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Saturday 31 December 2011

Happy New Year


Happy New Year to all the children at CPR "LA Vega".
I hope next year brings us more good times together to enjoy learning and sharing new experiences. See you all soon!

Sunday 25 December 2011

Monday 19 December 2011

Let's visit The North Pole!


Get the latest news from Santa's secret village in the North Pole.
There are songs, stories, recipes, films, and activities for you and your parents.
Click on the picture and have a great time this Christmas!

Game: Christmas Letter Search


Click on the image and you will find a letter search with Christmas words!

Be patient and ...Merry Xmas to you!

Saturday 3 December 2011

Story Cool Kids 6: Sightseeing in London


Listen to and read the story about Sightseeing in London.
Click on the image of your book.

About London


Children in Year 6! This page will help you with you London project. Keep up with the good work.
Click on the image to learn about the most famous monuments and key features of the London skyline.

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Thanksgiving Day in the USA

On Thursday 24th November, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
Happy Thanksgiving to them all.

If you want to know more about this American holiday click on the image

Thursday 3 November 2011

Australia

Click on the image to get into a website about Australia. It will help you with your Australian project.

Monday 31 October 2011

The story of the Gunpowder Plot



Read as you listen to the story of the Gunpowder Plot.

I said that I would tell you about Guy Fawkes and why 5 November is the traditional day for fireworks in England.
The year was 1605. Two years earlier, the old Queen, Elizabeth I, had died. She had ruled England for 45 years. She died unmarried and without children. Her nearest relative was King James VI of Scotland, who travelled south to London to become James I of England.
At that time there were bitter divisions in Western Europe between Protestants and Catholics. England was predominantly a Protestant country, but there were some powerful Catholic families. (Some old houses near Birmingham have secret rooms -- priest holes -- where Catholic priests could be hidden at times of persecution.) Many Catholic families, despite their religion, were loyal to the King. But others wanted to overthrow the King and replace him with a Catholic monarch. They looked to France and Spain for help.
One such group included a man called Guy Fawkes. He was a professional soldier. He had fought in the Spanish army in the Netherlands. He and his fellow conspirators rented a storeroom beneath the Houses of Parliament. Secretly, they filled it with barrels of gunpowder. They planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November at a time when the King and many of the most powerful men in England were there. They hoped that Catholics in England would then rebel, and that Spain would send an army to put a Catholic king on the throne of England.
But one of the plotters sent a secret letter to Lord Monteagle advising him to stay away from Parliament. Monteagle was a Catholic, but he immediately gave the letter to Robert Cecil, the King's chief minister, who ran a security and intelligence service. Cecil sent men to search the Parliament building. They found Guy Fawkes and 36 barrels of gunpowder. The rest of the plotters were quickly arrested, or died in a fight with the King's men at Kingswinford near modern Birmingham. The survivors were tried and executed in a horrible way.
And ever since then, English people have celebrated the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot by building bonfires and letting off fireworks on 5 November. Often we place an effigy of Guy Fawkes on the fire. We have an old rhyme which goes:
Remember, remember the 5th of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.


Game: The Gunpowder Plot


Play this game and see if you can stop Guy Fawkes and his friends from blowing up the Houses of Parliament.

Friday 21 October 2011

Irregular Verbs

Practice your irregular verbs with this excellent video. The photographs will help you a lot.

Sunday 9 October 2011

Song: Day-O

Have fun singing this easy song about the days of the week.




Days, months and dates

This video will help you with dates. Watch it so that you can revise what we have learnt in class.

Ordinal Numbers at the farm

Ordinal numbers can be difficult! Try this!

Watch this video and then write a list of the animals in the order the appear. Write the ordinal number next to each animal.

Sunday 25 September 2011

Song: The Rules of the Classroom

Listen to this song and learn the rules.
There are five of them.
Can you write them down?

Welcome back!












Hello! Welcome back everybody!

I hope we have a good year together. The idea is to learn a lot of English and have plenty of fun at the same time. I'm sure we'll manage that!
See you at school!


Monday 11 July 2011

Recipe: Vanilla Milkshake


A cooling recipe for the summer heat.


Ingredients
3 scoops vanilla ice cream
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons white sugar
Directions
In a blender, combine ice cream, milk, vanilla and sugar. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

Song: Mr Sun

A great classic!

Song: It's Summer Time

Are you enjoying this summer? Listen to and sing this happy song.

Saturday 25 June 2011

Clothes game: Choose the correct word

Do you know the names of all these clothes?
Click on the picture to play a game to practice the vocabulary.

Tuesday 21 June 2011

Game: Irregular Verbs


Practice your irregular verbs with this matching exercise.

Story Cool Kids 6: A Camel Safari


This time Tom and Beth travel to Tunisia for their summer holidays.
It's so hot in the desert! And Tom is SO thirsty!

Click on the logo to read and listen to the story.

Sunday 19 June 2011

Story Cool Kids 5: "I'm from New York"


This is the last story in our text book. This time the children visit New York.
I hope you enjoy reading it.

Song: Transportation

How are you going to travel this summer? On a bus? A train? Or a submarine?

Tuesday 14 June 2011

Song: Everything beneath the Sea


Our seas and oceans are full of life. Find out about some of the amazing creatures that live there.

Story: The Great Race


Here is a story which tells of the Jade Emperor's clever plan to decide the order the animal years should go in. Find out who came first in The Great Race. Click on the picture.

Friday 10 June 2011

Thursday 9 June 2011

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A tiny weeny version

This very short version of the story has no words but it's great fun.



Story: The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle

This story is now a real classic!
The hungry caterpillar is enchanting.
What a wonderful job Eric Carle did writing it!



