September 2013 Examination Schedule

ESO Students,

This is your September Examination schedule:

		ESO 1	ESO 2	ESO 3	ESO 4
Monday 2nd	09.00	ART	GEOGRAPHY	PHYSICS CHEMISTRY	ENGLISH
	10.15	SPANISH	FRENCH	ART	HISTORY
	11.30	SCIENCE	MATHS	GEOGRAPHY	PHYSICS CHEMISTRY ICT
	12.45	PHYSICAL EDUCATION	PHYSICAL EDUCATION	GALICIAN	PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Tuesday 3rd	09.00	GALICIAN	SCIENCE	SPANISH	BIOLOGY
	10.15	ENGLISH	TECHNOLOGY	MATHS	FRENCH
	11.30	GEOGRAPHY	ENGLISH	TECHNOLOGY	C. CULTURE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
	12.45	REL/ALT	REL/ALT	MUSIC	ETHICS
Wednesday  4th	09.00	MATHS	SPANISH	BIOLOGY	MATEMÁTICAS
	10.15	FRENCH	MUSIC	ENGLISH	GALEGO
	11.30		GALICIAN	FRENCH	ESPAÑOL
	12.45		CITIZENSHIP	PHYSICAL EDUCATION REL/ALT	REL/ALT

And this is the schedule if you are taking any resit exams on pending coursework from PREVIOUS SCHOOLYEARS:

Monday 2nd September, 16.00 —      Spanish 1-2-3. —      English 1-2-3. Monday 2nd September, 17.00 —      French 1-2-3. —      Maths 1-2-3. Tuesday 3rd September, 16.00 —      Geography 1-2. —      Geography 3. Tuesday 3rd September, 17.00 —      Galician 1-2-3. —      Art 1-3. —      Music 2-3.

Wednesday 4th September, 16.00 —     Science 1-2. —      Technology 1-2-3. Wednesday 4th September, 16.00 —      Physics - Chemistry 3. —      Biology 3.

And remember you can also check our calendar:

Good luck!

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Labor Walk of Fame 1.3

Dear students,

As this school year 2012/2013 has come to an end, we would like to publish our last Best Students post for this 3^rd term. And the winners are…

Summer 2013 Remedial Task

ESO Students,

Here is your 2013 summer remedial assignment:

• You should solve the activities of the 9 'Self Check' pages that you will find at the end of every unit of your Workbook.
• You should also complete the three revision sections found at the end of every three units in your student's book: review A (units 1, 2, 3), review B (units 4, 5, 6) and review C (units 7, 8, 9).

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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Time to hit the road

Tonight 27 ESO 4 students are starting their well-deserved end of year trip to the Obarenes Mountains in Burgos and Port Aventura in Salou. This is their travel planning:

We'll try to keep you posted of all their activities on LEZ.

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The Futility of Comparing Yourself to Others, by Leo Babauta

(Reblogged from Zenhabits)

One of the biggest reasons we’re not content with ourselves and our lives is that we compare ourselves to other people.

Picture it: you see photos of what someone else is doing on Facebook and think your life isn’t exciting enough. You see someone else who has a cool job and think you’re not doing that great in your career. You see someone with a hotter body, and feel bad about yours. You see someone who has created an awesome business, and think you’re not doing enough. You read about people who are traveling the world, learning languages, going to exotic resorts and restaurants, and wonder why you’re not.

2013 ESO 4 Best Graduation Speech

ESO 4 Students,

Here is Alejandro Penín's graduation speech. It is the best speech in ESO 4 this year, not only because of its contents, wit. irony and good humour, but also because he delivered it with a fairly good pronunciation, rhythm and fluency and his stance, posture and eye-contact with the audience were remarkable. Congratulations, Alejandro! And you have earned yourself 2 extra points for volunteering to deliver your speech at the ESO 4 Graduation event to be held next June 21st.

Good afternoon, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, partners… even teachers. Thanks a lot for being here today.

I am supposed to tell you I am very excited about my future, thrilled about my new life ahead and all that stuff, but that would not be true. What reallly scares me is present, because I don´t like speaking in public. I have tried at home with my family, I have tried in front of my friends, I have even tried in front of a mirror; but I always feel embarrassed, so please excuse my babbling and stuttering.

Grammar Lessons with Food

Dear students,

Here you have a funny video which explains some basic grammar points with food as a background:

1. Your vs. You're.

2. Hyphens.

3. Homophones.

4. Complement vs. Compliment.

5. Quotes.

6. Compound Subjects.

7. Than vs. Then.

8. Fewer vs. Less.

9. Would've vs Would of*.

10. Literally.

Surprisingly, some of these mistakes (such as your/you're, than/then or would've/would of*) are made by native English speakers above all. Non-native speakers focus heavily on grammar while learning English. Conversely, native speakers are usually tricked by their flawless pronunciation, which makes them confused when distinguishing, for instance, between 'than' and 'then' in oral speech.

Enjoy!

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(Reblogged from Mail Online)

Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth in the film 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'.
Could the virgin queen be a part of the biggest deception in British history?

The bones of Elizabeth I, Good Queen Bess, lie mingled with those of her sister, Bloody Mary, in a single tomb at Westminster Abbey. But are they really royal remains — or evidence of the greatest conspiracy in English history? 

If that is not the skeleton of Elizabeth Tudor, the past four centuries of British history have been founded on a lie. 

And according to a controversial new book, the lie began on an autumn morning 470 years ago, when panic swept through a little group of courtiers in a manor house in the Cotswold village of Bisley in Gloucestershire.

ENGLISH Final Exams Schedule - June 2013

ESO Students,

This is your English final exams schedule:

• Monday 17th (10.45-12.15) - ESO 2 Final Test
• Tuesday 18th (10.45-12.15) - ESO 3 Final Test
• Wednesday 19th (12.30-14.00) - ESO 1 Final Test
• Friday 21st (09.00-10.30) - ESO 4 Final Test

You need to bring a blue ballpoint pen, and remember you must complete your Workbook and your 'My Portfolio' and bring them to school on the day of your final test.

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2013 Final Examination Schedule

ESO Students,

This is your 2013 final examination schedule:

		MONDAY 17th	TUESDAY 18th	WEDNESDAY 19th	THURSDAY 20th	FRIDAY 23rd
09.00 to 10.30	1	GEOGRAPHY	GALICIAN	MATHS	STUDY TIME	FRENCH
	2	FRENCH	SPANISH	STUDY TIME	SCIENCE	REL/ALT
	3	GEOGRAPHY	BIOLOGY	SPANISH	GALICIAN	MATHS
	4	SPANISH	FRENCH	BIOLOGY	PHYSICS ITC	ENGLISH
10.30 to 10.45 -  B R E A K
10.45 to 12.15	1	SCIENCE	STUDY TIME	STUDY TIME	REL/ALT	CLASSROOM REVISION
	2	ENGLISH	PHYSICAL ED.	CITIZENSHIP	GALICIAN	CLASSROOM REVISION
	3	PHYSICS CHEMISTRY	ENGLISH	TECHNOLOGY	FRENCH	CLASSROOM REVISION
	4	GALICIAN	MATHS	STUDY TIME	C. CULTURE ENTREPRENEURS	CLASSROOM REVISION
12.15 to 12.30  -  B R E A K
12.30 to 14.00	1	PHYSICAL ED.	ART	ENGLISH	SPANISH
	2	MUSIC	GEOGRAPHY	TECHNOLOGY	MATHS
	3	ART	MUSIC	REL/ALT	PHYSICAL ED.
	4	HISTORY	PHYSICAL ED.	ETHICS	REL/ALT

Good luck!

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The Next Cabaye: Iago Aspas

Who's Cabaye? The answer is here

(Reblogged from Peripheral Vision)

Scouting isn’t rocket science! Every time a Premier League side signs a good foreign player the nation goes crazy. Who is this mystery guy? Where did he come from? Anyone with a decent knowledge of the game outside the UK would have known that the likes of Santi Cazorla, Oscar and Papisse Demba Cissé were likely to succeed, and there are plenty more of them out there. So who’s the next “secret” star to watch out for? Who is the next Cabaye?

7 Steps to Get Beyond Excuses

ESO Students,

Final exams time is approaching and year after year students can be heard complaining about their hard luck... so we thought we might help you get beyond your excuses.

Get down to work and do it now! The end is nigh!

7 steps to get beyond excuses from Harish Kumar

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Celta Vigo defy odds, by Sid Lowe

(Reblogged from The Guardian)

Celta Vigo defy odds as four becomes relegated three in La Liga finale

Abel Resino's side had only a 22.2% chance of survival, but they stayed up as Zaragoza, Deportivo and Mallorca went down

Celta's 17-year-old debutant keeper, Rubén Blanco, celebrates with fans after their 1-0 win over Espanyol secured La Liga survival. Photograph: Salvador Sas/EPA

In the 89th minute of the 38th week six teams' fates hung on one goal. All across the country they were reaching for the defibrillator, destination unknown. Garlic cloves were strewn across the turf, Virgin Marys kissed and rekissed. Fans crossed themselves again and wedged earpieces in as far as they would go. The abyss opened below them, a light shone above them. Even those who had given up couldn't allow themselves to actually give up, a lifeline suddenly laid before them. Roberto Soldado had just scored for Valencia. At the same time, Hélder Postiga put away a penalty for Real Zaragoza. Just then watches, synchronised at the start, ticked up to 89:00.

