Does the Media Affect Self-Esteem?

Here you have some of our opinions...

4th ESO Students

Schools Song Contest 2018-19

Congratulations Spice Friends! You are the winners this year!!! An amazing video!

Here you have some of the other videos! Nice work too!!!

TV News: Natural Disasters

Breaking News!! Natural Disasters all around the world!

"Last days in 4th ESO English classes, we have been studying the natural disasters. As a result, we have done a project which includes a TV news where we have explained, as real as possible, a natural disaster. We were in groups of four and each one had a different task: editor, scientist, presenter or survivor. All of the groups have recorded fantastic videos. It has been an interesting and original project."

Judith E.

4th ESO B

10' Minutes Writing 6

What TV or film characters do you wish were real? Why? 

I wish Ladybug and Chetnoir were real to save Barcelona and protect us from dangerous things. It is funny to see magical heroes jumping from buildings.

Òscar G.

4^th ESO B

I would like Doraemon was real because I want the pocket he has. This pocket has all the things that I need in specific moments in life.

Laura R.

4^th ESO B

I wish that Dobby, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger were real because I love this film and these characters. I wish that Ramon Salvatore was real because he is so handsome and he is a vampire. I wish that Bellamy and Clarke were real too because I love their personality. In conclusion, I wish all my favourite film o TV characters were real.

Celia S.

4^th ESO A

I choose Spiderman because he is a superhero who saves people, rescues them and fights the evil.

Alejandro. C.

4^th ESO A

10' Writing 5

What is the worst thing about the Internet?

For me, the worst thing is the lack of privacy because when you post something anyone can take it, and use it however they want. Another risk is the cyberbullying as people can do bad things to another people, or they can pretend to be another one.

Paula G.

4^th ESO A 

In the Internet, everything that you do are dangerous when you use the social nets. Meeting people there is dangerous because these people can be bad and can kidnap you, or maybe you can have problems.

Andrea C

4^th ESO A

You can lose your privacy or identity and bad people can take you all your savings.

David L.

4^th ESO B

Internet has a lot of good things, like searching information, learning, communicating with other people from other parts of the world… but it has also bad things and it can be dangerous. Many people use the Internet to manipulate and cheat. If you are in contact with another person that you don’t know face to face, this virtual person can cheat you and can provoke problems to you. For this reason, you can use the Internet but with caution.

Marta R.

4^th ESO B

10' Writing 4

“Describe your ideal life 15 years from now.”

It’s difficult to know what I will be doing 15 years from now, but I think that in 2033 I will be studying Medicine at University. I will be finishing my degree. I don’t know if I will have a boyfriend but I would like to. I will have a dog and I will be working to earn a bit of money to travel with my brother.

I think I will live here to study my degree and then I will go abroad.

Àfrica S.

4^th ESO B

My ideal life in 15 years from now will be in London I will be working there but I don’t know where. I will have a good life.  When I was 30 years old, I would have a black belt in taekwondo and I would be the Spanish champion.

I will live with my girlfriend and I won’t have any child.

Alex M.

4^th ESO A

In my ideal life I will live in a house with my husband. I will be creating my own family and I will have one daughter named Ivette and one son named Julen.

I will be working in a Primary school.

Anna F.

4^th ESO A

15 years from now I will be working as an engineer. I will be living in New York, travelling around the world with people from different cultures and my friends.

Gabriela C.

4^th ESO B

Hurricane Maria. Visual Thinking

Hi!

The students of 4th ESO have been practising the Visual Thinking in one activity related to the effects of the hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

10' Writing 3

Do you believe in luck? Are you superstitious? If not, why do you think some people are?

“I’m not a superstitious person. For me, it’s stupid to think that if I see a black cat, I’m going to have bad luck. In fact, I don’t believe in luck. The superstitions for me are people’s explanation to verify those things we don’t understand. I respect everybody who thinks that luck is their actions’ responsibility, but, in my opinion, they are only the consequences of our acts.”

Emma G.

4^th ESO A

“I don’t believe in luck because everything happens as a consequence of a decision that you took before. I neither believe in superstitions because they are an invention of the society. I think that some people are superstitious because everyone needs to believe in something. Some people believe in God, and another people in bad luck, or just in seeing a black cat!”

Judit L.

4^th ESO A

“It depends. I mean that I believe just in some superstitions, and I do it because my grandmother explained them to me. So, I believe because she was right most of the time as she was very smart.”

Ainara J.

4^th ESO B

“I’m not superstitious, I don’t believe in luck, but I respect people who believe in luck and are superstitious.”

