Special SCHOOLS SUPPLEMENT

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Special
APRIL 2010
SCHOOLS SUPPLEMENT
School projects
How one group of
pupils made their
own garden
Art and writing
Samples of some of
the best school
work done this year
Distance education
Learning is not only
for the young, it can
be lifelong
Winning story
Results of the
annual EOI writing
competition
Conkers
Peter Edgerton on
school curriculum
essentials
Education
and learning
The future is bright for
students in Spain
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APRIL 23RD TO 29TH 2010
EDUCATION AND LEARNING
Classwork
Art
Poem
Human emotions
Anger is red, as red as the fiery eyes of a monster.
It tastes like a disgusting expired sauce, something you wouldn’t
want to try every day, and it smells like a raging Rhino’s breath.
It looks like a school teacher, after a child forgets his homework.
It sounds like the roar of a lion.
Anger makes me feel fired up.
Excitement is every colour, a very magical blend.
It tastes like a fizzy-cola.
It smells like melting chocolate being stirred in a pan, and it looks
like multicoloured grassland.
It sounds like the opening of a kid’s party, screams everywhere.
Excitement makes me feel buzzing.
Loneliness is blue, as blue as tears.
It tastes of nothing, no one can find it, and it smells like a spice
with the spices taken away.
It looks like an isolated island, stranded in the deep blue sea.
It sounds like a baby crying.
Loneliness makes me feel lost.
Above, Sophie Hull and
Esther Uitman
Left, Simeon Botev
Sunny View School
Happiness is yellow, bright and cheerful.
It tastes like your favourite food.
It smells like a flower, and it looks like a daffodil swaying in the wind.
It sounds like a child laughing, just after a clown show.
Happiness makes me feel joyful.
Joy is purple, the colour of a completed task.
It tastes like a finished meal.
It smells like a perfume.
It looks like fireworks, blasting in the sky.
It sounds like a football crowd when a team scores a goal.
Joy makes me feel happy.
Louis Chislett – Aged 11 Years, Sunny View School
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Artwork
Painting
Clockwise from the left:
Charles R M, by Remy Banghard 5VJL,
Frida Kohl by Estelle Belaiche Y2JRI,
Picasso by Emma Olde Boerrigter 5ES,
Globe by David González Rosero 5JGL
Aloha College
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Activities
Fundraising
Trips
Visit to La Casita de Martín
On March the 18th we visited La Casita de Martin - Granja Escuela in Fuengirola - what a lovely day!
We visited the animals, we made biscuits, we went in a maze
full of interesting objects, we learnt about recycling, we had
our faces painted and sang songs in an Indian Teepee, we had a
ride on Santa the donkey, we played in a huge sandpit and we
had a yummy lunch. We enjoyed our day out very much.
Pre-Nursery and nursery
Laude San Pedro International College
Cake sale
Class 9C held a cake sale in aid
of the Haiti Earthquake victims.
The class made a great deal of
effort by baking and selling
various cakes to students and
staff at break. As you can see
from the photograph, the sale
was a huge success, raising
over 265 euros.
As well as supplying information and images for the newsletter, 9C created and showed
an electronic presentation at
assembly on Monday 8th February. The presentation showed
some of the devastation that
Haiti has suffered due to the
earthquake, and some of the
things that we can do to help.
Year 9
Laude San Pedro
International College
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Careers
What shall I do?
Students look into
career possibilities
and discuss
the best way
of achieving
their dreams
On Tuesday the 9th of March students of Swans School attended
Swans Sierra Blanca 2010 careers
day. Years 11, 10 and 9 sat with different people from a variety of
professions to ask questions, listen to what people had to say
about their jobs for example,
their reasons for entering their
profession and what they hated
or loved about their career. One
professional in particular was extremely inspiring. Ben Nott, an
architect, said that to him “the
closest thing to giving birth, to
me, is seeing one of my creations
finished”.
As students we received a
greater understanding of the
many careers available to us, we
ADVICE STUDENTS MET A VARIETY OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS.
also learned that the dream career we are searching for won’t
just be handed to us on a plate,
but rather that we have to work
for what we want and the outcome will usually be a good one.
