where do you live? What is your home like? Do you share with many people? Is it fun living in your house?

Carola Patrizia Cornelissen 4 ESO, IES Alquivira

THE SOUTH REGION OF SPAIN IS ANDALUCIA

The gastronomy in Andalucia is very varied and famous part of the mediterranean diet.In Andalucia the food is very varied because it contains meat ,fish , leguns, vegetables and all the harvest in Andalucia.On way to eat our food is fried,like the famous "pescaito frito" that is fried fish.
The best way to taste our food is with the "tapas" in my town we have the hest tapas bar in Spain.In Andalucia there is one drink that has to do with grienery that in summer is very refresing its name is "gazpacho".
other tipical things in Andalucia is the sweets of a floury consistence that it is the "polvoron".
Finally my favourite food in Andalucia is the "migas" that is fried flour and you can odd elmost any thing to it.
What food is typical from your region? What do you like most to eat?
Post your comments on food here.

OUR PATRON SAINT 'S CELEBRATION IN TIGGIANO(Italy)

On 18th and 19th january in Tiggiano (our village),it's the day of our patron saint, his name is: "IPPAZIO".
On 18th there is a village festival that is called "sagra della pestanaca". Pestanaca is a special type of carrot, we only have it! It's very good, and you can do everything with it: cakes, salad, pasta...
There is also a "pestanaca competition", the best carrot wins. And at the fair you can find everything! This year, there was a pig, and if you guessed the weight of it, you could win the pig!
On 19th, I and my friends went to the church, then we went to the religious procession with the statue of the saint in the streets; and then we went out.There were the stalls and the funfair!! We had lots of fun there! In the evening there were fireworks. It was great!!!
You can see photos of the "pestanache" (carrots)

(by Chiara Mione, Mattia Mastria

class 3B- Tiggiano, Italy)

Our nearest important city:Lecce

Lecce is an important city, about 50 km from us. We are in Puglia, south Italy. Lecce is very famous, thanks to the Baroque style, that decorates the churches, the buildings and the monuments of the town. Lecce is also called the “Florence of the south” for the art.
The most important places of Lecce are: Duomo’s square, and sant’Oronzo square; the roman and greek amphitheatre, church “Santa Croce” etc. In Lecce there is also a museum, that preserves some statues, reliefs, inscriptions, vases and ceramics. In Lecce there are other tourist attractions, like castles and gardens. The patron saint of Lecce is “sant’Oronzo” and it is

celebrated on the 27th of August. Lecce is a wonderful city. Come and visit it!

(by Danila Trane, class 3 A - Tiggiano, Italy)

Our Christmas concert

On the 21th of December 2009 we had the school concert in the church. We were so excited, happy and we were really nervous for the concert.
Everyone did something: someone sang, someone recited poems that each class wrote and a lot of us played the carols.

In our orchestra there are four types of instruments: piano, violin, clarinet and guitar. We played nine songs and we played them very well.

We wore a red sweater and black trousers.

We had to work a lot, but it was a good concert ad so we want to say “thanks” to our music teachers. Of course, the church was full of parents, friends, relatives and other people from our village.

It was a success!!!

( by Arianna Stefanelli, class 3B – Tiggiano- Italy)

LEGENDS

Surely, you have heard the story of king Arthur and one about mermaids or someone has told you he knows what the secret formula of cocacola is.These stories,we don't know if they are true, we call them legends.

Legends are stories that have a part that is true and one that is fantasy.These are transmitted from generation to generation ,so we don't know who first told them. They can also change a bit over the years. Legends are part of the culture and believes of a village or a country, they can be about great heroes or fear. However, they almost always have a moral.

There are many myths and legends arround the world. One of these stories everybody knows is Robin hoold, a man who lived with his friends in Sherwood forest, and who stole the rich to give to the poor .We also know about king Arthur and escalibur ,the mermaids, the fairies and more.In spain ,one of the best known legends is the “Cid”,which is about a nobleman and knight who fought against the moors to conquer the Iberian peninsula.

A new form of legend nowadays are urban legends that are passed by word of mouth and by new technology. Thanks to technology, these stories get to many people and they often believe them some of these myths are about famous people, like elvis presley, or the formula for coca cola.

In my opinion, this is way to have fun as long as we know to separate fact fron fiction, without letting legends affect us.

I suggest we read and find information about legends in our countries, and them share them here in this blog. If we collect a lof of them we can write a book, our own book of popular leyends.
Laura Morales Almirón 4ºA I.E.S Alquivira, Spain

HUÉSCAR, MY PRECIOUS TOWN

I live in huéscar, the best town in the world.
In Huéscar there are two parks where the boys and girls play
every day.The park Rodriguez Penalvez is the most beautiful
and it has a lot of plants and animals.
You can meet with your friends in the “Plaza Mayor” and you
can go to walk with them.You can go to the sport centre to
play a lot of sport.You can go to the Santas Benditas, place
where there is a church in the forest.You can visit the church
“Santa Maria” and you can speak with the priest. At
night, you can have dinner in a lot of different restaurants and then
you can go to the pub.You can visit the other towns around Huéscar
like “la Puebla de don Fadrique” or “Las Almontaras”.
In the summer,you can swim in “Fuencaliente” “palpacen”or the
municipal swimming-pool.You can buy an ice-cream and sit
on a bank in the park.Every sunday you can listen to the municipal
band in the Plaza Mayor at 21 o,clock.
If you come to Huéscar you will be very happy and you will
meet a lot of people.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW PEOPLE ENJOY THEIR TOWNS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. PLEASE, MAKE COMMENTS TO THIS ENTRY TELLING ABOUT THE PLACE YOU LIVE IN AND WHAT IS PRECIOUS ABOUT IT.

