Wednesday, February 4, 2009

SPORTS MAGAZINES

12-year-old ESO 1 E students worked in small groups to prepare a Sports Magazine. Each group chose a sport. Here you can see the product of the group who chose Swimming. They produced an amazing magazine complete with gossip columns and horoscopes. Find out the latest gossip of the swimming world that involves champions Michael Phelps and Gemma Mengual By Manel Paret, Irene Tineo, Clara Gimenez, Jana Rius and Marta García. !


MY GREEN ID

We did this activity with ESO1 students (12 years old). We discussed our recycling and transportation habits in order to decide how we could make the planet greener.
OBJECTIUS


THE ATACAMA DESERT by MANEL PARET, A 12-YEAR-OLD STUDENT

Desert

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

DID YOU KNOW...?

A video that suggests which track we should be on...

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

RAINFORESTS: THE YANOMAMI

Video made by three 12-year-old students on the topic of the Yanomami of the Amazon Rainforest.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

SPORTS TALK


ESO 1 students talked about sports. Here are some of their conclusions

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

AN IMAGINARY TRIP TO SYDNEY - Teacher: Mireia Solé

Check out the blog of Mireia Solé's two 13-year-old students, Maria and Claudia, where they recorded the experiences of their (imaginary) trip to Sydney.

Friday, October 24, 2008

THE EGYPTIAN "BIG BANG"

Check out how the Ancient Egyptians explained the creation of the Universe


ORAL PRESENTATION: THE ARABIAN DESERT

Video of a 12-year-old student explaining the main features of the Arabian Desert


Thursday, October 23, 2008

THE INUIT CREATION MYTH

This video summarizes the creation myth of the Inuit of Canada. It is highlighted by the amazing throat singing of Inuit artist Sainkho Namtchylak.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

THE YORUBA CREATION MYTH

Video made by ESO 1 students in the class of Geography in English.

Monday, October 13, 2008

THE BIG BANG?

In the Optional Subject of Geography in English we studied the origins of the Universe through the theory of the Big Bang. But then we explored how the creation or origin of our planet and humankind was explained by ancient cultures all over the world. Here are some of them.

Friday, October 10, 2008

ENGLISH TODAY

This video shows the experience of two 14-year-old students in London. Enjoy the sights!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

GLOBAL WARMING

This video about global warming comes with questions..Enjoy!

Saturday, September 20, 2008

A FORCE MORE POWERFUL...


Highly recommended: a series of lectures about the power of non-violence... a much needed tool in our troubled world.
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Friday, July 11, 2008

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Monday, July 7, 2008

BARCELONA-BREDA STUDENT EXCHANGE 2007-2008



The English Department organized the Student Exchange to Breda (The Netherlands) for the second time. 17 students from Icària who had attended classes of subjects in content-based learning (CLIL) for three years took part in the exchange. The 17 Dutch students had also followed their studies in English as a means of communication in content-based learning.


From 26th February to 3rd March, 17 students and two teachers from Icària School spent a wonderful week together with our Dutch friends . Then, from 3rd to 10th April our friends from Breda came to Barcelona to spend a week with us. You can read some of our diaries here . ENJOY IT!!!

EXTINCT ANIMALS: THE DODO


Check out this new webquest I have just finished. You'll be able to learn a lot about the cute DODO and other animals that went extinct.

NEW INNOVATION PROJECT!


Our school has again been selected by the Department of Education of the Catalan Government to take part in a 3-year innovation project to improve the communicative skills of our students. This award, part of the PELE project, entails specific training for the teachers of English, a follow-up by the administration and 2000 euros to purchase materials. Five teachers of the English Department will take part in it: Maria Rosa Batlle, Carme Cemeli, Eva Gómez, Azucena Pé and Mireia Solé.
All the information is avaliable at the Servei de Llengües. Click on the logo to access it!