BRIT IES EL PORTILLO
APRIL 2024
To celebrate the World Book Day we invite you to read these inspirational quotes on how wonderful it is to have a book in your hands.
MARCH 2024
Do you like reading? Are you good at crafts? Then, create the greatest bookmark ever to celebrate Saint Patrick's day. Have fun on the 17th. this year!
FEBRUARY 2024
Saint Valentine's day is around the corner. We know you can't wait for it to arrive, so here you have something that will make time go by quickly...
If you are into Sudokus, give this one a chance. Try to solve the most romantic sudoku ever...
Solution will be published on the 14th.
NOVEMBER 2023
If you want to be informed, come to our English Corner and enjoy reading some current news. Any suggestions? Knock on the door and tell us or write to brit@ieselportillo.com.
OCTOBER 2023
HALLOWEEN '23 AT OUR SCHOOL
These are the activities that took place last week to celebrate our favourite and most scary festivity:
1ºeso:
ENGLISH: Halloween Monsters (drawing and description in class)
MUSIC: Halloween posters.
P.E.: Zombie games.
BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY: Spooky animals.
2ºeso:
ENGLISH: Halloween comics (cooperative project)
P.E.: Spooky games.
3ºeso:
ENGLISH: My 3D monster.
BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY: Halloween recipes.
P.E.: Spooky games.
MUSIC: Halloween Soundtrack.
4ºESO:
ENGLISH: Micro stories
P.E.: Spooky games.
OCTOBER 2023
HALLOWEEN IS ARRIVING AT OUR SCHOOL.... STAY TUNED!
April 2023
VISIT OF STUDENTS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Our school received a visit from a group of students from the BIGY J.N. Neumanna, at České Budějovice (Czech Republic) from the 15th until the 20th of April. This visit was possible thanks to the Erasmus Plus programme. The students could learn how our school works by visiting our classroom. They also walked through our city (visiting "El Pilar", our Roman remains, "Parque José Antonio Labordeta", etc.) learning all about our history and lots of curiosities. Besides, they could spend time with their classmates from Spain, establishing long lasting bonds with them.
In the pictures below you can see a bit of that great experience. We hope to pay a return visit very soon!
Spelling Bee Contest 2023
One more year, our school participated in the Spelling Bee Contest that took place at the Aquarium in Zaragoza on the 29th and 30th of March. Annabell Ikponmwosa and Lingyu Lai participated in the junior category. Petrica Sintion and Mudar Al Azem participated in the intermediate category. They did really well and fully enjoyed the experience.
Besides, Tian, our teaching assistant, congratulated our students for their effort and awarded them with the typical Australian "Caramello Koalas", which our students really liked!
australian week (23rd-30th MARCH)
It is already a tradition to organise a cultural week to work and learn with the history and culture of English speaking countries. Two years ago our cultural week dealt with Ireland. The last year we devoted this week to The Commonwealth. This year it is Australia's turn. With the help of Tian, our teaching assistant, we are carrying out different projects and activities. We will publish in the different sections of this blog everything about the following:
ENGLISH:
1ºESO: make up a map with Australian typical elements.
2ºESO: A timeline about the history of Australia.
3ºESO:Australian recipes.
BIOLOGY&GEOLOGY:
1ºESO: Great barrier reef (POSTERS)
3ºESO: Non-placental mammals (marsupials and monotremes). POSTERS
PHISICAL EDUCATION
1º ESO:Rugby TAG.
2ºESO AND 3ºeso: AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL
TECHNOLOGY:
Famous industrial achievements and buildings(poster)
AUSTRALIA'S DAY (26th JANUARY)
26th January is Australia's Day. Tian, our Australian teaching assistant celebrated it with us by bringing typical Vegemite and 100s and 1000s from that country. Our students loved trying this kind of food (even it they found Vegemite's taste rather strange) while they were working with her in class.
and the winners of the 3RD horror stories contest are.....
marcos carrizo pérez (1ºbach-a)
SENIOR CATEGORY
nourhan chenine khantache (3ºeso-b)
JUNIOR CATEGORY
YOU CAN READ THEIR STORIES HERE:
halloween 2022
This is a brief summary of what we are working at our school during these days:
1ºeso:
ENGLISH: Halloween Monsters (drawing or 3D monsters, description in class)
MUSIC: Halloween posters.
BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY: Spooky animals.
2ºeso:
3ºeso:
ENGLISH: My 3D monster.
BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY: Halloween recipes.
MUSIC: Halloween Soundtrack.
Y además, el departamento de ARTES PLÁSTICAS también ha trabajado en 1ºESO con Halloween como centro de interés. Éste es el resultado, esperamos que os guste:
cartel concurso.pdfYou can finally participate on the THIRD HORROR STORIES CONTESTS at IES EL PORTILLO.
Write your story and either give/send it to your English teacher or to brit@ieselportillo.com
We are looking forward to reading them!!!
Students from 3ºa/B brit created the scariest monsters ever...
CONBRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM FOR SUCH GREAT JOBS!
October 2022
HALLOWEEN IS BACK at "brit el portillo"!
In a few days you'll get more information about how we are going to work this festivity this school year!
June 2022
Enjoy the summer and see you in September!
🐝
SPELLING BEE CONTEST 2022
Today was the day. Our representatives, Iqra Aslam and Annabell Ikponmwosa did a great job and were pretty close to the finals. Congratulations girls!!! We're so proud of you!!!
If you want to learn more about the contest, don't miss the pictures and videos below! Besides, our girls were also on TV!
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The Commonwealth Week
During these days, our BRIT students will be working to learn about The Commonwealth of Nations, a key organisation in the English Speaking world. There will also be activities done by students from other groups in their English lessons, apart from work in Spanish Language and Geography and History.
You can see all this work in the posts below. Nevertheless, if you want to learn first about what The Commonwealth is, you can take a look at two videos, clicking the bottons below :
Stay tuned!
COLABORACIÓN DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOGRAFÍA E HISTORIA
El departamento de Geografía e Historia ha colaborado en la "Commonwealth Week" con proyectos sobre algunos de los países miembros en 3ºESO. Si queréis ver algunos ejemplos, podéis hacer click en los botones.
THE COMMONWEALTH - TIMELINES
ENGLISH - 1º and 2ºESO
Our students have worked in groups to prepare timelines with the most important milestones of the history of the Commonwealth. You can enjoy their projects in the carousel below.
BRIDGES IN COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH (TECHNOLOGY 2ºESO)
Our 2ºESO-BRIT students have investigated about some important bridges in countries belonging to The Commonwealth. These are some of the projects. If you click the QR codes you'll get a nice surprise. Enjoy!
ANIMALS OF THE COMMONWEALTH (BIO&GEO 1ºESO)
In Biology and Geology, our 1ºESO students have elaborated posters about different types of animals that inhabit several Commonwealth countries. The posters are exposed at the school walls, but you can enjoy them here as well!
SOUNDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH (Music 1ºESO)
Our students at 1ºESO-BRIT have learnt about a lot of instruments from countries of The Commonwealth. Then, they have carried out this project. Check the pictures and the link below, where our students explain everything about these instruments. Enjoy!
These are the posters!
Here are our studens with their creations!
THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES (P.E. 1ºand 2ºESO)
In Physical Education we are learning about THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES, which is an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth. This year will be held in Birmingham (England). The sports that are played in this competition are: Wrestling, netball, rugby, cricket, badminton, hockey, etc… As Rugby is a quite popular sport in many Commonwealth countries, this is why we are learning about RUGBY TAG. Rugby tag is an adaptation of rugby and its being great fun.
Spelling Bee Contest
25th February 2022
Annabell Ikponmwosa (1ºESO-B) and Ikra Aslam (2ºESO-A) will be our representatives at the SPELLING BEE CONTEST which will finally take place next 12th May at the Aquarium. Congratulations girls! And good luck!
February 2022
ESCAPE ROOM - THE ENIGMA OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE
Last 17th February we received the visit of "Inspira" association. They offered our 1ESO students a SCAPE ROOM where they learnt about WOMEN SCIENTISTS. This activity is related to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th February).
Check the pictures below to see how our students discovered all the information about these very relevant women!
Saint Valentine's Day
Today is Saint Valentine's Day. The English Department wants to encourage you to leave your love message IN ENGLISH on the first floor's wall, around this lovely heart made by 1ºBRIT students. Please, ask you English teacher for a posit and think about your love message. You can take postis from the PIEE as well. It doesn't have to be a romantic love message, you can write to your family, friends, pet, favourite singer, etc.
HAPPY SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY!!
Be my Valentine!
18th February 2022
And this is the result...
Our students wrote lots of lovely love messages. They shared their feelings as you can see on the picture!
spelling bee contest
february 2022
Our school is going to take part in the Spelling Bee Contest that is going to take place next May at the Aquarium. Many bilingual schools from Aragón, like ours, are going to participate, so we are looking for the two students that will represent our school at the contest in the JUNIOR CATEGORY. These are the volunteers that are involved in the selection. We'll keep you posted about it!
THANKSGIVING 2021
25th NOVEMBER 2021
Even though we are still immersed in the Coronavirus pandemic, there are many things in life to be thankful for. Therefore, our students have learnt about Thanksgiving day, its origins in American history and why it is so important for people at the USA. After that, they have summarized their work in this "Gratitude Wall" which reminds us all the good things in life. We hope you like it! Thanks to our 1º and 2ºESO students, and thanks to the Arts and Crafts Department for their help.
working during all the autumn festivities
NOVEMBER 2021
We are getting ready to celebrate THANKSGIVING at our school. But until then, you can enjoy this video which summarizes what we worked during HALLOWEEN.
HALLOWEEN 2021 activities.mp42ND HORROR STORIES CONTEST - WINNERS!!!
november 2021
And the winners of the 2nd HORROR STORIES CONTEST are...
CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS!!!!
And thanks to all those students who wrote stories for the contest. GREAT WORK EVERYONE!!
WEEK 25th-29th october 2021
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN AT OUR SCHOOL:
We have learnt about "spooky birds" in Biology and Geology.
We have created our own "Halloween monsters" to describe them later on in English.
We have also danced with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in Physical Education.
In Music, we have made some Halloween Posters and written Horror Songs.
Besides, we have enjoyed some "spooky games" as well in Physical Education.
We can also enjoy some "Halloween Comics" made by our students in English.
In 4ºESO and 1ºBACH we have read frightening stories from Edgar Allan Poe.
Finally, in Technology, we have elaborated our own Jack o'Lanterns.
It's been frighteningly awesome!
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HALLOWEEN COMICS BY 2ºBRIT:
Copia de cartel concurso relatos.pdfOctober 2021
hALLOWEEN IS COMING TO TOWN...
check the english site here to find out all the information about the 2nd horror stories contest. if you have any questions ask your english teacher.
besides, all THE TEACHERS OF THE BILINGUAL PROGRAMME ARE PREPARING A LOT OF CREEPY STUFF:
IN 1ºESO:
DESCRIPTIONS OF HALLOWEEN MONSTERS IN ENGLISH
COREOGRAPHY OF THE SONG "THILLER" (P.E.)
HALLOWEEN ROCK SONGS AND KARAOKE (MUSIC)
SPOOKY BIRDS (BIOLOGY&GEOLOGY)
IN 2ºESO:
A HALLOWEEN COMIC IN ENGLISH
JACK'O'LATERNS (TECHNOLOGY)
SPOOKY GAMES (P.E.)
AND MORE... THE 2nd HORROR STORIES CONTEST, SOUND STORY (WITH QR CODES), READING OF THEATRE HORROR PLAYS, ETC.
December, 2020
The 2ºBachillerato students take part in the 1st Horror Stories Contest for Halloween.
The winner is Alejandro Esteban Gil
(2nd bachillerato B)
CONGRATULATIONS!!