Save Planet Earth

In this video we get an idea of the variety of plants, animals and habitats that live on Earth. The text is easy to follow and I hope it makes you think. The photographers did a magnificent job as well.


Game: Clean the beach




Everybody likes to swim in beautiful beaches but it's up to us to keep them clean.
In this game you can do that by picking up all the litter you find.
You must be careful and put the rubbish in the right bins: plastic, glass, paper and cans.


Click on the photograph and happy cleaning!










Wednesday 8 June 2011

Tuesday 7 June 2011

The Wheels on the Bus

Come on kids!
Get on the bus and sing along.


Sorting game

Have some fun with this sorting game.
Click on the picture.

Song English Tea (Lyrics)

English Tea
Paul McCartney

Would you care to sit with me
For a cup of English tea
Very twee, very me
Any sunny morning

What a pleasure it would be
Chatting so delightfully
Nanny bakes fairy cakes
Every Sunday morning

Miles and miles of English garden, stretching past the willow tree
Lines of hollyhocks and roses, listen most attentively


Do you know the game croquet
Peradventure we might play
Very gay, hip hooray
Any sunny morning

(solo)

Miles and miles of English garden, stretching past the willow tree
Lines of hollyhocks and roses, listen most attentively

As a rule the church bells chime
When it's almost supper time
Nanny bakes fairy cakes
On a Sunday morning

Song: English Tea (Paul McCartney)

In this video you can get an idea of what rural England is while you listen to Paul McCartney's song "English Tea". Stunning images indeed!

Monday 6 June 2011

The Animals save the Planet: Elephant shower

Perhaps it would be nice to think of others before you use up all the water.
Save the planet. Use only the water you need.


The Animals save the Planet: Supermarket bag

Save their planet. Avoid using plastic bags.






The Animals save the Planet: Romancing the bag

Save their planet. Use biodegradable products.




The Animals save the Planet: Meerkats and Emissions

Save their planet. Cut your emissions.




The Animals save the Planet: Lions recycle

If animals can recycle, so can we.
Save their planet. Recycle all you can.



Recycle song

Everybody knows by now how important it is to recycle. This song tells you how you can do it in order to help our planet. It's quite easy to learn because the letters move around and make up the words for you to read.



Saturday 4 June 2011

Visit the UK

The United Kingdom is definitely beautiful. In this video you can visit England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are stunning landscapes, old castles, fantastic lakes and famous monuments. I hope you enjoy watching it!



Friday 3 June 2011

Story: Planet Earth




Everybody would like to live in a green world. In this story, the school children visit the Earth museum and learn about what should be done to have a greener planet.

Story: The Rainbow Serpent


The Rainbow Serpent is a powerful ancestor, known by many Aboriginal groups throughout Australia. They believe the Rainbow Serpent played an important role in the life cycle of plants and animals and seasonal changes.

The many stories and sites associated with the Rainbow Serpent are often linked to water and places where she travelled across country, leaving behind features in the landscape. Australian Aboriginals believe she is still present today, resting, and should never be disturbed.

Listen to this beatiful story about the Rainbow Serpent.
I hope you enjoy it!

Tuesday 24 May 2011

I like fruit!

I hope you enjoy learning the names of different fruits with this presentation.
Yummy! Yummy! In my tummy!

Story: I'm hungry!

Rosie and Jack are hungry! Read this story and see what happens when Zipadee arrives.

Rosie y Jack tienen hambre. Lee esta divertida historia y verás qué pasa cuando llega Zipadee.

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Monday 23 May 2011

Fácil - Running Game: Sunday Runaway!

Todos en circulo de la mano. Alguien en el centro mientras los demás se van acercando
cantando la rima:


Monday! Tuesday! Wednesday! Thursday! Friday! Saturday! Sunday! Runaway!


Todos se sueltan y salen corriendo. Aquel en medio alcanza a alguien que quedará en el centro la próxima vez.

Corremos - Running Game: One brown mouse

Los niños forman un túnel contra la pared. Uno a uno van corriendo dentro del túnel hasta llegar al otro lado cantando la rima:


One brown mouse
Very, very small,
Ran through a hole in the kitchen wall.


El juego acaba cuando todos han pasado por el túnel.

Corremos - Running Game: Old Mother Hubbard

Alguien hace de Mother Hubbard dando la espalda a los demás. Estos forman una linea un poco lejos. Van acercándose despacio diciendo:

Old Mother Hubbard, what's in the cupbard?

Mother Hubbard se vuelve y dice algo como: Cheese, Biscuits, Milk, Oranges...

Se va repitiendo la pregunta hasta que Mother Hubbard conteste:
BONES!!
En ese momento todos salen corriendo y Mother Hubbard los persigue hasta atrapar a alguien
que siga en su puesto.

Wednesday 4 May 2011

Aprender matemáticas con rimas infantiles


Existe un acervo enorme de rimas de números que pueden ser utilizadas en estos niveles. Las rimas forman parte crucial de los programas de enseñanza anglosajones. Trabajan bien el concepto del número y las ideas de uno más/uno menos. Tienen un ritmo muy marcado y permiten, debido también a la estructura del inglés, que se introduzcan palabras alternativas, con lo cual el alumno crea sus propias rimas. El ritmo, la rima y grupos de sonidos repetidos ayudan a desarrollar la habilidad para contar y a asimilar el concepto del número.
También las rimas de dedos se utilizan para afianzar la idea de secuencia, antes y después.
Así podemos utilizar:
Ten green bottles
There were ten in a bed
Five little ducks
Five currant buns (dinero)
Hickory Dickory dock (tiempo)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught…
One, two, buckle my shoe (numeros hasta al 20)
Ten fat sausages (restar dos)
One potato, two potato
Five little green frogs
Wind the bobbin (rima de dedos)
Tommy Thumb (rima de dedos)