TECS World magazine
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TECS World magazine
TECS World magazine Contents guide 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Introduction and welcome to the magazine team Getting to know some of the staff members at TECS-Central TECS Student class photos Classwork and students: a. TECS Babies (4 and 5 year olds) b. TECS Kids (6 to 12 year olds) TECS Online Platform Bonfire Night and Halloween work Our Teenagers work: a. Poems b. Posters about countries c. Recipes and Restaurant reviews d. And many more…. Teenagers project class Games a. Crossword b. Matching pets to teachers TECS- Central preparing for the Christmas play Saturdays at TECS Improve your English The Gift box ❝If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.❞ ‒Nelson Mandela Learning a new language is not just about making the grades, correct grammar and the practicalities of ordering a coffee. Learning a new language boosts self-confidence, broadens the mind, opens doors and develops lifelong friendships that no other skill can. Language learning, with its unique ability to unlock the doors so often not opened between cultures, is an exciting and positive way for people from across the globe to walk a common ground. Run, organised and edited by the teen’s projects class, TECS World is a new project introduced to tecs this year. TECS World aims to demonstrate the fantastic work of its students and supply information about past and future events here at TECS. Packed full of students work, artwork, photos, games and events and more, we hope you enjoy this year’s first edition of TECS World. The TECS World team Claudia Rizo Morales Ruben Rizo Morales Age: 13 Age: 13 Teacher at TECS: Liz Teacher at TECS: Liz I’m a shy person. I’m a good person and I’m kind with my friends and with other people sometimes. We are going to do this magazine because we need to inform the people about the things we do at TECS. I’m a teenager and I’m studying English at TECS. I like to write books and design magazines. This project is very interesting. This magazine is to learn about TECS. It’s going to be fun and interesting. Come and read!!!! Paloma Garcia Cuevas Age: 15 Teacher at TECS: Rosie I’m sociable, happy and funny. I like swimming, reading books, listening to music and watching films. In the magazine we have interviews and celebrities. We did the work in projects class on Fridays. Maria Castro Zunzunegui Age: 15 Teacher at TECS: Rosie I’m a very shy person. I have brown hair and I am tall. I like to do kite surfing. We are going to do this magazine so it is information for the people of TECS. Susana Martin Lopez Maria Garcia Lacal Age: 13 Age: 12 Teacher at TECS: Rosie Teacher at TECS: Rosie I’m a good person and I have a lot of good friends. I like meeting with my friends and with my family. I’m kind and tidy and sometimes I’m sociable. We are going to do this magazine to inform the people about some things we do at TECS. I’m a sociable person and fun. I like dancing and I’m tidy and responsible. Sometimes I don’t clean my bedroom because I always clean it and my sister never does. The magazine is a mix of interviews and news. We did a lot of work in projects class on Fridays. I’m not creative but I worked on things like celebrities and the basketball tournament and Halloween. Getting to know some of the staff at TECS Jessica Heaney (teacher) Rocio Sevillano (receptionist) What type of food do you like? What is your favourite food? Asian food My favourite food is paella because I love rice What do you think about Tecs? Do you think it’s a good idea to have the basketball tournament? It’s a really good company because it cares about its students. What´s your favourite film? My favourite film is Despicable me. Yes, I do. It´s important to collect money for charity. What do you do in your free time? Talk about your hobbies. I haven´t got free time. When I was young I played table tennis. My hobby is playing football, going to the beach and eating a lot. Do you like your job? Do you like sports? Yes I do because I enjoy speaking with students and parent Yes I do Do you speak Spanish? Yes I do Do you like travel? Yes I do Have you got any brothers or sisters? Do you want to read the tecs magazine? Yes I do Do you think It´s going to be interesting? Yes I do. Why? Because is important to learn about Tecs. Yes, I have one brother. Have you got any pets? Yes, I live with Rosie. Do you like books? What