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Hi everyone,
Mary, Year 5 A student, loves drawing and she's an artist.
This is her manga. Do you like her picture? It's fantastic.
Is the girl sad or happy? Has she got hippie style?

Hi everyone,
Our friends from Stamford Green Primary School in Empsom, England are writing and drawing our Easter cards. They will post them to us when they are ready. Thank you very much.

Hello everyone,
Here you can listen to Ainhoa M and David M. Year 5 A students talk about their hobbies and sports.
Great job again! Congratulations. Remember: "Practise makes perfect"



Do you like this video? We hope so.

Hello everyone,
We have shared our hobbies and sports with our pen pals from Stamford Green Primary School in Epsom, England. We have discovered their favourite sports and hobbies.
They have sent us some presentations. Here you can watch some of them:

Adhiraa and Esther talk about their hobbies and sports:



Sophie and Ava:



Olivia and Leah.



Thanks for watching.

Hello everyone,
Eduardo P and Carlos Ri love football. They have created this presentation about players who play "La Liga" in Spain. Who is your favourite world player?




Amaru B. and Miguel Ángel C. have created this presentation to talk about their hobbies and sports.

Hi everyone,
Can you guess these Lantern riddles? Are you ready to solve them?

People usually write lantern riddles on paper notes and paste them upon their colourful lanterns.
Can you find the right answer for these riddles? They are a good way to laugh and think.
Let's start!

1. What man can not live in a house?

2. It works hard all its life counting numbers day and night but never gets past 12. What is it?

3.What belongs to you but others use it more than you?

4. Davis's father has three sons: Peter, Barry and___?

5. I can follow you for thousand of miles. I don't fear cold or fire. I disappear when the sun sets behind the western mountains. Who am I?

6. What is the longest word in the English language?

7. What has a tail and a head but no body?

8. What two words when combined hold the most letters?

9. What is full of holes but still holds water?

10. What building has the most stories?

11. When you laugh it laughs, when you cry it cries.

12. What you call a rich fish?

13. What has a single eye but cannot see?

14. I am tall when I am young but I am short when I am old. What am I?

15. What has hands but cannot clap?

16. How many months have 28 days?

17. We see it once in a year, twice in a week but never in a day?

18. What goes up but never comes down?

19. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

20. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

And if you are in London you should visit the magic Lantern Festival in Chiswick Gardens.
You can see giant sculpted lanterns in a variety of forms and structures.

Hi everyone,
Do you want to learn the song "Renegades" by the American band X Ambassadors?
The band has got four members. Did you know that one of the members is blind since birth?
Which one? Who is his brother?
Have a nice weekend.

Hello everyone,
Sara Martinez, who is studying in UA to become a teacher of English, has created this video for Santo Domingo Savio students to learn how to make pancakes.
We celebrated Pancake Day last week. Remember that it's celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent period.





Make your pancake at home if you want.
Don't forget to ask your parent for help.

If it's not clear, you can follow this presentation also created by Sara Martínez.



Everything has been done by Sara Martínez, practicum teacher.

Hi everyone,
Lucía G, Year 6 student, is passionte about music, especially her favourite band: One Direction.

Hello everyone,
February 14th is here. Lovers excange flowers, cards, presents and messages with their Valentine.
People show their love and affection for another person.

Hi everyone,
This Irish student published his video "Create No Hate" yesterday as part of Safer Internet Day.
His name is Luke, he is just 13 years old and he's from Ireland.
He says that this short video takes insparation from his real life dealing with cyber bullies.

"Create No Hate" is an awesome and powerful video.



We must encourage safer and responsible use of the Internet among young people.
Don't forget to play your part.

Learn to block and report if something wrong happens to you when you surf the internet.

Hello everyone,
Ainhoa M. and David M., year 5 students have created this presentation for their pen pals from Stamford Green Primary School, Epsom, England.




What is your favourite hobby?
Do you practise any sport?

Hi everybody,
Here you can read some of our messages for #SID2016.
Why do you like the internet?

Hi everyone,
Today we have played our part" to make the internet a better place. Safer Internet Day is a fantastic opportunity to do something positive. All together can build a safety net to play, learn, talk to friends, get reliable information, listen to our favourite music and share our amazing work.

Students have drawn a heart and we have posted their work on twitter following the hashtags:

#SDS        #SID2016      #shareaheart

Here you can read one of the tweets we have posted on  twitter.

Hi everyone,
Did you make your New Year wishes?
Do you want to know the legend of the horrible monster "Nian"?

A long time ago, there was a monster called Nian. It had sharp teeth and horns and it scared everybody he saw. It appeared by the end of the lunar year and hunt people and livestock.

Watch this video to know more about this ferocious monster.



Our students have got a red envelope wich contais some money, messages for greeting the new year and red ribbons to tie around their wrists. They will bring them good luck for this year, year of the monkey.

Games.
The god of fortune.

The fortune cookie.

Chinese New Year

Chinese dragon

What's my sign

Mom cakes

Hello everyone,
Welcome to the Chinese New Year of the Red Fire Monkey according to the Chinese Zodiac. Why is it called Red Fire Monkey? The monkey is clever, energetic and inventive.

Why do you think people decorate their houses in red?
Why do you think people set off firecrackers?
Why do you think people light candles?
Why do you think people stay up the whole night?

The festival lasts for 15 days from the 1st to the 15th day of the first lunar month. The lunar calendar is also used for horoscopes. Which zodiac sign are you?

What about the  Chinese zodiac? Do you know about the twelve Chinese zodiac animals?
Which Chinese zodiac animal are you? What does it say about you?

There are eleven real-life animals and a mythical one.
Are you a clever rat? Are you a brave tiger? Are you a hard-working ox? An energetic dragon?

Hello everyone,
There are 3 days left to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2016.
It will take place on 9th February with the theme "Play your part for a better internet".
Is your school going to join this important day? What are you going to do?

To get more ideas you can visit SID 2016

Do you think the internet is an awesome place? Why?

Can it become unkind? Why?

What do you usually do? We are going to follow the hashtag #shareaheart and we are going to create our hearts with positive messages.

Hello everyone,
This week we are working the parts of the body and students have used their bodies to make letters.
How many letters can you form with your body? I guess some, but if you join other people you can make more shapes and make a lot of.

Let's revise the parts of the body. Listen carefully and repeat.



Do you know the shadow theatre company Attraction?
They are from Budapest, Hungary, and they also won Britain's got Talent
This video has left me speechless.



The group acte out a story of a man and a woman who meet at Stonehenge, fall in love, marry, and have a child. The father goes off to war shortly after their baby is born, and dies tragically. The piece ends with an image of the mother and daughter standing beside his tombstone.

Hi everyone,
Do you like music? I love it.
Lucy G and Esther are passionate about pop music and they love the English-Irish pop boy band One direction.
Do you know the names of all the boys?