Bye Bye Lancaster! We will see you soon!

Our English partners have left today!
We have had a lot good moments to remember!
It has been a great experience.

Next time we see them will be in Lancaster!

See you soon!!! Hope you are having a great trip!

Our Last Day at Sagasta

We have visited La Rioja Newspaper this morning!
We have learnt a lot!
Then we are having a great time celebrating Saint thomas with our partners!

 

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Then we have celebrated Santo Tomás de Aquino together!  It´s been great fun!!!!

Santo Tomás de Aquino 2016!!!

FALLO DEL IX CONCURSO LITERARIO EN INGLÉS

SANTO TOMÁS 2016

El departamento de lengua inglesa del I.E.S. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta reunido para valorar los trabajos presentados en la IX edición del concurso literario en inglés,  ha establecido los siguientes premios:

CONCURSO LITERARIO EN INGLÉS

         Segundo Ciclo de ESO:  THE LITTLE DUCK Trabajo                        presentado por Lucía Corres , 4ºC

        Bachillerato:   RUN TILL YOUR HEART IS WHOLE  presentado por Celia Muro.   2ºBTO C.

CONCURSO DE COMICS:

         Trabajo THE FURRY KIDNAP presentado por María Tabernero 2º ESO D

Los ganadores recibirán su premio y su certificado en una ceremonia que tendrá lugar el 3 y el 4  de febrero, a las 12:30 en el salón de actos.

Logroño, 29 de enero de 2016

  

Purificación Valer Melchor

Jefa del Departamento de Inglés

Today: Sagasta and Logroño.

Our partners will stay at school with us today.  At the end of the morning we will visit El Frontón del Revellín, Pelota time!!!!

There are a few things that can be found in every village in La Rioja or city, an outdoor fronton is one of them. Even the smallest village has at least one fronton, and in Logroño it is possible to have a fronton in different neighborhoods. There are also many indoor frontons that are used more often for professional matches. Many of the professional matches are broadcasted on TV stations.

San Millán de la Cogolla, A World Heritage Site!!!

Our British students have had the opportunity to visit one of our best treasures: San Millán de la Cogolla.

The monastic community founded by St Millán in the mid-6th century became a place of pilgrimage. A fine Romanesque church built in honour of the holy man still stands at the site of Suso. It was here that the first literature was produced in Castilian, from which one of the most widely spoken languages in the world today is derived. 

Suso Monastery, The cenobium, which is the monastery’s nucleus, is Visigoth, built in the year 550, making it one of Spain’s oldest. San Millán did his lent penance in its caves. In the 10th century it was inhabited by Mozarab monks and the horseshoe arch in its main doorway and the square chapels inside date from this period. The building has two naves, separated by horseshoe arches. In 964 the Iberian Peninsula’s first encyclopaedic dictionary was written here: the Emilianense 46 Codex. In the 13th century, Gonzalo de Berceo wrote the first poems in the Spanish language. His remains lie in the Romanesque chapel

Yuso Monastery, In the early 16th century the community was housed in the fine new monastery of Yuso, below the older complex; it is still a thriving community today.

ATAPUERCA, Burgos. A world Heritage Site!

Our students are already having fun in Atapuerca.   

The Sierra de Atapuerca sites provide unique testimony of the origin and evolution both of the existing human civilization and of other cultures that have disappeared. The evolutionary line or lines from the African ancestors of modern humankind are documented in these sites. The earliest and most abundant evidence of humankind in Europe is found in the Sierra de Atapuerca. The sites constitute an exceptional example of continuous human occupation, due to their special ecosystems and their geographical location. The fossil remains in the Sierra de Atapuerca are an invaluable reserve of information about the physical nature and the way of life of the earliest human communities in Europe. In addition, painted and engraved panels have been recorded, with geometrical motifs, hunting scenes, and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures.

It is a sunny lovely day!!!

Archaeological Site of Atapuerca

The caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca contain a rich fossil record of the earliest human beings in Europe, from nearly one million years ago and extending up to the Common Era. They represent an exceptional reserve of data, the scientific study of which provides priceless information about the appearance and the way of life of these remote human ancestors.

Their first day with us!

Our partners have spent their first day with us.

First, they all had breakfast together 

and then, the Headmaster welcomed them and gave them a tour of the school.

They have also had the opportunity to visit Bodegas Franco-Españolas

The Breton de los Herreros Theatre,  and many more things.

Tomorrow off they go to Burgos and Atapuerca. The Spanish students will be joining them tomorrow !

Let´s hope it is not too cold .  

Welcome Back!!!

The Lancaster Royal Grammar School students will arrive today!
They are flying from Manchester to Bilbao and will get to Logroño later this evening!!!
We hope you have a great time with us!!!
Welcome!!!

David Bowie, we are going to miss you!!!

David Bowie, the icon!!!
David Bowie, the chameleon!!!
David Bowie, the great performer!!!
David Bowie , we have lost you forever but we will always remember you !!!

Space Oddity, his first real hit!!!

Fan's tribute to David Bowie!!!  A different version of Space Oddity!