Year 7 in Arqueopinto

We are back from a great day in Arqueopinto. It was a wonderful day out with lots of activities and workshops where you did experience things I have been explaining to you in the first and second term. Raúl (our tour guide) did explain very well the evolution of settlements, as we did in Geography last term and other issues about different tribes and groups of people such as Celts, Iberians (Carpetanos) and Romans, as we did in History too. They gave us incredible information about the evolution of people and cultures, the same as Mercedes did in "Conocimiento del medio". Over all I think the activity we enjoyed quite a lot was watching and practicing the war techniques of Romans. Here you have some pictures of our day out.

International Women's Day (IWD)

International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. International Women's Day first emerged from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe. Since those early years, International Women's Day has assumed a new global dimension for women in developed and developing countries alike.

Congratulations to everybody for the interesting assemblies in Fresnos and Mataespesa sites. Despite the event is called Women's Day it has been a great day to think about all of us and to respect and value each other a little bit more. Well done!

Year 11's National Parks

We have been talking about different issues in our lessons of "Leisure and tourism", there are different types of tourism in LEDC's and MEDC's. We have been talking about Ecotourism in developed and developing countries. I am including a useful link on here to revise National Parks for the IGCSE.

REVISION NATIONAL PARKS in MEDCS's

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/rural_environments/managing_rural_areas_rev1.shtml

Year 7's...... Africa

Dear Year 7's,

Just a quick message on here to bring you the "intro" video about Africa. It might help you to refresh your mind about the second topic we are covering this term. REMEMBER..... The global test will be about "River/floods and Africa".

If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me.

Rivers and floods....Year 7s

We are about to finish our topic about rivers and floods and as I always say geography is all around and it is happening all the time. Here you have some information about the floods in France this week. Maybe you can name the factors that increased the risk of flooding in Paris.... any idea? ;o)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42801644

Marking mocks of the IGCSE...

I have spent many hours marking during this weekend... ALL papers and ALL mocks are done and your results ready to be published soon. I was expecting more from you all. There are big gaps between the students that are studying and the ones feeling more relaxed . I do have a general feeling that you must study and work harder towards the real IGCSE in May if you want to succeed. More feedback on THURSDAY.

Year 11's Hi-Tech industries

We are explaining high technology industries and using different examples as case studies. Here you have a link with useful information you may use to talk about, using them as new case studies about this issue. Feel free to read about them and ask me any questions.

http://www.elmundo.es/tecnologia/2015/01/27/54c1f69a22601d472c8b456e.html?a=3494e50864ea0571a527c2aba76b6d2e&t=1422347968