2016

Term 1

Welcome to term 1! Bienvenidos!

This term we will be learning about feelings and emotions in Spanish. We will learn different ways to answer to ¿Cómo estás? / How are you.

Here is your vocabulary to practise the words we are learning.

We are also preparing for the upcoming Carnaval celebration awaiting in term 2.

What is Carnaval? Watch the video and practise our vocabulary.

Maqui Carnaval Music Video from Eduardo Ortega del Rio on Vimeo.

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Term 4 ¡Hola!

This term we will be getting ready for our celebración de Día de los Muertos in week 6! We will be making some art for it.

We will also learn about food! La comida.

Use this set of flashcards to practise some key words. Have a go at the flashcard and scatter mode and keep track of how you improve your time!

Key vovabulary:

• El desayuno – breakfast.
• El almuerzo – lunch.
• La cena – dinner.
• ¿Cuál es tu comida favorita? – What is your favourite food?
• ¿Te gusta el chocolate? – Do you like chocolate?
• Me gusta el chocolate – I like chocolate.
• No me gusta el chocolate – I don´t like chocolate.
• Hay tomates – there are tomatoes.
• ¿Qué es esto? – What is this?

We will be making some projects to learn about different food groups and our favourite foods.

Term 3 ¡Hola!

Una ciudad española: Barcelona

Barcelona is a vibrant city in Spain. It is known for it special architecture and diversity, and also for it famous soccer team.

It is a very old city founded by the Romans many centuries ago.

One of the most famous people from Barcelona is the architect Antoni Gaudi.

This is the city he helped creating.

Following this link you can find some of Gaudi’s works that are considered World Heritage. This means, that are so important and impressive for the whole world that the organization called UN looks after them and protects them.

This term we will be learning about the 21 Spanish-speaking countries from all around the world.

We will be reading maps, colouring flags, researching and presenting information about each country.

Do you know the different regions of the continent America?

How do we do we say the nationalities from each country in Spain and Latin America?

What would you like to learn about this topic this term?

Nacionalidades:

Language focus

We are going to learn countries and nationalities and to answer to questions.

¿De dónde eres tú? / Where are you from?

• Soy de Australia. / I am from Australia.
• Soy australiana. / I am Australian.

¿Eres australiana? / Are you Australian?

• Sí. / Yes.
• No, soy chilena / No, I am Chilean.

¿Dónde vives? / Where do you live?

• Vivo en Melbourne. / I live in Melbourne.

Escucha la canción ¿Cómo te llamas?

 

For the video you will need login details. Ask Señorita García.

Have a go with these flashcards and games. Keep a record of your scores in your book!

Play with these fun Languages Online games.

Remember to keep practising with our  interactive maps and other games on this link.

 

Term 2 ¡Hola!

This term we are learning about physical descriptions. We can use the vocabulary to describe ourselves, to describe or friends and family or any other people.

Flash cards for physical descriptions: Las descipciones

Flashcards for feelings: ¿Cómo estás?

Here are some games to practise:

 

Instituto Cervantes interactive games. Find the one about “Esta es mi familia” / then “El mundo de Carlos” / then “mi madre es castaña”. (Does not work on i Pad, desktop only).

Languages online interactive tasks. (Does not work on i Pad, desktop only).

This term we are learning about the famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, her work and life.

We are learning about her painting El Marco / The Frame, and use it as inspiration to make our own portraits.

Frida’s paintings were like a book, where she told us her story, and tells us about what she liked, what she feared and what caused her pain.

We use expressions such as Me gusta bailar, Me gusta escuchar música, Me gusta la pizza, Me gusta el chocolate.

Here are some examples of our work:

You can find more on this post.

¡Fantástico!

Improving our pronunciation in Spanish! Follow the link for videos and exercises.

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Term 1

¡Bienvenidos! This term we are practising vocabulary we learnt last year. We are trying to use Spanish in interactions during class and to learn new words every lesson.

This term we are learning vocabulary to talk about things we like and we learnt about Carnaval in Latin America!

¿Te gustan las orejas de carnaval? / Do you like the Orejas de Carnaval?

Here are the ingredients (original recipe here):

• 250g de harina – flour
• 50g de mantequilla – butter
• 25 ml de té de anís -aniseed tea
• 100ml de agua tibia -warm water
• 60g de azúcar – sugar
• 1 huevo- egg
• 1/2 limón (la ralladura) – lemon (zest)
• una pizca de sal – salt

We are making a collage to talk about our families and ourselves.

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Let´s revise some songs we like:

¿Puedo ir al baño?

Los números del 1 al 100

Días de la semana

El abecedario

¡Hasta pronto!