Happy first day of Autumn

Today is the first day of Autumn (fall for some) in our Hemisphere, but we must remember that Equinoxes are opposite on either side of the equator, so the autumnal (fall) equinox in the Northern Hemisphere is the spring (vernal) equinox in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
Anyway... let's celebrate our Autumn as a season of change for better.

Climate Change 2014

As the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says there is a strong scientific consensus that the global climate is changing and that human activity contributes significantly. This consensus is attested to by a joint statement signed in 2005 by 11 of the world’s leading national science academies representing Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. 

Their statement confirmed the likelihood of human-induced climate change. Many other science bodies have issued similar statements. Most of the scientific debate on climate change takes place through articles that climate scientists publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Peer review, while not perfect, is a highly effective system for ensuring that journals only accept articles that meet a good standard of scientific rigorand objectivity. 

Several surveys of the refereed literature on climate change science have confirmed that virtually all published papers accept the fundamentals of human-induced climate change.  Some of the following links provide further information about this issue and the demonstrations all around the world. Click on them to know more. We will talk about it in year 7 and 8.

BBC  

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29301969

EL PAÍS  

http://sociedad.elpais.com/sociedad/2014/09/21/actualidad/1411322966_435333.html 

THE GUARDIAN

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/21/-sp-climate-change-protest-melbourne-london-new-york-protest

UN (United Nations)

http://www.unep.org/climatechange/

Year 11 Population

I am posting interesting and updated information about population. Remember... we will do a test about population and migration soon. Click on the link or picture to find out more.

http://sociedad.elpais.com/sociedad/2014/09/18/actualidad/1411055250_751320.html

Welcome.... back!

Dear students,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back for the start of the 2014 – 2015 school year. Although I’m sure everyone hates to see their summer vacation come to an end, there is always a certain air of excitement about the start of a new school year. We did not even start yet and  here you have some information about our 1st term. Hope you find it useful and it will be all explained the first week we see all each other. Click on upper tags to know more. But anyway... most of you are more or less familiar with new timetables, rooms, books, and teachers.

It is going to be a challenging year for us all (students, parents and teachers), with many different issues to deal with academically or not, in and out the school. 
For that reason we all must make an extra effort in our own responsabilities, being supportive to each other.

- Students, I expect you work hard, study a lot, following school rules as you know them already.
- Parents, I know and appreciate your support and understanding of the hard work of teachers and special conditions we are going through at work. So, I give you all my biggest thank you in advance.
- Teachers (myself) As a teacher I understand the effort all of you (parents) are making to send your kids here and I will do my job as professional as ever to get outstanding and best academic results with every single student I am responsible in every subject, group and lessons I teach.

Ok, enough is enough... time to say bye for now.

I just wish you the best of luck to you all this year.

Mr. Legaz