Mar 8, 2021

International Women's Day

 Changing the Status Quo starts with imagining a different future, that´s what the United Nations claims.


Raise your hand high to show you're in and that you commit to choose to challenge and call out inequality.




With these twelve actions you can have a big impact on Future Gender Equality:

1.Share the care

2.Call out sexism and harassment 

3.Reject the binary

4.Demand and Equal work culture

5.Exercise your political rights

6.Shop responsibly

7.Amplify feminist books, movies and more

8.Teach girls their worth

9.Challenge what it means to be a man

10.Commit to a cause

11.Challenge beauty standards

12.Respect the choices of others

Feb 14, 2021

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

We hope you are all enjoying this very special day!!!

Valentine's Day is here again!!!



We had the opportunity to celebrate it at school last week!

Cards were written,

Gifts were offered,

Photos were taken,

All you need is love...

but a litlle chocolate here and there

doesn´t hurt!!! 





Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy
Nothing you can make that can't be made
No one you can save that can't be saved
Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
There's nothing you can know that isn't known
Nothing you can see that isn't shown
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's easy
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all…


Just in case you need something a little more modern ...
here you are
DAVID BOWIE' VALENTINE'S DAY



Valentine told me who's to go
Feelings he treasured most of all
The teachers and the football stars
It's in his tiny face
It's in his scrawny hands
Valentine sold his soul
He's got something to say
It's Valentine's day
The rhythm of the crowd
Benny and Judy down
Valentine sees it all
He's got something to say
It's Valentine's day
Valentine told me how he feels
If all the world were under his heels
Or stumbling through the mall
It's in his tiny face
It's in his scrawny hands
Valentine knows it all
He's got something to sayIt's Valentine's day
Valentine, Valentine
Valentine, Valentine
It's in his scrawny hands
It's in his icy heart
It's happening today
Valentine, Valentine
It's in his scrawny hands
It's in his icy heart
It's happening today
Valentine, Valentine

                And here we have some of our students who took part  in our very special Saint                        Valentine´s  English contest!!!!  Congratulations!!!!




And the prize...









Still, if you need to sing to your loved one.... please, try 

YOU'RE SIMPLY THE BEST by Tina Turner!!!  You can never go wrong with it!!!!




Feb 1, 2021

STO TOMÁS ENGLISH LITERARY CONTEST

 

FALLO DEL XIV CONCURSO LITERARIO EN INGLÉS

SANTO TOMÁS 2021

  

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

 

Primer Ciclo de ESO:  

                                NOSTALGIA  trabajo presentado por,
                                Victoria Moreno Areños  2º ESO SB

 

Segundo Ciclo de ESO:  

                               THE SANDY INCIDENT  trabajo presentado por                                       Millán Sánchez Valer 4º D ESO BLG

 

Bachillerato:  

                                THE WISH  presentado por 
                                Irene Somalo Aquesolo .   1ºBTO CB. Diurno

Los ganadores recibirán su premio y su certificado en una ceremonia que tendrá lugar próximamente.

Apr 23, 2020

Happy book day!!!

 Our recommendation for this year:

Our house

Our real house of books:




We will be enjoying our books at home again soon!!!!




Apr 19, 2020

Still I rise!

Maya Angelou got a grammy award with this poem that seems to be very appropriate for these times!
Enjoy it!!!

Still I rise!!!




Still I RiseMaya Angelou - 1928-2014

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Mar 11, 2020

FALLO CONCURSO DE STO TOMÁS


FALLO DEL XIII CONCURSO LITERARIO EN INGLÉS
SANTO TOMÁS 2020


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

CONCURSO LITERARIO EN INGLÉS

Primer Ciclo de ESO:  CHILDHOOD trabajo presentado por, Malaika Khan Martínez 2º D/SB

Segundo Ciclo de ESO:  IN A PLACE IN THE PYRENEES trabajo presentado por, Enrique Uyá Herreros  3º B/SB


Bachillerato: 

Primer Premio: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ONESELF  presentado por David Anaya.   1ºBTO INTERNACIONAL.