Dear Sixteen Year Old Me

Summer is almost here. Those of us living in Vigo or anywhere along the Galician coast are lucky for being able to enjoy the beach and the sun. Still, there are some people who feel embarrassed on the first day they wear their swimsuit at the beach, due to their pale skin colour got during winter. Some wrongly decide to start using the tanning bed a few weeks before to get a “healthy” glow. Others believe not using sunscreen while sunbathing will lead to a faster natural tan... Owing to this, here at LEZ we would like to revive a fairly old video entitled “Dear Sixteen Year Old Me”, which we are sure some of you have already watched.

Yessss!! We Stay Top!!

(Reblogged from ESPN)

Natxo Insa scored the only goal as RC Celta survived relegation from the Primera División with a close win over Español. The midfielder struck after 15 minutes as the home side avoided the drop to the delight of a packed Balaidos as overjoyed fans swarmed on to the pitch at the final whistle.

RC Celta stayed up at the expense of RCD A Coruña, who were relegated after being beaten 1-0 at home by Real Sociedad. Espanyol went close when Simao Sabrosa sent in a free-kick from the right but RC Celta goalkeeper Ruben Blanco proved equal to the effort after four minutes.

World No Tobacco Day

Dear students, 

Every 31^st May we celebrate the World No Tobacco Day, which encourages a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of this drug.

Although tobacco selling or consumption is illegal for people under 18, unfortunately some teenagers start smoking in order to stay cool, be part of the group or even get a sexier look… 

According to the Spanish law, smoking is prohibited in indoor public places and workplaces and on public transportation. Nevertheless, it appears people still smoke on train station platforms, football stadiums or bus shelters, which although being outdoor, crowd together quite a lot of people who become passive smokers.

If you want to get to the core or what a passive smoker is, have a look at this brilliant add:

(Over 80% or cigarettes’ smoke is invisible, so no matter how careful you are, they still breathe in the harmful poisons. If you could see what’s really there, you wouldn’t smoke.)

In any case, it appears useless to give smokers a list of the dangers they are exposed to since “they know it already". Therefore, as a picture is worth a thousand words, we’ll show only very few of the many consequences cigarettes have on your health:

(Lung cancer)

(Stains and amputations)

(Teeth decay)

(Premature skin ageing)

(Impotence)

(Fertility problems)

So why is tobacco so harmful? I you have a closer look at the substances a cigarette contains and their use in various industrial products you will get your answers:

Don’t hide behind excuses such as “we’re all going to die anyways” or “my grandfather used to smoke two packets of cigarettes a day and died at age 90”. Smoking can cause a slow and painful death:

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ESO 3 - 3rd Term PBL Grades

ESO 3 Students,

These are your grades for your 3rd term PBL task (An Astronaut's Advice comic strip translation):

GROUP_1_3A - (Lara Álvarez, Víctor Pérez, Fabio Moura, Adrián López) - 0 points - You did not send any work at all... :'(
GROUP_2_3A - (Meres Gómez, Jennifer Alonso, Iria Domínguez, Antía Junqueira) - 8 points
GROUP_3_3A - (Adrián García, Zaida Domínguez, Rosmery Camacho, Génesis Espinal) 0 points - You did not send any work at all... :'(
GROUP_4_3A - (Alexis Antón, Gabriel Cherubim, Lara Collazo, Paula Suárez, Diego Anido) - 9 points


GROUP_5_3B - (Pagán, Santiago Pascual, Jessica Vilaboa, Brayan Mesa, Noelia Soto) - 7 points
GROUP_6_3B - (Ainhoa Albolea, Magnolia Córdova, Pablo Cámara, Alicia Val) - 7 points
GROUP_7_3B - (Diego Pérez, Rubén Roo, Adrián Sánchez, Mireia Martí) - 9 points
GROUP_8_3B - (Mario Quinteiro, Pedro Palmás, Samuel Torres, Iago Pernas) 8 points
And this is the brilliant translation by GROUP_4_3A (Alexis Antón, Gabriel Cherubim, Lara Collazo, Paula Suárez, Diego Anido):

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Labor Open-Doors Day 2013 - The Cinema School!

Labor's Living a Celebration!!

We are celebrating at Labor School. On Friday 31st we are holding our traditional open-doors day and theme celebration: Movies this year!

Everybody is welcome. Have fun!

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For Whom the Bell Tolls - John Donne

ESO Students,

We are sure some of you have heard of this famous, inspirational poem by John Donne, For Whom the Bell Tolls... Donne wrote this poem while recovering from a serious illness and this particular quote is taken from Meditation XVII in his book Devotions of Emergent Occasions.This passage was made famous after Ernest Hemingway used ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ as the title for one of his most acclaimed novels.

