Our blog in the map

Our blog "Los Moriscos somos Comenius" has been included in the ICT innovation map in Extremadura. This is another way to disseminate this great project, "Students and Parents in partnership" :)

To know more about this initiative click on the logo

Play with Europe

Why don't we play with Europe? Let's revise a bit of geography with Statetris!!

Rehearsing

Our students are preparing the class where they will teach their parents English (phonetics!!), science and music. Thanks for your effort!!

Ready for some gardening?

One of the worshops proposed for this school year was painting, building etc. around our School. We have decided to plant some trees during this term and the next one. So this is Planting in Los Moriscos.

Comenius certificate

 This is the certificate for our involment in the Comenius Week and the message we received with it:

Dear Comenius Week 2011 participant,

We are pleased to present you with a special participation certificate for your involvement in the Comenius Week 2011 in May. The campaign brought together over 1,345 teachers from across Europe to share their experiences, organise information sessions and celebrate the impact that the Comenius programme has had on schools in Europe.
You are among these 1,345 teachers and we thank you greatly for your involvement and look forward to your further participation in future.
Wishing you all the best in this new school year,
                                                 The Comenius Week 2011 website team

Earthquake in Turkey

The eastern region of Turkey has suffered a severe earthquake of magnitude 7.2. The  number of victims  is still growing. Our thoughts are now with our Turkish friends.

Jobs questionnaire

Our students have answered ten different questions about jobs. Thanks to this questionnaire we can see many of them want to become a teacher, don't want to work in the same place they live now or would like to work for the government. Here you have more details about it:

Comenius Corner: Gostynin

Worshops for 2011/2012

These are the workshops for this school year:

Wonderful Poland

Our Polish hosts were absolutely great with all of us. We learned about the Polish Educational System, about their cities, about the food.. we even tried with the Polish language. We feel very lucky with our partners in this project!. Here you have a link to the official webpage of Gostynin where you can see our meeting with the Mayor:

And our visit in the newspaper

Participants in Gostynin

Here you have the list of participants in the meeting in Gostynin, Poland

Participants

The program of the visit to Gostynin

This is the program of the visit to Gostynin:

Program

New school year! Gostynin is closer!!!

New school year and we are preparing the next meeting: Gostynin (Poland) is waiting for us. From 25th September to 1st October, four teachers and two students from Los Moriscos will meet our friends from Turkey, Sweden, Romania, UK and, of course, Poland. Meanwhile enjoy these panoramic pictures from our next destination:

Comenius Corner: Sweden

Great Sweden!!!!!

What a wonderful time we have had in Kalmar! Thanks to the Swedish team we have learnt so many things and so interesting about their culture! It's been a marvellous experience difficult to forget and we are simply grateful to all our Swedish friends.
One of our students was interviewed by the local television. In this way here everybody has a chance to see something from beautiful Sweden:

The program of the visit to Kalmar

And this is the program of the visit to Kalmar:

Program

Participants in Sweden

These are the participants in the meeting in Kalmar, Sweden. Only three weeks to go! 

Participants

European Youth Week 2011

Now it's turn for the European Youth Week. From May 15-21 lots of events are going on all over Europe for young people to participate in. It's Europe’s major youth policy debating forum. If you want to know what's going in your country click on the map: 

Two months ago with Japan. Today, with Lorca

In Spain, in Lorca there was an earthquake last week. Nine people died and  thousands of houses and monuments were destroyed. If you want to donate this is the page of the Red Cross:

Next destination: Kalmar

In a month four teachers and three students from Los Moriscos will go to Kalmar, Sweden. From the 12th to 18th June we will share all the workshops we have done and we'll plan more activities. We just can't wait! Till now maybe you'd like to see more about Kalmar:

Europe day

Did you know that on 9 May 1950 the first move was made towards the creation of what is now known as the European Union??
In Paris that day, against the background of the threat of a Third World War engulfing the whole of Europe, the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman read to the international press a declaration calling France, Germany and other European countries to pool together their coal and steel production as "the first concrete foundation of a European federation".
From that moment till the XXI European Union, a lot of efforts have been made. So let's celebrate we are together!

This is 2011 official poster:

For more information visit this page: http://europa.eu/abc/symbols/9-may/euday_en.htm

Parents at work

The last workshop of the term is the visit to places where some parents work. We have visited Terrazas' furniture factory and Marquez' metal company. They coudn't be kinder and nicer with us and we all learnt a lot about two companies from Hornachos. Thanks very much!!!