kind? Yes I do I like reading biographies. Interview by Juan and Alberto (Teens) Interview by Rubin and Claudia (Teens) More interviews with some of the TECS staff Rosie Bradley (teacher) Caroline Hendricks (teacher) Is the colour of your hair natural? How old are you? Yes I was born a red headed baby I am 25 years old Of all the teachers at TECS who is your best friend? What are your likes and dislikes? Jess, I have known her for a long time. We both come from the wonderful city of Manchester and she cooks me nice food. How many piercings do you have? 7, two in my nose and lots in my ears I like teaching English, baking cakes and going to the cinema. I don’t like carrots and missing the bus. What do you do in your free time? I draw pictures and read And tattoos Are you going to participate in this year’s charity basketball tournament? 7, none on my face! I am going to cheer Do you like the school? Do you like the school? Yes I love working with the students, they are fantastic and make the work enjoyable. Yes I love TECS What is your favourite animal? The Christmas video in 2012 I love penguins What was your favourite project? What is your favourite animal? I love giraffes but also all animals Interview by Maria (Teen) Interview by Paloma and Maria (Teens) Happy students at TECS Here are a few pictures taken in the classroom Lots more photos coming up later in the magazine Can you spot your class? TECS Pre Starters Learning starts early at TECS With a little help from Captain Jack and his friends Danny, Katie and Fluffy the 4 and 5 year old students have made a fantastic start to their language learning journey this trimester. Take a look at some of the fantastic work the pre starters have been doing in class. Fantastic work Pre Starters! Starters create a TECS WORLD! Starters 1 Celebrity Doppelgangers Anthony Hopkins Jessica Simpson Scarlett Johanson Stephen Speilberg Buttercup (Powerfuff Girls) Velma (Scooby Doo) Drew Barrimore Brad Pitt Danny Trejo! Animal Descriptions and Drawings Take a look at these fantastic animals created by some of the Starters. Well done! New to TECS this year TOP TECS Online Platform Games! Activities! Grammar and vocabulary review! Writing practice! Songs and Videos! Taking TECS home with you. 1. Go to http://top.tecs.es 2. Insert your username and password (ask your teacher) 3. Find your class folder 4. Have fun practicing English! (See Circular for more instructions) Learn and practice your English at home! Post Starters The TECS Post Starters have had lots of fun and created some brilliant work this trimester See more work from our post starters on the next page A fantastic Cartoon by one of the TECS teenagers The superflyers have been learning all about Bonfire night. Bonfire night is a festival celebrated every year in England on the 5th of November. People drink hot drinks and watch Fireworks next to a big bonfire. Fireworks Fireworks in November. I like autumn. Rocket goes bang. Everyone is happy. Where are the Fireworks? Over the person come there. Rockets go to the moon. Kabum! They fly so high. See the fireworks. By Carmen Ramirez Rockets Rockets in the fire. Oh so high! Can you see them fly? Kaboom ! They fly. Everyone is happy on The 5th of November. By Silvia Ramirez Torres Postcard Stories The Super Flyers have produced some brilliant post cards. Great work! Halloween was a great success as usual. We all enjoyed the games and everybody ate too many sweets!! The starters were the best dancing group but there was a special prize for Jesus. You can see how fantastic the costumes were; congratulations go to our winners. Where’s the beach! Writing by TECS teenagers Helena Saiz: My parents took this photo before my uncle's wedding. I was from the hairdresser and I was beautiful. I loved my dress and my hair, too. I had a great time at the wedding!! Zaira Penela: This picture was when I was 4. I loved horses. It’s important because it brings me memories when I was a child and my little brother. This was in Sanlúcar in a restaurant. My family and I came often there, now we rarely go to this restaurant. All the people are happy A perfect world must be incriedible Pedro save the world People will be very happy Earth is better know its happy Everything will be beautiful and peaceful Rap of the perfect world (chorus) Really have got Friends Funny parties and long holidays Even after w estay with parents and family Can make what ever you want There is a world without wars Find the people who isn’t happy Environment is better know Christiano is better know Talk with the people, all the world one We can live our dreams World it’s better know Once we can help the earth to be a best place to live October, November, all the months are happy Rarely be sad person you must be happy Rap of the perfect world (chorus) Live the present Long snakes and big lakes Dont think in the past Died people we know Posters about countries by TECS teenagers Fernando Diaz Segado Andy de la Cruz -HOW TO PREPARE IT: THE INGREDIENTS: -Minced beef -Some Jacobs cream crackers -An egg -Some rosemary -Some mustard -Oregano Put the minced beef in a ball and put some oregano and mustard too. Then crack an egg and put it in the bowl. After put in rosemary. Then get the crackers, brake all of it, put it in the bowl and mix all the things in the bowl. Then when you mix it you -Spaghetti get a paste, you must do little balls with that -Cheese paste. Put a little bit of oil in the pan and put the -Two tins of tomato -Garlic -Chili -Some basil meatballs on it. Then put the spaghetti in a sauce pan with boiled water. When the meatballs are cooked put them on a plate. Then you put the chili, the basil and the garlic in a pan with oil. After you put the tomato sauce and the meatballs in the same pan. Then you put the cooked spaghetti in the pan again and you mix it. Finally, when all is cooked you put it on a plate with cheese. By Cesar Otero Reyes and Juan Mellado Gomez (Teens) Restaurant Reviews Blanca Paloma My favourite restaurant is “Blanca Paloma”. It is in Puerto Sherry, in “El Puerto de Santa Maria”. This restaurant makes pizza, in it you can eat salad and pasta too. This is an Italian restaurant. My favourite thing on the menu is the spaghetti. The spaghetti is very delicious in this place. I ate in this place two months ago. I like this restaurant because I like very much pasta but I also like pizza. This restaurant is situated in a very nice place, because it’s near of the sea. By Joaquin Arcila Perez (Teens) Chinese restaurant My favourite restaurant it´s a Chinese restaurant that is in Algeciras. The food you can eat there is Chinese food, like soup, wan- tuns, chicken with nuts and a lot of Chinese food. My favourite thing of the menu is the wan-tun, it´s like pasta made with potato and it has meat inside, it´s delicious. I like it because the food it´s very good and also when my father goes to work to Málaga, he eats there and he knows the boss of the restaurant. I think that, the restaurant is one of my favourite restaurants for sure. By César Otero Reyes (Teens) I am poems by TECS teenagers The teenagers have written some thank you messages to people they love To: My Mom From: Maria Subject: Thankful I am writing to you to thank you many things like: you always are there with even if I am loosing or wining, you do the food every day and you also wait to me to have lunch, you have got a lot of patience with me and my sister... I have more things to be thankful for but I have also positive news: I have good marks, my exams are amazing, my strong point are languages and that is excellent for my future, I have lots of fights with my sisters but I am going to as much possible to have peace in our house, dad is not much time here but don't worry because I'm hear with you. My room is always clean and I'm going to clean it for longer, is hilarious be with you because you understand me, I will have with you some fights because I'm a teenager but I will defend you always. At Christmas we're going to have many parties for example in new year we will go to Grazalema with my aunts, uncles, grandparents, and also my cousin Lauri and the new To: My Dad. Daniela that is so cute. See you soon, love Maria x (Teens) Things that I am thankful for. I don't know... Oh yeah I To my mum: Remember that this year I have enter in your high school and I Things that I thankful for: hope that it goes better that in -For do the lunch, dinner... Because is delicious. the other and I have to say that I -For clean the house a lot of days. Because is very clean. And it like more than the other high school and I’m POSITIVE that isn´t filthy. here the teachers aren't so sad. -For buy somethings that I want. Because i am dlighted with these It's SMALLER... yeah but here the things. people is HILARIUS and -For go to shopping with my father and buy all the food. Because DELIGHTED. And it's true that at the food is delicious. the beginning I was