Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was born on 6th July 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico and she died on 13th July 1954 where she was born. She died at the age of 47 for a pulmonary embolism that is a blockage of the artery in the lungs.

She was the third daughter of the family, she had a lot of problems when she was a child because when she was six, she got poliomyelitis and that provoked that she was in bed during nine months.

She was one of the first girl that started to go to the School of Mexico and there she was studying medicine but she won't be dedicated to this.

On 17th September 1925, she suffered a big accident when she was travelling in a bus that was rolled by a trolley car. Her column was fractured for three parts and more parts of her body were destroyed for example her right leg was fractured for eleven parts. This accident forced Frida to have more or less thirty-two operations in all her life.

Before the accident, in 1925, she was the apprentice of a friend of her father who was a painter but she didn't like painting. But after this tragic event, she couldn't move to have a faster recovery and she started to draw frequently and with her works she showed the things that happened in her life and her feelings.

In 1928 Frida started to stay with Diego Rivera and they had a good relationship. One day she showed her works to him and he cheered her up to continue drawing. On the 21th August 1929 they got married but they had a lot of problems because they stayed with another people and with them. She discovered that she was bisexual, and finally in 1939 they got divorced.

In 1930, she got pregnant but with her sickness and the bad position of the fetus the doctors decided to interrupt the pregnancy and it was very hard for her to accept she will never have any children.

Her works are in a lot of expositions and people say that her expositions were surrealists but truly they represent her life.

In 1953 in the City of Mexico it was organized an exposition but the doctors didn't recommend Frida to go because her health was very bad in that time. Despite this, she went with an ambulance and she was all the time in a hospital bed. She was in the middle of the exposition and there she explained jokes, sang and drunk all the afternoon, it was successful.

She died in Coyoacán on the 13th July of 1954. Nobody did an autopsy and her ashes are conserved in the Frida Kahlo Museum.

Judith P.S.

4th ESO B 

Shiny Hunting on Pokemon

Before starting to talk about Shiny Hunting on Pokémon, I have to explain what Pokémon is.

Pokémon is a series of videogames called with the same name, its genre is RPG and there are 7 generations of Pokémon. A shiny Pokémon is a Pokémon that has a different coloration compared to what is usual for its species, it only changes that. The thing that makes them so special is that they are very difficult to find. The shiny pokémon appeared at the second generation of games (Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal) in 1999. From the 2^nd generation until the 5^th generation the chance to find a shiny pokémon was 1/8192 and you could spend hours, even days, to find one and still kill it, forcing you to spend more and more hours. In 5^th generation they introduced the Shiny Charm, an item that increases the probability to find a Shiny Pokémon. In the 6^th generation the chance to find a Shiny Pokémon was reduced to 1/4096, still making it hard. But also there are some methods to increase the shiny rate:

-          The Poké Radar, an object whit which you can easily find a shiny if you know how to use it and have patient.

-          Consecutive fishing can increase the shiny rate, but you only can find pokémon from the water and it’s easy to brake the chain.

-          Masuda method that consisted in putting 2 pokémon in the kindergarten, a pokémon from a different region than yours and a Pokémon captured by you and make them have eggs until one of them has a shiny one.

-          In generation VII they introduced the SOS Battles method, on a pokémon call allies continually and the shiny rate increases more and more until one appears.

Then, the shiny hunting consists on capturing shiny pokémons even if it takes days or even weeks. The shiny hunting is usually made while the person is in a streaming on YouTube or Twitch. Some famous shiny hunters are aDrive, Saidogna, Hound00med and a Spanish one can be GuiaPoke or AlejaKaiser.

A shiny pokémon in 4^th generation and at his side the normal version.

Víctor C. M.

4th ESO B

"Hazing", the film

“Hazing” is a film based on the director's true story. The story talks about Alex, a fresher (a student in his first year of University) who rejects hazing and Carla, a fresher who doesn't care too much about it. A love relationship that helps them end the problems arises between them.

The film director (Pablo Aragüés) wants to explain that everybody knows hazing exists, but nobody talks about it. And sometimes freshers suffer humiliation, debasement and harassment, with no choice.

It’s not only a movie, it wants to transmit a real problem that it is lived every day in Spanish universities.

In fact, there have been cases of people burned by acid, or who get their corneas burned.

Pablo Aragüés explained that he wanted to transmit in a movie what he lived and lived many people daily. He wanted to explain this social problem and tells the story of the life moment of any person going through his first year of university: leaving home, meeting new people, falling in love,...

Abel S. M.