Final impressions

To celebrate the Comenius Week we are going to reproduce our students' final impressions about the meeting in Spain. Their experience shows this project is really worth it. These are some of their thoughts:

"Would you repeat the experience? Of course, I wouldn´t think about it for a minute" Ana
"Fátima is like my Swedish sister" Belén
"My guest will be always be in my heart" Gemma
"I have called it a project but I don't think it's just a project 'cause it has been an experience difficult to forget" Abel
"I can't choose one thing because all the time has been unique and unrepeatable" Julia
"For dinner she tried, for the first time, the chorizo and she loved it" Triana
"Tack för valkomnandemig" Félix
"¡Hay que ver la de Inglés que estoy sacando!" Emilio

And these are some complete final impressions. Most of them have been so positive that we just want to repeat it soon!!!
Julia
Fátima
Elena
Ana Belén
Abel
Alba
Triana
Lexuri
Mª Eugenia

Comenius Week

From 2-9 May our School, as many all around Europe, will celebrate the "Comenius week". It’s a chance to show the world how taking part in a Comenius Partnership has enhanced learning, changed perspectives and enriched lives in Los Moriscos.
During this week we'll show the whole school community our blog, publish the experiences of our hosts students about the meeting in Spain, show all our visitors our Comenius corner, collaborate online through eTwinning, write to newspapers, do Euro quizes and webquests about the countries of our partners...We'll go on celebrating Los Moriscos are Comenius!

Certificates

Our students have also received a certificate of participation in this project. We all want to thank them for their generosity, their warmth, their contagious excitement. This project wouldn't be possible without them. THANKS! YOU ARE ALL GREAT!

Comenius Corner. Visit to Spain

The meeting in Spain in the Comenius Corner of Los Moriscos High School:

Open Day in Los Moriscos

On Thursday we celebrated our Open Day. In this festival all the School Departments organised plenty of activities which our partners also enjoyed. These are some of them:

This is the complete program: Activities planning

The Comenius Show

Our Choir sang for all our partners on the first day of their visit. They have been preparing for months songs from each of the countries of our guests. These are the songs:

1.Ay, linda amiga- Old Spanish song from the moorish times

2.Historia de las sillas- Song from Cuba about friendship

3.Arkadaşım Eşşek Sözleri- Turkish song

4.Ukraina (Hej sokoły)- Polish song

5.Dragostea Din Tei- Romanian song 

6.Mamma mia- Swedish song

7.Stand by me- Song in English

8.Pedro- Song to practise Spanish

And here you have all the lyrics in the original language and in English. Thanks everybody for this great show!

Working all around Europe!

On Thursday we all presented the results of the workshops proposed in Turkey: Recycling, sports, first aid, drugs and smoking and healthy food.
It was the beginning of a long day where our partners share with us our Open Day, a meal with the staff of Los Moriscos and even a salsa class. We finished this great day with a farewell meeting. Thank you all once again for this fantastic experience!!!

Cáceres, Mérida, Sevilla

On Tuesday 29th March we visited Caceres and Merida and on Wednesday we spent the whole day in Seville. Medieval, Roman, Muslim and Baroque architecture in three wonderful cities.

First day of the meeting

These are the activities we did on Monday 28th March. Just one day full of events!

 And some documents of interest:
Spanish Educative System
Los Moriscos High School
Gymkhana around Hornachos

The program of the visit

During the next few days we'll describe all the details of the visit of our partners. This is the program:

The visit of our partners on the news

Our partners have just left. We can't believe this week has gone by so fast after four months of planning. We want to thank everyone for this awesome experience. We will remember it for ever! And here is the visit on the news:

 

And a radio interview in the program "Esquina viva" in Canal Extremadura Radio (from minute 99:30)

Welcome speech- Comenius meeting in Spain

This will be the welcome speech of our Head Master. Thanks everyone for all the preparation of the visit to Spain and let's hope to have a very nice week!

Los Moriscos' photo gallery

All students have put posters about their assigned countries in their classrooms. In this way all of us welcome our guests.

First Aid workshop

And finally this is the last workshop: First Aid. We are sure it will very useful for everyone.

Comenius corner

Webquest about Spain

All our students have done webquests about our partners' countries. Now the pupils from 3º B, 3º C, 3º Diversificación have created webquests about Spain. In this way all our partners, through this game, have the chance to know a bit more about us thanks to the great work of our students. This is one example:

 

Pedro

"Pedro" is a very easy song that our students will teach to their guests. Here they sing it in order to help you learn it. Try not to get confused!

En una cabaña, al pie del Bosque Negro,
vivía un cowboy que se llamaba Pedro...
¿Cómo se llamaba? ¡Pedro!
Tenía un caballo, que dormía en un establo,
mientras se tomaba alegremente un té...
¿Qué se tomaba? ¡Un té!
¿Cómo se llamaba? ¡Pedro!
Pero había un indio que era muy muy listo,
se subió al establo y le robó el caballo
¿Qué le robó? ¡El caballo!
¿Qué se tomaba? ¡Un té!
¿Cómo se llamaba? ¡¡Pedro!!


