Year 3 Carly - The English Montessori School

The English
Montessori School
Magazine
2012 - 2013
Editor’s Note
Hi,
Well, as you can see, it’s been another
action-packed year at TEMS, ranging from
fantastic sports and theatrical triumphs, to
the
talent
show
and
other
fund-raiser
projects, as well as lots of exciting school
trips.
Even
so,
the
Magazine
can
only
provide a selection of all the events that
happen around the school, but I hope this
year’s edition celebrates the achievements of
all our talented pupils and lends insight
into the variety of activities carried out!
We’ve all worked really hard and I would
like to thank all of the pupils, teachers and
members
of
staff
for
promoting
these
activities and making it all happen. Thank
you so much for all your hand work. We all
deserve a well-earned rest.
Enjoy,
Angela
Nursery
Nursery
Jess and
Cristina.
Nursery Almudena and Carmen
Nursery have
been super
busy this
year, and
can’t wait to
tell you
about it!
Nursery Marcia and Natalia.
In
February,
we dressed
up in fancy
dress and
ate
delicious
waffles for
carnival. It
was so much
fun!!!!!
This year we have been
experimenting with lots of
different materials such as
finger-paints, plasticine,
and chalk. We also learnt
how to cut with scissors and
worked on many pencil
control activities. We even
grew sunflowers…
We celebrated our
local festival San
Isidro, dressing up as
“chulapas” and
“chulapos”. We also
enjoyed chocolate and
churros and danced to
the „chotis‟ for our
mummies and daddies.
In May, we enjoyed
book day. The book
we focused on was
“The Very Hungry
Caterpillar” and he
took us on a journey
eating his way through
many children‟s story
books. We also had
shared reading with
Year 1, it was fun
reading with older
children.
We‟ve been learning so many
new things like how to count in
English, fasten our buttons, and
build towers…
Look at all the things we
can do the Montessori
way…
Reception
Learning about
our world.
As part of topic work
we go on excursions.
They help us to learn
about our world. This
year we went for a walk
around our area for the
Houses and Homes
topic.
Learning to write.
In Reception children
develop their hands for
writing and work
towards forming letters
and numbers correctly.
To help develop and
gain confidence with
English, children take
part in a weekly news
program.
During the
same topic
we also made
and sent
Christmas
cards home
to our
families. We
learnt about
addresses
and house
numbers.
When we
went to the
post box to
mail our
cards
Monica‟s
class met the
postman!
Learning
about culture.
Throughout the
year the
children
celebrate
various local
festivals such as
Carnival, Easter
and San Isidro
to learn about
their own
culture.
In Reception children also learn
about celebrations in other cultures.
This year we looked at Diwali and
Chinese New Year.
Learning about art.
The children have been busy
developing different art
techniques and skills, which allow
them to express themselves
creatively.
Salad face by Paz
Book Week in Reception!
In Reception we explored „The Very
Hungry Caterpillar‟ and the other
stories that the caterpillar ate his way
through.
We created a big hungry caterpillar
for our display, we all made it together
as a team and the nursery children
helped us too!
To end our book week we got together
with the whole of infants and had our
snack in the garden! It was a super day!
We are learning all about mini beasts,
what they eat, life cycles, body parts
and some great songs that you can
hear us sing to you at home if you ask
us!
We made some fuzzy bees in
reception Richard and Hannah.
For Peace Day we made this
beautiful dove. Every Pchild in
Infants contributed by
i
choosing a piece of fabric to
r
glue on. We also had a special
a
assembly about children‟s
t
rights. Each class explained
a
e learnt
right to the others. We
about a child‟s right to a
country, a safe home and
D an
education.
a
y
!
Year 1
Book Week
This year we had
lots of fun
celebrating book
week with all the
different
activities we did!
In Year 1 Danni we
explored the story
of Alice in
wonderland and
had a tea party in
the classroom
where even the
rabbit showed up!
In Year 1 Clare we
explored the story
of Cinderella and
had a classroom
ball were all the
children dressed
up as princes and
princesses!
The children in
Year 1 visited
nursery and read
to them. They
enjoyed reading
their favourite
book from the
classroom to a
child in nursery
and spoke about
the books in
English.
Year 1 on
their trip to
the fire
station.
The children
loved going
to the fire
station and
trying on the
special outfits!
Pepe and Liam from Y1A
We have been learning about
fantasy stories. The children
have made up their own
stories using their imagination
and have even acted them out
for some of their classmates!
We had lots of monsters and
aliens and animals that could
talk! The children put their
creative ideas into some great
pieces of work.
Work by Elisa Y1C
Work by Diego Y1D
Children
working
independently.
Sunflowers in Year1!
In Year 1 we have been exploring the
world of plants. We‟ve been looking at
how they grow, what they need to grow
and how to look after plants ourselves!
We each planted sunflower seeds and
watered them. It has been fun watching
them grow!
Year 1‟s
Sunflowers!
We have been looking at plants you can
eat. Our tasting day was lots of fun!
Learning is still very hands-on in Year 1.
Children learnt about winter animals and
how they survive the cold. We had
our own hibernation day where we
ate our snacks and settled down
for a story and a nap!
We learnt all about the history of
pirates, making timelines and
finding treasures on a map! We all
dressed up as pirates and had a
year 1 pirate day full of activities
Year 1 Abby after hibernation day. Work by Félix.
irate Day!
P
and fun!