One lawyer who attended the day
gave some very good advice when
he said that “knowledge is the
key to success - reading and
studying is never a waste of
time”.
Even if particular students did
not see themselves in any of the
careers that were there to discuss,
everyone walked away with a taste
of something new and exciting.
Georgina and Sabina, Year 10
Swans School
TALKS A TASTE OF SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING.
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Classwork
Art
Poem
War
They cry for their dead,
They see where they bled,
Gun fire and explosions
everywhere,
Yet nothing can compare,
To the loss of the dead,
Children hide away under
their bed,
As evil men kill,
Thinking what a thrill,
To see people dying,
And buildings frying,
All by their hand,
Invading the land,
Laughing with malice,
As they conquer the palace,
Taking women and children,
Only to be driven,
To a nightmare worse than
hell,
Upon their knees the men
fell,
Crying for their family,
Together they die, happily.
The world through young eyes
These are just a few examples
of the wealth of artistic talent
among the Costa del Sol’s students, in this case, from
Benalmádena International
College. Imagination and creativity combine to help these
youngsters portray their view
of the world through art and
poetry.
Clockwise from top left:
artwork by Roberto López
de Vreeze, year 9; Ximena
Guijarro Poincot, year 8,
and Alicia Lorimer, year 10
Daniel Wattam, Year 10
The Benalmádena
The Benalmádena
Design Technology
Apart from the core academic
subjects it is extremely important for all children to show
their flair and creativeness at
school, which undoubtedly
shapes their career paths in the
future.
It has been proven in recent
years that many graduates
with academic degrees have
trouble in placing themselves
in a career of their choice.
Conversely there is a huge
shortage of skilled tradesman
in all western countries, which
is currently being balanced by
immigrants from all over the
world.
Emma Burbidge, Senior
Teacher at the ISE says “ DT,
apart from being part of the
curriculum, is such an important subject, allowing the children to create and see the result before their own eyes.”
In the photo, Sophie Williams, Class Room Assistant,
can be seen with the Year 6
class in the making of model
chairs that includes the use of
woodwork and modelling clay.
The International School Estepona
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Garden project
PREPARING IN THE CLASSROOM.
Creating a garden
GETTING DOWN TO WORK OUTSIDE.
On Monday 15th March two gardeners called Phil and Klaus
came into our class to talk to us
about creating a Square Foot
Garden. We talked about the idea
and asked lots of question. We
then lined up outside our classrooms and we were split into
three groups, after that the three
groups were set to work doing
different jobs. I was in group one.
We started by making our garden
frames with Phil. We made it with
big, heavy bricks. Every twenty
minutes we changed activities. So
twenty minutes later we changed
with group three and went upstairs into class to make labels for
the plants. Then we went with
Klaus to dig up some soil to add
to the mixture of compost, manure and coconut fibers. After that
everybody came down to where
the gardens were and we were
given a variety of plants such as,
marigolds, mint, oregano, lemon
balm, onions and lettuce. Then we
planted our herbs, flowers and
vegetables. This made the gardens
come to life.
My favorite part of the day was
planting because it was when we
could see the finished gardens.
Now all we have to do is water
the gardens every day so everyone in Year 5 and 6 will have a
chance to look after the plants.
We are hoping that the herbs and
vegetables grow soon as we will
be able to give them to the cook
to add to our lunches.
We learned lots of things on
Monday but the most important
thing was we had FUN!!
By Lily Griffiths, Year 6.
Sunland International School
Open to everyone
R.S.
Once upon a time there was
little option other than to
follow the traditional route of
school to work to family, but
nowadays we have a greater
degree of control over the
path we take through our
educational and professional
lives. With the Open
University it does not matter
where you are, how old you
are, or what personal or
professional circumstances
you find yourself in, there is
still the chance to find a
course that you can fit
around your own schedule so
that continuing your
education does not force you
to sacrifice any existing
priorities. Working towards a
new degree or other
qualification could deliver
great prospects for career
advancement, or may just be
something you choose to do
for personal development.
No matter what your initial
motives for going back to
studying, you are bound to
learn a lot of valuable
lessons along the way, not
least of all time management
and commitment, as well as
meeting new people.
