Classes have been cancelled due to the State of Alarm introduced because of the Coronavirus outbreak. The grammar exams of all my groups have been changed to new dates you can check HERE. Detailed info about all the changes on the school's webpage.
This is what you should work on during the lockdown for these exams:
I've set up groups on Google Classroom to keep in touch with you. You need a code to entre your group. I've sent the codes by whatsapp & email to students of 4ºESO and 1ºBAC to pass on to others. My 2ºESO students or anybody who hasn't received it or has any doubts/questions can contact me at the email at the end of this message.
Keep calm down during the lockdown. There's a lot of time to do lots of things.
As clases foron canceladas debido ao Estado de Alarma imposto pola crise do Coronavirus. Os exames de gramática de todos os meus grupos foron cambiados a unhas novas datas que podedes comprobar AQUÍ. Información detallada sobre todos os cambios na páxina web do instituto.
Isto é no que podedes traballar durante o confinamento para estes exames:
Montei grupos en Google Classroom para manter contacto con vos. Necesitades un código para entrar no voso grupo. Enviei os códigos por whatsapp e email a algún alumnado de 4º e 1ºBAC para que o pasasen aos demáis. O meu alumnado de 2ºESO e calquera que non o recibise ou ten dúbidas/preguntas, pode contactar conmigo no email ao final desta mensaxe.
Mantede a calma durante o confinamento. Hai un montón de tempo para facer moitas cousas.
Watch this video from the BBC with instruction to prevent Coronavirus or any other virus diseases. The telephone numbers mentioned in the video are for the UK only. In Galicia there's a free-phone information number 900 400 116 or 061.
Video:
Prevention tips video:
At the peak of the coronavirus histeria, it's worth reminding that the best way to prevent the spreading and protect ourselves is a correct personal hygiene, which includes washing your hands. Because hands are the main gateway to the widespread of germs and viruses. Are we washing our hands correctly? Watch the video below to check.
All international media is full of news about the incidence of the Coronavirus. here's a video with some basic information about it. To know more about how to prevent it, click HERE.
Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer & composer & half of the duo Roxette, has died at the age of 61. The group had great success in the late 80s and 90s all over the world selling more than 75 million records. Their career had a first stop when in 2002 Marie was diagnosed with brain cancer. She recovered after lots of treatments and even had to learn to talk and read again. But in 2005 she came back to music recording several solo albums and officially back to Roxette in 2011, recording albums and performing in concerts until in 2016 when she had to give it all up definitely.
Let's remember -or maybe discover her- with some of her songs.
Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish student who one day school striked for a week to protest against the Swedish government and its inactivity against global warming.
But how did all this start? Before August 20th last year, Thunberg went to school like most Stockholm teenagers. Some things had happened in Sweden during that summer that woke something up in her and she thought she had to do something about it. Sweden had been affected by a heat wave which had brought 50 forest fires burning 20.000 hectares.
So on August 20th, instead of going to school she stood in front of the Swedish Parliament and said she wouldn't go back until she was heard. Since then she has become known worldwide. Last Tuesday she gave a speech at the Climate Awareness Summit in the United Nations in New York.
Video: Greta Thunberg @ UN New York 23/Sept/19:
Link to more on Greta Thunberg & Climate Change @ ArquivosDoTrasno.
This weekend will be changing the time again, we'll have one extra hour to sleep... Previously this summer, there has seen controversy throughout Europe to stop shifting time in Spring and Autumn. It's said that March 2019 will see the last time shift as Governments consider this change has more disadvantages, specially in people's health, than benefits in saving energy. Not changing the time will mean that each country will have to opt for one of the time patterns (Winter's or Summer's) and some like Spain will also have to consider in adapting its time to our appropriate time zone or not.
Today we learnt about the death of prestigious scientists Stephen Hawking. In the day of his loss we want to pay tribute to him. Here are some links to know more about him.
"LOOK UP AT THE STARS AND NOT DOWN AT YOUR FEET" Professor Stephen Hawking
This afternoon's breaking news, the sudden death of Dolores O'Riordan, singer and leader of Irish band The Cranberries. She has died in London today at the age of 46. The cause of her death is still unknown. From here, our tribute to her with her greatest hits.