Proceso de adquisición de la lectoescritura con
el método de Letrilandia
Nos iniciamos en la descripción de personas de la mano
de Velázquez
Conocemos a Juan Ramón Jiménez a través de su obra
Platero y yo
Year Two Caroline
Sofia and Rodrigo
We enjoyed reading the Biff and Chip adventures so much that we
decided to write our own adventure stories!
First we thought about a setting for our fantasy story.
Isi’s Rockpool
Rodrigo’s Pirate Ship
Julieta’s Egyptian
Pyramid
Then we described a real-life character, a fantasy character and a magical object to
take us from one world to the next.
We shared our ideas with our talking partners.
Alex and Francesca
Jimena and Joaquín
Next we wrote a plan for the story. We thought about where the story began, how the
characters travelled into the fantasy world and the problems that they would meet.
Samuel
Claudia
Alejandra
Finally we wrote our stories into books to share with our friends.
In our year two science topic we learnt about animal groups. We
studied the different characteristics of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish,
amphibians, insects and spiders.
Ana Aceres
Claudia Martinez
Alonso Martinez
We got the chance to see
some of the animals we
talked about in our
lessons, on our trip to the
zoo. They looked even
better in real life!
Ainhoa Aranz
Story circles enable children to retell a story in their own words and
are an important part of the prewriting process prior to writing
their own stories.
Angel
2M wrote
posts
cards to
the giant
telling him
how they
were
spending
his gold.
In Year 2 we have learnt how the style and
format of writing changes depending on its
purpose. This year we have written letters,
post cards, recipes, stories, poems,
information and instructional texts.
Ana and
Gaspard
Inés
2M sorted and
counted
different types
of beans,
recording the
information in a
tally chart. They
then displayed
the data in a
pictogram.
En Year 2 aprendemos Español con Ana
María.
Avanzamos en
nuestro
aprendizaje de
la lengua
castellana con
Marcos y sus
amigos en
Pixépolis.
Juntos nos hemos
adentrado en diferentes
culturas.
Nos hemos
iniciado en la
escritura de
cuentos, de la mano de grandes
autores.
Todos juntos inventamos una historia que
nos ilustró Raquel
UNA VISITA INESPERADA
Gracias a los Padrinos y Madrinas de Year
6, que nos han ayudado a practicar
nuestra lectura de manera divertida.
Moving to Year 3 was an exciting yet scary change for
most of us. In SEAL and through collaborative learning
we have overcome this and have learnt to work really
well together with our new classmates.
In Term 1 we enjoyed experimenting on eggs
to find out the effects of Coca Cola on our
teeth. Can you guess what happened to the
eggs in Coca Cola?
Paula and Pablo V
Alda
In Term 2 we wrote interesting short
stories using lots of lovely adjectives
and made treasure chests and crabs
for the stories too.
Alejandra and Carlos S
To celebrate Pancake Day we
cooked pancakes in class and
had races in the garden!
Weaving placemats
In Term 3 we have been learning about
The Romans. So far we have made Roman
shields and are looking forward to
making wax tablets to do our Math’s
work on!
Gabriela, Carlos A
and Elisa making
pancakes
Alonso painting his
Roman shield
Eggs in Coca Cola
Pablo V’s experiment
Cloe with green eggs
and ham
Year 3 Carly
(above) Aborigingal dot
paintings
(above) Starfruit, or
carambola We tasted this
fruit and most of us liked it.
(below) Sample of The
Princess and Merman
stories which we each
wrote. We liked how we
Could make the picture
move and the merman could
really turn into a prince.
This year while
learning about our
world and where the
continents are, we
enjoyed reading stories
from around the world.
The Dreamtime myth
from Australia about
the water-holding
toads and the rainbow
serpent was one of
those stories. We did
some aboriginal dot
paintings as well.
We read a fable from
the country of
Vietnam called The
Star Fruit Tree. Here
to the left you can see
the fruit. We tried it in
class. It was delicious!
At the same time,
while studying
Geography, we looked
at many world
monuments, including
Saint Basil’s Cathedral
in Russia. Here to the
right, you can see our
own versions that we
put together ourselves.
We practised our
writing skills a lot this
year. We wrote a fairy
tale about a merman
and a princess. This
one here on the left
was written by
Victoria Sánchez. And
on the right, you can
see our fable books we
wrote. We had fun
reading all of them
during silent reading.
(above) Stories from around the world
(below) Our puzzle-pieced variations of
Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia
(below) Our fables, written in storybook
form
This year we have been working on being more responsible for our own learning. We have
worked with our teacher regarding what we want to learn and how we want to learn. We
have even worked at how to assess each other’s learning through peer assessment. Take a
look at some of us assessing our friend’s work.
Every week we
complete a book
report and normally
we assess each
other’s to check that
we have provided a
good report. We
really enjoy doing
this and we think it
makes us want to do
better each week.
Here are Carlota, Bosco, Iván and Laura checking some reports.
Probably our biggest success this year was our
assembly. Annelouise gave us the idea but we were
the ones who made it interesting and lots of fun.
We decided exactly what we wanted to show our
parents and we even made the PowerPoint. Everyone
loved it…especially Annelouise, when Scotland won at
the parent’s assembly (we think it was a fix!)
Our star musician!
We were all fandabydosie!
(That means fabulous!)
Did you see
the monster????
En clase de español aprendemos juntos a
escribir diferentes textos:
descripciones, adivinanzas,
refranes, dictados…
Aprendemos su vida y su obra.
Nos
enseñ
a a
dibuj
ar
Escribimos poesías como ella.