The Open University has
long been a pioneer in the
field of distance learning,
opening doors for
international students all over
the world. Spain is no
exception, and you can find
numerous courses, all taught
in English, which allow for the
development of previous
knowledge whilst adding allimportant training and
qualifications to your CV.
Certain course can be
completed in a matter of
months, and others can be
spread across several years
as something you embark
upon in your spare time.
For more information visit
www8.open.ac.uk/europe/in
-your-country/spain
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Writing
Illustrated story
The pianist
Writing inspired
by the short film,
“The Piano” by
Aidan Gibbons
An ancient man is sitting lonesome in an extensive dark
space. When you look closer
you will see that he is calmly
playing a sweet melody on a
pitch black, old fashioned piano. His frog-like, watery brown
eyes watch his thickset fingers
move over the piano keys.
CRISTINA
He plays with powerful expression, his hands moving like a
child’s.
JOSÉ MA
The old, wrinkled hands move
swiftly across the ivory and ebony keys, making an enchanting
melody. As the elderly man plays
feeling isolated he remembers his
wife.
ALEX
A pale, transparent female hand
appears at the keys. It had been
his experience but a sad memory
of the lovely days with his inti-
mate wife. The hand belongs to a
ghost-like, elderly lady who kisses
his pallid face.
CRISTINA
You can’t bring people back to life,
so now he gently, sadly plays the
piano, trying to wipe those
thoughts away. Unfortunately for
everyone it is difficult to forget a
true love.
INMA
His memory starts to work even
further back, to the era when
he was in the Great War with
his close friend; the memory of
the moment when his friend
poked his head out, ready to
shoot. He heard a bang and a
second later his friend fell. He
ran up to him to hold his hand.
Sadly, he remembers this
gloomy, desperate moment.
CRISTINA
It is only a flashback but it seems
so real!! His music calms him.
It is only a
flashback, but it
seems so real. His
music calms him
His tears are flowing down his
mind but he doesn’t have enough
tears to cry.
GEMA
His childhood had not been so
cheerless, especially the moment when his father gave him
a hobby horse as a present. It
was the most joyous moment of
his life. He was so glad and
thrilled that he spent ages and
ages playing in the mud brown
streets of his town.
CRISTINA
He remembers the huge smile on
his face! Now that same smile is
on his grandson’s face. He is the
best of his present life. The much
loved hobby horse is now in his
hands. He plays happily with noone distracting him. His grandson drops the horse and is happy
to play the last note of the song.
SIGNE
The moral is to live each day as
if it was your last one because,
as I have said before, life
changes.
INMA
Year 6
Almuñécar International
School, Granada
Bárbara, Year 3
Swans International Primary School
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Activities
Celebrations
Poetry
We are born
Along a road we walk and grow
And many times we stop or fall
On a rock that is in the way of our flow
We learn to observe and change our feelings
Even if that rock could be meaning
That not everything has been changed
To stop you falling over and over again
Risk is the station that is on the road that
Many times you could do on your own
Cindy Toivainen, aged 15
Sunny View School
Project
The ‘Día de Andalucía’
The Día de Andalucía (”Day of
Andalusia” or “Andalusia Day”)
is celebrated February 28 and
commemorates the February 28,
1980 referendum on the Statute
of Autonomy of Andalusia, in
which the Andalusian electorate
voted for the statute that made
Andalusia an autonomous community of Spain.
In the morning, Primary had a
fantastic procession of all the
pupils from Pre Nursery to Year
6 in the Sports hall. All the children looked fantastic. Following
the parade we were treated to a
brilliant presentation on beautiful Andalucía by the Primaria
Español Department with some
brilliant acting and dancing
from many of the children.
Laude San Pedro
Castle Project, Year 7
Swans School
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Short story
The girl that loved the ocean
Every year the Official Language School
(EOI) in Malaga holds a short story
competition for students of English. The
SUR in English editorial team are proud
to be invited to take part in the judging.
Here is this year’s winning entry.
Once upon a time there was a
little girl that loved the ocean.
