Day 1 - Off we go!

19 ESO 4 students start their graduation trip today. We are travelling to Asturias.
Today we are to stop at Praia das Catedrais for lunch. Then we are moving on to Oviedo, where we will stay for our first night out.
We'll keep you posted

Summer 2012 Remedial Task

ESO Students,

Here is your 2012 summer remedial assignment:

• ESO 1 and ESO 3 Students - You should solve the activities of the 9 'Self Check' that you will find in every unit of your Workbook.
• ESO 2 and ESO 4 Students- You should solve the activities of the 9 'Test' sections that you will find on the last page of every unit of your Student's Book.

Use an A-4 sized notebook to copy the formulation or wording of every activity and underline their key words. Then, translate that wording into Galician/Spanish and solve the activities.

This assignment is NOT COMPULSORY. You do not need to hand in your homework as it will NOT ADD ANY POINTS AT ALL TO YOUR SEPTEMBER MARK. However, we would like to advise you to prepare these activities if you want to be successful in your September remedial exams.

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ESO 4 Best 2012 Graduation Speech

ESO 4 Students,

Here is Antía Suárez's graduation speech. It is the best speech in ESO 4 this year, not only because of its contents, but also because she delivered it with fairly good pronunciation, rhythm and fluency and her stance, posture and eye-contact with the audience were remarkable.

Best students - 2011/12 3rd Term

Our best students of English during the 3rd Term have been:

1 ESO A - Andrea Cobo Arena (8.57) (3rd Time this schoolyear)

1 ESO B - Irene Sánchez Sanz (9.77) — Best overall ESO student of English in the 3rd Term!

2 ESO A - Antía Junqueira Leis (9.15) (2nd Time this schoolyear)

2 ESO B - Mario Quinteiro Sotelo (9.64) (3rd Time this schoolyear)

3 ESO A - Rodrigo Rodríguez González (9.34) (3rd Time this schoolyear)

3 ESO B - Candela Rodríguez Bernárdez (9.66)

4 ESO A - Miguel Romero Zapatero (9.66)

4 ESO B - Jessica Davila Prado (7.64) (3rd Time this schoolyear)

Very often the students who get the highest grades are not the most talented ones, but those who try harder, show a positive attitude and have praiseworthy work ethics.

Congratulations!

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'Celta on the Attack', by David Cartlidge

ESO Students,

We give you now a post by David Cartlidge last 27th March (incidentally, Día de la Reconquista in Vigo).

Vigo’s a city used to being under attack. The Middle Ages saw Vikings successfully raid on several occasions, before Francis Drake came along in the 15^th and 16^th centuries to much avail – the Turkish even had a go later on. Now, the football team in the city are making their own attack – their most calculated in years.

Yesssss, Promotion!!!

This is it, lads!! Congratulations!! We've done it! RC Celta will play in the top football league next 2012-13 season. It has been hard, it has been difficult, but we truly deserved it, didn't we? RC Celta have scored more goals than any other team in their league and have displayed brilliant, top-class, attacking football. Forget about Madrid or Barcelona and support your hometown team. If you don't support it, who will? People from Barcelona or Madrid? Noooo, they won't. We must be proud of our city, of our club, of who we are and of where we live. Stand up proudly and shout with us:

HALAAAAA CELTAAAA!!

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20 Reasons to Switch to Google+

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Football Talent Scout

Do you think you know everything about your favourite team and its players? Do you follow and track the transfers and youth prospects at your club? Do you have an interest in data editing?

If the answer is YES and you have a strong knowledge of football, please take the time to fill out the online registration for one of the projects below:

Sounds Better in English

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How to UnMake a Bully

An anti-bullying video made by students at Glendaal Elementary School in the village of Scotia (New York, USA). It is a realistic look at skills to avoid bullying, made by and for elementary schoolers. The entire production was crewed by, and stars, students of the 4th and 5th grades at Glendaal Elementary.

Dramatic Song, by Toby Turner

This song sounds dramatic

But I'm bad at writing words

If you don't speak English

This probably sounds pretty good

You'd probably think I'm singing

'Bout some pretty serious stuff

But in reality I'm singing about

The lack of stuff I'm singing 'bout

Last 2011-12 Quiz

ESO Students,

10 points to be awarded to the student who sends us the FIRST email including the CORRECT answer to this question:

WHAT IS BIDULE?

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Nobuna - Free English Listening Exercises

Nobuna is a listening game designed to help anyone enjoy learning the English language. You play and learn as you listen: You simply watch and listen to cool videos and then you fill in the blanks in the provided script. You have the opportunity to watch the videos as many times as you need.

Introducing Vigo in London

Vigo: A city that cannot be conquered... where you are the only one that could be conquered

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75 bands

Try and find 75 pop & rock bands in the following picture. You can leave a comment with the names of the bands you discover:

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Colour Naming: Man vs Woman

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How Are You Feeling Today?

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Rock, Paper, Scissors

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Prince Charles - Weatherman

During a tour of BBC Scotland's headquarters, Prince Charles presents Reporting Scotland's lunchtime weather forecast. Reading a bleak prognosis for Balmoral, he jokes: 'Who the hell wrote this script?' The prince and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, were visting the BBC as a part of their annual Holyrood Week.

Right Brain - Left Brain

Left Brain - I am the left brain. I am a scientist. A mathematician. I love the familiar. I categorize. I am accurate. Linear. Analytical. Strategic. I am practical. Always in control. A master of words and language. Realistic. I calculate equations and play with numbers. I am order. I am logic. I know exactly who I am.