Video "ZOMBIE", The Cranberries: (In memory of the 2 boys, Jonathan Ball & Tim Parry, killed in the 1993 IRA bomb attack in Warrington, near Liverpool, UK)
Video "LINGER", The Cranberries: Video "DREAMS", The Cranberries:
Video "WHEN YOU'RE GONE", The Cranberries:
Video "ANIMAL INSTINCT", The Cranberries:
Video "ODE TO MY FAMILY", The Cranberries: Video "JUST MY IMAGINATION", The Cranberries:
[Foto: Presentation Fulbright assistants 2017, Xunta de Galicia.]
Today classes will be starting at IES Plurilingüe "Rafael Dieste". Unfortunately, I won't be at school today, as the welcome reception to Fulbright Conversation Assistants will be held at Cidade da Cultura in Santiago de Compostela during the morning. That's where I'll be together with this year's conversation assistant, Ben Davidson, from New Jersey, the USA.
This year's Conversation Assistant will be starting school from this week and continue all up to the end of the school year with more hours devoted to our timetable. We're very lucky!
So don't worry, because you'll soon be meeting him! + info in Galician. IES Plurilingües Eusebio da Guarda, Rafael Dieste, Elviña, Adormideras e o Rafael Puga Ramón na Coruña cidade.
Last night a tribute concert was held in Manchester for the victims of Manchester Arena terror attack during Ariana Grande's concert. Ariana together with other artists raised funds with this concert. Here its highlights:
Video "DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER" Coldplay & Ariana:
Video "FIX YOU", Coldplay:
Video "ANGELS, Robbie Williams:
Video "HAPPY", Pharell Williams & Miley Cirus:
Video "DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER", Ariana Grande & Miley Cirus:
Today we've woken up with another sad story, the second terrorist attack in London in three months and third in the UK after the attack on Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester Arena. On the graphic above you can see the places attacked after leaving the van at the end of the London Bridge.
In the aftermath of Tuesday's terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena at the end of Ariana Grande's concert, people have gathered in the city to pay tribute to its victims. In one of the tributes in the city's Albert Square, local poet Tony Walsh read out a poem of support to his city and its inhabitants. Here you can watch the video of the moment and read/listen to the complete poem which is transcribed below. "THIS IS THE PLACE". It's our tribute to the victims and people of Manchester and of any other attack throughout the world. Let's hope it could be the last time.
Video:
This is the place
In the north-west of England. It’s ace, it’s the best
And the songs that we sing from the stands, from our bands
Set the whole planet shaking.
Our inventions are legends. There’s nowt we can’t make, and so we make brilliant music
We make brilliant bands
We make goals that make souls leap from seats in the stands
And we make things from steel
And we make things from cotton
And we make people laugh, take the mick sommat rotten
And we make you at home
And we make you feel welcome and we make summat happen
And we can’t seem to help it
And if you’re looking from history, then yeah we’ve a wealth
But the Manchester way is to make it yourself.
And make us a record, a new number one
And make us a brew while you’re up, love, go on
And make us feel proud that you’re winning the league
And make us sing louder and make us believe that this is the place that has helped shape the world
And this is the place where a Manchester girl named Emmeline Pankhurst from the streets of Moss Side led a suffragette city with sisterhood pride
And this is the place with appliance of science, we’re on it, atomic, we struck with defiance, and in the face of a challenge, we always stand tall, Mancunians, in union, delievered it all
Such as housing and libraries and health, education and unions and co-ops and first railway stations
So we’re sorry, bear with us, we invented commuters. But we hope you forgive us, we invented computers.
And this is the place Henry Royce strolled with Rolls, and we’ve rocked and we’ve rolled with our own northern soul
And so this is the place to do business then dance, where go-getters and goal-setters know they’ve a chance
And this is the place where we first played as kids. And me mum, lived and died here, she loved it, she did.
And this is the place where our folks came to work, where they struggled in puddles, they hurt in the dirt and they built us a city, they built us these towns and they coughed on the cobbles to the deafening sound to the steaming machines and the screaming of slaves, they were scheming for greatness, they dreamed to their graves.
And they left us a spirit. They left us a vibe. The Mancunian way to survive and to thrive and to work and to build, to connect, and create and greater ― Manchester’s greatness is keeping it great.
And so this is the place now with kids of our own. Some are born here, some drawn here, but all call it home.
And they’ve covered the cobbles, but they’ll never defeat, all the dreamers and schemers who still teem through these streets
Because this is a place that has been through some hard times: oppressions, recessions, depressions, and dark times.
But we keep fighting back with greater Manchester spirit. Northern grit, northern wit, and greater Manchester’s lyrics
And these hard times again, in these streets of our city, but we won’t take defeat and we don’t want your pity.