TERRIFED -For prepar my birthday. Because the birthdays are delighted. because I had to meet new -For go to the beach in Summer with me. Because the Summer is people and that things... My really good. parents are very HILARIUS and -For help me in the exams and I had good marks. Because I am good people. very proud of the marks. We play football in the -For help me when I am very hungry. Because when I am starving, playgrounds and basketball too. I she does the cooking. have not much things more to Love from Joaquin (Teens) say so bye dad x See you soon. Juan x (Teens) My Avatar Travel Agent 1-My avatar is tall. She is thin and has long hair. Amsterdam is a beautiful and amazing place to visit. You can visit a lot of places and monuments, but first you have to look after some things. The first thing you have to know is how you are going to travel. I think the best transport for that travel is the plane. The cheapest ticket cost 405.48$ and you spend a time of 4 hours 35 minutes on the plane. 2-My avatar is clever. She is wise and hard -working 3-My avatar is happy. She is funny and nice. Maria Z 4-My avatar is pretty. She is nice and has good-looking 5-My avatar likes Reading. She is clever and she likes books Other thing you have to know is where you are going to stay. The best is stay in a hotel. In Amsterdam the best hotel is Grand Hotel Amrâth Amsterdam it’s expensive but is the best hotel. This hotel have a distance of 0.8 km from the center of the city. This hotel has a big pool and very comfortable rooms. Now you can decided what you are going to do and what are you going to visit. 6-My avatar likes sports. She is hard-working and she loves water sports Paloma My avatar is pretty. She is beautiful and tall. My avatar likes learning new skills. She is clever and hard-working. My avatar is so happy. She is friendly and cheerful. My avatar likes reading. She is tidy and reliable. Amsterdam you can visit the Amsterdam arena for watch an Ajax´s football match. In You can visit Albert Cuypmarkt too. That’s can be a perfect place to visit after visit the museums of the zone. Enjoy your trip, Ana Ruiz and Moises (Teens) More great work from the teenagers My avatar likes parties. She is so outgoing and she likes music. My avatar likes listening to music. She is happy and always wears headphones. My avatar do sport sometimes. She is a bit lazy and quiet. Ana Perez Emails to Pete the alien who lives on the moon To: [email protected] From: TECS teenagers Subject: visit earth Hi Pete, My name is Carlos Hanhart, I´m originally from Netherlands but actually I am living in Spain. I am 15 years old. According to myself I am a person calm and patient, I am also happy and rather crazy, I am lazy too. I am 1.73 meters and my weight is more or less 58 kilos. I have green eyes but they are also blue, is like sea water. I have blond, short hair, I am a little bit strong and some people think I am handsome. I have a big family form 2 different places ( One bigger than the other) One is from Spain and the other is from Holland, I have a crazy , happy and funny family from Spain and a clever, calm and original family of Netherlands, they are brilliant. My brother`s name is Nicolas and he is tall, thin, and really clever, my father is called Elbert he is intelligent, reliable and he loves the nature and my mother`s name is Carmen she is funny, decisive and she wants to see us happy. I have pets too, 2 dogs and 4 cats they are really nice and they take after us it’s really strange. So, let start showing you my planet: First at all my country called Spain , It is in the middle of the Earth between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Ocean , We are a big country on Europe we love dance, music, bulls ,food, and power because we were one of the biggest country in the world but that was years ago. On the one hand I have always wanted to go to Japan cause of videogames and life there but on the other hand I want to go to New Zealand because is amazing , everything is new and has lot of nature there are lot of different people and is really calm there some people say that you can breathe peace. The Earth is amazing. See you soon, Carlos Hanhart Castro Hi Pete, My name is Ana and I’m a human of the Earth. I heard about you want to come to visit us, so I had the idea of write an email to you to explain you how the Earth is. Let’s start with me. I live in El Puerto de Santa Maria, in Cadiz. I’m a teenager of 15 years with dark blonde wavy hair and brown eyes. I’m tall and skinny and I’m very quiet, as my city. In my family, we are all quiet. In the afternoon you can’t hear nothing in the house. My mum is a surgeon and my dad is a math teacher, so we live in fine conditions. I have a pet called Muñeco, a ragdoll cat. The cats of the picture are ragdoll cats too. Aren’t they adorable? I’m a girl who loves read books (my favourite is The Book Thief) and I love chocolate and sweets. The food of the Earth is extremely delicious. Well, let’s continue. I go to a school called IES Francisco Javier de Uriarte, and we go here from 8:15 to 2:45 to learn things about maths, physic and chemistry, language, biology, etc. Now, let’s talk about the Earth. The Earth is a magical place. We have got beautiful woods, long rivers, mountains, water, a lot of type of animals and flowers, and stunning scenerys. On the Earth we have a lot of life and is so beautiful, even if humans have destroyed a very big part of it and we are killing it with polution. But humans also have made Earth a more beautiful planet. Some cities and cathedrals are amazing. I recommend you Brugge, in Belgium, or the tulip fields of Netherlands. They are very, very, very precious. We also have got music, art, paintings, cinematics, and a lot of other things. Imagination on Earth is enormous. About me, I love rock music like Metallica or Slipknot, and the country singer Johnny Cash is amazing. I also love dolls, and I collect a special type of doll called “Pullip”. At the moment I only have three, but I will have more in the future (they are too expensive, damn). I’m going to put some fantastic places of Earth to show you how pretty is this planet. Japan (I wish someday I will visit it). Dubai And there are a lot of fantastic places but this will take too long, so I’m going to stop, but you can search cities on Internet (I imagine you have Internet on the Moon, because if you don’t, you won’t receive this email). So I’m going to finish this email, I hope you come to visit us soon. Can you response this email and tell me how is life on the Moon? I’m sure is very curious. See you soon in the Earth, Ana. ( Ana Perez Montes) Projects Class Fridays 7.30pm – 9pm After the fantastic work carried out by Jess and the Projects team last year TECS hope to continue with some exciting projects this year. Random acts of kindness was a vision created by the teenagers last year with the hope to plan and organise charity projects and events to raise money for local charities. This years first event was a teens basketball tournament. The event was organisied and advertised by the teenagers and was great fun helping raise money for the local charity Madre Coraje. A massive thank you to all involved and a big congratulations to the winners of the tournament. Well done everybody! Find out about our next project The Gift Box later in the magazine! Can you find the words? CUCUMBER, BEETROOT, LETTUCE, TOMATO, RADISH, ONION, POTATO, AUBERGINE, PEACH, CHERRIES, GRAPES, CARROT, PEAR, BANANA I U H U C L E T O T U A T A J Z T D I G V S U P E J W V S X P T T C R U T I O T A M O T A P R C O O W P C H J W C J O E P R O K V A E H H Z I T C C V E R G C T H M Q K A L C J U Q C N T W F S L M N X M L O N C J G O E E R S E N I G R E B U A U I E P H V R Q R O O Y M R B N B Crossword: Animal Anagrams By Cesar Otero Reyes Across 3. zlarid 5. corcoelid 8. ihfs 9. orhes Down 1. hsrka 2. rgite 4. god 5. woc 6. tca 7. nosdaiur C R H A A O U R B Z A O V M D R P E P K E F N J I I C H E L D U R W A Y B S C L O S L S P H B N F H B T T A U Z E P O A O D Q U U U X K B I Z D Q E M L A U V R Can you match the pet to the teacher? Sarah Jess Rosie John Patrick Liz Joe An awesome cartoon created by Carmen Perez Rodriguez This years christmas play has a sunshine twist. Santa Claus and Mrs Santa will be having a sandy adventure on a beach meeting many new Friends along the way. The play will be acted out by this years Super Flyers with songs by the other classes. However, many hands are needed to get the show up and runnng. Take a look at some of the students working hard to create props for the play. Saturdays at TECS Learning English through sports, arts and crafts, music, cooking, games, technology, outdoor learning and creativity! Trinity on Saturdays This year TECS are including Trinity revision in their Saturday kids’ sessions. Students practice Trinity focused vocabulary and grammar with their friends through sports, arts and