CHRISTMAS TIME

Christmas is coming soon. It is a holiday that has been celebrated for two millennia worldwide.
Traditions are varied according to the countries and religions. Nowadays, it is considered as a
cultural and commercial phenomenon. What do you think about this?

Listen to this Chrismas song and sing along.






"Jingle bells" in Karaoke version.


Enjoy your holidays and tell me about your resolutions for the New Year. Be good!

Paris

Paris, with a population around 2,258,000, is one of the most beautiful and romatic cites in Europe.
On this beautiful city, you can visit many national monuments and museums:
The Louvre, the Eiffel tower, the Basilica of  the Sacré-Cœur, the Cathedarl of  Notre Dame, Les Champes Elysées...

These are some images of famous monuments: 

The Cathedral of Notre Dame

The Eiffel Tower

The Louvre Museum

By: Irene Arribas and Óliver Albanchez

RIO DE JANEIRO

Rio de Janeiro is a city which is situated in the south-east of Brazil. It is the largest city in Brazil with a population around 11.000.000 inhabitants. Some of the most famous monuments are Corcovado´s Christ or Tijuca National Forest Park. Also Copacabana and Ipanema beaches are very attractive for tourists. It has atlantic climate so it´s one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Rome 

Rome is in the southern part of the Italian Peninsula. It is the capital, the cultural centre and the most important city of Italy and the fourth most populated city in Europe. It has a Mediterranean climate and it is almost the most historical city in Europe. It is a beautiful city where you can visit museums, such as the Museo di Arte Anticca, and you can also visit the Coliseum and the Pantheon of Agrippa. 

                 Coliseum

By. David Palomo and Víctor Rodríguez      

 2ºD








         Pantheon of Agrippa

BERLIN

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and it has 3.4 million  inhabitants. You can visit the Berlin Wall, the Branderburg Gate, which is 69 metres high, the Kaiser Wilhem Memorial which is like a huge church, the Victory Colum etc. Berlin has more than 100 museums, so you can algo go and visit some of them.
One tenth of the population are foreigners. The meaning of the word 'Berlin' is wetland, beacause of the nature of the land in which the city is constructed.

AMSTERDAM

Amsterdam is the largest city and capital of Netherlands. It has a very eventful history and . It has very beautiful museums such as the Civil Guards Gallery, the Anne Frank house and many others. The main transport is the bicycle, and the official language is Dutch. It has 3 levels of education : the dumbo, the havo and the vwo.

                                                               The flag of Amsterdam

I think Amsterdam is a very good place to visit because it is very beautiful and I think it is a very incredible place to stay.

By: Sandra Aguado and Daniel Cipitria 2ºD

LONDON

London  is the capital of the United Kingdom and it has a population of      
8 million  inhabitants.
In London you  can visit many places like the London Eye,the Big Ben,the Tower bridge,the Buckingham palace...etc.Also you can visit many museums like the British museum.London, It is a very beautiful city and we recommend you to visit it.
These are some photos of London:

                                                  Flag of London

                                                     Big Ben

  

Buckingham palace

By:Marta Caudet and David Martínez                                                             

Class:2ºD                                                                                                          

Moscow

MOSCOW

Moscow is the capital and the most populous city in Russia. It is the 5th largest city in the wold and the largest in Russia with a population of 11,503,501 inhabitants.

Moscow´s architecture is world-known like  Saint Basil´s Cathedral, Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Seven Sisters.

You can fly to Moscow because there are five primary comercial airports. There are ship routes and cruises along Moskua river and there are nine train stations.

Moscow is a beautiful city  and perhaps one day I can go to visit it and enjoy  it as well as I have done doing this project.

   

                           Seven Sister

Saint Basil´s Cathedral

                              Cathedral of Christ the Savior

By JAIME MORENO CARRERO  007

GULLIVER´S TRAVELS by JONATHAN               SWIFT.
The images I show you below, belong to a couple of students  in the second year ESO bilingual program.