Ever since she was born, every
time her parents took her to the
beach she would spend the
whole time just sitting in her
baby chair, in silence, staring at
the blue sea. In fact, shortly after she said “mummy” and
“daddy” for the first time, “the
ocean” were the words she chose
to speak. She would always say
the two words slowly, and it almost sounded as if she wanted
The top three
story writers
The winner, runner-up and finalist
in the IX Malaga EOI short story contest, all in their fifth year at the language school, are as follows:
Winner
María Inmaculada Domínguez
Benítez for “The Girl that Loved the
Ocean”. María Inmaculada was born
in Malaga in 1972. She is an English
teacher in Valle de Abdalajís.
Runner-up
Miriam Rodríguez Pareja for “The
Owner of Time”. Miriam was born
in Malaga in 1983. She is a Primary
School teacher.
Finalist
Eva María Barreche Burgos for “Beyond the Walls”. Eva María was
born in Malaga in 1975. She has a
degree in tourism and works for
the Junta de Andalucía.
to show deep respect.
By the age of four she loved
swimming and was never afraid
to jump in the water. Sometimes,
when it was windy and there
were waves, her cousins (with
whom she used to go to the
beach) would stay away from the
water; but she was not the tiniest bit scared. She would sit down
on the sand right at the sea shore
and wait for the waves to hit her
feet. It was as if she believed that
the sea would never mean any
harm to her.
As time passed by, the ocean
saw her grow up and become a
beautiful young lady. It witnessed
most of the sweetest moments of
her yet short life: her first kiss,
the very first time a boy told her
he loved her... She always felt as
if the big blue sea was a very old
friend that would be happy for
her. Also, whenever she was sad,
she would take long walks on the
beach and this would always give
her peace of mind. Because no
matter what happened, the sea
would always be there, in all its
beauty, giving her calm.
By the time she turned twentyseven she had a boyfriend with
whom she was very much in love.
They decided to move in together
and started looking for a place
with a great sea view. They
owned a small boat and loved to
sail on Sunday mornings. They
would go a bit further every time
they sailed; they loved to be far
away from the land and be surrounded just by water.
But one time the waves caught
them by surprise. They fought as
hard as they could to get control
of the boat, but it was impossible. After fighting for about half
an hour, the boat finally sank.
They had to swim back to the
coast. She almost drowned; she
lost consciousness and her boyfriend had to carry her all the
way back. They both had to be
taken to hospital.
She woke up in a hospital bed.
The doctor asked her how she
felt. She remembered everything
at once, and could only reply: “I
feel sad”. Her good old big blue
friend had tried to kill her. She
felt sad indeed. She felt betrayed.
It was decided they would not
live by the beach. She could not
stand seeing the ocean; she was
so angry at it. They finally
bought a place on top of a hill
and moved in together. They were
about ten miles away from the
ocean.
Those were happy days, de-
spite the big hollowness she always felt inside. Life was good
and she felt safe. Two years later
their daughter was born; a cute
little girl with a big smile on her
tiny face.
But whenever it rained she
would feel so sad. The raindrops
seemed to her like tears from the
long forgotten friend she was so
angry at. She would look through
the window and remember those
bright summer days and those
long walks on the beach. She
missed that part of her life, but
she was so afraid of it as well.
It happened the day before her
daughter’s third birthday. She
went into a store to buy a nice
birthday gift for the baby. There
she stumbled upon a man that
was reading a book for children:
“Pete and the sea”. The cover
showed a little child playing on
the beach. And he looked so
happy.
“Hi”, she said. “Is it good?”.
“Very”, the man replied. “Then
I think I will buy a copy for my
daughter, but I don’t think I will
be able to read it to her”. “And
why is that?”, asked the man.
And she told him the story: how
she almost died that day six
years ago, how she had never
been able to look at the sea again,
and how she was angry and disappointed but she still missed
the ocean. The man listened carefully, nodding at every sentence.
When she was finished, he said
a few words that broke her heart.
“Well, I am a sailor. The sea is
my life. And it is, indeed, like life
itself: it can be cruel, it can hurt
you. It can break you in half. But,
if you are strong, you choose to
love it, over and over again. Because it gives you much more
that it takes from you; because
you always forgive what you
truly love. Because if you are
afraid of pain you are afraid of
life. And I’d rather be dead than
afraid of living.”
