PEN FRIENDS

This holiday season our 1st of Bachillerato students got the opportunity to connect with students from the United States. We have organized a penpal with students taking Spanish classes in Belen, New Mexico. Our students wrote letters to these students describing how life is as a student and a teenaer living here in Spain. After the holiday break, our students will be able to open the letters written by American students describing their school life. This is a great way for our students to learn about a different culture and how student life is in a different country. We hope this creates a network of native English speakers to native Spanish speakers, that will allow all students to continue practicing a foreign language and learn about a new culture.

Esta temporada navideña nuestros alumnos de 1º de Bachillerato tuvieron la oportunidad de conectar con alumnos de Estados Unidos. Hemos organizado un penpal con estudiantes que toman clases de español en Belén, Nuevo México. Nuestros estudiantes escribieron cartas a estos estudiantes describiendo cómo es la vida como estudiante y adolescente aquí en España. Después de las vacaciones, nuestros estudiantes podrán abrir las cartas escritas por los estadounidenses que describen su vida escolar. Esta es una excelente manera para que nuestros estudiantes aprendan sobre una cultura diferente y cómo es la vida estudiantil en un país diferente. Esperamos que esto cree una red de hablantes nativos de inglés a hablantes nativos de español, que permitirá a todos continuar practicando un idioma extranjero y aprender sobre una nueva cultura.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

One more year, the Bilingual Program presents the Christmas video with the collaboration of the Department of Foreign Languages, students and language assistants of IES Cantillana.

Video made by our language assistant Helen Mackay. Thanks for your help

Un año más el Programa Bilingüe presenta el video de felicitación de Navidad con la colaboración del Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras, los alumnos del IES Cantillana y nuestros auxiliares de conversación.

¡¡FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PRÓSPERO AÑO NUEVO!!

RECYCLED CHRISTMAS

Students of 3rd year in the subject Technology and Digitalisation have learned about the problems of plastics. This year, they are going to decorate their houses with Christmas ornaments made of recycled plastics. Here you are some pictures of the objects exposed in the exhibition organised in our school.

Los alumnos de 3ºESO en la asignatura de Tecnología y Digitalización han estudiado la problemática del uso de los plásticos. Este año van a decorar sus casas con adornos navideños realizados con plástico reciclado. Aquí puedes ver algunas fotos de los objetos que han realizado y que están colocados en la exposición organizada en el instituto.

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on Thursday, November 24, 2022.

Thanksgiving Day, annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Americans generally believe that their Thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the English colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people. The American holiday is particularly rich in legend and symbolism, and the traditional fare of the Thanksgiving meal typically includes turkey, bread stuffing, potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin pie.

Students in IES Cantillana have learned in class about Thanksgiving Day, Our language assistants Joseph and Helen have prepared a presentation to introduce the students to this popular tradition in USA.

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One more year, our students celebrated Halloween in bilingual classes. For that, teachers and language assistants planned some scary activities like these:

Un año más hemos celebrado Halloween en las clases bilingües. Para ello, Profesores y auxiliares de conversación han preparado algunas actividades para conmemorar dicha efeméride.

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EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

We are celebrating the European Day of Languages in IES Cantillana again. Students have designed some posters with their favourite word in different languages. They have learnt that languages are very important because they allow people to communicate and connect to other cultures. It is the way we convey our thoughts and feelings to other people. It is how we make them aware of our needs.

De nuevo estamos celebrando el Día Europeo de las Lenguas en el IES Cantillana. Los alumnos y alumnas han diseñado carteles con su palabra favorita en diferentes idiomas.Ellos han aprendido que las lenguas son muy importantes ya que nos permiten comunicarnos con personas de otros países y conectar con diferentes culturas. Es la forma que tenemos para transmitir nuestros pensamientos y sentimientos a los demás. Es como nosotros les hacemos conscientes de nuestras necesidades.

CULTURAL WEEK 10-12th may 2022

Cultural Week in IES Cantillana again and the Bilingual Project has prepared the II LISTENING OLYMPICS for groups of students of 3º ESO with three tasks: Listening Questionnaire, Listening Vocabulary and Complete the song.

In this edition we started the I SPELLING BEE, a fun quiz where students review some words of ANLs subjects.

A lot of students took part in the competitions and all of us had a good time learning English.

The awards ceremony was held on Wednesday, May 18th. All the winners collected their gifts.The awards ceremony for the contests was held on Wednesday, May 18. All the winners collected their gifts.

Moreover students 3º ESO organised a MECHANISMS EXHIBITION with mechanisms that they had built in Technology subject. Each mechanism was explained on a card with the text in English and in Spanish.

De nuevo llega la Semana Cultural al IES Cantillana y el Proyecto Bilingüe ha preparado el II ENGLISH LISTENING OLYMPICS (II Olimpiadas de Listening en Inglés) para grupos de 3 alumnos de 3º ESO. Este concurso consta de tres pruebas: Listening Questionnaire, Listening Vocabulary and Complete the song.

En esta edición hemos comenzado el I SPELLING BEE, un divertido concurso en el que alumnos de 1º a 4º ESO repasan el vocabulario de las asignaturas no lingüísticas impartidas en la L2 (ANLs).

Una gran cantidad de alumnos han participado en los concursos y lo hemos pasado muy bien aprendiendo inglés.

La ceremonia de entrega de premios de los concursos se celebró el miércoles 18 de mayo en la Casa de la Cultura. Todos los ganadores recogieron sus regalos.

Además, los alumnos de 3º ESO han organizado la exposición MECHANISMS con los mecanismos que han construido en la asignatura de Tecnología. Junto a cada mecanismo aparece una tarjeta con la explicación de su funcionamiento en español e inglés.

OUR LANGUAGE ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE

Sehar Dawar tells us her experience in the school and in our city Seville.

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My name Sehar Dawar and I am from India. I have been a language assistant at IES Cantillana for two consecutive academic sessions now. My experience of working here has been incredible.

Everything always works very systematically here. The students are keen to learn English, they really look forward to the English classes and they are very well behaved.

All the teachers have always extended their hand in helping me and have been welcoming. They have supported me greatly in planning classes as well as during the classes.

EvenI had the opportunity to present my culture to the students and teachers through presentations and other activities.

I take the train to Cantillana as I live in Seville. The commute is super easy and comfortable. I was able to meet many more auxes in Seville from around the world and this year with covid restrictions easing down we were able to travel and explore so much.

Seville is a perfect blend of everything, it is a perfect city for a thorough Spanish experience. The weather is great, the people are very kind and the food is very diverse. It is very easy to take flights and trains from here to practically everywhere.

This program has taught me so much and helped me evolve not just on my path of becoming a teacher but also as a person. I gained friendship and experience that I shall carry with me forever . So glad that I could be a part of this.