JESUS-MARIA IKASTETXEA

We have done an animated film describing what Jesus-Maria is like.We want to encourage new students to come to this school and join our big family.

YOU'RE WELCOME!!!

AFTER MULTIADVENTURE

Today, May 5, we have already come from the wonderful trip we made to Huesca, Multiadventure. We were really tired when we arrived to Bilbao, but it was well worthwhile!

From our point of view, the best activity has been rafting; it was the only activity in group and it was exciting as we were in constant tension.

The second activity we enjoyed the most was canyoning, however, we got a bit scared because the distances from the floor were very high.

Finally, the third activity was hydrospeed. Although it has also be an impressive and enjoyable activity, it is the one we enjoyed the fewest.The best of this experience has been the harmony and relationship we have had between our classmates, instructors and teachers, with which we have close ties. We hope we come back!

MULTIADVENTURE

Next Monday and Tuesday (25th and 26th April), 4th ESO students (us) are going on a Physical Eucation's trip to Huesca, Multiadventure.We are staying there two days (one night). This activity consists in practising a series of extreme sports (although we will be completely secure) such as rafting, hydrospeed and canyoning.

Hirospeed is an activity in which you are in constant contact with water. A specially designed wetsuit, together with a hydro between our hands and, finally, some fins are the materials we are going to use and have fun with. The aim of the activity is to go down the river with the help of the hydro that are given.

Secondly, rafting, is the activity we are really looking forward to doing. You go down the river on a launch accompanied by four more classmates  and  a instructor.

And finally, talking about canyoning, you go down a river where there will be 4 different obstacles in which we will have to rappel, jump into the water... Of course, we are going to be given a harness and a helmet; safety first!

After going to this fantastic trip, we will tell you our experience and post some photos!

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. He was baptized on April 26, 1564, in England. He grew up in Henley Street, near London. William married Anne Hathaway.

In 1593 he published "Venus and Adonis", one of his first large poems. Over the years he became more famous in the London theatre world. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616.

"Shakespeare in love" (1998) directed by John Madden, is an American film starred in by Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes. The film tells the story of the love adventure between Viola de Lesseps and William Shakespeare, during the time when the playwright was writing Romeo and Juliet.

We have recently watched the film in class, and it has been worth seeing it. We found it very interesting and full of love; we considered it a great film. If you like love and drama films you will definitely enjoy it! However, we didn't like the end... just watch it and let us know your opinion in the comments!!

Here you've got the film's official trailer:

We've also done our own trailer... hope you like it!

"BOCATA SOLIDARIO"

This week (April 18- April 22) our school are selling "Bocata Solidario" during the playground in the canteen. The aim of this activity is to collect money in order to give it to Haití with a specific project: scholarships. The families' resources are very limited and many of them can't offer their children an appropriate education. We intend to cover the daily maintenance, the uniform's costs and books for all the school year.

The students from Primary, Eso and Bachillerato have to bring the foodstuff with which the "bocatas" are filled: chorizo, ham, salchichón, sponge cakes and Spanish omelet. But that's not all; badges with different drawings done by some teachers are also for sale..

The foundation that helps us in this project is called "Juntos Mejor". This foundation has been more than 150 years helping the most needy and deprived countries. It works for all the children who suffer an outcast childhood and the women who are being ill-treated all around the world. At the moment, projects are being developed in lots of countries, such as Nigueria, México, Cuba, Argentina, Perú, Haití, India, Pakistan, Siria etc. The aim is to improve the educative and social development in all the areas.

WORLD BOOK DAY

World Book Day is celebrated every year on April 23. The aim of it is to inculcate reading habits among people, specially on young  people.

The first World Book Day was celebrated April 23, in 1995. The date was chosen because it was the death of the famous authors William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes. The idea of the day was taken from a Spanish tradition;  The Rose Day.

There are traditions on the day which are specific to some countries: in Spain, people exchange books and organise a reading marathon during two days; at the end, Miguel de Cervantes' price is given by the king. In Sweden, writing competitions are organised across schools and colleges.

In UK and Ireland, the day is celebrated on the first Thursday of March instead of April 23, as St George's Day is celebrated on this day.

To mark this important anniversary, a company in Australia has built a full-scale temporary working replica of the second globe theatre, which was built in 1599.
Shakespeare's works performed in this theatre made the Globe one of the most important theatres in history.


Thanks to researches from Sydney university, Pop-Up-Globe will replicate the exact dimensions  of the second Globe theatre. Eight works from William will be performed. The last one will be on April 16. All the people will share the same space and experience.