One of the things we most
enjoyed was our assembly:
‘Theseus and the Minotaur’.
We all worked really hard and
the show was a great success!
English: We wrote poems
using comparative and
superlative structures and
loads of imagination!
Artwork: creating geometric
designs by reflecting and
translating shapes. Just one of
the many cool pieces of art we
did this year!
This has been such a fantastic and exciting year! We have learned and experienced so
much together. We have worked extremely hard
and are now ready for a well deserved summer
holiday. These are just a few of the activities we
did in Year 4.
ART and TOPIC:
One of our topics this year was Materials and their Properties. As an art project, we made paper,
plastic, metal and wood collages.
Maths: Reflective Symmetry
We used our names to create insects! Can you tell who we are?
Language: Cross Word Puzzle
For Book Day ,we read “Fish is
Fish” by Leo Lionni and then
worked in small groups to create
an enormous crossword puzzle!
We used key words from the story.
Year 4 Laura
I am very proud of the progress that this class has made since the
beginning of the year. Here is a small sample of the many things they
have accomplished with enthusiasm and style!
School trip to
Madrid Rio
The Ancient Greeks
Art- reflected
names
Winter display
Year 4 worked very hard this year and I am sure they will go on to do
excellent work. Any teacher would be lucky to have them!
Y4 Belinda
Y4 Julie
Los alumnos de Y4
disfrutan aprendiendo a
elaborar sus propias
creaciones: descripciones,
narraciones, cómics y
poemas.
Y4 Laura
En este curso se
ha trabajado en
grupo fomentando
la cooperación y
colaboración
entre
compañeros.
This year we read lots of interesting
novels in class, but our particular
favourites were the creepy,
supernatural ones. We decided to
write our own playscript for our
assembly based on a select few:
L-R: Sergio Tejedo, Mateo Poyatos, Iván Fernández
Three boys from our class making a television
set from cardboard.
What made our assembly very
special was the fact that we did
EVERYTHING ourselves!
 THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL
AND MR HYDE, by Robert Louis
Stevenson
 GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE,
by Roald Dahl
 DRACULA, by Bram Stoker
 GOBBOLINO THE WITCH’S CAT, by
Ursula Moray Williams
We began by brainstorming ideas for
the plot, which our teacher then
typed into a playscript. After this, we
were each assigned two roles, one as
an actor in the CAST, and another as
part of the PRODUCTION CREW.
Our crew jobs ranged from director
to propmaster to key grip and gaffer
with everything in between. We
gave one another advice on how to
say our lines and move around the
stage, taught one another to sing
and dance and practiced in garden
time for months, and on the big
night we were even responsible for
styling each other’s hair and painting
each other’s faces.
Beatriz Steensma
When the big day arrived, everything
went exactly to plan and we are very
proud of ourselves indeed!
One of the many crazy hairstyles we designed for our
characters!
Working hard
in year 5!
Ecosystems
artwork!
Animals in
their habitat.
Art in
English
class...
Carnival (above)
Year 5 C celebrated Carnival by getting dressed up and making paper mache masks.
Assembly (above)
Year 5 C had great fun performing Roald Dahl´s Fantastic Mr. Fox
Faunia Trip
We took a trip to Faunia to learn about different ecosystems that we studied in topic. We saw a
live show featuring seals and many other different habitats during our trip.
La M son dos montañas juntas.
La luna es la boca feliz de un niño sonriente.
El cielo es un inmenso mar por donde navegan las nubes.
Los pajarillos son como aviones pequeñitos que no paran de hablar.
El teléfono es un mensajero sin piernas.
Los árboles son palos con pelos sin peinar.
La cascada se peina con su peine de roca.
La mesa es un mundo lleno de sorpresas.
La avispa es una avioneta que picotea.
El arco iris es un puente con muchas luces de
colores.
La niebla es una cortina de nubes.
Las gafas son ventanas pequeñitas.
Un cuaderno es el principio de muchas historias.
El lápiz es el pincel que empieza las historias.
El autor de estas veinte greguerías es Mateo
Poyatos
alumno de Y5 J.
En las clases de
lenguaje
castellano
leemos mucho,
cada día hay
tiempo para
disfrutar de los
libros clásicos y
de los modernos.
El caramelo es un regalo para la garganta.
Las nubes son algodones que flotan en el
cielo.
La W es un barco de doble vela.
El desierto es un mar de oro.
El corazón es el motor de tu cuerpo.
La luna es la lámpara de la noche.
Aprendemos a
escribir diferentes
tipos de textos.
La creatividad de
nuestros alumnos
es sorprendente.
Una idea se
multiplica y toma
formas diferentes.
La J es el anzuelo del abecedario.
La C es una luna menguante.
La D es la media luna del abecedario.
La L es la esquina de un cuadrilátero.
Greguerías de Marina Martínez Y5 J.
En el segundo trimestre todo el
departamento de Español, en los
niveles de Infantil y primaria
realizamos un proyecto: Describir
las Meninas.
Nuestro curso Year 5 obsevó las 58
representaciones de las Meninas que
hizo Pablo Picasso.
Mónica Liñero Y5Ch
Luis Sánchez Y5J
Investigamos, observamos,
seleccionamos, dibujamos y
describimos de una forma más
seria o más humorística.
LA INFANTA MARGARITA
Esta pequeña infantita
a la que llaman Margarita,
menuda narizota
no parece una pelota.
Un ojo tan grande
como un pequeño bogavante.
El pelo muy liso.
el cuello triangular,
los brazos en forma circular.
