SURVIVING THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR...

... and so we're closing down this blog for the summer break. Hope to be back in September, meanwhile may you all have a great summer holiday!

THANKS, PAUL!

Some of you will still remember an old friend of our school, Paul Behrend, who was conversation assistant at our school between 2011 and 2013. He has recently gone back to his country, the United States, after a 7-year stay in Spain,  but he got to send us a box full of material for our school with some games and books.
One of those books is very special because it comes with his own handwritten dedication as a donation to the Rafael Dieste School Library. 

So from here, we'd like to thank him for remembering us and pay a tribute to one of the most devoted conversation assistants we've ever had with the school, the students and the teachers and wish him the best for his new life back home.

You know where we are!

Good luck, Paul! Thanks!

Here are photos of the book and his dedications:

Galician version of this post @ ArquivosDoTrasno.

ANIMAL NAMES BY GENDER & AGE

This picture chart shows names of animals according to gender (male/female) and age.More on animal names depending on age on a previous post HERE: BABY ANIMALS.

CRIME-PUNISHMENT PICTIONARY

Some vocabulary on crime and punishment.

COLLOCATIONS WITH 'MONEY'

This chart shows common verb collocations with the word MONEY.

PREPOSITIONS+PARTS OF THE DAY

Basic charts of the use of prepositions with the different parts of the day.

For deeper insight of the topic, check a previous post HERE.

[12th CW] DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOCTORS

This charts shows the different names given to doctors according to their specialities.

TYPES OF DETERMINERS

WRITING TIPS: AN OPINION ESSAY

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

This chart checks on the possessive adjectives.

More on possessive in this previous post on this blog HERE.

CONFUSING USES: 'WILL', 'WOULD', 'SHALL' & 'SHOULD'

CONFUSING FUTURE TENSES: "I WILL" vs "BE GOING TO+INF"

Look at these infographics to distinguish the always confusing use of WILL vs BE GOING TO to express future.

"ONE LOVE MANCHESTER" CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS

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:

BREAKING NEWS: SECOND TERRORIST ATTACK IN LONDON

Graphic photo by  Daily Mail

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.

OFFERING, INVITING & REQUESTING

BYE, BYE LAURA!

Today, we sadly say goodbye to Laura Oxenreiter, this year's conversation assistant.

Everybody, students and teachers, have been very happy to work with her. She has always been very effective in her work, open to extra activities, with good ideas for classes and very reliable.

Unfortunately, she's not repeating as an assistant next year as she wants to continue with her teaching studies back in her country, but, from everybody in "Rafael Dieste", we wish her all the best in the future and know that one day she'll become a great teacher.

See you, Laura!

[Photo: Laura telling 1st ESO students the story of "The Sleepy Hollow" during the Halloween activities in our school's library last November]

4thESO: TRIP TO LONDON MARCH 2017

As we already commented back in March, 12 of our 4th ESO students set on a 5 day trip to London between the 22nd and the 27th. Today we can show you a portrait of the photos of their stay and see what a great time they had!

Video:

The following places can be spotted in this photo-presentation in order of appearance:
- Kensington: Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Harrod's.- Piccadilly, Regent & Carnaby Street.
- Waddesdon Manor & Waddesdon Secondary School.
- Covent Garden.- St Paul's. The City. Tower Bridge & the Tower of London.- Tate Modern.- Buckingham Palace.- The Houses of Parliament & The Big Ben. London's Eye.- Trafalgar Square.- Leicester Square.- The British Museum. - Camden Town.

DIRECT vs INDIRECT QUESTIONS

Compare how direct and indirect questions change.

- THEY NO LONGER HAVE A QUESTION STRUCTURE.
- WH-QUESTIONS KEEP THE Q-WORD.
- YES/NO QUESTIONS, BEGIN WITH IF/WHETHER

"RAFAEL DIESTE" 2nd BAC GRADUATION 2017

Yesterday evening the Graduation of the 2017 2nd BAC Student Year of Plurilingual IES "RAFAEL DIESTE" was celebrated. This year it was held at the "ANDRÉS GAOS" Auditorium of the neighbouring Superior Music Conservatory.

The event featured the speeches of the School's Headmaster and the tutors of the two 2nd BAC groups, and of two students on behalf of all their schoolmates. After the traditional photos, videos and performances.

Congratulations to all the students and good luck for their future!

Galician version of this post @ ArquivosDoTrasno.

HARRY'S FINGER WAS BITTEN BY LITTLE CHARLIE A DECADE AGO!

Between these two photos above, 10 years have passed. A few weeks ago, our conversation assistant this course, Laura, showed in 1st BAC classes the video of little Charlie and his brother Harry as an activity to practice the passive: Harry's finger was bitten by his smaller brother Harry. 

This week we've learnt the story behind this viral video. You can get the complete story watching this video below, which was posted on YouTube in 2015, saying that the original one was 8 years old. That means that it's 10 years, now. In the video you'll hear why their parents posted it onto YouTube and how many viewers have watched it in all this time. You'll be surprised!

Video: