International exams

CONGRATULATIONS to all the students who took Trinity this year. Everybody has passed!

1st ESO project

Emily Dickinson:

Emily Dickinson was born on 10th December, 1830 in Massachusetts. She is regarded as one of America's gratest poets. She wrote poetry of great power. As a young child, Emily showed a sharp intelligent, and was able to create many original writings. She said that her father was very strict with her. As well as writing over 1,700 poems, Emily was a prolific letter writer; These letters gave her the opportunity for contact with other people. She wrote poems like: "a bird came down","a clock stopped", " a door just opened"..
Our favourite poem is " a bird came down" because we think  

International exams

Trinity and Cambridge exams are near you'd better start revising and spend time listening, reading and studying English to perform great at the exams. You can watch sample exams on the web and there are also plenty of exercises to practice.

Here are some links to help you

http://www.examenglish.com/ 
http://www.candidates.cambridgeesol.org/cs/
http://www.onestopenglish.com/Exams/

Dance Festival

       Last friday (6th of may), the dance crew of the school performed traditional and modern dance at Valladares. We had been rehearsing all the year for it, and finally, we showed our moves to our classmates. It was a great experience to be in front of a crowd and also being able to work with other people who came to take part in our gala. Raquel Alvarellos and Luis carrera introduced all the dances. There were dancers of all ages because anyone who wants can dance, no matter the age.

Here you can see some pictures. At the beginning the dancers were very nervous but they were fantastic in the end. I think the audience enjoyed a lot.

By the dance crew

CHOCOLATE MADNESS!

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 spoonful of sugar
63 gr. dark chocolate
1 butter coffee spoon
1 spoonful of flour
1 baking powder coffee spoon

How to do it:
1. We put the small pieces of chocolate and the butter into a saucepan  and we prepare it for bain marie, trying the water not to reach the saucepan. 

2. We mix the sugar with the yolks and apart whip the egg whites.

3. Once we have the mixture (yolks and sugar), we add the flour and the baking powder. Then, we add the chocolate and the butter that we had melt previously (step1)

4. Finally, we add the whites carefully. 

Now, we have to prepare the molds and we fill the third part of them.

We heat the oven up to 180º, and we introduce the molds for 20 minutes more or less.

We should wait till they cool down to spread the chocolate frosting on top

Chocolate frosting

Ingredients:
163 gr dark chocolate
63 gr water
88 gr butter

How to do it: 

We put the chocolate and the water into bain marie. When it gets liquid we put it out of the fire and we add the butter until it melts. If we let it cool down  for one hour, it's easy to work with.

Now you can spread it on the cupcake top. 

                

REALLY DELICIOUS!

1st ESO project.

The Statue of  Liberty

What kind of reader are you?

1. When you hear about a new huge best-seller, what do you do? a) Decide that whatever you do, you'll never read that book. Too plebian. b) You look up the review in the press to see if it's really any good or not. c) You run out to your nearest bookshop to buy it. d) You pretend you already read it when people are talking about it at a party. e) You wait for the movie version.

2. How many books are you currently reading? a) I only read one at a time, so I can give it all my attention. b) I've lost track. c) I'm in the middle of a few non-fiction books, a novel, and one of those classics I've always meant to get to. d) How can you be reading more than one book at a time? e) I'm reading mostly periodicals right now, as I don't have time to get into a novel.

3. What do you currently read the most? a) Non-fiction - the kind that can be found in a Barnes & Noble b) Scholarly non-fiction - the kind that's mostly out of print c) Novels of all kinds - it's the quality of the story that draws me d) A particular kind of genre fiction, almost to the exclusion of other books (romances, SF, detective/mystery, or any other recognized genre) e) I can't remember what book I read last

THEATRE AND DANCE WEEK

Last Wednesday, the Secondary Theatre Group performed the play  "Zeus, una comedia" written by Woody Allen. It was directed by Albino Pombo and one of the main actors was Alex López, who we have interviewed.

Alex claims to be a person who doesn't like to answer his own questions, so we have made the effort of thinking of our own:


INTERVIEWER: How did you get interested in theatre?
ALEX LOPEZ:Since I was little I enjoyed to dress up in many ways and to do silly things, so one day my mother told me why not to enjoy the school drama club.

I:What kind of theatre do you like most?
A.L: Well, I like comedy and also drama, I like to be someone with a dark past.

I: So, if you like comedy do you consider yourself funny?
A.L: Well, generally I think that I'm a really funny person and I know that people enjoy listening to my jokes.

I: Are you intending to go further with the fact of being an actor?
A.L: Well, when I have an Oscar I will tell you.

I: Do you assimilate so much the characters you have to play?
A.L: Yes, normally.

I: How do you do this?
A.L: I assimilate them but I don't reach the point of living it, for example, if I have to be a paralytic I don't stay in a wheelchair for two months.
I: But, have you ever done a paralytic role?
A.L: In fact, no, but once I had to be a woman.
I: And how did you do it? Did you follow them?
A.L: I always follow them!! (laughs)
I: Do you think you have more opportunities with women since you started acting?
A.L: Yes, I have to admit it. I can't deny it.
I: Do you take in your lines easily?
A.L: Yes, it's very easy for me, with only reading it I have it, but in case of forgetting something I' not bad at improvising..
I:In the future, what will you prefer, cinema or theatre?
A.L: I think I would choose cinema because it opens more doors, you get more opportunities and with it I can earn more money. Appart from that, sometimes I don't like the pressure of thousands of eyes staring at me while I'm doing a monologue, for example.

I: Well, let's talk about your last play "Zeus, una comedia".
A.L: In this play I'm Diabetes, who is a greek and stupid actor that has become an alcoholic and poor person because he stopped acting, nobody wants him in their plays. One day, in a new play, he plays the part of Fidípides, a slave that doesn't know what to do. At the same time, Diabetes goes out of the play to discuss with the director that he wants to be the main actor and not a simply slave. Suddenly, the actor who was Zeus dies, so Diabetes has to improvise a new ending. In it, he's the hero of the story, against the director's feelings, but anyway he plays the ending as he wants.
I: We have run out of time, so thanks for being with us this morning and good luck in the future!

2011 spring fashion

At this time of the year the most popular pattern on fabrics is flowered

But we are still using navy chic

and as far as shoes,this year there are a lot of options,espadrille, navy shoes, sandals,high heels,flat shoes...etc

Choose your look and let's hope hot weather comes...

Dance Festival

This year the dance group of secondary is taking part in the School Theatre Week. Our Festival will be tomorrow 6th May at 12.00. We hope to see you all there clapping your hands and enjoying the brilliant performances.