Picasso lo ha inventado
¡cómo se ha liado!
Mateo Ferreira Y5 J
Ana Mª Ospina Y5 E
Descripción de Nacho Martínez
Y5 J
Ana Patricia Y5 E
Velázquez lo pintó
y Picasso lo copió.
Lo hizo igual
pero no muy normal.
La Infanta es muy rara
igual que su criada.
Nicolasito no es un enano
y una monja no tiene mano.
El cuadro está hecho de formas
¡cómo si fueran las normas!
Tiene muchos colores.
¡Ay Picasso no eres normal,
este cuadro es sobrenatural!
Alba Torres Y5 E
SABIDURÍA
Cuando te escuchaba hablar,
tus blancos dientes brillaban,
tu sabiduría hizo fortalecer mi tronco,
tu amor me hizo sentirme segura.
Eres tan sabio como el búho viejo,
¡qué desgracia saber que te fuiste,
me encantó saber que me cultivaste!
Tu luz está iluminando mi camino.
Ana Mª Y5 E
LA PRIMAVERA.
La primavera alocada
llega a los prados y
entusiasmada corre sobre
ellos.
Va repartiendo semillas,
lindas flores nacerán,
flores llenas de alegría.
EL MAR
El otro día al pescar,
sentándome junto a la orilla,
mirando a los peces nadar,
caminando entre las rocas,
viendo a los pájaros cantar
y respirando la naturaleza
vi a un ángel llegar.
Alejandra Carrillo Y5 J
Cuando llega el verano
y seca las flores,
la primavera protesta
y desata una tormenta.
Ana García Y 5 Ch.
LA NOCHE OSCURA.
El manto de la noche empieza a cubrir.
La gente decide irse a dormir.
Los pájaros se adormilaban en sus nidos calientes
y en los troncos huecos de los árboles secos,
los búhos ululan tranquilamente.
Al canto de la luna blanca
todo el mundo descansa.
Los sueños por el mundo especial,
desaparecen en la mañana
cuando el sol nos hace despertar.
Javier Ois Y5 E
INVIERNO
Yo vi una vez,
un niño frío y dulce,
su chaqueta de lana
muy bien tejida
y sus botas de agua
perfectamente pulidas.
Yo vi una vez,
un niño frío y dulce,
que extendía su manta
blanca,
las flores se encogían,
los niños sonreían
y yo contenta bailaba.
Irene Casado Y 5E
Year 6 Christopher
The Holiday of Your Dreams!
For our parent assembly we
performed a play about selling
a perfect holiday. The idea for
this came from the „persuasion‟
theme we studied in Literacy,
and used typical sales
techniques such as: identifying
the customer‟s need, using
slogans and impressive
vocabulary, and making
personalised offers. We also
sang two catchy songs!
Writing Adventure Stories: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Also in Literacy we wrote extracts of an adventure story based on photos
from an adventure film, using suspense, characterisation through dialogue,
and other elements of story-writing. Here are some examples:
They came to a lake…
“Come on,” shouted Tom, “it‟s only water. Let‟s cross
it.”
“No, it could be acid,” replied Sarah. “I‟ll test it”.
She put her bottle in the lake. Nothing happened.
“It isn‟t acid!” Sarah told Tom in a relieved voice. “Let‟s
swim.”
They prepared to dive, but suddenly they saw the
At sea…
skeleton of a fish.
Sarah was the first to notice them.
“We aren‟t alone,” commented Tom seriously.
“Hey, what are they?” she asked.
“What?” asked Brendan. “I can‟t
After a long fall caused by Tom…
see anything with the rain …”
Finally they landed with a „boing‟ on big strange things.
“I don‟t know what they are, but
They were all very relieved.
they‟re getting bigger! They‟re
“What a bouncy landing!” exclaimed Brendan.
approaching us!” screamed Tom.
“Yuck!” cried Sarah. “What‟s this? It‟s slimy and soft!”
“Don‟t worry, they must be
“It‟s all my fault, I am really sorry …” murmured Tom.
mermaids,” said Brendan.
“Where are we?”
Suddenly a head popped out of the
They looked around and saw things like the one they
sea. Then more heads popped up
landed on.
too.
“They are mushrooms!” informed Brendan.
“Mermaids? NO! Sea monsters!”
yelled Sarah.
By Gabriela and Manu
Giraffe, graceful runner. Giraffe, peace-bringer.
With his mighty gallop he brings peace to the
animals.
With his long neck he dominates the savannah
from the sky.
As tall as a skyscraper. Thorn-eater! Spy of the
jungle.
Beautiful fur pattern. With his long neck he
reaches to crunch thorns.
As playful as a kid!
Literacy
In Year 6 Cy, we have worked hard on our writing all year long. Above is one of our animal poems, and below are
some of the adventure stories we wrote. We tried to use strong action verbs and descriptive adjectives to make our
writing more interesting, and we tried to grab the reader’s attention right from the start.
The Time Rescue by Paula Vega
I was afraid.
The darkness of the cave terrorized me. I tried to
turn on my torch but nothing happened, because it
didn’t work. I tried to take some steps forward but I
was paralyzed. I couldn’t move.
Our Parent Assembly in February
was The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss
Suddenly I heard a mysterious voice that said,
“Don’t try to do anything. You’re under a spell now.
Go away!”
Some seconds later, a hole opened in the ceiling
and the moonlight shone on my face. I stared at the
gorgeous moon, but I remembered the words: “Now go
away!”
Then everything went dark again. . . .
Making a film at the audiovisual workshop in April.
We went to the Africa
Museum in October while
studying about Africa in topic.
LENGUA CASTELLANA EN Y6
Los alumnos de Y6 realizan a lo largo del curso una serie de trabajos de grupo, con el fin de
aprender a colaborar. Tienen que desarrollar diferentes tareas creativas como buscar
información, leer, resumir, dibujar, maquetar, escribir poesía, etc. Van rotando en las
obligaciones de organizador, secretario, encargado de materiales y portavoz. Los trabajos que
han llevado a cabo son:
Anuncio publicitario
Libro del sustantivo
Relato fantástico
Greguerías
Miguel Hernández
Texto argumentativo
Cómic
Luisa Bujidos, Gabriela Cubillo, Lucía Solana,
Eduardo Fidalgo, Marcos Gómez.Y6Cy
Julia Santaengracia, Carlos Gª de Enterría, Ángela Cabrera,
Matteo Tucat. Y6Ch
Libritos del
sustantivo de Y6Ch
Claudia Travé, Paula Montero, Diana King, Manuel G.
Pérez –España, Nicolás M.-Arroyo. Y6Cy
LOS POEMAS DE Y6
Después de estudiar la vida y la obra del poeta
Miguel Hernández, los alumnos han creado sus
propios poemas.
Irene Álvarez y Carla
Tejedor Y6Ch
Prado de amapolas (durante la guerra)
Un lago verde en medio
de un mundo negro.
Salpicado por trinos de abril.
Un viento suave mece el rastro rojo
de amapolas marchitas.
Cuna de estrellas de color.
Por la guerra amenazadas
cobijándose entre las hierbas.
El agua las falta
y el sol no las llega.
Las rosas crecen espinas
como arma de muerte.
Las amapolas marchitas
mecidas por un viento leve.
El prado debilitado
deja a la guerra avanzar.
Con una aguja clavada en el pecho
destinado a continuar.
Irene Feijoo y Carolina Steensma
Y6 Cy
LAS CUATRO ESTACIONES:
ME SIENTO MAL
Me siento mal
Por todas las personas pobres
que no tienen comida ni casa.
Me siento mal.
Me siento mal,
por las personas discapacitadas
que no pueden hacer
lo que nosotros podemos hacer.
Me siento mal.
Me siento mal,
por los niños,
que no tiene la educación necesaria,
y que piden tenerla.
Me siento mal.
Me siento mal
por los adultos,
que tienen preocupación por la crisis,
y que sufren desahucios,
Me siento mal,
me siento mal.
Claudia Travé, Manuel G. Pérez –
España, Paula Montero, Y6Cy
La primera estación
más fría que el hielo.
Sacas la mano
y te cae un trueno.
Cuando se acaba el invierno,
el año se hace tierno.
EL HADA DE VENECIA
Venecia amanece fría y musical
con una niebla fantasmal.
Neve es el espectro del castillo.
Bella y deslumbrante
escucha un grillo.
“Qué triste es mi paraíso”
pensaba Neve mientras
observaba
la ciudad fría de Venecia,
con mirada de inteligencia,
en la música de los violines
permanecerá grabada su sonrisa.
Su imagen brilla entre la niebla
y la brisa. Neve desprecia
cómo se hunde Venecia,
bajo las lágrimas de las nubes.
Julia Santaengracia. Y6Ch
Oh, primavera, ¡qué linda ya llega!
Los alegres ruiseñores cantan como
señores.
Las flores brotan sin parar,
como estrellas en la mar.
Y al terminar, todo el mundo a
llorar.
El verano es un chapuzón de
alegría,
crema de sol, bañador y agua.
Pero qué calor, por favor,
el agua se convierte en vapor.
Todo el mundo lleno de júbilo y
amor.
Ya llega el otoño, adiós al verano,
vuelta al cole con tus amigos.
¡Hala! Fuera los vagos y dentro los
listos,
dentro los deberes
y fuera tus juguetes preferidos.
Candela Calabuig, Lía Mordezki
Y6Cy
Ávila
Aluche Y7
Zoo Y7
Monte de el
Pardo - Y9
Y8
Y2 Zoo
Y9 Science
Museum
Farm trip Y3,Y6
Y3
Reina Sofia Y2
Trips
London Y8
The
H.M.S.
Belfast
London
Eye
Natural
History
Museum
Farm Y3
and Y6
Grados Y10
Mar Menor Y9
Ski Trip
Camping – Y7
San Isidro
Carnival
Talent Show
Halloween
Athletics
Fernando. C Y12
Fergus Y11
Y11Y11
Nuria Y10
Eduardo Y12
Sonia Y10
Andrea. G Y12
Tommy, Alvaro, Barbara, Marta Y9
Jaime Y9
Augostino Y9
Angus Y8
Carolina, Monica Y8
Daniel Y9
Alba, Luna, Flo, Ana
Angela, Claudia, Diana, Hiurma
Diego. M
Diego
Diana, luisa, Paula
Ballet
Basketball
Judo
Tennis
Chinese
Drama
The Lion
King
Looking out to sea. H.m.s. Belfast Angel, Lucas Y8
Christmas Cheer! Kenny,Juan
Miguel,Jaime,Gonzalo,Tommy,Luka,IggyY9
Sara, Agueda, Elena,Y8 Shape sorter. Maths
Lung Dissection..Clara Y 9.
“ Should I take this home for supper?”