Today we would like to offer you the version by brilliant artist Gavin Aung Than, who has used the poem as a tribute to the late Jeff Hanneman (1964-2013), a guitarist and one of the founding members of the metal band Slayer. He recently passed away due to cirrhosis of the liver.

Click here to enlarge the image.

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British Isles City Names

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Message to a Graduate, by Grant Snider

(Reblogged from Incidental Comics)

Although this comic by Grand Snider was originally intended for graduates, as its heading states, at LEZ we find it so truly inspirational that we believe that every student at every level can benefit from it. Enjoy!

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Don't Text and Drive

We never used to write messages at the wheel. There must have been a good reason.

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Isn't Sport Crazy!!

Crazy reactions from Sky Sports commentator Johnny Phillips after unbelievablye action:

Leicester's Anthony Knockaert missed a last minute penalty to send his club through to the Championship play-off final, Troy Deeney then scored for Watford seconds later to send them to the Wembley promotion to Premiership play-off match.

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What Your Body Does in 30 Seconds

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Divorced, Beheaded, Died; Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

You have probably been told the story of King Henry VIII a hundred times and also know how he got rid of five of his six wives. There is a popular saying stating “divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived” which describes the fate each of them suffered.

We would like to revive the luck this women run by making a brief comment on them and posting six short clips from the show “The Tudors”, illustrating their final moments.

As it is said in each chapter on the show, aired from 2007 to 2010, “you think you know a story, but you only know how it ends. To get to the heart of the story, you have to go back to the beginning…”

Kids Don't Learn from People They Don't Like

Today we'd like you to have a look at one of those TED conferences we've already talked to you about on a previous post at LEZ.
The speaker this time is Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, who issues a call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

Let's have a look at some of the points she discusses:

• All learning is understanding relationships.
• [To a colleague]: "you know, kids don't learn from people they don't like.  
• Tell a kid you're sorry, they're in shock.
• I wondered, how am I going to take this group in nine months from where they are to where they need to be?
• I gave a quiz, 20 questions. A student missed 18. I put a "+2" on his paper and a big smiley face. […] You see, "-18" sucks all the life out of you. "+2" , he said, "I ain't all bad."
• [A student to a former teacher]: “you made me feel like I was somebody, when I knew, at the bottom, I wasn't."
• Will you like all your children? Of course not. […]  the key is, they can never, ever know it. So teachers become great actors and great actresses.
• Teaching and learning should bring joy.
• Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.
• We can do this. We're educators. We're born to make a difference.

You can watch this clip without subtitles to improve your listening skills or make use of the transcript available below. We personally love this woman's energy and are sure it'd be a pleasure to have her in class.

Telephone Phrasal Verbs

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ESO 2 - 3rd Term PBL: Ideal Virtual Home

ESO 2 Students,

This is your PBL task for the 3rd term, a joint Technology + English project:

You have to design your ideal virtual home, bedroom or business...

Groups:

Groups of 2 students (or you can fly solo). You can work with a classmate or choose a partner from another classroom.

Description & Language: 

You must write your ideal home, bedroom or business description/interpretation in English - 150 words minimum. Of course, every text you include must be in English.

Format and size:

JPG file, generated from a Powerpoint slide, page size: 630x297 (3 DIN A4 sheets put together)

Minimum software you must use:

Powerpoint (text, design and lay out), A9 CAD (blueprints) y Google Sketchup (3D graphics)

Typography:

Font: Century Gothic, Arial, Avantgarde…

Size: For normal text at least 12pt size

You have to send your jpg files by e-mail to BOTH the Technology teacher, Leo Areal, and to our mail. The deadline is Sunday 2nd June at precisely 23.59.59. No files will be admitted after the deadline ends... so please do not wait until the very last minute and get down to work as soon as possible. Both Leo and myself are sure you are going to enjoy this project and benefit a lot from it. Good luck! :)

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ESO 3 - 3rd Term PBL Task

ESO 3 Students,

This is your 3rd Term PBL task. You have to translate this inspirational comic strip by artist Gavin Aung Than into the language of your choice: Galician or Spanish.

You should translate EVERY WORD YOU SEE IN THE COMIC and create a new jpg of png file and send it to our mail. Keep the comic as it is: don't change the images. Just substitute the English words with the Spanish version. The deadline is Friday 24th May at precisely 23.59.59. No files will be admitted after the deadline ends.

The fonts you must use are Creative Block and Red State Blue State.

Your file identification must be as follows: GROUP_NUMBER_CLASS.JPG or GROUP_NUMBER_CLASS.PNG. Example: GROUP_1_3A.PNG.

You must fill in the "subject" section of your mail messages with YOUR GROUP IDENTIFICATION and the word "PBL".

And these are the groups: