3rd Graders

SCHOOL YEAR 2014-15

Hi everyone!

You might have already heard of Ross: he's our conversation auxiliary and he's from Australia.

He starts coming to Fructuós Gelabert School on 1st October 2014, so  we're preparing an interview to learn more things about him and about Australia.

Have a look at the video below:  Do you like Australia? Would you like to visit it? What do you most like?

 ACTIVITY CAMP

After practising for a couple of weeks... find below some of the best scenes! Every two videos is one complete story.

In groups of four, we're rehearsing our new short play: ACTIVITY CAMP Click on here to listen to the story and practise pronunciation and intonation!

WORKSHOPS WITH PARENTS: HALLOWEEN with Mark Carr

Halloween is a very popular festival celebrated on 31st October.

On Halloween people carve pumpkins and make Jack O'Lanterns.

On Halloween kids wear fancy dresses. They dress up like monsters, vampires, ghosts, skeletons, spiders, zombies, mummies, witches, werewolves...

They play trick or treat: they knock on their neighbour's doors and get candies (sweets). 

They also have a party.

Look at the videos:

TRICK OR TREAT?

HOW TO CARVE A PUMPKIN

HALLOWEEN SONGS:

THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE SEA
 
In the class, you're carrying out a project related to the sea. But what's our influence over the sea flora and fauna? What's the most dangerous animal in the sea?

Watch the video:

 

Now classify the most dangerous species of the Mediterranean sea as follows:

Classify the objects according to their:

Classify the objects according to their:

1. BEHAVIOUR

	Poisoning	Digestive problems	Cuts & Lesions	Damages sea life	Traps animals
1 The plastic demijohn
2 The battery
3 The condom
4 The plastic bottle
5 The carton
6 The paper bag
7 The tin can
8 The plastic bag
9 The bottle cap
10 Pieces of plastic
11 The cigarette end
12 The plastic ring
13 Diesel and engine oil
14 The food wrapper
15 The aluminium foil
16 The glass bottle
17 The sanitary pad
18 The aluminium foil lid

2. AVERAGE LIFE SPAN

	<30 years	30-60 years	60-100 years	100-1000 years	>1000 years
1 The plastic demijohn (400-600)
2 The battery (thousands of years)
3 The condom (30 years)
4 The plastic bottle (300-500years)
5 The carton (25-50 years)
6 The paper bag (4 weeks)
7 The tin can (200-500 years)
8 The plastic bag (35-60years)
9 The bottle cap (300 years)
10 Pieces of plastic (hundreds of years)
11 The cigarette end (10 years)
12 The plastic ring (450 years)
13 Diesel and engine oil	DEPENDING ON QUANTITY
14 The food wrapper (20-30 years)
15 The aluminium foil (5 years)
16 The glass bottle (thousands of years)
17 The sanitary pad (25 years)
18 The aluminium foil lid (10years)

3. WHERE TO RECYCLE THEM

Colour the words according to the container they go to:

BLUE: paper, cardboard GREEN: glass YELLOW: plastic

BROWN: organic leftovers GREY: waste     

RECYCLE PLANT: all the rest

The plastic demijohn - The battery - The condom - The plastic bottle - 

The carton -The paper bag - The tin can - The plastic bag - The bottle cap - 
Pieces of plastic - The cigarette end - The plastic ring - Diesel and engine oil - 
The food wrapper -The aluminium foil - The glass bottle - The sanitary pad - 
The aluminium foil lid

ACTING OUT IN ENGLISH

We have started working on short stories we're going to act out every 3-4 weeks in our class.
The first story is called "Wizard School". Children will become wizards and witches for a day and will play tricks to get back their spell book.

Click here  to listen and read the story.

 


JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

Today, 3rd October 2013, Pictureka's pupils have met Ross for the first time.

First as a whole group and later on in small groups of 8-9 pupils, we've asked him all the questions we'd been working on last week.

Have a look at some of the  questions made by Pictureka's pupils.

Next week it'll be Monopoly's turn!

INTERVIEWING ROSS

After working on the interview with Ross, this is what Pictureka and Monopoly want to know about him and about Australia:

PICTUREKA

Personal information

• How old are you?
• What's your favourite sport?
• Do you live in Barcelona?
• What's your favourite colour?
• Can you dance country?
• When's your birthday?
• Are you a teacher?
• Can you speak Spanish or Catalan?
• Have you ever riden a horse?

Australia

• What's your favourite food of Australia?
• What's your favourite animal of Australia?
• What's the time difference between Spain and Australia?
• What are the typical animals of Australia?
• Have you ever seen a kangaroo?
• What's the typical food in Australia?
• Are there zoos in Australia?

MONOPOLY

Personal information

• Where do you live?
• Have you got any pets?
• Have you got any brothers or sisters?
• Have you got a girlfriend?
• What's your favourite sport?
• What's your favourite colour?
• Where (in the world) would you like to go?

Australia

• What animals are the wildest?
• What animals are there in Australia?
• What's your favourite animal of Australia?
• What's the typical food in Australia?
• What are the traditional clothes?
• What's your favourite monument?
• What's the typical sport?
• What do you like doing in Australia?
• What's the most popular mountain?