Thinking about life on the ocean wave. Maria, Paula. Armando,
Carolina, Lucas, Monica, Carlota, Blanca, Angel. Y8
Mud men at Mar Menor!
Daniel, Juan Migel Y9
Break Time
Y7
Eva, Alex, Jaime, Ernesto, Antonio,Alvaro
Y7
Cycling safely!
Jorge,Eva,Liya,
Armando, Lius, Sebastian Y8 Shape sorter. Maths
Year 7 at the castle of Manzanares El Real
Year 9 have had a turbulent
year! From slavery to the
war to the holocaust!
Plantations have been
researched, slavery
speeches have been made,
trench diaries have been
written, war recruitment
posters designed and the
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
has been critically reviewed.
Year 10 have worked to
become excellent historians!
They have been evaluating,
interpreting, discussing,
analysing and debating at
every given opportunity. Oh,
and in true historical fashion,
discussing the importance of
certain individuals
moustaches.
This year in History there has been
castle building, drama, executions,
stupid deaths and so much more!!!
Year 7 visited the castle at
Manzanares El Real, caught the Black
Death, discovered the remains of a
2000 year old man and re-enacted
the death of Thomas Becket.
Year 8 created a drama about the life
and times of Henry VIII, made a Tudor
TV show, researched about Imperial
China, took part in an Ancient
Chinese kite flying competition and
talked a lot about witches.
8S and 8T performing
their Henry VIII
drama.
Pablo Esquinas (9S) and Cristina Calvo (9L)
presenting their viewpoints on slavery to Parliament.
For one hour on the 25th April 2013 ten students taken from years 7 and 8 sat the
UK Junior Mathematics Challenge, pitting their wits against the elite of England,
Europe and the rest of the world. Overall 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze Awards
achieved. Congratulations to all the participants, with special mention to Ernesto,
year 7, topping the scoreboard within the school and gaining the Gold award.
Example Questions from
2013 JMC
The year 9s have worked well this year, gaining a taste of what´s to come in the
IGCSE course. They have investigated various techniques and are developing their
analytical skills to chose for themselves the most efficient method to solve problems.
The year 10s have started their IGCSE course; a number of students have opted to
extend their studies to tackle Additional Mathematics problems as well as the
regular Extended Tier.
Example of Additional Mathematics
Year 11 have come to the end of their English curriculum Mathematics. After all their
hard work, we wish them the best of luck as they await their results in August.
Special mention goes out to Edu; after his outstanding A* in the IGCSE taken a year
early, he has now completed the AS in Pure Mathematics solving problems involving
Calculus.
Example of AS Pure Mathematics
GEOGRAPHY
In Human Geographical terms, across the World in a number of countries, the last few years have been
marked by ´manifestations´ (demonstrations) for change. Whilst there has not been a revolution here at
TEMS yet, there has certainly been a growing revelation. This new ´unveiling´ and discovery has been the
emergence of outstanding geographical creativity and amateur dramatic skills from TEMS students!
Undoubtedly, the panache and inspiration of their Art and Drama teachers have a lot to do with this.
Nevertheless, this new geographical force unearthed itself this year like an uplifted fold mountain and it has
run wild across the third floor plain of the secondary department, like one of those recent Oklahoma
tornadoes. Some of the visual evidence is shown below but more memorably in the outstanding poster and
leaflet presentation work that was completed throughout the academic year. Year 7 tackled themes on
Australia, Year 8 illustrated Spain´s Farming pattern and some common types of Pollution, Year 9 focused on
Italy´s regions, Year 10 tried their hand at River Cross-Sectional drawings using data they collected on the
Gredos trip and Year 11 publicised and displayed some contemporary geographical issues using powerpoints.
However, the highlight of the year was undoubtedly Year 9´s terrific ´role-play´ performances in class, as they
debated the ´pros and cons of the development of Alpine ski resorts´. After such mesmerizing performances
in class, surely, names like Beattie, Canovas, Esquinas, Cole and Ordoñez will be gracing our TV and Cinema
screens in the years to come!?
Year 9 ´Italian Style´
Year 8 ´Kenyan Style´
Tom
´Gangnam style´
FRENCH Ma Routine – Carmen Vives( Year 10 CH).
Tous les jours dans la semaine, je me réveille à huit heures pour aller au collège.
Premièrement, je m’habille et je me brosse les cheveux. Après, je prends le petitdéjeuner. Normalement, je mange des tartines et du lait. Parfois, je salis mon pullover avec du lait, donc je dois le nettoyer avant de sortir de chez moi. Je me brosse
les dents et je me prépare pour aller au collège. Je me déplace en voiture avec ma
mère et mon frère, et normalement, nous sommes pressés. Nous écoutons de la
musique et nous bavardons.
Quand j’arrive au collège, ma professeur appelle mon nom pour savoir se je suis
venue. Après, j’ouvre mon casier et je prends mes livres. Pendant la journée, nous avons huit cours et deux
récréations. Au début de tous les cours, je place mon agenda sur ma table pour écrire mes devoirs parce que
je ne veux pas oublier de les faire. Aussi, pendant les cours j’essaie de finir tout le travail que les professeurs
nous donnent parce que je ne veux pas faire plus de devoirs dans l’après-midi chez moi. En plus, quand je ne
peux pas voir le tableau, mes amies épellent les choses que le professeur a écrit.
Pendant la première récréation, je mange mon casse-croûte, qui est une pomme normalement. Je veux me
détendre aussi, donc je parle avec mes amies, mais parfois je joue au basket. A deux heures et demie, nous
prenons le déjeuner à la cantine. Là, je préfère manger à la petite cantine parce qu’il y a moins de personnes.