Accesit: THE RAILWAY  presentado por Julia Sarasibar Jiménez.   1ºBTO INTERNACIONAL

             

CONCURSO DE CORTOS: 
Desierto

Los ganadores recibirán su premio y su certificado en una ceremonia que tendrá lugar el 6/7 de febrero, a las 12:30 en el salón de actos.

Apr 10, 2019

The Big Challenge 2019!

Another edition of the Big Challenge contest is taking place today again  at Sagasta.
Let´s hope our students get their best results ever!!!
Good luck!!!

Apr 9, 2019

The English Projects




We would like to share with you some of our 1st ESO students´ projects in the English class.  
These are some of their special animals!
Enjoy them as much as we do, please!!!
Well done!!!
Keep it up!!!









Mar 7, 2019

International Women´s Day


Better the Balance, 
Better the World!

You can read about the History of the Day from the United Nations Organization .  
We are pleased to share this eye opener video with you.  Please, enjoy it!







Starting at age 5, many girls begin to develop limiting self-beliefs.  They stop believing their gender can do or be anything. This is the Dream Gap, and this is why we need to start working to close it





Feb 10, 2019

Sto Tomás

One more year here we have the results of the English Department Sto Tomás Literary Contest, Sagasta 2019.

This year we have the following winers:


Primer Ciclo de ESO: FAMILY by  Malaika Khan Martínez 1º A/SB


Bachillerato: ENTROPIC ART by  Inés Sánchez Valer. 2ºBTO INTERNACIONAL.


Short movies:  FEMINISM by Salma el Abrak 3ºD and Aya Moallem 3ºA




Ms. Arroyo, the bilingual coordinator together with the Bilingual Arts teacher,  Ms. Naraya Robles and Ms. Ana Iturriaga, the Bilingual Physical Education teacher have helped our students of the bilingual program to produce a short sequence of the musical Annie to be performed for the rest of the school during the Santo Tomás festival.

The particpants of 1º ESO bilingual students are , Daniel López Echazarreta, Sarah Ovando, Malaica Khan, Ariadna Terroba, Carlota Piqueras y Claudia Rojas. The 2° ESO bilingual students, Enrique Uyá, Francisco Meneu, Daniel Vicuña, Jaime Segarra and Antonio have also participated.

The student Jaime Segarra has designed the stage and has been in charge of projecting the lyrics on the wall so that the rest of the students can follow the songs.

Thank you teachers and students for the hard work!!!

Keep it up!!!


Mar 8, 2018

Phenomenal Woman!

Maya Angelou´s poem Phenomenal Woman seems to be a very appropriate poem for today March, 8th .   Let´s listen to Maya herself reciting it!  Enjoy it!!!






Phenomenal Woman


Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size 

But when I start to tell them,

They think I’m telling lies.

I say,

It’s in the reach of my arms,

The span of my hips, 

The stride of my step, 

The curl of my lips. 

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman, 

That’s me.



I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please, 

And to a man,

The fellows stand or

Fall down on their knees. 

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees. 

I say,

It’s the fire in my eyes, 

And the flash of my teeth, 

The swing in my waist, 

And the joy in my feet. 

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.



Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.



Men themselves have wondered 

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can’t touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them, 

They say they still can’t see. 

I say,

It’s in the arch of my back, 

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.



Now you understand

Just why my head’s not bowed. 

I don’t shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud. 

When you see me passing,

It ought to make you proud.

I say,

It’s in the click of my heels, 

The bend of my hair, 

the palm of my hand, 

The need for my care. 

’Cause I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.


Now, let´s have a look at what women in other parts of the world do to celebrate the IWD.  In London they they have a very special night for girls, The Girls Skate Night



You can read today´s Los Angeles Times here


In Australia their slogan today is Leave no woman behind! 





A summary of activities all over the world can be found here!