 

M A S K S

We've made a short film in honor to Claudina, which reminds what she taught us. It is also related with Carnival.

Claudina Théhevet (30th March, 1774) was born in Lyon, France, in a family of sill merchants. Her relatives called her "Glady". She died on February 3, in 1837.

Her life was marked by French Revolution. At the age of 19, 5th february 1794, she witnessed the shooting of two of her siblings. Despite her deep pain, she forgave them.

Father Coindre proposed Claudina to take in two orphaned girls, and so she did. With time more and more girls were taken in until Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mery wa formed. Her last words before dying were: "How good is God".

Claudina is our school's symbol; her ability to forgive, her power, her love and dedication towards orphaned girls and God... She inspires us and cheers us to follow her steps.

DON´T MISS IT!

PEACE DAY

                                                       Peace Day in our school 3 years ago

Since 1964, Peace Day (30th January) is celebrated all around the world to commemorate Gandhi's death. This year as 30th is on Saturday, our school will celebrate it on Friday. The whole school will gather in the sport room in order to celebrate an assembly, where we will remember Gandhi and talk about the main topic, peace. Each course from ESO and BACHILLERATO has prepared some activities.

Gandhi  was born on October 2, in 1869 (Porbandar, India) He studied law and became the leader of India´s independence movement. In January 30 (1948), the 78-year-old Gandhi was killed in Ner Delhi´s Birla House. Nathuram Godse, an hindu extremist, was his murderer. He took the life of a pacifist human who spent his life preaching non-violence. This is the reason why the Peace Day is celebrated every January 30th all around the world.

Ghandi's biography short video: https://youtu.be/_-QoW3_jOZM

The activity which 3rd and 4th of secondary are preparing consists of a Museum of Gernika's painting (Picasso). 3º of ESO will take care of making a big mural depicting the painting of Picasso. On the other hand, 4º of ESO, will seek for information about the painter, the work, its symbols... Once they have all the needed information, they will record their voices reading it.

When all that work is done, with the help of technology using the QR code, if you point at the drawing with the mobile phone, the recorded information will be reproduced.

Then, as we have said before, the whole school will go to the sports room, where we will celebrate an assembly. Students from BACHILLERATO will read some texts.

HOPE YOU LIKE IT !!!!!!!!

LEXIT

Lexit is a literal resource to encourage reading. It is an online reading platform where teachers have a personal space to share with students; each student must read a book and answer chapter to chapter to a time-controlled questionnaire.

The platform makes a scoring system which encourages students to read books. The more they read and make questionnaires correctly, the more points and options for prices they will have.

We've been using this space for 4 years from now. 19 students from 1ºESO to 4º ESO have won a price for reading. The prices this year have been:
-2 e-readers
-4 headphones sets
-13 USB-bracelets

THEATRE COMES TO OUR SCHOOL!

As every year, the 'Moving On' English theatre company, came last Friday to our centre. The show was given to students from 1st and 2nd of ESO and another one for 6th grade. We had the privilege to watch the play too, and we could see how students sang and got involved in the play, while they were learning English.

 'Moving on' company offered us a comedy and a musical show, interpreted in English by experienced British performers. This time, they performed a show called "One way ticket"; this play took us on an amazing journey in London underground, where the protagonists, Bob and Harry, try to preserve the underground station.

This company also did another theatre for primary school students . The story was about a dreamer, called Harry, who wanted to become a famous actor. The show gives the students the chance to involve in the world of television.

 

 Here you have the link to the "Moving on" web:  http://www.movingonsl.com/

BASQUE DAY CELEBRATED AT OUR SCHOOL

As we told you some days ago, on Thursday it was celebrated Basque Day. In our school we carried out a series of activities. The result was very good: BACHILLERATO made a graffitti, ESO and Primary practised some typical Basque sports... and we ate chestnuts! We also had a chat byt the Athletic Club  ex football player, Koikili.

                                                               Basque Sports

                                                       Bachillerato's graffitti

                                               In the playground eating  chestnuts

STUDENT'S POEMS

Do you remember the article we posted about BTEK, the science fair “Zientzia Azoka”? If you haven’t read it you should, it is really interesting!

After the visit, the students have been doing a series of different activities. One of them has been writing a poem in groups. The teacher has sent us all of them.

To be honest, we have to tell you that we really like all of them, “The Kit Kat” specially. What about you? Leave your opinion in the comments.