"Gulliver´s travels" is the book we are reading this term and one of the students prepared an illustration for it.

 Hallowland is fantastic comic that could be read as an extra chapter in the book.

.By Jaime Moreno

By David Palomo

STREET ART

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After reading your classmates comments, could you tell me what do these images refer to ? Do you recognise any of the street artists?

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STREET ART                                                   
Bahia Shebab is a Lebanese-Egyptian artist and art historian who applies her studies to modern-day issues.She is working on projects which are relevant to cultural heritage and most recently she has taken her art to the streets of Cairo, stenciling images in support of her country´s revolution.

Bahia Shebab uses her art to fight against an unfair society
1- Mention 3 things she wants to say "No" to.

2- What is the poem  she mentions at the end fo her talk? Who wrote it?
     What does it mean?

Now, watch this othe video by the British gaffitti artist Banksi. He and a group of collaborators are painting on the segregation wall which separates Israel from Palestine.

3-What do Banksi and Bahia Shebab have in common? What ideas do they defend and want to spread?

4-Do you know any other artists like them? Who are they?

          WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

Try the game and see how far you can reach.

Click below to start theGAME

Who Wants to be a Millionaire Review Game

Verónica González Ruiz 4ºD

MARISSA

Marissa is our new English assitant. She is from the United States of America and she was born in Boston located in Massachusetts, a state which belongs to the north east cost of America. She decribes her city as a very cold and icy place.

Regarding to Marissa's family, she has an older brother, Jared who is a lawyer as his father, Louis. Lydia, her mother is retired. However, she used to work in a special school with children with special needs.

Although both Marissa and her brother were born in America, they are very influenced by the European culture as their father is Italian and their mother in Greek. And that's the reason why Marissa has been into so many European countries. 

She studied in the Fordham University in NYC, a catholic university where she studied two different majors: communication and media and history. She graduated two springs ago. And her idea is to do a master in Holland next year as she is looking forward to visiting this country.
                                                                                                                     
 She is very proud of her hometown as it has some important universities such as Harward University. Boston also has a very important basket team, the Boston's celtics, Marissa's favourite team.

She loves art and museums. However, her biggest passion is travelling and the truth is that she's been to a lot of different countries in Europe and South America and she's already plannig new distinies, some of them in Asia someday. She  really likes the beach and the sun, too. The sea is one of the things she misses the most as there in Boston she lived at 5 minutes from the shore.

She loves going to concerts and she is into all kinds of music with the exception of heavy metal and American country music, which she thinks are awful.

MARISSA

Marissa was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Situated in the north east of the United States of America. She is the fourth member of her family. Her father, Louis, and her brother, Jared, work as lawyers. On the other side, her mother Lydia is now retired. She used to work as teacher for children with some kind of difficulties or problems. Although Marissa´s father is Italian and her mother is Greek, she has always lived in the U.S.A.

 Marissa studied in New York in the Fordham private university, where she studied communication and history, and got graduated two years ago. She recommended us not to study in the U.S.A, especially in a private university. She argued that they have very expensive taxes. Marissa needed to pay almost 50.000 dollars to enter this university. 

This is her second year here in Spain. She has already been in Barcelona for a communication course, and as assistant in a school in Las Rozas. Marissa likes Europe a lot. She said that she would like to obtain the master in Holland and that probably she would establish herself in this continent. Now she is living in Malasaña, Madrid.

Marissa´s hobbies are: listening to music, sailing and traveling. She also loves art.

Her favorite music styles are rock, pop and heavy metal. She detests country music. Marissa commented us that she has been to many concerts as well as she has worked for the music industry.

Marissa´s family has a boat. When she lived in Boston, she and her family used to go sailing very frequently. This is because Boston is much closer to the sea, not like Madrid.

Marissa has been in many countries all over the world. She has visited South America as well as Europe. And now, she is looking forward to going to Asia.