Thanksgiving Festivities

Autumn means lots of fun activities and holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a very important holiday for Americans that happens on the fourth Thursday in November every year. This year I shared a presentation about why and how we celebrate Thanksgiving with the sixth grade class.

Thanksgiving from Emily Woerfel

After the presentation we saw this funny video of a Thanksgiving Song. Have a listen!

Later, with the second grade classes, we painted turkeys. Gobble, gobble!!

With the 1st graders we made little Native American girls to celebrate the influence they had on the first Thanksgiving.

One more fun video--this is one of my favorite movies about Thanksgiving. Its a really funny cartoon called Charlie Brown. Enjoy!

Welcome Autumn!

We are now in autumn. The weather is getting colder, the leaves are changing, and summer is over. Many exciting things happen in autumn. Columbus Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving all happen in this season. Here are some of the activities that we have been doing in the school and some activities for you!


With 1st and 2nd grade we made autumn trees for the classroom and some funny witches for Halloween.

 

 

With 1st and 2nd we are also talking about parts of the body and the five senses in Science class. Here is a funny video that can help you learn the parts of the body with a 

 SKELETON and PUMPKIN!

 

 

 

Columbus Day Presentation!

Columbus day from Emily Woerfel

A bit of History: Happy Columbus Day 2012!

                                                     Happy Cobumbus Day!!!

"Hats" Infants (5 Year Olds A-B) 

October the 12th is an International holiday world wide known as:
"Colombus Day"
"Día de la Hispanidad"
"Día de las Razas".
It's a special holiday because we celebrate when Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.


Emily Woerfel (language assistant)

We've celebrated  it at our school. We has learnt some more about this important issue. See what we have done. We all hope you like it!


"Boats" 2nd graders A -B



3rd & 4th  A-B

 

DGF Elementary School and CEIP Calasanz Penpal Project

Both 2nd grader students from the Elementary DGF School at Naval Base and CEIP Calasanz in Rota are working on a Penpal Project in October 2012. They're all very excited about the idea of getting to know new friends from other countries and cultures. We want to thank teachers and students for their time too!

DGF Elementary School letters

2nd A CEIP Calasanz School

2nd B CEIP Calasanz School

DGF Elementary Scholl letters

2nd B CEIP Calasanz School

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Emily's 1st day at Calasanz

On Monday October 1st it was Emily's first day at Calasanz school. We'll like to welcome her and wish her a wonderful school year 2012-13.
Thanks for your time and special dedication!

Days of the Week!

Let´s practice the days of the week! Play the game and put the days in order.

Practiquemos los días de la semana. Juega el juego y pon los días en orden.

Let's Practice! (Infantile)

Here are some fun songs to help practice the English alphabet, numbers, and the weather. You can practice at home!

Aqui tenéis unas canciones graciosas para practicar el alfabeto, los numeros, y el tiempo en inglés. Podéis practicar en casa!

Now let's practice with numbers up to ten with a song with bears in the bed!
Ahora practiquemos con numeros hasta diez con una canción con osos en la cama!

And one more to practice the weather! Think...what´s the weather like today?
Y una más para practicar el tiempo! Pensad...como está el tiempo hoy?

Welcomen Emily Woerfel!

Hello everyone! I would like to tell you that we've a new language assistant this school year 2012-13. Her name is Emily Elizabeth Woerfel. She's from Wisconsin state (Madison) in USA. She was working as an auxiliar last school year in Cádiz. She's willing to know all of us. She arrives October 1st and she'll be around until May 31st. We all hope she enjoys her staying in Calasanz.
Meet her at: http://bilinguando.blogspot.com.es

 

 

U.K penfriends!

1st A-B and 2nd A-B students from CEIP San José de Calasanz in Rota have started a "pen pal project" with students from an English school in London (Hobbayne Primary School). The main objectives are to practice reading and writing skills as well as to make new friends. All students agree that it's a great opportunity to learn about the target language and the culture.

Hobbayne Primary School



San José de Calasanz pupils

 




The corridor



Year 1 Red Class



Music Room



Infant playground

5th B and "The three little pigs" puppet show

5th B students played the well-known story "The three little pigs" for the bilingual children yesterday.
Fith graders had a great time acting out the puppet show they'd rehearsaled for months. 
It was a success!

We hope you enjoyed it!

"The little red hen" play

5th A students performed "The little red hen" play for bilingual kids at school yesterday.
Both, teachers and students, enjoyed it very much.
I'd like to thank all 5th A for their excellent job through the whole term.
It definitely was a success!!!

To All the Parents, Students, and Staff of San Jose de Calasanz,

I would like to thank you for welcoming me into your school for the year. My time here has been wonderful and I will never forget my experience here in Rota, Cadiz.

Here are a few of my Favorite things from Spain:

Food: Jamon, Atun Encebollado, Serranito, Pimientos Fritos, y Arranque
Holiday-Festival: Feria
Activity: Dancing Sevillanas
Drink: Tinto de Verano y Leche Manchada
Biggest Surprise: Horses walking by my house on several occasions


Thank you again for allowing me to join you for your first year of the Biligunal program.

With Much Love,
Meredith Gatewood

To all the Loving Mothers,

 I would like to recognize your constant care, love, and support. The world would not be with same without the love from a Mother. Thank you for being patient, understanding, and encouraging the children of the world.

One day is not enough to appreciate the love, work, and support from our Mothers.

If you recognized Mothers Day Sunday, May 6th or not, go ahead and give your Mother and other loving women in your life a BIG hug and kiss.

With Love to all the Mothers