Happy Valentine's Day

I love you all. Here's my present for you. From your Valentine
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Still waiting for Twinny

Here we are again, still waiting for Twinny. We're getting a bit worried about him. There are so many high mountains in Spain and they are now covered with snow! Perhaps he's got problems with his leg again...
Well, let's think positive and be patient. In the meantime we'll tell you something about some students' hiking experience while doing the pilgrimage route 'Camino de Santiago'.

David, Fernando, Pedro, Daniel and Gabriel
Yeargroup E3D

Imagine

Make peace

This is the peace poem we read aloud in nine different languages:

One hand took the other
Told her not to hide
Told her not to get worried
Told her not to be frightened

One hand took the other
Set a ring in her finger
Set a kiss on her palm
And a bunch of love

The two hands got together
Became strong enough
To break the walls
And open lanes


This is the poem that we read in English. Other pupils read the same in eight different languages.
Marta S.S. Pedro and David Year Group E3D

Perfomances in the assembly hall

During the last period our year group attended a school performance against violence by students of E.S.O. (Compulsory Secondary Education).
The first part was about violence and the second about peace. We first watched a short film and then saw some slides while the students were acting or reciting poems. Most of them were in Spanish, but one was read by pupils from different countries in their native languages. They also danced, mimed short sketches, sang rap songs and performed ‘Imagine’, the famous song by John Lennon. They played all sorts of musical instruments: piano, guitar, drums, flutes, xylophones…etc.
It was great!
Ana R. & Maite A.
Year Group B1

Capital punishment

On Non -violence Day in Spain, we watched a documentary about a black man who was sentenced to death although he claimed to be innocent.

Unfortunately, capital punishment is still used in many countries around the world , including some states of the U.S.A., as there are people who are in favour. They think that most criminals know what they’re doing and they even feel proud of it. They argue that a life sentence doesn’t really mean staying in prison forever. In their opinion, someone who kills, must be killed because murderers have lost their right to live in society. ‘An eye for an eye’. Furthermore, they also say that the death penalty is the best legal measure to stop serious crime

Opposite to that, other people believe that crime hasn’t increased since suspension of capital punishment in some countries . Nobody has the right to kill, so we must consider other legal ways of punishment. They are convinced that criminals can be rehabilitated with therapies or hospital treatment since some of them are mentally ill. In fact, in most cases the killer has been forced into crime by the society they live in.

Last but not least, it’s important to mention the controversy created around execution methods. For some people they are barbaric practices turned into shows but there are others who think that is nothing compared to the brutal way a murderer treats and tortures his victims.

Anyway, that’s a really difficult issue to discuss.

Pablo A.
B2BYear Group

Peace posters

To do this poster, we first went into a computers’ classroom and looked for famous sentences related to peace. We chose those we liked best and and wrote down them down.
Another day, we wrote them in big letters on a big piece of paper and we drew a picture for each sentence. Then we hung it on the wall in the main entrance hall, as you can see.
Our intention was to teach younger students the importance of peace in our lives.We enjoyed it very much because it was a joint project for all the first Bachillerato students.
Leticia and Estefania . Year Group B1


This is our E2C class in front of a Non-violence Day poster made by first of ESO year students. We are in the school main hall.

Storytelling

On Wednesday a man called Bonny came to our school. We went into the library and listened to his African stories and tales. It was very funny.
Salma K. ESO1B

Non-violence Day

On 30th January we celebrated Non-violence Day at our school. Every year group did something special. There were many activities going on.

Waiting for Twinny

Our garden gnome is right now on his way to I.E.S. Infanta Elena, in Spain.
We’re looking forward to having him with us and that’s why we’re here waiting for him at our school entrance. There is a bus stop nearby, but is he coming by bus, train, ship, plane or on foot?
Who knows? It’s a really long way from the North of England to the centre of Spain!
Anyway, we’ll let you know as soon as he gets here.

Fernando, Gabriel, Daniel, Pedro and David
E3D Year Group

IES Infanta Elena school