Because this is a place where we stand strong together, with a smile on our face, greater Manchester forever
And we’ve got this place where a team with a dream can get funding and something to help with a scheme.
Because this is a place that understands your grand plans. We don’t do “no can do” we just stress “yes we can”
Forever Manchester’s a charity for people round here, you can fundraise, donate, you can be a volunteer. You can live local, give local, we can honestly say, we do charity different, that Mancunian way
And we fund local kids, and we fund local teams. We support local dreamers to work for their dreams. We support local groups and the great work they do. So can you help us. help local people like you?
Because this is the place in our hearts, in our homes, because this is the place that’s a part of our bones
Because greater Manchester gives us such strength from the fact that this is the place, we should give something back
Portugal has won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 49 years with the song "AMAR PELOS DOIS" performed by Salvador Sobral. He said on receiving the trophy: "We live in a world of fast food music. This is a victory for music... music isn't fireworks, music is feeling." We're enclosing the videos of the winning moment of the show, his final performance with his sister Luisa, who is the composer of the song. Later a video with some extra info about him and a final lyric video with the song in Portuguese and the English translation.
Videos @ Eurovision final 2017:
Video "AMAR PELOS DOIS", Salvador Sobral @ ESC Final:
In second position came Bulgaria with Kristian Kostov and the song "BEAUTIFUL MESS":
Another of our favourites was Sweden with Robin Bengtsson's "I CAN'T GO ON" which ended up 5th.
"Love Actually" has finally got its sequel, 14 years later. It's not a second film really, but a short film for charity shown on British TV on March 24th and on American TV next May 25th. Its director Richard Curtis has been directing again. It features: Liam Neeson, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, his stepson in the film, Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Martine McCutcheon, Andrew Lincoln, Lucia Moniz, Bill Nighy, Marcus Brigstocke, Olivia Olson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laura Linneyand Rowan Atkinson. Emma Thompson isn't on the list, and obviously, neither her unfaithful husband, Alan Rickman, who died last year. The sequel has been made for charity purposes.
Here are some photos of the filming and the trailers of the sequel:
The moment Theresa May's letter is handed in to Europe Council's president Donald Tusk by Tim Barrow.
Today, March 28th, is the day Brexit starts, and this is how the British newspaper THE GUARDIAN has shown its front page. Below the video of the Prime Minister Theresa May's statement on the Article 50.
Last Wednesday, as our student's were boarding on their plane to London at Alvedro, we learnt about the breaking news of the terror attack on one of London's most iconic tourist landmarks: Westminster Bridge and the Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament.
Today in the aftermath of the attack, we're including an infographic photo of how the attacks happened and some videos which retrace it.
Our condolences to the victims, amongst who is a woman who has family roots in Betanzos.
Videos:
- Video with data: - Retracing the attacker's route:
We're glad to announce that this afternoon, a group of twelve 4ºESO students from our school will be boarding on a plane in Alvedro on a 5-day trip to London.
They'll be visiting important landmarks in the capital* and they'll also be visiting a school in the village of Waddesdon, 95kms away. There, they'll also go to visit Waddesdon Manor, which belonged to the Rothschild family.
Have a good trip! Enjoy!
+ info:Waddesdon Manor
*BREAKING NEWS: TERROR ATTACK @ WESTMINSTER. Unfortunately, as they were boarding on the plane, we've learnt that there has been a terrorist attack on Westminter Bridge by the Big Ben & Houses of Parliament. Link to LATEST UPDATES OF THE NEWS. Info on the attack:
The year we are decoting to the Cosmos, seven Earth-sized planets have been observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope around a tiny, nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Three of these planets are firmly in the habitable zone. Their existence has just been confirmed. Watch the video below for all the information.
Yesterday we knew about the death of another great British actor, John Hurt. We want to pay a small tribute to him from here remembering his appearance as Winston Smith in the film based on George Orwell's book "1984", though he has played many brilliant performances both on films & TV series: Caligula on the TV series "I, Claudius", Garrick Ollivander in the"Harry Potter" film series, "Alien","Elephant Man", "Midnight Express", "V for Vendetta", etc...
2016, the horrible year of music business, seems it's going to continue like that up to the end, right up to its last day. Today, we've had breakfast hearing the news of the death of another pop icon, George Michael at 53. RIP. We remember him with some of his songs and which was the first James Corden's carpool karaoke.
So Bob Dylan is the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". He must be the only Nobel Prize in Literature that sings... and also has an Oscar, a Prince of Asturias award, ten Grammies and a Pulitzer. Congratulations!
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