In a hut, down the Black Forest
A cowboy lived, called Pedro
What was his name? Pedro
He had a horse, who slept in a stable
While he was having so happily a tea
What was he having? A tea
What was his name? Pedro
But there was an indian who was very clever
He went into the stable and stole his horse
What did he steal? His horse
What was he having? A tea
What was his name? Pedro

Activity booklet

We have prepared an activity booklet for our students. Here they have a program of the whole week of the meeting in Spain, the distribution into two buses, three "school-made" guides of Caceres, Merida and Seville and some questions about their final impressions. And we are sure they will remember this week every time they have a look at this booklet.

Last meeting with parents

Yesterday evening we had another meeting with parents to talk about the last details of the program. They are very excited about the visit of our partners. And worried about the communication with their guests. That's why we also gave them a short lesson of English to survive that will be useful for sure!

English to survive!!!

Spanish to survive

During our meeting in Hornachos we'll have a Spanish lesson. Our partners will have the chance to learn basic sentences to introduce themselves, to go shopping or to eat in a restaurant. It's Spanish to survive!

 

Two groups for buses and visits

We'll be 95 people in the visits to Merida, Caceres and Seville so we'll have to be well organised. Students and teachers will be divided into two groups for buses and for the visits to the monuments of Seville. These are the students' groups:

With Japan

Two weeks to go!!

Just two weeks for the visit of our partners to Spain. That will be 27th March, when daylight saving time starts. At two o'clock we'll move clocks forward by one hour. Let's hope nobody will be confused with clock changes. Here you have a nice page where you can learn why, when, how this daylight saving time or summer time began and some really interesting anecdotes about countries where it was observed only in certain areas.

Churros and croquetas on "The Guardian"

Today on the online British newspaper "The Guardian" there is an article talking about "churros", "croquetas" and "chorizo". During the visit of our partners they will have the chance to try them. Read the article written by Hugh Fearnley (click on the picture) and why not, try to prepare the recipe!

Visiting Spain

We will visit three main places within the meeting in Spain at the end of this month: Caceres and Merida on Tuesday, and Seville on Wednesday. Here you have three "school-made" city guides to enjoy these places. Our students will read them and complete the activities included. Do you want to know a bit more about these World Heritage cities?

Recycling in Los Moriscos

Our youngest students have made recycling bins for the whole High School!!!

Video call with Smith's Wood

This week we have met our guests from Smith's Wood Sport College, Birmingham. Thanks to a video call via Skype we could talk to them and see them!

Visit from members of Almendralejo's Teachers' Centre

Today some members from Almendralejo's Teachers' Centre (Rosa, Encarna and Fernando) have visited Los Moriscos High School. We just want to express, once more, our gratitude for their support and their interest in our project!

It's the final countdown...!!!!!

Six weeks to go till the visit of our partners!

Meeting with teachers

This week the Comenius team has had another meeting. We have seen the activities we have done so far and how we can improve them. And, of course, we are preparing the visit of our partners!!

Questionnaire

These are the results of the questionnaire proposed by our project. If you see the four sheets you will learn about the habits of the 85 students we have asked, together with their parents. We have drawn some conclusions: Parents and children have similar habits and they share similar likes. Music, sport and meeting friends are among our students' favourites (more than surfing the net) and watching TV is the activity chosen by parents. Besides, we see two important points to highlight: Parents,in general, don't speak any foreign language and a surprising 82% of mothers are housewives.

Our recipe books are here!!!!

Here are our three recipe books: Starters, main courses and desserts. Thanks to students, parents and teachers for making it possible!!! It's been a lot of work but all of us have enjoyed a lot!

Welcome board

Today an information board about our project has been placed in the front door of our High School. In this way everybody will know we are participating in a Comenius project and our partners in this adventure during these two years. It will also be a welcome board for our friends from Turkey, Sweden, Poland, Romania and U.K.

Spanish hosts

This week the host students have sent presentations about ourselves, our families and villages to our guests. Here we are all together!!

Meeting with students

Today we have had a meeting with our students. They already know their guests' names and they are all looking forward to receiving news from our partners.

 

Let's learn a bit more of our partners

Let's see a bit more about our partners. Remember the Polish currency? Population of Turkey? Capital of Romania? Extension of the U.K.? The flag of Sweden? Besides with this interactive tool you can see maps and pictures from all the countries and facts about their economy, environment..
And if you still don't know where Turkey, Sweden, United Kingdom, Spain are... ask Lilly!!

Our recipe book is coming!!

We are preparing a recipe book. This week we have taken some pictures for it. Students look great in their aprons and with their kitchen utensils!