Enrique Garcia Gonzalez, 4ºA, IES Alquivira, Spain

The importance of travelling

THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAVELLING.
I'm going to talk about people who travel abroad. This subject has disadvantages and advantages, for example: if you are a young person you will have the hope to travel far from your parents, but you will need a lot of money to travel.
Lately, the number of people who travel to English countries is growing. Many people believe that it is a stupid thing, really it isn't that!
There are a lot of advantages for this practice:
-you can meet new people from various countries(Ilarian, spanish. japonese....)
you 'll learn to live together and you will learn to do things in the house too, that in your home, din't do!!!
-you will learn a language the best way because you will have the oportunity to talk with native people. For this reason, your learning will be better than in your country. You can learn English in a lot of ways, but learn there are 2 very important ones: First, you can pay your classes in a language school and second, you can find a job for your stay.
-you can do different activities according to your destiny.You can buy at different shops, learn it's gastronomy or i'ts customs. You can visit monuments that only you could see in a book or in photos. You can know other climate different from your city, and you can go out to a party too.

Well, but it has disadvantages too:
-You need money for your travel, but if you are a bright person, you can book your ticket and you will problably travel for less money.
-other disadvantages could be your transport it could be very comfortable and cheap or not.

In my opinion , all the students should travel to learn many other things that in their countries.If your parents don't want to pay your travel because it is very expensive, you can get a grant too. From my experience, travel and travel. It's fantastic!!
How about you?. Have you ever been abroad?
Tell your experience. What do you think of travelling?
Celia Gomez 4ºA I.E.S Alquivira Spain

SCHOOL FASHION DESIGN CLUB

Our school is called Parnu Vene Gymnasium. 700 students from 7 to 19 study here. We have a lot of out of class activities in our school. We`d like to tell you about our FACHION DESIGN CLUB called CHANCE. Students create two-three collections per year and present them at the Parnu fashion contest and the national fashion contest for schools. Every year our FASHION DESIGN CLUB gets a prize. It is one of the best school fashion design clubs in Estonia. We are very proud of it. There is no need to say that everything is made from waste materials, of course.
All club members are divided into there groups.
1. Fashion designers – generate ideas and design clothing and accessories.
2. Dressmakers – are good at sewing. They turn designers` ideas into life.
3. Fashion models – demonstrate clothing and accessories during fashion shows.
All club members work together in a team and help each other a lot. That`s why our club is the best.

Valeria Zaitseva, Karina Zakarzhevskaja
6A class
Parnu Vene Gymnasium
Teacher: Tamara Gordina

Famous Turkish Meals

Here you can see the combination of famous meals in Turkey.In the first picture you can see "İskender"which is a very famous meal in my hometown,Bursa.In the second picture you can see "dolma"in the middle,"helva" on the right and "imam bayıldı"on the left.These are all my favourite foods.They are delicious!

Ömer Faruk Gezer/TURKEY

The concert to our teachers

Loves from the School Band ..
Yeah first of all I want talk about myself.
I have been making music for 4 years , and singing for 2 years in the school band.
I like that...

About our band..
We are together for 2 years so we know each other well and also we know how to make music well.
and that's why we are making good music.
We are trying to play different kinds of music .(to improve ourselves in this situation)
It can be strange but we can play punk or folk music after we make jazz or metal..so I think we are good at it :)

We wish you having good time,and we do...

Aybars ADIGÜZEL from Turkey

Christmas time in Italy

Christmas is an important event all over the world and in our region too. When Christmas arrives, cities, streets and houses change. Everywhere, there are lights, Christmas trees and decorations that create a dream atmosphere. Most of the people spend their free time walking, going shopping and buying presents for parents and friends. People also decorate their houses. They prepare a beautiful and colourful tree and the crib, which represents the nativity. Students have concerts in school for their parents and relatives. Christmas can be considered a family feast, and an occasion to be with those we love. On Christmas eve, people usually go to the church at midnight to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. On Christmas day, people usually have a traditional lunch. Traditional food includes home-made pasta, “pittule” and “pandoro” or “panettone”, “cartellate” and “purcedduzzi”, which are the typical Christmas sweets. In the evening, people go to the cinema to watch Christmas films or visit relatives to wish them a “Merry Christmas”.

( By Musarò Michela, Abaterusso Elisa, Surano Lucia- class 2A)


At night on New Year’s Eve we stay with our friends and relatives. We have a typical dinner: “Cotechino and lenticchie”. For dessert there are Panettone, Torrone, Cartellate, Purceddhuzzi, …
Before midnight we do the countdown, that is also on television. During the wait, we play “tombola” and other board games. When midnight arrives, we open the champagne and we eat the “PANETTONE”, and then there are lots of multicoloured fireworks. It is really funny and fantastic! On first January there is a big meal. We stay with our family, and we have a big lunch.
On Epiphany Day we hang lots of socks on the fireplace because “BEFANA” (on old woman like a witch) comes with socks full of sweets and chocolates for good children. For bad children she fills the socks with black coal.
In our area we also have “live nativity”. They are fantastic: you can see photos.




Live Nativity








Cartellate e Porcedduzzi







Pandoro e Panettone












( By Lazzari Giulia , Negro Alessandra, Musio Valentina – class 2A)
From Tiggiano(LE) Italy