SAYING GOODBYE TO KAYLEIGH

Today's the last working day for our current conversation assitant KAYLEIGH VANTASSEL. The American assistant who has been with us these last two school years 2020-21 e 2021-22.

To end her stay with us, she organized the "HOMECOMING" activities, which have brought us so much satisfaction and fun last week. 

Kayliegh, we just want to thank you for your hard work, your efforts, your vitality and kindness. We wish you all the best in your life and we'll certainly miss you, though you know where we are.

LINK: ALL OUR CONVERSATION ASSISTANTS.

 

REMEMBERING OUR CONVERSATION ASSISTANTS

On the day before we say goodbye to this year's conversation assistant, we also want to remember the previous who have been teaching our students ever since we started our Bilingual & Plurilingual Programmes. Thanks to all of them wherever they are now.

Kayleigh Vantassel (USA)

(school year 2020-21 & 2021-22)

Joshua DeYoung (USA)

 (school year 2018-19 & 2019-20. Fulbright programme)

Ben Davidson (USA)

 (school year 2017-18. Fulbright programme)

Laura Oxenreiter (USA)

(school year 2016-17)

Byron Santi (USA)

(school year 2015-16)

Tom Pazo (USA)

(school years 2013-14 & 2014-15)

Paul Behrend (USA)

 (school years 2011-12 & 2012-13)

Sarah Needham (UK)

(third term in school year 2010-11) 

(school year 2010-11) + another Canadian girl called Nicole

 

Kasia (UK)

(school year 2008-09 & 2009-10)

Rose (from UK)

(school year 2007-2008)

HOMECOMING VIDEOS

 

As we had said, we're showing some of the videos recorded during last week's "Homecoming" activities from the talent show.

We're including the ones shot horizontally, as the others don't offer the possibility of inserting them here. We might be uploading others, if received.

...AND THE "RAFAEL DIESTE HOMECOMING" WINNERS ARE...

Photo: Team 4ºESO-A

 We have counted up all the scores of all the teams and the results are the following:

WINNERS OF THE "RAFAEL DIESTE HOMECOMING":

1st: 4ºESO-A "KURT COBAIN" - MAMMOTHS - RED & BLACK 

2nd: 4ºESO-B "FREDDIE MERCURY" - PANTHERS - GREEN & BLACK

3rd: 3ºESO-C "ISAAC NEWTON" - WOLVES - GREY & BLACK

4th: 2ºESO-D "SHAKIRA" - SIBERIAN TIGERS - PURPLE & WHITE

 

Above the final score chart

We also have a special award for the best class representatives to EMMA STERJO & JOHANA OSAYANDE from 2ºESO-C.

And we'd like to give special thanks to SARAY VARELA (4ºA) & KAMILLE PRAINHA (4ºB) for all their work in preparing the activities and helping during them.

On Tuesday's break there will be a meeting with the winning teams to give the awards.

RAFAEL DIESTE'S HOMECOMING

"HOMECOMING" is an annual high school and college tradition in the United States to welcome back all the community members. It is built around a central event, most often a sporting event. When they are held at schools the activities may vary greatly. However, they often consist of activities that promote healthy competition and a sense of belonging to a community. 

Well, this year we've also celebrated a "homecoming" at the "Rafael Dieste".

 (Photo above Kayleigh, together with the head of our English Department Hilda Fraga).

The true organizer of all this event has been Kayleigh Vantassel, our conversation assistant for the last two years, who thought it was a good idea to set it up in our school. Kayleigh has put into this project a great amount of hard work, but we'll sure treasure the experience for a long time. It has also meant a lot of partnership from all the other community members: students and teacher staff. 

Students have taken part in different activities of our particular "HOMECOMING", facing the different class groups against each other in the following activities, but not only the victories and correct answers are valued, also aspects of social relationships and behaviour among them.

- BASKETBALL MATCHES:

- TALENT SHOW: students showing off their different talents.

- TRIVIA QUIZ: answering random questions in a four topic contest.

- GYMKHANA of activties

We believe that this activity has been a very good one for the whole community, especially after the time we have all been living.

Students have participated as class groups, each of them with a name, two specific colours, a pet, and a group song that represents them. Each group had a teacher and two student leaders to coordinate them. At the moment, they are working out the results to see which group has won.

But what we won't forget is the good time we've all had this morning...

...students,...

...and teachers...

We've be updating with the resulting winners on another post.

Special BIG thank you to Kayleigh for all her hard work and an extended one to everyone who has taken part in such a fantastic day!

- Galician version of this post @ RafaelDiesteBlog.

PASSWORD COMPETITION: OUR PAIR-TEAMS & POSTER

 This is the poster that announces the "PASSWORD COMPETITION" which will take place on the 6th of June. We'll be competing against the secondary schools of Sada ("Isaac Diaz Pardo") & Santa Cruz-Oleiros ("María Casares").

The "Rafael Dieste" Team is formed by the following pairs:

ANGÉLICA IGLESIAS LORENZO & IRIA MILES DIAZ (4ºA)

LAURA CASTRO EXPÓSITO & KAMILLE PRAINHA PEDROZO (4ºB)

ISABEL GARCÍA ALLER & IRIA TORRE CASTRO (4ºB)

NOA OTERO FERNÁNDEZ (4ºA) & TANIA CALVELO MONTES (4ºB)

TOMAS ALONSO CALVO (4ºA) & ROQUE TORRE CASTRO (4ºB)

XOEL AÑÓN LAGE (4ºA) & IAGO LÓPEZ PÉREZ (4ºB)

Wishing them all good luck in the competition!!

10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE KING RICHARD III

 

TEN INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT KING RICHARD III

NOUN SUFFIXES: '-HOOD'

 

CONFUSING 'HARD' vs 'HARDLY'

'HARD' & 'HARDLY' are two words that can seem similar, but they mean quite different. Hard is an adjective and adding '-LY', we get the corresponding adverb, but not with the supposed corresponding meaning. These two images show the meaning of each.