crafts and games. Every Saturday is designed and organised by our great Saturday team especially to practice for the Trinity exam and make sure it’s fantastic fun for our super TECS kids! …………………………….. Saturday Sessions 10:30 – 13:30 Students from all centres welcome! Pick up a Saturday Calendar from Reception or look at the bulletin board to see the great activities we have planned! How to improve your English All students at TECS want the same thing: Get better at English. The students in the CAE class teamed up to write an article with tips for other TECS students on how to improve their English, whether you’re a kid, a teenager or an adult. Their advice? Have fun! Kids People usually start learning English at the age of five. But it is too soon to study grammar, writing…. So we have to find another way of making English easier and funnier for children. There are many appropriate activities for their age, but here we have some of the most useful ones: games, stories, English cartoons (with or without subtitles), traditional songs and carols, painting and drawing (to visually memorize the words). Teens Adults Secondly, teenagers have a different way of learning English. You cannot make them study grammar as adults; you have to make it funny and interesting. In this sense one activity is to assist to theatre plays and watch subtitles films. Maybe they would enjoy the time with friends using the language in activities such as conversations or pen-friends letters. At this age, our recommendation could be to make the learning attractive and amusing. I believe that learning English for adults it could be a wonderful adventure. You will have the chance to be a little kid and start from the beginning, learning numbers, colors, simple vocabulary, everything. Your knowledge is like a white paper to paint. However most of the people have an intermediate level coming from the school years. For them, reading books, watching movies and listening to music, would help to refresh vocabulary, expressions and idioms to update the rusty English. But if you have a high level of English, to keep improving and not forget it, you have a wide range of activities to enjoy reading newspapers, watching the news or documentaries, movies etc. Keep in mind that English is global common language in the world; it brings you the possibility of communication with people all around the world. Written by Julio Caballero Ramos, Alvaro Valero MuñozRojas, José Mª Molina Ramírez, Alberto Perez-Lanzac De Lorca, Pablo Contreras Evangelista, Natalia Fernández Delgado and Mar Moreno Osorio. Introduction by Caroline Hendriks. The Gift Box Last year the Projects class tried something new, The Gift Box Project. They didn’t know how successful it would be, but everyone got involved, from pre-starters to adults classes, TECS students donated hundreds of toys, books, pencils and games for children who are less fortunate than us, not only in the Cadiz province but also in Peru and Nicaragua! What happened? We collected toys for poor children from TECS students and gave them to Madre Coraje. The students of the projects class designed posters wrote E-mails and letters for all the students of TECS! We also went to classrooms to advertise our projects and asked for donations for the Gift box. Madre Coraje came and informed us about how important our project was for them and the children. In the end, there were too many toys for the Box! The project was a great success! Alberto Peralta Perez After the success of last year we are doing this project again so we are asking you to donate any toys, books, pencils, games and school equipment that you don’t need or use and could help people who are less fortunate than us. Please give your donations to your teacher before the 30th January 2015 and let’s make it even better than last year! Thank you TECS would like to say a big thank you to all its students for making this first trimester such a big success. We have had a great start to the year this autumn with the Halloween party, the charity basketball event, the Christmas play and many other fantastically fun activities. As we move into this winter season we would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy new year. The TECS world team have really enjoyed producing this first edition of TECS world and hope you as readers have had just as much enjoyment exploring its contents and finding out all the great things TECS students have been doing this trimester.