HOPE YOU LIKE THEM!!!


http://chitchatclub.edu.glogster.com/poetry/

BASQUE DAY

The language of the Basque Country, Basque, has survived to several European movements. On the one hand, the first that it survived to was the arrival of Indo-Europeans to Europe: they nearly changed all the languages that were in Europe but Basque. On the other hand, the second movement Basque survived to, was the Latin’s arrival to Europe; new languages came up eliminating the older ones, but Basque didn´t disappear. It is one of the oldest languages of Europe. It doesn´t have any relation with other languages or family; that´s why it is not considered an official language in Europe. Linguistics haven´t managed to find out where Basque comes from; they believe that it was born in France and with time it spread around the north of Spain, until it arrived to the Basque Country.

The objetive of the celebration of the ´Basque day´ is to widespread the language (Euskera), as that is the key for its survival. Basque day was oficially celebrated for the first time in 1949.
Francisco Javier, who died 3th December, was a Jesuita´s Saint together with San Ignacio de Loyola. He was a Saint who travelled to many countries and knew lots of languages. However, his maternal language was basque; his last words were told in basque. As Saint Fracisco Javier representated the language, the day of his death was chosen to celebrate ´Basque Day´.

                                                     Saint Francisco Javier

This day is also celebrated in our school. Some teachers have organized lots of activities. 

The children from pre-school will make drawings to create sheets (with the help of a machine) and they will also do some manual works.

Children from primary are also going to have two activities. On the one hand, they are going to do ''herrikirolak'', which are typical Basque country's sports, like tug or sack-races. On the other hand, a DJ will come and play music in Spanish, English and Basque. 

Finally, for secondary there are planned two activities: firstly, a gymkhana and secondly, do graffiti.

A retired footballer, from the team Athletic, will also come to give us a talk.

Here you are a song in basque, HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!!!

FOOD AID TO THE POOR IN BILBAO

Nowadays, there are millions of poor people in the world. Society usually thinks that poor people are just in Africa or Asia..., but poverty is closer than what we think. Indigents are next to our house's doors, they live with us. I'm talking about homeless people, those who don't have even for food. To deal with this situation and help to indigents of our city (Bilbao), our school carries out two activities: On the one hand, it is organised a food bank where every students and teachers can bring food to donate it. On the other hand, there are some days during the year in which there´s a voluntary work after school for those students who really want to help (just for 4º Eso and Bachillerato).

During this month, in our school, we have been doing a food bank for the Irala’s soup kitchen. The most important food we have to bring is for breakfast and basic products, like milk, eggs, rice etc… In our school, we also do every two or three months, a food bank called ‘’kilo’’, where we collect food for the same food kitchen.

Two of us went to the soup kitchen, so each of us is going to tell you our personal experience:

Marina's experience

The first thing we did when we arrived, was talk with the volunteers that were there. They were very kind and friendly; they  solved us all the doubts we had, and explained us what we were going to do. 

First, they gave us an apron and we set the table. Secondly,  the homeless arrived. They ate the first plate, and we had to ask them wether they wanted to repeat or not. If not, we had to serve them the second plate. Finally, most of them left with a smile in their face, expressing gratitude.

It  surprised me  that most of them were always smiling at us; I reckon that is very hard, considering that most of them are homeless people, that live around the streets,  they don´t have a home, maybe they don´t have  family… I don´t know how their lives are, but I'm sure that not an easy one. It was amazing to see them smiling. I would really like to know all of their stories. It also surprised me that the physical appearance of the indigents. I thought that they were going to have scruffy and untidy clothes. And that is true, but there were also many people that was wearing normal clothes. If saw those people on the street, I’d never think that they have bad economical situations. It is amazing that they have to eat in soup kitchens in order to maintain a house and a family.

In summary, the experience made me reflect and think of other people's  situations. It also made me feel better with myself.

Pilar's experience

Firstly, my friend and I arrived to the soup kitchen.  We didn’t know what to do or tell. We were nervous. Thank god, the veteran volunteers were very kind and welcomed us very kindly. They told us what to do: first, we had to put on an apron; next put the plates on the table; and finally, serve the plates with food. Followed, the indigents arrived. We waited there until they finished the first dish and we asked them if they wanted to repeat. If they didn’t want to, we just had to take the plate and serve the second dish. In general, they were polite and they usually thanked us.

Judging by the appearance, there were all kind of people. We saw from the poorest people from Bilbao to good looking people, with a similar appearance to our parent’s. Despite being poor people, most of them were really nice to us and well-mannered. The 90% of them were immigrants.