Huan Z.

4^th ESO B

10' Writing 2

PROMPT 1:

Would you rather be very beautiful or very smart?

"I prefer to be smart because being smart opens to me the doors of all jobs and I can get a lot of money to pay the surgeries to be more beautiful. People prefer personality and feelings, so being smart is always better.”

Víctor F.

4th ESO A

"I prefer to be smart because your appearance can change during your life. If you are very beautiful but you are not intelligent, people can be tired of you after a time. Finally, if you are smart, you can get a good job, and this is not always possible if you are only beautiful."

Marina C.

4th ESO A

“I prefer to be both things because if you are beautiful, it is only useful to be famous or a model. On the contrary, if you are smart, it is only for your studies. So, I prefer to be beautiful and smart because it is useful for many things as beauty is in the inside too.”

Eider C.

4th ESO B

“I prefer to be smart because I can get a job very easily.”

Dani C.

4th ESO A

10' Writing: 1

PROMPT 1:
Should cameras on drones watch all public spaces to prevent crime, or is this a violation of privacy?

“I think it is a good idea to use cameras on drones in public spaces because the security will improve a lot. Committing a crime would be almost impossible, so people will be like an army and life will be boring.”

Xènia L.

4^th ESO A

“For me, it is a good idea that drones and cameras record the public spaces to control the criminals. Thanks to this, it will be easier to identify criminals, and this is not a violation of privacy because it is a public place and there are many people there.”

Íker C.

4^th ESO A

“In my opinion, cameras on drones are a violation of privacy, but sometimes they can record actions that can help lawyers. For example, if there is a raping or any crime in the street, drones with cameras could help people to discover who the guilty person was. But I still think it is a violation of privacy because someone can record you without your permission.”

Laura P.

4^th ESO B

“I think that cameras on drones are okay for some reasons because you can find some things that you can’t see. However, if the drone goes to a private zone, this can be a violation of privacy. People who live there can go to the police and denounce you.”

Sara C.

4^th ESO B

Science Blogs

During this school year, the students of 2^nd ESO, in the optional subject of Science, have been learning the different systems that form the human’s body.

To make the classes more dynamic, we separated the class into different heterogenic groups. Each member of each group, had to research different contents about a specific system, like how it works, the main organs or the most important diseases. Then, each person takes responsibility for a specific role in the group. When we had researched the information, we put it in a web page that we had created by ourselves. When all the groups finished the web page, we presented it to all the schoolmates.

We have learnt and enjoyed a lot with this optional subject!!!

If you want to see one of our projects, here you have the link:

https://hi514.webnode.es/

Laia G. C.

2nd ESO B

Sportfolio

Hi bloggers!

Do you like basketball? Here you have a review of the class that we prepared for our partners in Sports class. It includes what we have learnt, and what we liked the most. Enjoy!!

British Cities

"Hello! We are two 3rd ESO students and we are here to talk about an exciting project about the UK.  During the project, we had to search information about some British cities. First of all, each pair of students was given the name of one city, like Manchester, Cambridge, Bristol, Birmingham... We had to search their history, landmarks, famous people or entertainment. 

The result of this project has been an interesting Trivia game about all the cities and a mini-guide with the information from all of them. 

Remember, if you want to have information about British cities, take a look at our guide!!!!"

África S. and Òscar G.

3rd ESO B

Here you have our guide about the British Cities. Enjoy the Trivia Game!!!

Crime Project

Hi bloggers!

Here you have the last project of the year for students in 4th ESO. They have been working with the modal perfects and learning vocabulary related to crime. Here you have some examples. Enjoy them!!

Wattpad, an Opportunity for Writers

HI  BLOGGERS!

Today is my turn and I will explain my personal experience. Since I was six years I wanted to be writer, and one year ago I discovered a new app called “Wattpad,” where writers can write their stories and readers can read for free.

It wss when I started to write again, and I wrote a story called “A Friendzone Love” (Un amor de friendzone). At first, this story didn’t have many views, but one year later this story got popularity and now it has 11K views. I’m very proud to finally post this story, and I am sure that in one future not very far, “A Friendzone Love” can get more views.

“This was my first story, it’s about a girl, called Diana, that moves out to a little town. Her best friend Lucas follows her because he has felt in love with her, but she doesn’t love him back. In that moment a battle starts inside Luca. Then new characters appear in the story. They will make the situation more diffiicult, like Mark who stands between Diana and Lucas (impossible) love. Besides, all characters have mutual passion, music, and will create a band of rock to participate in a music contest. When this band is near to the final, Diana’s life is more complicated with the appearance of his dad and a new stepsister.

So, Diana and Lucas will have to get use to a new situation and decide if everything that’s happening to them is more important than their friendship.”

On the other side, a few months ago I started another story called “The boy of mom” about spies and mystery.

“The story takes place when Zaira, the main character, comes out to Jonathan’s house and a man starts to go after her and try to kill her. Otherwise, Zac and Zaira share the same past, Zac brother’s and Zaira mom’s died in a University Fire and no one knows the reason and the news, the firemen or the policemen didn’t give them information. Zaira didn’t have an easy life, but now, she will have to investigate her past and survive, and the most difficult to her, she will have to trust in others. “

I hope I can publish my books in a near future.

-       Judith Esteban, alias “Juddes”

Judith E. B.

3rd ESO B

Kylie Jenner

The smallest of the KARDASHIAN/JENNER CLAN has taken out its line of cosmetics in which not only sells, beauty products, she also personalized cases and clothing. Else has just been a mother of a girl, which BA called STORYM, at the age of 19.

His partner and father of a little daughter is TYGA, the African-American RAP singer.

Lola S. C.

3rd ESO B

Videogames

Video games are addictive but at the same time are good, because it is a way to have fun and also they expand your imagination. You can also play with friends. But not everything is good, because you can hook up so much to play that you will never want to leave home. If you play many hours in a row you can have problems with vision and even you will have to wear glasses. Also the video games are a good method to distract you if you get bored. You can also meet people from the rest of the world. Finally video games after all are good but not for a long time.

Dani P. M. 

3rd ESO A

How to Get Away with a Murder

How to get away with a murder is an American TV Series that we can see in the platform Netflix. This Series is about a law teacher (Annalise Keating) in the prestigious Philadelphia University. She is the best lawyer and she teaches to her students how to be the best lawyer. In her class she choose five of her students and they are the assistants of Annalise. In all the chapters Annalise has to resolve a crime or a problem and these students are helping to the lawyer and searching some clues to identify the criminal so this helps to Annalise in the trial. Annalise had an award and if some of these students had this award he or she needn’t do the exam and they passed the course.

I recommend this TV Series because it is a great series of mystery and thriller and if you want to be a lawyer in your future this series is perfect for you.

Nerea H. F.

4th ESO B

EXO

Today I will explain to you one of my favorite bands... EXO

EXO or 엑소 in Korean, is a South Korean K-pop band that debuted in 2012 with formerly 12 members who currently are 9 in the group, formed by Kai, Sehun, Chanyeol, DO, Suho, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen and Xiumin (currently Luhan, Kris and Tao are not in the group). The name of EXO comes from the word EXO Planet, name of the fictional planet where they come from.

The group's fan club is EXO-L, which comes from EXO-Love. (I'm an EXO-L)

In 2013 they were able to jump to fame thanks to their first album XOXO (kisses and hugs). Their next albums like, EXODUS (2015), EX'ACT (2016) and The War (2017), continued to be successful, obtaining more than one million copies sold, that by the way album "The war" is my favorite album of this group.

On January 16, "Power" became the first K-pop song to be played at the Dubai Fountain and in February they announced that they would perform at the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang (South Korea) 2018 Winter Olympics, which final I could not see.

I cannot continue explaining much because then this would be very long...

I hope that someday they arrive here to perform a concert in Barcelona or Madrid... I hope.

Christian A. D.

4th ESO B 

Room Escape

Nowadays, it has become very fashionable. It consists on being lock in a room where you and your mates have to sort out some questions to get the key and finally run away for the room. One of the tests that you can find while you are working on is a  jigsaw puzzle, another one is finding hints that allow you to get out of the room. These activities test your physical or mental skills or both at the same time

Normally these games last between 60 and 90 minutes. It depends on the level of difficulty that you want to choose. You have to play in a small group between 2 to 6 people. It’s classified by different topics like mystery or adventure. The room escape was created in 2008 in Japan but it arrived in Europe in 2011 and it’s getting very popular among teenagers and young adults although it’s suitable for all ages.

In the last two years I have participated in 6 rooms escape. I strongly recommend having this experience with your family or your friends at least once. The ones I enjoyed most were “El Paciente” that took place in Málaga in summer 2017. The other one was called “The Gourmet” in Lloret de Mar at the end of 2017. If you haven’t had this experience I encourage you to try it and you can check how satisfied you feel when you get the key to leave the room on time. I can’t understand how it has become so popular.

Alejandro D. M.

3rd ESO B

13 Reasons Why

I am going to talk about 13 Reasons Why. It is an American TV series in Netflix. It has 31 episodes and it was released on March 13^th, 2017. It is based on the 2007 novel written by Jay Asher and adapted by Brian Yorker.

This series is about one teenager, Clay (one of the main characters), who received a box that has 7 tapes. One tape included 2 in front and behind of the tape in which Hannah, her schoolmate, explains why she committed suicide and finished her life. Also another schoolmates have the same tapes and the person that has these tapes is because he/she is one of the reasons of her death. In the tapes she explains events about her friendships, reputation, love, frustration, deceptions etc… and things that hurts her.

If they don’t follow the rules in the tapes, information about each person that has the tape will be revealed. The students don’t want because if they carry on, I some students will be charged of bullying or that could be in a jail. Also they could feel embarrassment because what they did to her.

On May 18^th 2018 it will be released the second season with more drama about the consequences of Hannah Baker’s death.

Melanie A. D.

3rd ESO B 

Schools Rules in the Sign Language

Hi bloggers!

The students in 3rd ESO have prepared a video with the school rules in the sign language. It's amazing!! Don't miss it!!! Have fun!!

How to Make a Waffle

Hi guys! Today I will teach you how to prepare some delicious waffles (waffle maker is required)

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Rest time: 1 hour

Cooking time: 5 to 8 minutes

Ingredients:

300 g flour

½ liter of milk

70 g of sugar

100 g of butter

2 eggs

1 envelope of yeast

A pinch of salt

How to do it?

1.    Cut the butter into small pieces and put them in a saucepan over low heat so that they melt.

2.    Break the eggs and beat them in a dish.

3.    Pour the milk and keep beating.

4.    Add the sugar and stir.

5.    And pour the melted butter.

6.    Add the flour little by little and beat between tablespoon and spoonful.

7.    Keep beating until you get very smooth dough and let stand one hour.

8.    Pour the dough into a waffle maker and let it cook for a few minutes according to the power of your appliance.

9.    Now you only need a good dish and, if you want, some topping like melted chocolate, jam ... but above all, a lot of desire to eat.

Roc F. G.

4th ESO A

La Casa de Papel, the TV series

Hi bloggers, now I will explain a little about one of my favorite TV series.

La casa de papel is a Spanish television series created by Álex Pina and produced by Atresmedia in collaboration with Vancouver Media for its broadcast on Antena 3. It premiered on May 2, 2017 on Antena 3, and ended on November 23 of the same year, with a total of 15 episodes. Netflix bought the series later, and this is the reason why its audience has increased significantly, and has spread to other countries, usually under the name of Money Heist.

Currently, it is the most-watched non-English-speaking series in the history of Netflix and the platform has confirmed the production of a new season for the year 2019.

The series begins with the robbery of the National Currency and Stamp Factory. All the robbery is planned by the teacher with a perfect execution of the robbers: Tokyo, Nairobi, Río, Moscú, Berlín, Denver, Hensilki and Oslo.

The robbery will happen in the factory but they will not be alone in it, there will be hostages, the workers of the factory along with the students of the British School who were hiking. The assailants try to win the favor of public opinion in order to escape.

Anna F. A.

3rd ESO A

Fama, a bailar!, the TV programme

“Fama, a bailar!” is a television program, which helps to meet new dancers in Spain.  The program is given in a private string. You can only view the program through the channel #0 of Movistar+. But you can watch the Academy live through the official YouTube channel. In the channel you can also see special content. For example summaries of the galas or challenges. In the academy there are 16 contestants, each one has a partner, which in total are eight couples. Each couple is assigned a teacher, for that week he/she teaches them the choreography. Every week there are five galas. The first gala is on Sunday; during it all couples present their choreography of the week. In addition, for the beginning of the gala we have a video with a choreography of the group. The best dancing the choreography has a prize. For example, the opportunity to have a dance class in any important place or also participate in an important event. The winners are chosen by the teachers. At the end of the gala, the teachers choose the candidates for the immunity of the week. On Monday, the candidates for the immunity dance with their partners the same choreography and then the teachers choose the couple who is going to be immune. A member of the couple may not be nominated or challenged. They all dance on Tuesday’s gala again except the ones who are immune. Teachers choose the two worst dancers. On Wednesdays nominee performs a choreography created by them. The audience can vote once for the one who wants to save by using an App. The contestant with the least votes is leaving the academy.  The couple of the expelled has to stay alone. The contestant who wins the challenge stays with the couple of the challenged. The other person leaves the academy. And a new couple comes in. The challenge happens every Thursday.

Adrián D. C.

3rd ESO B