4th ESO A

Rugby

RULES:

• You can't pass the ball forwards.
• There can only be 15 players in the field.
• You can't talk to the referee. He/she only talks with the captain of the team.
• You score a mark when you arrive to the opposite zone and you plant the ball on the ground.
• When the ball leaves the field, if the ball comes out, it is created a touch.
• If you drop the ball forwards, it is created a melé.
• If you tackle the opposite above the neck, the referee will whistle and will take you out a card.
• When the referee takes out a yellow card, you are expelled 10 minutes.
• When the referee takes out a red card, you are expelled all the match.
• The ball can only go forwards if you throw it.
• You can make all of changes you want.
• When the ball falls forward it is called "avant".
• When you are tackled a structure is formed, this structure is a RAC.
• The RAC consists in winning the ball pushing the opposite

These are the most important rules, rugby has more rules but they are more difficult to understand.

THE MOST IMPORTANT TEAMS:

THE BEST PLAYERS

The most important players play in the “All Blacks”, this is the best team in the moment.

The number next to the player is the number of the player, each player has a number and this is the place. The places in the field are identified with numbers.

·         Sonny Bill Williams (12)

·         Beauden Barret (10)

·         Daniel Carter (10)

·         Brodie Retallick (4/5)

·         Kieran Read (8)

·         Owen Farrel (10) this is an English player.

Neo R. B.

3rd ESO B

6th English Day

Last Friday we celebrated the 6th English Day at school. There were many workshops and activities to learn and have fun!

1. Sherlock Holmes' Activity

Pupils became investigators in this workshop. They could choose one of the four games to play together thanks to their visual perception which was determining factor in all of them. Some of the activities were: spot the difference, test your memory, the power of obervation or handwriting analysis.

2. Watson's Activity

Who is the murderer??? And the victim? Was there any witness? Help Dr Watson to solve the crime.

3. Queen of Hearts' Activity

Are you ready to find the correct card? Remember that if you failed, the Queen can get angry and then it could be possible that she says:  OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!

4. Alice's Activity

You must be very clever to complete this activity because you have to solve some of the most famous English riddles. 

“If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?” A secret.

5. The Time Traveller's Activity

We use his time machine to travel to the Victorian era. What did we know about it? We just needed to complete a Kahoot and compete to be the winners!

6. The Monkey's Activity

We become actors and actresses in this activity and we role-played some scenes of the Victorian novels.

7. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde's Activity

Science is very powerful!!! That is what Dr Jekyll taught us with some experiments. We made invisible a coin, we could blow up a balloon without blowing, and we did many incredible things just like real scientists.

8. The Maid's Activity

It was time for Arts&Crafts, so we developed our artistic skills. We used the collage technique to fill the characters' silhouette.

9. The Bennet's Sisters' Activity

One of the most popular ways of having fun during the Victorian Era was dancing in balls. It was not easy to follow the steps but Elisabeth and Jane helped us a lot!

9. The Writer's Activity

The Writer was a gentleman and he explained us how to play French Criquet. It was very funny and we felt as if we were in the British landscape for just some moments.

11 and 12. Dracula and his Victim's Activity

That was the most dangerous activity as Dracula was trying to create an army of vampires to destroy the world. If we didn't want to be a new victim, we need to run very fast.

TO BE CONTINUED!!!! NEXT WEEK THE VIDEOS!!!

Suits, the TV series

Suits is an American legal drama created by Aaron Korsh for USA Network, this series was released in 23 June of 2011.

The series is starred by Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams, who play the characters of Harvey Specter and Mike Ross. Mike is a smart student who has left university but is hired by the brilliant Harvey Specter to work at a law firm although he is not a law graduate. The series is about how these two lawyers solve cases while keeping Mike's secret safe.

The series consists of 7 seasons, with 12 episodes the first and 16 the rest, forming a total of 108 episodes and 75 hours of about 45 minutes more or less each.

Éric S. M.

4th ESO A

3rd ESO Project About Sports

In January, the class of 3rd ESO started a project about sports. For each group, the teacher assigned one sport, and the group had to do a Power Point and a Kahoot. The first day, we had to share our answers. Each group divided in roles, and in different parts of the information (the rules, the history, the equipment, the important figures and the competitions). We worked for five sessions and we exposed the Power Point to our class, and the class had to do a Kahoot. We like this project because we could stay in the groups that we want, and we learnt about other new sports.

África S., Marta R., Laura P.

3rd ESO B

Here you have some examples of our projects! Enjoy and learn about sports!!!