J’espère avoir des aliments que j’aime. Je mange avec mes amies et nous buvons beaucoup d’eau parce
qu’Ana remplit nos verres tous les jours! Quand nous finissons de manger, nous partons de la cantine et nous
allons dans la cour de récréation.
A cinq heures moins le quart, nous finissons le collège. Ma mère vient chercher et nous allons à différents
endroits en fonction des jours.
Le lundi, mercredi et vendredi je vais à Torreón pour jouer au basket. J’entraîne
pendant deux heures. En plus, j’espère toujours ne pas souffrir et maigrir!
Quand je finis, je rentre chez moi, je me douche et je fais mes devoirs. Comme je
ne souviens pas de devoirs que je dois faire, je lis mon agenda. Après, je fais mes
devoirs et j’étudie si j’ai un examen. Pour étudier, je bouge dans ma chambre et
je joue avec un ballon. Quand je finis, je dîne et je regarde la télé. Ensuite, je me
brosse les dents, je me couche et je m’endors.
Le mardi, j’ai un cours de guitare après le collège chez moi. J’aime jouer de la guitare parce que c’est vraiment
excellent! Après, je fais mes devoirs et j’étudie, je me douche et je dîne. Ensuite, je
me couche et je lis un livre avant de m’endormir.
Le jeudi je ne fais pas d’activité extrascolaire donc je rentre chez moi après le collège.
Pendant le week-end, je fais beaucoup de choses. Le samedi, je me réveille plus tard
parce que je veux dormir beaucoup. Après, je prends le petit-déjeuner, je m’habille
et je me brosse les cheveux et les dents. Ensuite, je fais mes devoirs et j’étudie dans
la matinée. Pendant l’après-midi, je sors avec mes amies ou avec mes cousines. Nous
faisons du shopping, nous regardons un film, nous allons au cinéma… Le dimanche, je joue un match de basket
et je fais mes devoirs.
Science
Once again it has been a fun filled
year in science with plenty of
experiments and exciting
excursions to help learning too!
Here are some of the best bits!
There is no better way to find out about
how the organ systems work than
getting your hands dirty with a
dissection as year 9 have been finding
out. During their topic on health and
fitness they dissected the heart and
lungs to see exactly how their
adaptations allow them to do their jobs!
Year 10 have been learning about the heart
and circulation. Here are some of them
measuring each others blood pressure.
Judging by their faces it wasn’t too high!
Year 9 also had a great
day at Cosmo caixa
science museum where
they found out about
exciting chemical
reactions and even
helped to carry some
out. Here’s Ivan, Jaime
and Alejandro testing
their strength using
pulleys!
Finally here’s 2 mammoth reporters from Year
7 who put together a special report on the
extinction of mammoths!
Google Sketchup Future
Houses, carried out by Year 9.
Daniel Rodriguez (9S)
Julieta Pérez (9L)
(9S)
Clara Gómez (9S)
(9S)
Tomás Martínez (9L)
(9S)
LA LENGUA CASTELLANA MÁS VIVA- SENIORS
Desde el presente artículo, queremos hacer un homenaje a alumnos que han pasado
por el Departamento de Lengua Castellana y que han aplicado todas las herramientas
lingüísticas desde Year 1 hasta la actualidad, para desarrollar al máximo nivel todas
las competencias y habilidades comunicativas (tanto en el plano de la expresión oral
como en el escrito). En primer lugar, el reconocimiento de la Universidad de
Cambridge en las pruebas de A/AS LEVEL de Español a: Ignacio Albert (brillante
capacidad de análisis crítico y racionalización de contenidos), Luis Ayuso (su
creatividad expresiva y expresión oral) y Blanca Rico (riqueza léxica y capacidad
argumentativa).
Por otro lado, nuestro agradecimiento al ex alumno, Santiago Gualda, por su
intervención en la jornada de conferencias Aplicación de la Lengua al área de
Comunicación de la Ingeniería Informática, dirigida a toda Secundaria, el pasado 19
de Diciembre. Una vez más, transmitió a nuestros alumnos la necesidad de
expresarse correctamente, no solo en el plano de las Humanidades, sino en carreras
técnicas, mostrando el programa de las asignaturas relacionadas con la misma. Y
finalmente, siguiendo con esta línea de potenciación creativa y expresiva, en este
curso hemos creado el Certamen Literario del Cuento para los alumnos de Year 8 y
Year 9.
Teatro: El Perro del Hortelano
El actor Álvaro Morte habla de su experiencia con los alumnos de Y8-Y9
“Para nosotros, recibir en el teatro a chicos como los alumnos del Montessori es muy
gratificante. Su implicación con el espectáculo, con la compañía y sus ganas de
aprender quedaron patentes desde el primer momento. Ya en el debate que solemos
hacer posterior a la función demostraron inquietud por aprender y una curiosidad
maravillosa por el teatro. Se nota que lo disfrutan mucho y entienden que es un valor
que hay que cuidar, respetar y, sobretodo, con el que divertirse.
1
En la posterior visita al centro demostraron ser unos verdaderos artistas... ¡Menudo
talento corre por los pasillos del Montessori! Fue una clase muy divertida, los chicos
estuvieron estupendos en sus interpretaciones. Quedó claro que el Montessori valora y
potencia el gusto por el teatro. Nos encanta colaborar con colegios que entienden y
respetan las Artes Escénicas tanto como nosotros mismos”.
