THE CLIL ZONE

Merry Christmas

2011-12-19T05:12:00.000-08:00

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Well, it's my favourite time of the year and here in London it is looking very very Christmassy! It is quite cold and we have had some snow. In the north they have had lots and lots of snow. I have been very busy making lots of traditional food, like mince pies and christmas cake. You can find out more about typical food including my favourite, mince pies, here.

On Christmas Day, here in the UK, we play lots of games with our families. These are traditionally known as parlour games. One of them might be Pictionary or Hangman. In these games your have to draw stick men. Have a go at drawing your own stickman by clicking the picture.

Ever fancied becoming an one of Santa's elves? Well, now you can! Try this link. Or check out my attempt here.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in 2012!

Ross

XMAS GREETING

2011-12-17T10:33:00.000-08:00

A Stopmotion History of the World

2011-12-03T11:55:00.000-08:00

Here you have a short, funny and different way to see the History of the World. Enjoy it!!

Video on inventions from Islamic world

2011-11-12T04:31:00.000-08:00

Hi babies,

Students from 2nd ESO CLIL have been working on the Islamic world and its influence in our society, with their inventions and discoveries. Here you have an example of one of the projects made by Javier Verona Robaina. It's a wonderful video and I hope you enjoy it. Congratulations Javier!!!

What's your number?

2011-10-27T15:30:00.000-07:00

Here's a cool programme for you! You can find out how many people were alive in the world when you were born and loads more besides.When I was born, I was the 4,981,214,104th person alive on Earth. (We won't ask Angie her's!) Click on the picture below to find out more.

ENGLISH IMMERSION PROJECT 2º ESO B

2011-10-27T08:42:00.000-07:00

As most of you know, 25 students from 2º ESO B CLIL and two teachers from the CLIL project, Miguel Esparza and Angie Cabrera, are staying in a Bilingual Camp in San Mamés (Madrid) right now. They are sharing this experience with another group of 25 students from IES Paterna (Cádiz) and they will be there until Saturday 29th. They are doing activities related to Environment, Sustainable Development and Globalization.

Most of the activities are carried out in English Language and students are improving their speaking skill with them. There are two English native speakers working with them, Eugene from Canada and Cori from The United States, as well as six more entertainers. They are also enjoying sport activities, together with visits to different places related to the topic such as The Water Museum in Berrueco and the Composting Plant in Pinto.

Students are enjoying a lot with the activities and they are participating in most of them with a great enthusiasm. We hope they can learn as much as they can. Here you have some pictures as an example of their stay. See you soon babies!

Projects from 2º ESO B

2011-10-21T12:53:00.000-07:00

Hi babies,

Hope you are enjoying your first term in Vecindario! Teachers from CLIL are preparing a lot of fun activities for you all this year. The first activity we’re doing is an Inmersion Project in San Mamés in Madrid with students from 2^nd ESO B.

But before that, students from that group have made some wonderful projects about The Roman Period in Social Studies. They have also made a poster to show some topics they are going to work in the camp in Technology lesson. Here you have some pictures of these posters. I hope you like them. Wonderful work babies!!

Welcome to the new term!

2011-09-12T12:19:00.000-07:00

Welcome to a new year of blogging. If you were here last year then welcome back. If you are brand new to the CLIL Zone then we hope you enjoy follwing us this year. We hope to keep the blog up to date and give you some really interesting items to read and activities to try.

Good luck for the new year!

Healthy Eating

2011-05-19T06:04:00.000-07:00

Do you think about what you eat and how it affects your health? Would you eat a burger or hotdog everyday? Well a man in the USA has just broken a record. He has eaten his 25,000th Big Mac. He is a big fan of McDonalds and started eating Big Macs 20 years ago when he was young. He has at least 3 of the burgers a week! Not surprisingly, doctors don't recommend that people try to copy Don Gorske's diet. See his video on the BBC Website.

A little effort goes a long way

2011-05-07T05:38:00.001-07:00

So we know it's difficult when you find yourself in a foreign country and you don' speak the language. "I certainly do" (Ross). Well here's a video to help you out. It explains how just a few little phrases can make your time much more enjoyable. Have fun watching!