I’m getting rather excited now!
So cue a number of posts that indulge my excitement and might get you in the mood for what I hope to be a great game of football!
httpv://youtu.be/kvn2RaSnVos
I’ve never made secret of my love of football, nor my love of Spain. And I think most people who read my blog also know that Barcelona is very very dear to my heart, as a city and also as a team.
I haven’t been blogging here over the last week but I have been posting on my school website where you can catch a flavour of some of my exploits on our (final) Comenius Regio project.
One of the highlights of the visit was a trip and tour of the Camp Nou – I caused great amusement with my squealing, jumping, flapping and at times tears!
So I am VERY VERY excited about tomorrow and the Champions League final. It is so true that FCBarcelona is ‘més que un club’ – it’s a huge part of people’s life and the club is so much more than a football team.
In preparation, here’s the Himne de Barça – the children in Y5 at Els Pins sang it for us whilst we were there – everyone of them! This is the karaoke version so you can join in.
httpv://youtu.be/8b8cGhxhAsY
Want the words in English? See below!
Catalan
English
GrowStoryGrow, a story-telling website for learning languages, is holding a story writing competition.
Open to children aged 9-11, the winner will have their story translated into different languages, animated and publish
ed online with their name and school. The story can be written in any language so taking part will benefit general literacy as well as language learning.
The deadline is 30th June 2011 and the winner will be announced on 11th July.
The winning entry will be showcased at the London Language Show.
It seems that only Portugal and France agreed with me, and, as it was pointed out by @frogphilp on Twitter this morning, I’m not a country – yet – but I quite liked the Spanish entry for Eurovision. At least she sang in her own language!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7CuPRMyd-c&feature=related
Next week three staff from my school – including me! – are off to Barcelona for our third visit as part of the Comenius Reggio project between Birmingham and Barcelona. We’ll be visiting our partner school, Els Pins, as well as collecting resources, ideas and experiences for Whitehouse Common.
Whilst we’re there, we’re looking forward to meeting lots of people, including Miquel who works for the Consorçi de Educacció and who visited school last year.
You may recall that about this time last year I came over all excited about Miquel’s hobby and had a little go at making “human castles” or castells myself. See photos below!
Here’s the post I wrote afterwards and another later in the year. Also on my school website here and here. It’s not something you should try at home as it takes lots of practice, but Miquel is an expert!
He has just sent us some information in English about Castellers. Fascinating – what an awesome sight it must be to see towers of people 10 levels high! I was awestruck by seeing 5 levels!
¡Soy fuerte!
En Miquel
How it should be done!
Not sure I'd trust a random person to hold my child on their shoulders...
On Saturday I attended the Purpos/ed Summit for Instigators in Sheffield, meeting with others to debate the purpose of education and discuss how we might ‘kickstart’ a wider debate on the subject.
Part of the time was given over to 3×3 presentations by attendees – 3 slides in 3 minutes on the question of the education. The random fruit machine from Classtools didn’t pick me so I decided to rcord what i might have said.
Without adrenaline and anyone to tell me to be quiet, it went on for a bit longer than 3 minutes, but here it is.
I challenge you – what do you think the purpose of education is?
Find out more and join the debate here.
#Purposedpsi 3×3 @lisibo
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I sometimes look back to when I first began teaching and can’t believe some of the things I recall. Like handwritten worksheets made on a banda machine, barely legible worksheets photocopied from Tricolore, not allowing pupils to see the words when you introduced them orally and naff songs! But, as this quote says, I do better now!
The last video has a footballer reading 2 non-fiction books about animals – always a popular subject in primary schools.
The first links into geography, culture and the environment; life cycles – who eats who – and habitats – who lives where.
Here’s a link to the West Sussex Grid where there are some resources linked to habitat. And some animal / habitat flashcards.
The second is about elks – venados – and how they live. Really interesting!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE_AtnV0Cjo
The third video is a non fiction book called Ser respetuoso. I think this would be a great way to start a PSHE session on respect – how do you recall eople showing respect in the story? The discussion doesn’t have to be in Spanish – but why not use the Spanish story as the stimulus? That’s a good way of integrating language into the curriculum.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSyODK6P1rs
The second video I’d like to share –
A story about a girl called Maria finding some lines on the ground at the base of a mountain in Peru opens up the possibility of looking at the history of a Spanish speaking country, the culture and heritage, and the art of that area. Here’s some background information that might help!
I think it’s be a brilliant way of integrating lots of different areas of the curriculum – what about making your own Nazca lines on the school field?
Nazca Lines and Cahuachi culture
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