A Day at School

I am going to tell you about my school day. I always get up at 7:30 in weekdays and I have breakfast at 8:00. I brush my teeth and go to school. Classes start at 8:30. I have three classes until break from 11:15 to 11:45; later I have three more classes. I finish school at 2:30 but on Mondays I have to be in the school until 3:30.

Every week we have 31 classes. These are my subjects: Spanish Language, Maths, English, Science, Geography and History, P.E., Art, Music, French and Religion. My favourite subject is French and my least favourite subject is Geography and History (it’s the same subject).

I have lunch with my family at 3:00. At 5:00 I do my homework and at 6:00 all the children play in my street. I play with them too. Then, at 20:30 I have dinner. Finally I go to bed at about ten.

Alba Manzano (1º ESO)

One day at school

On weekdays I always get up at 7.15 and I have breakfast. For breakfast I usually have a cup of “Cola-Cao” with cereals. I go to the bus stop at 8.00 and I take it about five minutes later.

Classes start at 8.30. Every week I have four lessons of Maths, four of Language, four of English, three of Science, three of Geography and History, three of Technology, two of French, two of Music, two of P.E. and two of History and Culture of the Religions.

In the school there are three buildings: in the first one there are two computer rooms, one Tecnology classroom and one Music classroom. Of course, there are lots of more classrooms. In the second one there are two Art classrooms. In the third one there is only a theatre and an audiovisual class. There is a Gym too.

Classes finish at 2.30. I arrive home at 2.50 and I have lunch with my parents.

In the afternoon I do my homework, watch TV and play computer games. Three days a week I play football.

Sergio Torres (2º ESO)

Gijón

It’s a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias. Gijón is the most thickly populated city and finds its origins in the Roman settlement of Gigia. From those times remain the thermal baths and the surrounding wall. It is close to the other main Asturian cities, Oviedo and Avilés.
The climate is Atlantic with mild temperatures and high humidity throughout the year. The summers are very warm and winters are cold with significant rains, especially in December and March.
For much of the twentieth century the town was heavily dependent on mature heavy industries but in the 80’s tertiary sector employment began to expand quickly along with the city’s population which by 2007 stood officially at 277.897 for Gijon proper, and approximately 380.000 for the total Gijón agglomeration.

The port is at the centre of many of the local businesses. Apart from this, the economy is based on tourism, steel (Arcelor), other metallurgy, livestock rearing and fisheries.

Overlooking the city from the hill Cerro de Santa Catalina is Chillida’s sculpture Elogio del Horizonte, symbol of the city.

Going downwards the quarter of Cimadevilla, with its narrow streets and small squares invites to drink a Sidra (the typical Asturias drink).
Near here you can find Jovellanos Square where the Museum-Home of the Asturian erudite stands.

Gijón is nowadays a modern and lively city, especially in summer when it becomes the most important receptor of tourists in the region.
Come and know us!

Miriam Seivane

This is Scheveningen

Scheveningen is a former small fishing community located between the sand dunes at the west coast of The Netherlands. 700 years ago the small village was known as Sceavian which is the old English word for ‘lookout’. Nowadays a few local people still use the dialect consisting of quite a lot of words which are connected to the English language. Approximately 60.000 people live in Scheveningen and due to a collapse in the fishing industry in the seventies just a small number is still working on local fishing trawlers or in fish processing plants. The presence of beautiful sandy beaches and several attractions make Scheveningen as the biggest coastal resort with an annual average of 16 million visitors. Scheveningen is not an independent town, but part of The Hague. A local political party serve the interests of the inhabitants Scheveningen.



This contribution comes from Willem Ment Den Heijer, geography teacher of T2A (the Dutch Selhovians) and he was born in Scheveningen. He inivites his friends from Cudillero to write about their fishing harbour!! Just drop a line!!

Hans Smit of Hofstad Lyceum visited IES Selgas

Hans Smit, geography teacher of Hofstad Lyceum in The Hague (Holland) came over to Cudillero and stayed two schooldays long at IES Selgas. He both gave lessons (in English) and attended lessons (in Spanish). He had prepared an interactive presentation, not only for the bilingual students (the “Selhovians”) but also for the “bahilleratos” and the teachers who form the “speakers group” on Friday morning. His story was about The Netherlands, focusing on water management. His audience had to find out what makes The Netherlands so special. Every student got two hand-outs to be filled in, one of them being a criss cross puzzle. The pupils were very interested in the film “A closer look at The Netherlands”, which supplied them with all the information they needed for their assignments. The guest teacher from “Los Países Bajos” had also brought along some typical Dutch candies: drop and stroopwafels. Everybody seemed to appreciate that.

Mr. Smit also followed some lessons given by his IES Selgas colleagues in order to enhance his command of the Spanish language. Most interesting was a geography lesson about the Ciudad Astur, which is in many ways comparable to The Greenheart Metropolis (Randstad Holland) in The Netherlands. He was sitting next to “his” Selhovian student Ruben during the Spanish lesson, took part in a flute concert organized by music teacher Francisco and laughed a lot during a well organized debate about sex-related issues!!
During a nice meal after an inspiring school day at Selgas, Hans Smit discussed together with principal Ana and Head of Studies Francisco the future of the exchange project between IES Selgas and Hofstad Lyceum. The three of them agreed: exchanging knowledge and experiences is a real contribution to up-to-date education. ¡Viva la internacionalización! ¡Viva Europa!