Science project 6º grade

SCIENCE PROJECT-CUERPO HUMANO

We love working together! During this term we have learnt about our body in our science class. Now it is the time to learn all this important vocabulary in our mother tongue. We have made these amazing posters using all our knowledge but in this time it was in spanish. We enjoy a lot doing it with our classmates. 

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Learn to fly!

A DIFFERENT ACTIVITY FOR HALLOWEEN TIME!!!

One day, looking at our Art and Craft book, we saw an interesting activity for Halloween:  we could create fantastic comic characters and stories about them.  Our students of 6th grade invented the main character and they wrote a name for him: "Black Bird Man".

We divided the whole work into different groups of work  and drew Black Bird's Man's family and friends, his house, his refuge, his weapons and his story in general.

We did a cooperative activity, working in groups, talking about what they had to do step by step. With this activity, students changed their behaviour and increased their motivation.

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Halloween gymkhana in 6th grade

HALLOWEEN GYMKANA IN 6TH GRADE

This year our six graders had a fun challenge. At recess all 140 pupils were divided into mixed groups for their afternoon activity, a gyhmkana. They had to earn a stamp from each activity cooperating together. There were 5 activities in total. Treasure hunt, the spiderweb, wrap the mummy, unscramble the word and “let me take a selfie”.

This last activity was great. Our students had to get on the floor and create a letter with their bodies and after that take a selfie of all the group members. Look how well they did it and how great it all came out!

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WELCOME!

Kicking Off Cultural Week at Open House!

KICKING OFF CULTURAL WEEK AT OPEN HOUSE:

FACE PAINTING AT THE ENGLISH CORNER!

On Sunday students of every age came to Alkor to kick off Cultural Week at Open House (Puertas Abiertas). The English auxiliares painted faces and offered candy to students who were speaking English. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth to be painted and chat with us! 

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More Letters From Our Pen Pals

MORE LETTERS FROM OUR PEN PALS

Below you can take a look at a few examples of the letters we received from our pen pals in Philadelphia!

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Balloon Car Final Races and Winners Announced!

BALLOON CAR FINAL RACES & FIRST PLACE WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Last Friday our sixth grade balloon car class winners participated in the final race to see whose car was the FASTEST in all of sixth grade! Everyone in the race put forth their best effort and worked really hard to make it this far in the competition. Below are the winners for fastest car from each class and the winners for best design.

FASTEST CAR

Paula Carnero

Clara Barbero

Natalia Burgillo

Marcos Hernangil

Álvaro Hernández

Alejandro Hernández

Daniel López

Irene Montero

Nerea Rodríguez

Patricia Pérez

BEST DESIGN

Hugo Casado

Alejandro Casas

Rodrigo Álvarez

Patricia Hernangómez

María López

Gianmarco Pedone

Daniel Perea

David Ortiz

Here are our first place winners! A huge congratulations to Irene, Patricia and Nerea from 6ºD! :)

Very special congratulations to our FIRST PLACE WINNERS from 6ºD: Irene, Patricia and Nerea!

English Theater in Leganés for 5th and 6th Grades

ENGLISH THEATER IN LEGANÉS FOR FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES

Over the past couple of weeks our fifth and sixth graders had the opportunity to attend a play in English at the Teatro José Monleón. They watched a performace of a show called "Low Cost" about a low cost fashion designer in Brighton, England and her crazy assistants involved in their own love story. The students had a great time laughing and even participating after the play. Below you can see some photos of our students inside and outside before and after the play!

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Racing Our Balloon Cars in 6th Grade

RACING OUR BALLOON CARS IN SIXTH GRADE

Balloon Race Car Day in 6th Grade!

BALLOON RACE CAR DAY IN SIXTH GRADE!

Our sixth graders finally had the chance to race their balloon cars last week. Everyone worked really hard on the project and we had many cars that traveled more than five meters down the track. The final race for the winners of each class will be on February 20. Videos coming soon!

School's International Day of Peace 2015 at Colegio Alkor

International Day of Peace 2015

 This year Colegio Alkor took part in the International Day of Peace for schools with our annual, outdoor ceremony. Our first graders spelled the word "paz" with their bodies by arranging themselves on the patio and the other grades stood around them. We heard a special message from the director and select students spoke about peace in different languages. Finally, we sang songs about peace in both English and Spanish.

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Letters To Our 6th Graders Arrived From USA

Letters to Our Sixth Graders Arrived from Philadelphia, USA!

This week we recieved the first set of letters from our pen pals in Philadelphia! We look forward to responding soon!