What I’ve learnt from this experience is that even people with the most normal appearance can have such economical issues to have the need to go to these soup kitchens. You never know what kind of problems a person can have. This involvement has also taught me how fortunate I am, and how near people with not a single resource are. It is very easy for us to help them. I surly recommend this kind of “activity” and I have no doubt that I’ll repeat it.

If you are interested, here you’ve got the pamphlet of the soup kitchen we went to.

TERRIFIC HALLOWEEN RECIPE!

 

 

 

 

Hi everyone! We're very exited of sharing with you the recipe for our delicious cake! You won't like it unless you are a chocolate lover. It consists in the following: the base of the cake it's the oreo cake from the brand royal. Above the base, we can find 3 different critter´s species (bat, mummy and spider).For each of them there is a recipe (very easy).

Here you've got the link of the video where we explain all the steps: https://youtu.be/WGGeT0ZrGHg

The only thing that we don´t explain in the video about the recipe,is how to make the oreo cake from the brand royal. Every box brings the recipe (step by step) on the other side of it. We leave you a picture to let you know how the box looks like.

 

 HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!

GERNIKA PEACE MUSEUM

This year, our school has organised a visit to "Gernika Peace Museum" for students from 3rd ESO. We´ve interviewed the teacher who organisedthe visit, Eider. In the following video, she explains to us what the "Gernika Peace Museum" is and what they did in the visit.

Here you have a link of the Peace museum: http://www.museodelapaz.org/en/index_en.php

FINE ART MUSEUM

This year our school has also take part in the museum. This year our students from 1st ESO have visit the art museum in bilbao. We've interviewed the teacher who organised the visit, Angel. In the video,he explains to us what arts museum consists in.

https://www.museobilbao.com/in/

BTEK, VISIT TO A SCIENCE FAIR

                      

This year, our school has taken part in the Science fair ''Zientzia azoka''.It is a visit for students from 2nd ESO. We've interviewed the teacher who organised the visit,Iker, and two of the students who went to the BTEK.
In the video,they explain to us what ''Zientzia azoka'' consists in.

GARY HUNT THE WIINNER OF RED BULL CLIFF DIVINIG 2015!

Last Saturday, 60.000 people attended to the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Bilbao.
Gary Hunt, who scored 1320 points, was the winner of this amazing competition. In the second position we can find Orlando Duque with 970 points. And finally, the third position is for Jonathan Paredes, who obtained 849 points. However, Gary Hunt wasn´t the winner of the stage; it was Steven LoBue (USA).

"It was an incredible feeling to win the title again, especially when you're competing against some of the best athletes in the world in this disciplinethe", Gary Hunt stated.

WATCH OUT THE OFFICIAL VIDEO! JUST... AMAZING!

RED BULL CLIFF DIVING 2015 IN BILBAO

The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, established in 2009 and created by Red Bull, is an annual international series of cliff diving events in which a limited number of competitors determine the Cliff Diving World Series winner.Divers jump from a platform at a height ranging from 26–28 m. Competitions are held in a limited number of places around the world. This year it has taken place in: Cortagen (Colombia), La Rochelle (Francia), Fort Worth (EEUU), Copenhagen (Dinmark), Azores S.Miguel, Mostar (Bosnia-Hezergovina) and Polignano a Mae (Italia).

After visiting 23 countries  in 7 years, the fiftieth competition of the "Red Bull Cliff Diving" is going to take place in Bilbao, Spain. However, it isn’t the first time that Red Bull Cliff Diving takes place in Bilbao. It was also held last year. The winners were: 1^st Artem Silchenko (RUS); 2^ndGary Hunt (GB); 3^rd Kris Kolamie (POL). This year's favourite possible winners are Gary Hunt and Orlando Duque. 

Bilbao has been a commercial nucleus since the XIV century; It has experimented an intense industrialization and has begun a process of social, economic and aesthetic revitalization with its iconic Guggenheim museum. The competitors will jump from the bridge ‘La Salve’, next to the museum, to the tidal river Nervión (72km). 

This year the show will be on the 26^th September, Saturday, from 14:00 to 16:00. The competitors will be:

Male:-Gary Hunt-Orlando Duque-Jonathan Paredes-Blake Adridge-David Colturi

Female:-Rachelle Simpson-Ginger Huber-Anna Bader-Lysanne Richard

YOU CAN'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY!! COME TO BILBAO, YOU'LL ENJOY IT!

Here you can watch a video of Red Bull Cliff Diving in Bilbao last year.