She could not help crying. She
said goodbye to the sailor, bought
the book and drove straight back
home. She hugged her daughter
and said to her: “Sweetie, I have
a surprise for your birthday. I
want to introduce you to a good
friend of mine”.
The day after, the three of
them arrived at the beach. It was
a warm spring afternoon.
“Sweetie, that is the ocean”, she
said to her daughter. “I want to
live by the sea again”, she said to
her husband. “I have forgiven it.
You always forgive what you
truly love”.
The little baby gazed at the sea
for a good while. A smile showed
in her face. “The ocean”, the baby
said, and it sounded as if she
wanted to show respect.
María Inmaculada
Domínguez Benítez
Winner IX Malaga EOI Short
Story Contest 2009-10
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Parental priorities
HIGH SCHOOL WHIMSICAL
Peter
Edgerton
Parenthood brings with it many
a sound reason to indulge in a bit
of teeth-gnashing and wailing
and the like. Choosing a school
for the little devils always ranks
highly on the list.
Not to worry, though, it’s simply a matter prioritizing. For
those of you who may need a little help , I’ve taken the liberty of
preparing a simple guide to what
the ideal school should offer your
child; it’s then simply a question
of finding the nearest one to you
that fits the bill.
First of all, let’s consider sport.
Sport should be compulsory; not
all sports, of course - actually
only conkers. It’s no coincidence
that educational standards have
dropped exponentially since pupils were forbidden from hanging vinegar-hardened horsechestnuts from shoe-laces and using them to crack each others
knuckles to a pulp. Any school
which insists on its students playing conkers in the yard is to be
held in the highest esteem and
will inevitably have outstanding
exam results. There should also
be a sports day – with real winners and real losers. Oh, and a
parents’ three legged race.
Secondly, homework. Be sure
to ask any headmaster you visit
how much homework the students are expected to do. If he
says anything above an hour a
day, laugh whimsically to yourself and whisk your little ones
from the premises forthwith.
Then take them to the park for a
game of Frisbee.
Next , school dinners. Be sure
to ask if chocolate sponge and
pink custard is on the menu at
least once a week. If it’s not you
can be sure the school in question has no sense of style or tradition, so you may clear off as
quickly as you wish. Be sure to
scarper extra sharpish if the
Sport - or rather,
conkers - should
be an obligatory
school subject
Visit unannounced
and listen to how
the children
address each other
head begins to rattle on about E
numbers and a balanced diet.
Anyone who does this has clearly
failed to grasp the fact that E
numbers are the only thing that
keep teenagers awake in class.
Extra-curricular activities.
Any school expecting students
to participate in more than one
of these is patently run by demented lunatics and should be
avoided at all costs. Your children only need one hobby each.
It doesn’t make them more
rounded people just because
they can play Greensleeves on
the tuba and make a life sized
model of the dinner ladies from
paper -mache. In fact it just
makes them weird. Talking of
EATING IN IF PINK CUSTARD IS NOT ON THE MENU, LEAVE AT ONCE.
dinner ladies, your child’s
school should have lots of them
scattered liberally about the
place and they should be called
‘dinner ladies’, not ‘lunchtime
auxiliary attendants’ or anything like that. It will be understood that these women are
quite welcome to give your child
a clip round the ear at any time
they should wish for any perceived misdemeanor, and, in
fact, for nothing much at all
should the mood take them.
Finally, nicknames. Feel free
to wander about the school unannounced at your own convenience, listening intently as you
go. If you hear pupils addressing
each other as Justin and Kate,
you can be sure that there’s something profoundly amiss. If, on the
other hand , the names ‘Monkeychops’, ‘Hankyboy’ and ‘Delilah’
(the latter must be for a bloke, obviously) are to be heard ringing
around the corridors, then you’ve
found the establishment you’re
looking for. Sign your children
up immediately.
This document is meant only
as an orientative guide and may
not be considered legally binding. Should the reader find the
information contained herein to
be of too complex a nature for
simple digestion, the author politely suggests that you went to
the wrong school.
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