Preparing for Race Day: 6th Graders Create Balloon Powered Cars

Preparing for Race Day:

Sixth Graders Create Balloon Powered Cars!

 

This term our sixth graders started designing and constructing balloon powered race cars in their desdoble English classes. This is a typical group project that many American students work on in primary or secondary school. Our students are working in groups of three or four to design a vehicle that is lightweight enough to move by the power produced by the deflating ballon that is attached to the top of the car. The students are encouraged to design, build, test and rebuild to create the fastest car in the their class. It reinforces our students' teamwork skills while using English and requires them to learn via trial and error. Race day will be in the beginning of February and we can't wait to find out who the winners are!

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The Grinch Steals Christmas at Colegio Alkor!

"How The Grinch Stole Christmas" at Colegio Alkor!

The Grinch preparing to "steal" Christmas!

For the holiday season this year the native assistants performed a dramatic reading of Dr. Suess' famous story "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". The story is about a monster called the Grinch who wants to ruin the holiday season for the creatures, Whos, living in the town below. The Grinch steals all of the food, presents and decorations from the Whos, but they are still able to happily celebrate Christmas. Then the Grinch learns that Christmas is not just about material things but is a holiday about being with the people you love.

Our auxiliares, Satia and Alisa, narrated the story, James (an auxiliar in ESO) played the part of the Grinch, Gina played the part of Cindy Lou, Sophia played the part of the Grinch's dog, Max, Melinda controlled the sound and images and Melissa (from ESO) helped us with lights. We also had very special help from some of our primary students in the audience who helped the actors onstage.

The Grinch and his dog, Max.

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Thanksgiving Cornucopia in 6th Grade

THANKSGIVING CORNUCOPIA IN SIXTH GRADE

Our sixth graders learned about the American tradition of cornucopias (the horn of plenty) this Thanksgiving. They are large, horn-shaped baskets that are typically filled with fruit, vegetables, flowers and nuts. Cornucopias are an important symbol of Thanksgiving for many Americans because they represent abundance and nourishment.

Our students designed and decorated a variety of foods to include in the sixth grade cornucopia. Each piece also contained a sentence that explained what the students are thankful for, usually family or friends. :)

Jason Causes Chaos in 6th Grade

JASON CAUSES CHAOS: OUR FIRST TERM BOOK IN SIXTH GRADE

During the first term of the school year our sixth graders have been reading a humorous book called Jason Causes Chaos. In order to help them practice their summary writing skills the students were asked to write a short summary about the book. Below is an example of a really creative summary written by one of our students!

Halloween Festivities at Alkor

HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES AT ALKOR

On the Thursday before Halloween the primary school celebrated Halloween by setting up different activities inside and outside of the school. The students had a lot of fun participating in games, dressing up and even watching a dance performance before the end of the day. Our school loves to celebrate this famous American holiday so that we learn about the culture of countries that speak English!

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Halloween Art Competition in English Classes

HALLOWEEN ART COMPETITION IN ENGLISH CLASS

This year the language assistants prepared for Halloween by having our students participate in an art competition. Each grade was given a type of Halloween character to create like mummies, pumpkins, Frankensteins, spiders, zombies and skeletons. The best 3-4 pieces of art from each class were chosen to help decorate a big Halloween scene that was displayed in the entrance to the primary building. Take a look at some of our winners and congratulations to our spooky artists!

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Writing Letters to Our American Pen Pals in 6th Grade

WRITING LETTERS TO OUR NEW PEN PALS IN SIXTH GRADE

This past week our students wrote their first letter to their new pen pals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. One our language assistants from the past year moved back to her hometown of Philadelphia to teach. She is working as a Spanish teacher at Freire Charter School. Her eigth grade Spanish classes have partnered with our sixth grade English classes to partcipate in a long-term bilingual and bicultural letter exchange project. In their first letter our students told their new pen pals about themselves, what classes they like, their hobbies, families and what it is like to live in Spain. The letters are on their way to Philadelphia and our students eagerly await a response. We hope to hear back from the eigth graders a Freire soon!

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Writing Letters in 6th Grade

WRITING LETTERS IN SIXTH GRADE

The past few weeks our sixth graders have been practicing their letter writing skills in English class in order to prepare for the KET exam at the end of the year. Their first assignment was to write a letter to their future selves. Once they were finished, they had to make an envelope and put the letter inside. They will open their letters in June 2015 and will have the opportunity to see how they have changed over the past nine months. They had to write about their current life, their strengths and weaknesses and their goals for the upcoming year. Check out the videos below to see some of our sixth graders at work!