Mar 7, 2018

Ain´t got life, Nina Simone



I ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money, ain't got no class
Ain't got no skirts, ain't got no sweater
Ain't got no perfume, ain't got no bed
Ain't got no man
Ain't got no mother, ain't got no culture
Ain't got no friends, ain't got no schoolin'
Ain't got no love, ain't got no name
Ain't got no ticket, ain't got no token
Ain't got no god
Hey, what have I got?
Why am I alive , anyway?
Yeah, what have I got
Nobody can take away?
Got my hair, got my head
Got my brains, got my ears
Got my eyes, got my nose


Got my neck, got my boobies
Got my heart, got my soul
Got my back, I got my sex
I got my arms, got my hands
Got my fingers, got my legs
Got my feet, got my toes
Got my liver, got my blood


I've got life, I've got my freedom
I've got life
I've got the life
And I'm going to keep it
I've got the life

Mar 6, 2018

Respect,    Aretha Franklin





Respect

What you want
Baby, I got it
What you need
Do you know I got it
All I'm askin'
Is for a little respect when you get home (just a little bit)
Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home
(Just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)
I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone
Ain't gonna do you wrong cause I don't wanna
All I'm askin'
Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Baby (just a little bit) when you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)
I'm about to give you all of my money
And all I'm askin' in return, honey
Is to give me my propers
When you get home (just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah baby (just a, just a, just a, just a)
When you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)
Ooo, your kisses
Sweeter than honey
And guess what?
So is my money
All I want you to do for me
Is give it to me when you get home (re, re, re ,re)
Yeah baby (re, re, re ,re)
Whip it to me (respect, just a little bit)
When you get home, now (just a little bit)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB
Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)
Whoa, babe (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)
I get tired (just a little bit)
Keep on tryin' (just a little bit)
You're runnin' out of fools (just a little bit)
And I ain't lyin' (just a little bit)
(Re, re, re, re) when you come home
(Re, re, re ,re) 'spect
Or you might walk in (respect, just a little bit)
And find out I'm gone (just a little bit)
I got to have (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)


Song writer: Otis Redding

Mar 4, 2018

March is Women History Month!

March is Women History Month, and we have to celebrate it and honor it!




We are starting with this very famous song you have heard before and you can watch here three different versions of it!


YOU DON´T OWN ME 

Grace , cover version of the original song of 1963

,


YOU DON´T OWN ME


Lesley  Gore, the first one to sing the song in 1963!


You don't own me
I'm not just one of your many toys
You don't own me
Don't say I can't go with other boys
And don't tell me what to do
Don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display 'cause
You don't own me
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me
Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay
I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please
And don't tell me what to do
Oh, don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display
I don't tell you what to say
Oh, don't tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live





Jan 15, 2018

MLK DAY! A day of service!!!

Today we celebrate Martin Luther King´s Day!

MLK day is observed on the third Monday of January.  In 2018 today  is that Monday, a day of service to the others, a day to help others, because the persistent and urgent question is:   What are you doing for others?




The story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Kid President:




I have a dream script,



Some Washinton DC students remember I have a dream!





Nov 23, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody!!!

The pilgrims travelled to the new land in the Mayflower.




Cartoon Network 2017 Thanksgiving commercial


Thanksgiving is everywhere, Garfield celebrates it,




and so do the Simpsons


and more . . .



Happy Thanksgiving everybody!!!!

Nov 8, 2017

Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Hoy vamos a pasar todo el día en el colegio!





Al final de la manana vamos a visitar el castillo y antes algunos haremos una presentación sobre lo que está ocurriendo en Cataluna.





Nov 7, 2017

The Lake District and Dove Cottage

Hoy hemos visitado el distrito de los Lagos , una zona particularmente especial del paisaje Ingles!





Antes de coger el ferry en Bonnes para cruzar el lago:



Visitamos Ambelside y la tiemda más pequena de Inglaterra sobre un puente para no  pagar impuestos:




Dove Cottage, la casa del poeta William Wordsworth:






Y el jardín de la casa, donde Wordsworth pasaba muchas horas, en el Distrito de Los Lagos:







EL jardín de Daffodils de Ambelside dedicado al poeta Wordsworth:


Aprovechando para comer 



Nov 6, 2017

Lancaster Royal Grammar School!

We have finally made it to LRGS.  So different from our Sagasta.

Distintos alumnos nos han hecho un tour primero del colegio y después de la zona del internado.



  


También hemos visitado el ayuntamiento! Nos han explicado un poco sobre la historia de Lancaster



 










Hemos acabado el día aprendiendo a hacer Scones! Típicos bollos ingléses para tomar con el té! Lo hemos pasado muy bien y estaban deliciosos!