Teen Wolf

Hi bloggers!
Teen wolf it’s an American series composed by six seasons, that started in 2011 and ended in 2016. The creator is Jeff Davis and was inspired by the old 1985 Teen Wolf movie. The gender of this novel is a mixture of action, mystery, romance, fantasy and comedy. The main actors in this story are Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Holland Roden, Crystal Reed, Tyler Hoechilin and Shelley Henning. Each season tries to solve a different supernatural problem, but everything starts when an alpha wolf bites the student Scott McCall in the first chapter. From that moment, other supernatural beings begin to emerge as a Banshee, a coyote woman, a Kanima ...  And from there strange things happen in Beacon Hills. This series has won many awards and nominations, since it is one of the best youth series with more audience. 

Noa C. B.

3rd ESO A

4th ESO Project about London Attractions

Last week we did a project about the most important attractions in London. We divided into 6 groups of 4-5 people, and each group was assigned an important place of this city.

Our teacher mentioned us that this project was to know more about London because this is the place where we will go for the end of the course trip.

The project was about a magazine that you had to create and a video which explained the history about the place, the timetable, the prices and how we can arrive there.

Our group talked about Covent Garden that is a market where you can find shops, restaurants and it’s a nice place to walk and have a good time. Other groups explained that also you can find others interesting places or monuments to visit and learn a lot, for example the London Eye, Big Ben, The British Museum, Trafalgar Square…

We think that was a good and fun project to learn more and we didn’t have any problem because we distribute all the tasks very well.

This week you can see you our magazines, and next one you will enjoy the videos!!!

Anna T. C. and Abel S. M.

4th ESO A

Roller Derby

Hi bloggers!

Today I’ll talk about Roller Derby. Many of you will think, what is Roller Derby?

Roller Derby is a contact sport played on quad skates on an oval track. Players always skate anti-clockwise. Each match or roller derby bout is divided in two 30 minutes periods which are split into 2 minutes races called JAMS.

There are two teams with 5 players every team.

The group of 8 players in front is called PACK. The pack is formed by 4 blockers in each team. The PIVOTS of each team, are usually situated in the pack. These players are distinguished from the rest of blockers because they wear a cover with a line in a middle in the helmet. The pivot usually thinks a strategy for her team or organise the pack. A blocker obstructs the jammer of the opposite team.

At the beginning of each jam the pack is placed in a line of pivots and the line of jammers. The jammers are the runners and are placed behind the line of jammer. In the helmet they wear a cover with two stars, one in each side and they are the only ones that can score points.

There are many referees. One referee controls each jammer and keeps the account of points that the jammers make. And there are others referees which control the pack. There are 7 referees in total.

When a whistle blows the jam begins and the pack and jammers start skating. The jammers start their first lap around the track when they don’t score points.

The equipment is:

- Kneepads, elbow pads, wristbands and mouth guard.

- Helmet

- Uniform of the team

- Quad skates

Andrea C. G.

3rd ESO A

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that affects people in a psychological aspect; feelings, perceptions or their thoughts. It is caused by an abnormality in the brain. The brain of a schizophrenic person creates alternate neuronal circuits. These cause the symptoms. There are negative and positive symptoms. The positive symptoms are caused by a problem in the neurotransmitters. The neurotransmitters in our brain help us spread the information. There’s a neurotransmitter called ‘’dopamine’’. Schizophrenic people have really high levels of dopamine because the mesolimbic pathway (part of the brain) can’t control it well. This dopamine causes hallucinations (positive symptoms) related to our 5 senses. For example, their brain creates a certain taste, feel, or visual illusion. If a schizophrenic’s mind creates a creepy clown in front of them, they will see him as real as you or me. Because their brain creates it and makes them believe it a 100%. The negative effects are caused by the really low levels of dopamine on the mesocortical pathway (another part of the brain). These can be apathy, reductions in speech, social withdrawal, etc. There’s a solution to schizophrenia but it doesn’t completely help. Antipsychotics eliminate the positive symptoms but leave the negative ones. In conclusion, schizophrenia is a really difficult illness and it’s important to understand schizophrenics instead of rejecting them completely.

The development of Louis Wain’s paintings, an artist that had schizophrenia. 

Thalía S. L.

4th ESO A

Visiting London

Visit London

As in the whole world, in London there are many things to visit and do, but if it is a tour of tourism, there are essential places that you should visit to not miss the best of this city.

To visit you can walk or take the metro.

You can visit:

·         The  London Eye

 The London Eye Ferris wheel was built in 2000 to celebrate the new millennium in its beginning, but today it is one of the most famous symbols of the city.

·         The Big Ben

It is the famous clock of the Houses of Parliament that has become one of the most famous images of London.

·         Buckingham Palace

The official residence of the British Royal Family and where the Change of  the Guard takes place which is one of the most important tourist attractions in London and it is celebrated in the mornings at Buckingham Palace

·         British Museum:  

It is one of the most visited and oldest in the world and it receives more than 5 million visitors annually.

·         The Sherlock Holmes Museum

It is a Victorian house located on Baker Street that was the home of the main characters of his successful novels, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, in the company of his housekeeper, Miss Hudson.

·         Tower Bridge

Although for over 900 years the Tower of London was synonymous with terror, today it has become the most popular tourist attraction in London.

·         St. Paul's Cathedral in London :

Destroyed by the fire in London, St Paul's Cathedral was rebuilt by Christopher Wren and it is his masterpiece

 ·         Hyde Parc

 It is a place of leisure for Londoners and tourists, and it is the largest park in central London with more than 140 hectares

·          Westminster Abbey

Chosen as the seat for royal coronations, Westminster Abbey is the most famous and oldest temple in London.

·         The old operating theatre

 Exposes the horrors of experimental surgery that took place in the country's oldest operating room

·         The Making of HARRY POTTER

It is located in the Warner Bros Studios, which you can have a guided tour, and know several places where specific scenes of films that were recorded as well as the costumes, among many other things

Adriana C. S.

3rd ESO A

Avatar

Hi bloggers,

I’m going to talk about Avatar, James Cameron’s movie. This movie was directed, produced written and edited by James Cameron in 2009. It’s starred by Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña.

The story takes place in the year 2154. Jake Sully is a paraplegic marine and has been chosen to participate in the Avatar program, replacing the position of his twin brother who has just died. This project takes place in Pandora, an unbreathable moon for humans and inhabited by a strange race of blue cat-humans, the clan of the na'vi. The purpose of the project is meeting the na'vi from inside and then negotiate with them to leave the land where they live because it’s full of a mineral, that the military (leaders of the project) want. Jake and his friends understand na'vi will never leave those lands, so the boss of the project decides to attack them. Jake falls in love with a na'vi girl of the clan and he and his friends finally fight against the military who want to exterminate the na'vi race.

Marina C. L.

3rd ESO A

Football in Sports Optional Subject

In Sports (an optional subject) classes, a group of students of 2nd ESO have been planned a football lesson for the rest of their classmates. We must take into account the physical equipment, how to give instructions in English. We have been teachers during 1 hour!
First, we have started by warm up activities, moving the joints, and then two exercises to practice the precision with the ball.Related to football we have practised the precision, the shot, the strategies and the coordination. To finish the lesson, we have prepared a tournament with four teams. The team who wins, it stays in court.

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6th English Week Reflexions: Thursday 8th February

VICTORIAN CHILDREN IN VICTORIAN TIMES

Life for Victorian Children was nothing like childhood in today’s world. Rich and poor children had a very different life.

Wealthy Victorian Children rarely communicated with their parents. Parents hire a nanny or nurse and they instruct her what they wanted to be learned by their children such as manners, education, how to dress and so on. Nannies were usually older women that had never been married. Many times nannies were intolerant and very strict. Although, there were some nannies who were kind and caring and supplied the only love a child would experience. 

The poor Victorian Children didn’t have the nice houses to live in or the extravagant toys, clothes or fine foods that the rich kids had. They lived in much smaller houses or even single rooms. Without the presence of a nanny the parents raised the children. Victorian children work at a very young age. As unbelievable as it sounds, sometimes even 4 or 5 years old. They worked very hard and for long hours every day. Their parents made them work to help pay the bills at home.

“La vida per als nens i nenes victorians no s’assembla gens a la infantesa del món d’avui dia. Les criatures riques i les pobres tenien una vida molt diferent.

Els nens/es adinerats rarament es comunicaven amb els seus pares. Aquests contractaven una mainadera per tal que ensenyés als seus fills modals, educació, com vestir-se... Acostumaven a ser dones grans que no s’havien casat mai. Moltes vegades les mainaderes eren intolerants i molt estrictes. Tot i que també hi havia algunes que eren amables i donaven als nens l’estima que necessitaven.

Els nens/es pobres no tenien cases boniques per viure, ni tampoc extravagant joguines, roba o exquisits menjars com sí tenien els rics. Vivien en cases molt més petites i, de vegades, en una simple habitació. Sense la presència d’una mainadera, els pares eren els que criaven als nens. Aquests treballaven des d’una edat molt primerenca. Encara que soni impossible, de vegades era als 4 o 5 anys. Treballaven molt durament i durant moltes hores cada dia. Els seus pares els feien treballar per ajudar-los a pagar els rebuts de casa.”

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