Our trip to Madrid (1º BACH)

The students from 1st of Baccalaureate went to Madrid last week, we spent 3 days there. We visited a lot of museums, it was a pity that we couldn't see all the paintings at the museums because we didn't have enough time.
Despite the fact that we didn't have time, we still had time to go shopping or visiting the city (some people left their money at home so they had to borrow some money from friends...)
The teachers (Miguel & Mestre) go every year but they still get lost in Madrid, however, they weren't the only ones who got lost; some of us did too but we are very intelligent so we decided to go to the restaurant where we had had lunch. We will always remember this trip because it was too hot and we didn't have water...
The trip in the bus was very "interesting": at first (6.00 a.m) people tried to sleep but it wasn't comfortable, later we listened to some music and watched some films like "No strings attached" (the film was censored by Mestre) and  at the end we watched "The Notebook" (some people cried). The trip back home was similar but  it felt shorter.

By: Uxía, Laura and Olivia

Atapuerca 4º ESO

Last week students of 4ºE.S.O. went to Burgos to visit many beautiful and interesting places. We arrived last Thursday, but we visited Atapuerca the next day.
Atapuerca is a site where there are many caves  which have preserved our history for years. The visit is very entertaining, we learned a lot about our ancestors and the way they lived. We could see, for example, a trap where hervivorous animals were trapped so that humans and other carnivorous animals  could eat them.
We could see that humans at that time were smarter than we think they were. The sights are very nice, the place was full of vegetation and the rocks had a long history. We also saw Miguelón, an ancestor who was very important in his tribe, (you can see him in the photo) we learned many things about his life.

By Jacobo Güell

Interview

1. Where did he study?

 He spent his childhood studying at "Muro" and "Labor" schools. Then, till university he studied at Guia's high school. Finally he studied hispanic and galician-portuguese Philology at the university of Santiago.

2. Which was his favourite course?

8º of E.G.B., which now is 2º of E.S.O., because he went to high school. But also C.O.U. (2º Baccalaureate)  because he met his future wife there.

3. What did he do in his free time?

He liked to play in his neighbourhood, riding his bycicle and playing football (Teis team) and basketball.
Now,  he likes driving his motorbike. He has just got the licence and he has an "OndaCD 300 Triumph Boneville", a naked motorbike model.
Also, he likes playing drums. He belongs to several music bands.

4. How did he start playing drums?

He has a brother who plays the guitar very well so he started playing it too,  but later he discovered that he preferred drums instead. His brother took him to some classes when he was fourteen and so he started playing the drums. Now, with his group called "La mafia", he sometimes plays at some locals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f-MfdhOTbw

5. Why did he come to this school?

Because they offered him that job. First, he wanted study to be a journalist but at the end he decided to study to be a teacher, which he also likes.

6.Why did students start calling him "mestre"?

When he arrived for the first time at this school he told the students to call him Carlos or "mestre". As no one else could have this nickname, he took it.

7.When did he start speaking galician?

He spoke galician when he was little but when he was at school it was a forbidden language. Although they didn´t have it as a subject till B.U.P., he kept speaking it at home.

1st ESO in Altamira and "Lagos de Covadonga"

Last week the students of 1st od ESO went to Cantabria and Asturias for two days. They visited the museum of Altamira where they could see the "neocave" which is a copy of the original paleolitic paintings found not far from there. They also went to the "national park of lagos de Covadonga"

This is a picture of 1st of ESO A listening to the guide's explanations about the lake.There were three lakes,
 one was a temporary lake. In the biggest lake there is a statue of the Virgin of Covadonga,  it is inside the lake all the year but once a year they take it out  for a celebration in Picos de Europa.

It was very tiring, but we were very lucky because the weather was fantastic! We ate a packed-lunched near the lakes .We enjoyed the excursion a lot because we didn't have to come to class but we learned a lot of history and geology. By the way, Do you remember what a "MORRENA" is? We would like to have more excursions like that because we like this way of learning new things. We recomend you to go to this excursion, it's a good experience!

By: Andrea Gamallo, Eva Araujo and Raquel Blanco