4th Year A Science - Solar Light Bulbs

Solar Light Bulbs

Our class did a Science Project learning to use sun and water - but not money!

First, we got some boxes (we recycled the boxes our AMCO English books come in!) and full bottles of water, and each group painted their box with very colourful colours.

  

Next, we cut a square from the top of the box and cut a circle out of this square. We glued the new shape back onto the top of the box.

Then, we pushed half the water bottle into the hole (on the top of the box), holding the piece we cut off, so that the bottle wouldn´t fall.

Finally, we cut a little door in the side so that we could see light inside the box without light bulbs.

We took the boxes outside and tested how much light was inside the box by covering the top half of the bottle and looking through our mini door. It was very dark and difficult to see anything. But when the cover was taken off the bottle and the sunlight shone into the water, it refracted down into the bottle and inside the box was bright with sunlight!!

It's a fantastic idea! And in poor places they do this project in the roofs of their houses and they have solar light bulbs.

And all this, with only a box, a full bottle of water (and colours if you want to make it beautiful!!)

Text by Lucia Parry 4th Year A

2 year olds: Rain, rain, go away!

In infants the daily routine is very important, and so every day we do a class assembly where we say good morning to each other, the day of the week, numbers and the weather. Every day there is a mini-teacher who is in charge of helping the teacher with this task.

For the youngest students it’s still a bit difficult, but we all help each other.

Lately, because it’s been raining so much, we have learnt this song. We love dancing with our umbrellas.

 

When we’ve finished we like to be artistic.

Finally, because we are tired of it raining so much we sing a rhyme to make it go away, so we can play!

1st Year B (Primary)- Love Somebody, Yes I Do !

Don't we all like to know that somebody loves us ??????
Well, the boys and girls of 1B want to tell their families just how much they love them.
So this is how we went about it :
First of all we brainstormed all of the adjectives (describing words) and the verbs (doing words) that they knew.
Then they quickly got into groups and worked together to invent their cinquain (five-line) poems.

There is one for mum.

 Done by Lys, Clara, Carlos and Natalia

 

One for dad.

 Done by Guillermo, Andrea, Rebeca and Laura

One for grandma.

 

Done by Patricia, Lucia, Adriana, Manuel and Ramón.

 

And last but not least, one for grandpa.

Done by Marta, Lucia, Nacho, Inés and Lucas.

                                                 

          And to finish, here are the children singing a song to show just how much they LOVE you ALL !!

                                                

                                                                

4 year olds A: Days of the week

We use colourful, attractive easy to understand flashcards for each day of the week in English. This helps many visual and tactile learners grasp the days of the week, along with letter recognition.  

Sing Me a Song:  The children sing our “days of the week” song daily. In one run-through, this song covers the days twice.  Repetition is the key to any learning as we all know!  The children learn the song after hearing it only a few times.

They have a great time learning and their pronunciation is fantastic !!!!!

3º Primary A: Down-to-Earth Children

DOWN-TO-EARTH CHILDREN

This week, year 3 students have been applying their scientific knowledge in a practical way in Art.

Since they are studying the classification of rocks and minerals and the different Earth’s layers, now they want to show the magnificence and the splendor of our planet in these astounding landscapes.

They have moved heaven and Earth to find different types of spices, rice, lentils and pasta to capture the contrast between layers.

 It seems that they enjoy Science as much as Art!

No doubt, they are the salt of the Earth!

Year 2 Twister Spelling Bee

Twister Spelling Bee: this is how the year 2 students call this spelling game. We use a laminated poster of the letters of the alphabet. We spread the poster on the floor.

The children are asked to spell one word from the list and at the same time they must put their hands and feet onto the letters they say.

  Even though we do not use a spinner to determine where the players have to put their limbs, they have great fun due to the precarious positions they are often required to put themselves in. It's hilarious, and they love it!!!