Nuestros alumnos valoran la obra teatral El perro del Hortelano
“El 18 de noviembre de 2012 era un día esperado por todos los alumnos, ya que
íbamos al teatro. Íbamos a ver una famosa obra de Lope de Vega. Estaba escrita en
verso, lo que dificultaba nuestra comprensión de la obra, pero Chus ya nos había
advertido y preparado para esto. En clase nos leyó un resumen del argumento para
que tuviésemos una idea general y fuésemos siguiendo los que pasaba en el teatro.
Cuando llegamos allí nos impresionó ver solo a cuatro actores en el escenario. Estos
representaban a todos los personajes, que no eran pocos. Tiene que ser muy difícil
para ellos darle vida y realismo a un texto escrito en verso. Pero aun así lo
consiguieron. ¡El club de actores de 300 Pistolas (así se llamaban), hicieron un trabajo
genial!
Nos sorprendió que a pesar de que tenían que hablar muy rápido en verso no
cometieron errores en toda la obra. El guionista había modificado un poco el texto para
que fuese más divertido. Lo agradecimos. La obra fue divertida y entretenida, aunque
quizá un poco larga. Los personajes no tuvieron miedo escénico e hicieron sonreír a
todos. Hasta los mayores salieron contentos.
Al final de la obra todo el mundo aplaudió muchísimo y los actores nos permitieron
hacerles preguntas. Increíblemente, la mayoría de las preguntas fueron hechas por
alumnos del Montessori, el grupo más joven. Hubo preguntas de todo tipo, desde
curiosas a profesionales. Descubrimos que los actores vendrían a visitarnos al colegio
para darnos clase de teatro. Lo que posteriormente fue un éxito.
Nuestra conclusión sobre esta visita es que a pesar de las dificultades del texto de la
obra y de los personajes, los actores supieron interpretar sus papeles estupendamente
e hicieron sonreír e interesarse a todo el público. Aprendimos un dicho: “Como el perro
del hortelano, que ni come ni deja comer”. Nos gustaría hacer más visitas como esta”.
Natalia y Armando Casanueva (Alumnos de Y8T)
Nuestros alumnos cuentan su experiencia en el Taller de teatro
“¡Increíble!. Increíble es la primera palabra de muchas otras que me vienen a la
cabeza cada vez que recuerdo la visita de un actor profesional al colegio. Nos enseñó
técnicas artísticas y nos dio consejos sobre cómo ser más abiertos. Fue muy divertido
y fascinante”. Pablo Esquinas (Y9S)
2
Art
Maria Y11
Alex. Y9S
Pati Y10
MartaY11
Ines Y 7 Al
Pedro T Y11
I.G.C.S.E.
Jorge Y11
I.G.C.S.E.
Mateo Y 6
Pati Y10
Samuel Y10
Pablo M . 7Al
Elsa 7An
Natalia M. 8T
Carolina 8S
Natalia C. 8T
Maria Y11
Cirriculum
Y8 Maths Art cross Cirriculum
Y8 Tourism
Valeria Y10
Carolina 8S
Paula 8S
Pablo Y9
Lucia 8T
Maria 8S
It has been another great year for Sport at the Montessori School. We held our crowns by
winning all three handicap Athletics Competitions and placing highly in the overall
competitions also. Additionally we have proven ourselves to be one of the big teams to beat in
all the age groups in every sport. Well done and thank you to all those who have competed
and helped out with competitions this year.
Sarah with some proud medal winners.
Jaime in the 4x4 relay sprint.
More medals for the Year 8/9 basketballers.
Year 9 fighting it out in the cross country.
The Victorious Intermediate Athletics Team. Thanks for a great day.
CURSOS DE 1º Y 2º DE BACHILLERATO
En los cursos de Bachillerato nos gustaría destacar:
A lo largo del curso 2012-13, los alumnos de 1º de Bachillerato han realizado varias salidas y recibido numerosas
charlas de orientación e informativas sobre las titulaciones de grado de la mayoría de universidades, públicas y
privadas, en Madrid y de algunas ciudades en el extranjero. También se les ha informado de los pasos que hay que
seguir para realizar estudios en Inglaterra y EE.UU.
Práctica de doblaje en la UEM
Salida a la Cadena Ser
Charla de orientación
Un año más hemos compartido con nuestros alumnos de 2º de Bachillerato la Ceremonia de Clausura de Curso.
Después de haber cumplido nuestros compromisos profesorales y de sentir la satisfacción de haber sido escuchados
y correspondidos por ellos, ahora queda su esfuerzo final: la Selectividad. En la seguridad de que obtendréis la nota
que merecéis y deseáis, recibid todo nuestro apoyo.
Promoción 2012-13, acto de graduación
Actuación en el acto de graduación
Hula Hula
Horton Hatches an Egg
Jumping for joy
How hungry is that caterpillar?
Life of Pi
I can’t juggle any more!
I can just about see the three Towers!
Mmmmmm……..
Wheeeee!
Where’s the donkey gone?
Spinning!
Puzzling……
Not so ugly…..
Ringing!
Up, down…left, right! Let’s rescue Rapunzel!
Can’t see a thing!
Matching!
How far have I got to go?
Charlie, Matilda, Fabulous fox……
Which egg should I crack!……
Which song next?
Wheee..I can fly!
If I just hit at the right time……
T.E.M.S.
Looking
toward…..
T.E.M.S
T.E.M.S
Looking to……
….the future