Starting the course with Katy Perry, 'cause baby YOU are a FIREWORK.

Katy Perry "Firework" Official Lyrics Video por VitellaroNicolas

I like to start the school year with a motivating song that reminds students that they can do whatever they want if they try hard enough. This song by the American artist Katy Perry talks about how you have to show the best of you to shine, and the melody is also very inspiring.

I hope you like it and it inspires you as I wish it inspires my students this year, that is five groups (four of ESO and one first of Bachillerato). You can read the lyrics as you watch the video which is the music and photos from the official video.

Do you like the song? Don't you think it is inspiring?

If you are a new student, feel brave enough to leave a comment!

Scratch and other things

     
You may be thinking, what is happening to this blog? It has not been posting for a long time! Well, as you know, this summer I have been resting. Besides, I have not been able to be at the September exams because I have been attending a course in Valencia called "De espectador a programador""De espectador a programador"  and I have been learning a little about how computers and the internet work in the inside. I have had wonderful teachers and have worked with different tools. One of them is this internet application in which you have to use the programming language Scratch. I hope you like my first work.

To my students, get ready to learn a little about this!!

What do you think of my work?
Do you feel like doing yours? If you do, please share it here!

NEED ANY HELP?

Martorell at Wikimedia Commons

It is only a few days to be back again, some of you, not many this year (I must confess) will be taking an exam to be able to pass the subject. I know the blog has not been much updated this summer - I needed longer holidays this year, but this is to remind you that you can ask as many questions as you want on the comments or via Twitter and I will do my best to answer them before the test next Monday.

I also remind you of this post with all the info about the timetables of English and French tests at our school.

The new course will start in a few days and I come back with full expectations of your potentials and many things I would like to experiment with you. I must say I won't be there physically, but the exams are ready and I hope you do your best. Good luck!!

Getting ready for September... before going on holidays.

Página Moodle del IES Tartessos

Before we go on holidays, I want to introduce you the new page that the English Department at the Moodle platform. My mates have been working hard to upload the activities you can do during the summer to review English and pass the exam in September. They have already uploaded activities for 1st and 2nd ESO (both at the 1st ESO section of Moodle, just follow the link on top). When you enter the page, you have to register to get access, but it is very simple and in Spanish!
If you want to know the dates of the exams in September, you can also have a look at them at the official website of IES Tartessos, you have a summary of the English dates, all of them on the 2nd September:

	1st language	2nd language
1st ESO	10h00	11h00
2nd ESO	11h00	10h00
3rd ESO	10h00	11h00
4th ESO	11h00	10h00
2ºPCPI	11h00	X
1st Bachillerato	8h00-9h45 (Hz 1&2)	9h45-11h30
2nd Bachillerato	9h45-11h30 (Hz 3&4)	X

All the ESO exams will last one hour and will be held in the SUM of the school. The bachillerato exams will last longer and will be held in Haza.